SCOOP-53-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill], $1M Gtd Dia 1 | PokerStars SCOOP 2021

2021-04-15 18:03 UTC

Karakousis Jumps Back Over Starting Stack

Nível 3 : 500/1,000, 125 ante

Giorgios "Geokarak" Karakousis opened to 2,000 from the cutoff and "DeuceofDuc0" defended their big blind to see the flop.

Karakousis continued for 2,750 and "DeuceofDuc0" check-called the bet. A turn saw action check to Karakousis who bet 13,000 and his opponent again check-called.

A river brought out a 24,667 bet from Karakousis and "DeuceofDuc0" called to see the goods. Karakousis turned over for a straight and his opponent quickly mucked, shipping the pot to Karakousis.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Giorgios "Geokarak" Karakousis	113,088
DeuceofDuc0	55,072

2021-04-15 17:33 UTC

Nitsche Collects Early Pot

Nível 2 : 400/800, 100 ante

Action folded around to "SyrW_Helmets" who opened to 1,800 from the small blind and Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche defended his big blind to see the flop. "SyrW_Helmets" continued for 1,050 and Nitsche threw in a call.

The turn card landed and "SyrW_Helmets" bet 2,079. Nitsche raised to 10,200 and "SyrW_Helmets" called. The river was a and "SyrW_Helmets" bet 600. Nitsche raised to 27,000 and his opponent quickly released their hand, shipping the pot to Nitsche.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche	127,233 127,233	127,233
SyrW_Helmets	113,700 113,700	113,700

2021-04-15 17:24 UTC

"Northboy88" Has Early Lead

Nível 1 : 300/600, 75 ante

"lopan83" opened to 1,350 from middle position and "Northboy88" called in the big blind. A flop landed on the felt and both players checked through to the turn card.

"Northboy88" bet 2,400 and a landed on the river after "lopan83" called the bet. A bet of 8,400 went into the middle from "Northboy88" and "lopan83" called. "Northboy88" tabled for just a pair of ducks and "lopan83" mucked their hand, sending another pot to "Northboy88" early in this event.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Northyboy88	170,230
lopan83	84,850

2021-04-15 16:00 UTC

SCOOP-53-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill], $1M Gtd Kicks-Off Today

The 2021 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) will now see another juicy PKO tournament take place as SCOOP-53-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill], $1M Gtd is set to begin at 5:05 p.m. GMT. This is a 2-day event that sports a cool million guarantee that is sure to attract some of the best online mashers.

All runners will begin with 100,000 in chips and a "slow" structure has been set, having 20-minute blind levels throughout. The late registration period will be four and a half hours in length for all new entries, but it is a freezeout so no reentries will be available during the duration. A five-minute break will be held every hour at 55-minutes past and Day 1 will play down until the money has been reached, returning on Saturday, April 17 where an eventual winner will be crowned.

The exciting PKO format splits the buy-in up with half into the prize pool and the other half on each head of the runners. All players will have a $500 dollar bounty to start and it will only go up with every Knockout, increasing by 50% while the other half is instantly pocketed into their bankroll.

The PokerNews team will be bringing all of the live coverage of this event, so stay tuned as the action unfolds.