Day 2 of the PokerStars 2021 SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE] attracted 539 players on Day 1 to create a prize pool of $1,078,000. Out of all those players, 26 of them made it through to today to play for the win that comes with a pretty first-place prize of $83,473 and bounties.
Poland's "darogio" is coming back with the chip lead of 16,284,694 in chips. Following "darogio" in the counts is a more familiar name in Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski with 13,213,812. The Brazilian won his first SCOOP title a few days ago in SCOOP 09-M: $215 HORSE, $65K Gtd for $17,024 and will be looking for another win here.
Following them in the top five are "lildani9" (10,546,668, Jonah "RaiseUpBlind" Silverstein (10,227,214), and "pappos_11" (8,014,796). But there are some more familiar names to be found if you look further down the list of chip counts. Joao "joaovbarb" Barbosa, Jans "Graftekkel" Arends, and Mike "SirWatts" Watson are just some of the players who will be battling for a bigger share of the prize pool.
SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE] Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds* |
1 | "darogio" | Poland | 16,284,694 | 136 |
2 | Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski | Brazil | 13,213,812 | 110 |
3 | "lildani9" | Hungary | 10,546,668 | 88 |
4 | Jonah "RaiseUpBlind" Silverstein | Canada | 10,227,214 | 85 |
5 | "pappos_11" | Greece | 8,014,796 | 67 |
6 | Pedro "LgwZ" Grochocki | Brazil | 6,922,301 | 58 |
7 | "roohoz" | Finland | 6,742,654 | 56 |
8 | "drew.derzh" | Ukraine | 6,719,537 | 56 |
9 | "BasedAces" | Finland | 5,531,824 | 46 |
10 | "roo_400" | Canada | 5,518,739 | 46 |
*number of big blinds based on Level 25: 60,000/120,000/15,000
Plan for Day 2
The returning players will finish the last few seconds of Level 24 which features a small blind of 50,000, a big blind of 100,000, and a running ante of 12,500. The level after that features a small blind of 60,000, a big blind of 120,000, and a running ante of 15,000. The level duration should remain at 20 minutes but might increase once the final table has been reached.
All 26 players have secured $4,064 but will all be looking to add more bounties to their bankrolls.
The PokerStars Twitch stream will be live too with hole cards coverage on a 30-minute delay so the PokerNews updates will be on a similar delay to avoid any spoilers. Make sure to keep following along with all the action from 7:35 p.m. CEST.
Left to Play for:
Place | Prize |
1 | $83,473 |
2 | $83,473 |
3 | $53,731 |
4 | $40,332 |
5 | $30,274 |
6 | $22,724 |
7 | $17,057 |
8 | $12,803 |
9 | $9,611 |
10-13 | $7,214 |
14-17 | $5,415 |
18-26 | $4,064 |