A Champion Will be Crowned in the 2020 SCOOP-96-H: $5,200 Main Event 2nd Chance
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Nine players out of a field of 465 entries remain in the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker SCOOP-96-H: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event 2nd Chance] and all have their eyes set on the biggest-possible slice of the $2,325,000 prize pool. So far, the nine finalists have locked up $42,195.96 for their efforts while the winner will take home $416,741.68 and the high stakes SCOOP title.
Ukraine's Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak returns as the biggest stack with 25,969,709 and he has already earned his maiden SCOOP title earlier in the festival when he took down SCOOP 44-H: $5,200 NLHE [Sunday HR SE], Novak topped a field of 264 entries to claim a top prize of $253,819.24.
Canada's hopes lay on Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois (21,477,585) and Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams (18,866,198) while Brazil may earn another SCOOP title in 2020 with Will "hellzito" Arruda in contention, who has the fourth-biggest stack of 13,225,664. Alfred "kzzon" Karlsson (10,705,721) and Netherlands-based Portuguese poker pro Silvio "silskyer" Costa (10,320,168) follow behind, and they are separated by fewer than two big blinds.
Two players from Moldova reached the final in Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv (7,452,915) and "temka99" (4,523,896), and the shortest stack belongs to highly decorated SCOOP, WCOOP and three-time Sunday Million champ Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov (3,707,144). Plesuv will seek for a repeat victory after he beat a field of 501 entries in SCOOP 73-H: $2,100 NLHE [Sunday Warm-Up SE], for a payday of $177,964.64.
The Final Nine Players of SCOOP-96-H: $5,200 Main Event 2nd Chance
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak | Ukraine | 25,969,709 | 104 |
| 2 | Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois | Canada | 21,477,585 | 86 |
| 3 | Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams | Canada | 18,866,198 | 75 |
| 4 | Will "hellzito" Arruda | Brazil | 13,225,664 | 53 |
| 5 | Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson | Sweden | 10,705,721 | 43 |
| 6 | Silvio "silskyer" Costa | Netherlands | 10,320,168 | 41 |
| 7 | Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv | Moldova | 7,452,915 | 30 |
| 8 | temka99 | Moldova | 4,523,896 | 18 |
| 9 | Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov | Russia | 3,707,144 | 15 |
The action will kick off at 1.05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time with some 16 minutes left in level 33 at blinds of 125,000-250,000 and a running ante of 32,500, which gives the bottom two stacks 18 and 15 big blinds respectively. All levels until the conclusion of the tournament last 30 minutes each and the PokerNews live reporting team will provide all the key hands until a champion has been crowned.
flop was check-called by Costa for 593,325 and the Portuguese poker pro then check-called the shove of Lefrancois on the 
turn for more than 6.6 million.
on the river to eliminate Costa in 9th place for $42,195.96.
flop provided no further hope yet, however the 
board gave Novak a full house and the Moldovan was eliminated in 7th place for a payday of $70,266.61.
flop.
river a formality. Novak takes home $94,537.05 for his 6th place finish.
flop and while the 
turn was a blank, the 
river was symbolic for the run of the French-Canadian on the final table so far as he hit a flush while Plesuv made a set.
turn. The 
river, Lefrancois bet 44.5 million and that sent Karlsson deep into the think tank. The precious time bank seconds vanished one second after the other. With ten left no decision was made, it ticked down to the last three seconds and Karlsson eventually called.