Welcome to Day 2 of SCOOP-43-H: $25,000 NLHE [8-Max, Super High Roller], $1.5M Gtd
Someone's going to win $469,987 today — assuming it plays out without a deal — in SCOOP-43-H: $25,000 NLHE [8-Max, Super High Roller], $1.5M Gtd, and it will be one of the nine remaining finalists out of a field of 71.
Foremost among them in terms of chip counts, and not by a small margin, is Aussie sensation Michael "imluckbox" Addamo. The high roller star has seemingly been in the final mix of every huge online event over the past year or so, and a late rush in this one saw him head into the final table with 125 big blinds, well clear of second-place Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle, who has 76.
Behind Rolle is a pretty tight mix of middle stacks that nonetheless all have plenty of play ahead, especially with the 30-minute levels that came into effect late on Day 1. Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski, Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden, and Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford are all between 48 and 56 big blinds.
In more danger but still not in extreme pressure are the shorter stacks, Joao "Naza114" Vieira, Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski and Niklas "lena900" Astedt, all between 27 and 36 big blinds.
Here's a look at the seating arrangement to start play:
| Seat | Player | Stack | Big blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski | 1,021,752 | 29 |
| 2 | Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle | 2,687,426 | 76 |
| 3 | Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden | 1,877,297 | 53 |
| 4 | Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford | 1,684,957 | 48 |
| 5 | Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski | 1,962,432 | 56 |
| 6 | Niklas "lena900" Astedt | 968,102 | 27 |
| 7 | Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph | 1,906,328 | 54 |
| 8 | Michael "imluckbox" Addamo | 4,377,475 | 125 |
| 9 | Joao "Naza114" Vieira | 1,264,231 | 36 |
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flop was a grim one. The 
turn left him hoping for a one-outer but the 
river wasn't it.
turn was even worse, leaving Vousden drawing dead.
flopped to give Astedt a flush draw. He added a straight draw while losing his pairing outs on the 
river didn't do it for the Swede.
flop. Addamo bet the minimum, 70,000 and Beresford called. On the 
, Beresford check-called 170,363 and the river was the 
for trips. However, he was crushed from start to finish by 
with the kicker barely playing for Addamo.
and hit another queen on the river to boot.
and got zero help on the 
flop. The 
and 
for a full house but was no good against the 
turn. On the 
was no good against 
for trips.
