"pokerpædagogen" Leads After End of Day 1 in Event #75-L: $109 PLO [6-Max Main Event]; Strebkov, Goatcher, and Track in Top 10
Just under seven hours of action-filled play in Day 1 of the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Event #75-L: $109 [6-Max, PLO Main Event], $500K Gtd) saw 6,126 entries drop down to the number of 875 required to make it into the money and finish play for the day. In total, those entries generated a prize pool of $612,600, surpassing the recently-raised guarantee by over 22%.
When the mark of 875 was reached and the tournament made it into the money, "pokerpædagogen" of Denmark was the one to find themselves atop the leader board with a stack of 718,888. "krihan" (648,585), "Stallfos" (636,476), "YYYeaHHH" (598,726), and "chris1903x" (596,373) round out the top five.
Just behind the top five includes three players of note: Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov (591,774), Tyler "wonderboy222" Goatcher (578,482), and Julian "jutrack" Track (569,598[/b] all will find themselves in the top 10 when Day 2 resumes on Monday.
Other notables to get through on the day include Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira (249,819), Robin "robinho" Ylitalo (245,480), Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph (210,775), Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson (174,379), Benny "RunGodlike" Glaser (154,592), and Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi (94,751).
PokerStars ambassadors Ben "Spraggy" Spragg and Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis also took their shot(s) at this event, but neither were able to get much of anything going and were among the thousands to fall short of making the money in the tournament.
Three eliminations occurred on the final hand of the night, meaning 873 players will return on Monday at 1:05 p.m. ET to continue play with two minutes remaining in Level 18 (1,250/2,500). Twenty-minute levels will remain the norm for the rest of the tournament, and Day 2 will see a full slate of action until the final three tables are reached.
Make sure to come back to PokerNews to follow along: updates will be coming all the way to the end.
gave "MooooNeeee2" a pair of jacks but "$trateGema" still found themselves with a tremendous amount of outs. Unfortunately for them, the board bricked out as the turn 
and river 
left their draws dry and the pot was shipped to "MooooNeeee2" for their trip jacks, resulting in "$trateGema" being eliminated from the tournament in 876th place, bubbling Event #75-L and ending play for Day 1.
and action checked around to "hneves182" on the button, who bet 11,250. "flow96x" folded and "soumi7" check-raised all in for 23,600, just more than a minimum raise. "The Cooker folded and "hneves182" called. 
to result in their elimination from the tournament in 885th place, leaving just eight eliminations left in the day before play reaches the money and concludes for the night.
and "Yamisou1985" led out with a bet of 5,300. "vrodrguez1" called and "Mr Juhlen" folded.
and "Yamisou1985" checked and proceeded to call another bet from "vrodrguez1" of 39,600.
for a flush. "Yamisou1985" mucked, resulting in the pot being shipped to "vrodrguez1," who now has over 600,000 and has become the chip leader in the tournament.
and "WohnJick" checked again. "Yamisou1985" fired a second barrel of 9,600 and "WohnJick" called, bringing the river 
. "WohnJick" led out with a pot-sized bet of 36,000 and "Yamisou1985" reraised the size of the pot, making it 144,000 to go and leaving just 5,600 behind. "WohnJick" called, leaving only 4,600 behind.
and river 
