SCOOP-75-L: $109 PLO [6-Max, PLO Main Event], $500K Gtd Dia 1 | PokerStars SCOOP 2020

2020-05-17 17:48 UTC-4

Fun at Table 332

Nível 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

Hand #1: "hdan450" limped under the gun and "Clarke97" raised the pot to 1,575 in the hijack. "EVILofLIFE" called in the cutoff and then "fishycall" re-potted it, three-betting to 6,825. Action was then back on "hdan450," who folded before "Clarke97" and "EVILofLIFE" called.

With 21,000 in the middle, the flop came and "fishycall" fired out 21,000. "Clarke97" clicked the raise button, making it 42,000 and putting both players to decisions for their stacks in the process. "EVILofLIFE" folded and "fishycall" called.

"fishycall":
"Clarke97":

"fishycall" was ahead with a pair of jacks and a gutshot straight draw but they were unable to fade the two overs that "Clarke97" had in addition to their own straight draw as the turn gave them a pair of aces.
The river changed nothing, and the pot was shipped to "Clarke97" and "fishycall" was knocked out of the tournament.

Hand #2: On the very next hand "SpadeK666" opened the action with a raise to 875 on the button and received a call from "hdan450" in the small blind. "Clarke97" three-bet to 3,500 in the big blind and only "SpadeK666" called, taking action heads up to a flop of "Clarke97" made a continuation-bet of 6,150 and "SpadeK666" called.

"Clarke87" continued on the turn , making a pot-sized bet of 20,100. "SpadeK666" called, doing so for around half of their stack to bring the river . "Clarke87" emptied the clip, betting the pot again to effectively put "SpadeK666" all in for 21,400. "SpadeK666" called.

"Clarke87" showed for Broadway with the nut flush blocker, but it wound up being no good to "SpadeK666's" , earning them the double with a flush.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Clarke97	159,295 7,420	7,420
SpadeK666	103,347 103,347	103,347
hdan450	23,775 23,775	23,775
EVILofLIFE	22,495 22,495	22,495
fishycall	Eliminado

2020-05-17 17:34 UTC-4

Field Eclipses 4,000 at Two-Hour Mark

Nível 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

The tournament has now been running for two hours and 4,107 entries have now been logged. There are 2,527 players with chips in play, and less than 900 more entries are needed for the tournament to surpass its guarantee with three hours still remaining in the registration period.

Here's a look at an updated list of the top 20 stacks in the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
liu daodao77	186,444
AX1LLES	180,943
marioborges	178,470 33,193	33,193
STraZer	170,514 44,545	44,545
lucasfranco9	163,756
alexasweet69	162,990 35,980	35,980
vrodrguez1	161,555
straytoaster	160,265 7,431	7,431
alex jr2014	159,574
Fiskin1	155,928
Clarke97	151,875 10,600	10,600
molda79	147,790
jutrack	147,364 37,914	37,914
Sympa21	147,301 20,008	20,008
plemeshka	147,273
conejin_20	144,920
edudrake1987	142,272
diw.2303	142,138
sconcsx	142,063
madmax84	141,952

Nível: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

2020-05-17 17:26 UTC-4

Strebkov Nearly Triples

Nível 5 : 175/350, 0 ante

Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov was under the gun and raised to 875. "festrolii" called on the button and then "Telfj9" three-bet to 3,850 in the small blind. Both Strebkov and "festrolii" called and action went three handed to the flop .

"Telfj9" checked to Strebkov, who made a bet of 8,300 and received a call from "festrolii." "Telfj9" put in a pot-sized check-raise o 45,200, enough to put both other players in the hand all in, and both players called.

"festrolii":
Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov:
"Telfj9":

Strebkov was ahead with middle set and wound up further improving to the nuts as the turn and river gave him a king-high straight, almost fully tripling his stack with the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Denis "aDrENalin710" Strebkov	99,622 61,614	61,614
Telfj9	42,996 42,996	42,996
festrolii	Eliminado

2020-05-17 17:17 UTC-4

Backdoor Straight Over Backdoor Straight for Stacks

Nível 5 : 175/350, 0 ante

"migo365" was in the hijack and opened to 1,225. They received a call from "Pro.ashley69" in the ;small blind and action went heads up to a flop of . "Pro.ashley" checked and then called a continuation-bet of 1,400 from "migo365," which was half the size of the pot.

The turn came and both players checked to bring the river . "Pro.ashley69" bet 4,550 and "migo365" raised to 15,575. "Pro.ashley69" reraised all in for 23,575 and "migo365" called for almost all of their remaining chips.

"Pro.ashley69":
"migo365":

"Pro.ashley69" had been ahead the whole way but the backdoor straight gave them the nuts and they were able to get stacks in against the third-nut straight , doubling and leaving "migo365" on crumbs.

"migo365" was eliminated shortly thereafter and proceeded to fire a second bullet, resulting in a fresh stack of 25,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Pro.ashley69	52,740
migo365	25,000

Nível: 5

Blinds: 175/350

Ante: 0

2020-05-17 17:05 UTC-4

"mtkarina" Hits It All

Nível 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

"mtkarina" opened the action with a raise to 600 under the gun and action folded around to "Apokalipta" in the big blind, who three-bet to 1,950. "mtkarina" called.

The flop came and "Apokalipta" made a continuation-bet of 2,700. "mtkarina" put in a pot-sized raise of 12,150, and "Apokalipta" clicked the raise button to put "mtkarina" all in for their last 5,500. "mtkarina" called.

"mtkarina":
"Apokalipta":

"Apokalipta" had a pair of aces but needed to fade "mtkarina's" wrap and were unable to do so on the turn , giving "mtkarina" a king-high straight. the river further improved them to a full house and they scored the double, sending "Apokalipta" below starting stack with the won pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
mtkarina	39,396 39,396	39,396
Apokalipta	15,381 15,381	15,381

2020-05-17 16:55 UTC-4

Second Break of the Day

Nível 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

Players are on another five-minute break as the number of players in the tournament has risen to 3,619. Action is occurring at a frantic pace, with over one-thousand eliminations occurring in less than four full levels of play so far.

2020-05-17 16:48 UTC-4

"bar-bar9999" Runs Kings Into Aces

Nível 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

"bar-bar9999" opened the action with a pot-sized raise to 1,050 under the gun and "MadMassi44" re-potted it, three-betting to 3,600 in the hijack. Action folded back to "bar-bar9999" and they four-bet for another pot-sized raise of 11,250, nearly one-third of their stack. "MadMassy44" reraised to put "bar-bar9999" all in and they called.

"bar-bar9999":
"MadMassi44":

"bar-bar9999" found themselves in need of hitting a king or finding a runout that would give them either Broadway or a flush. None of those happened as the board came and they were eliminated from the tournament. Meanwhile, "MadMassi44" now has a stack of over 93,000 at around the midway point in Level 4.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
MadMassi44	93,617 93,617	93,617
bar-bar9999	Eliminado

Nível: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0