Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof three-bet jammed for a stack of just over 108,000 on the button and was instantly called by initial raiser Ole "wizowizo" Schemion in the hijack.
Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof:
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion:
The board delivered no miracle for the UK-based Dutchman and he departed on the first bullet.
Moments before the blinds went up, Julian "nailuj90" Stuer jammed his short stack of fewer than 12 big blinds on the button and was called by Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz in the small blind.
Julian "nailuj90" Stuer:
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz:
The board sent the final tablist of the last two years to the rail and he will have to re-enter to make it three in a row.
Niall "Firaldo87" Farrell min-raised to 12,000 and was called by Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden on the button, Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis in the small blind and "StupidFr3nch" in the big blind. The action checked to the turn and it was "StupidFr3nch" that bet 28,750, which only Farrell called.
The on the river then brought the shove of "StupidFr3nch" for an effective 104,438 and Farrell called with for a turned set only to get shown the for a flopped wheel by his opponent.
"myzikant" raised to 17,777 in the cutoff and Michael "imluckbox" Addamo simply jammed the big blind for his massive stack of more than 800k, which "myzikant" called for his last 337,909 in total.
"myzikant":
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo:
On a board of , the nines held up as Addamo bumped his stack above a million.
myzikant eliminated by imluckbox
Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov had already achieved the same and added some more chips after taking on "vovo_leo". Vezhenkov raised to 16,000 and called a three-bet to 47,360 by his table neighbor, which led to a flop. Both players opted to check and Vezhenkov led the turn for 64,800, "vovo_leo" came along.
The fell on the river and Vezhenkov bet enough to give his opponent the option to call all-in or fold. He earned the fold he wanted and flashed for a bluff.
The third and final entry of Henrik "hhecklen" Hecklen was not crowned by success and ended with a bad beat story as his came up short against the of Alexandre "ReWARds84" Reard.
Hecklen's raise was called by Reard, who then called down each street including the shove on the river to score the knockout. another big name departed shortly after in Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev.
"AverageGreg" made it 19,800 to go from early position and was three-bet to 63,000 by Danchev in the cutoff, the Canadian came along. On the flop, "AverageGreg" check-called a bet of 74,150 and bet the turn for 97,878. Danchev shipped it in for 290,758 and was called to create the following showdown.
Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev:
"AverageGreg":
Both players had a flushdraw while "AverageGreg" also had a straight. The on the river spelled the end for the Bulgarian, at least for now.
The most-prestigious event of the PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has kicked off today with the SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] and the initial guarantee has already been surpassed thanks to 401 unique players who purchased an additional 160 re-entries to create a prize pool of $5,610,000 so far.
A very familiar face of the SCOOP series sits atop the leaderboard after 15 levels of 30 minutes each as Calvin "cal42688" Anderson, Mexico-based mixed game specialist from the United States, already had 10 titles under his belt heading into the 2020 edition. A late surge vaulted Anderson into the top spot as he accumulated 2,732,146, some of which came in a pot against Ilya "Leqenden" Anatsky in the final level of the night when the Belorussian was bluffing with queen-high into a jack-high flush.
Second in chips is Canada's "AverageGreg" with 1,963,234 followed by Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk in third with 1,788,170. Other big names in the overnight top 10 are Pavel "MountainRo$e" Veksler (1,767,303), Jack "Swaggersorus" Sinclair (1,663,720), Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden (1,654,576), as well as SCOOP / WCOOP-Champion and three-time Sunday Million champion Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov (1,502,258).
Four former SCOOP Main Event champions made it through Day 1: Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro (769,206) and Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit (190,895) advanced on their second bullet whereas Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi (524,117) and defending champion Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza (220,675) required the third and final bullet to bag and tag the virtual chips. In fact, Shakerchi was the first player to bust in the tournament after his bottom end of the straight was no good against a flopped nut straight.
Talal Shakerchi among former champions still in contention
Two of the three PokerStars ambassadors that entered the field on Day 1 advanced. Ben "Spraggy" Spragg (501,088) and Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis (415,834) even started on the same table before parting ways for the remainder of the night. Unfortunately, Fintan "easywithaces" Hand was not as fortunate and was sent to the rail.
A glimpse of the poker talent still in the mix reveals above-average stacks for the likes of Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress (1,418,696), Julien "KroolhearT-1803" Martini (1,273,739), Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz (1,176,195), Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker (1,039,204), Jens "jeans89" Kyllönen (966,190), Justin "ZeeJustin" Bonomo (947,526), Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski (883,714), and Niklas "Lena900" Astedt (850,547).
Dozens of notables in the online and live poker circuit have retained their chances at a possible seven-figure payday while some came and left without anything to show for. Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja, Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger, 2019 WSOPE Main Event champion Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias, Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Henrik "hhecklen" Hecklen, Joao "Naza114" Vieira and Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph" already fired three shells and cannot jump in at the last minute anymore.
While the total field size is not set yet, it will be when the cards get in the air on Monday, May 18th, 2020, as of 1.05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. All late entries will receive just shy of 21 big blinds in level 16 at blinds of 6,000/12,000 with a running ante of 1,500. The late registration closes five minutes prior at 1 p.m. EST and the payout information will be provided once it becomes available in the PokerStars client.
Day 2 will play down to the final 40 players and five eight-handed tables, and the PokerNews live reporting team will be back then to provide all the action from the tables.
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board delivered no miracle for the UK-based Dutchman and he departed on the first bullet.
turn and it was "StupidFr3nch" that bet 28,750, which only Farrell called.
for a flopped wheel by his opponent.
, the nines held up as Addamo bumped his stack above a million.
flop. Both players opted to check and Vezhenkov led the 
turn for 64,800, "vovo_leo" came along.
for a bluff.
