Tomas "MASUR0N1KE" Kubaliak Secures Top Stack as 132 Players Survive Day 1
The 2021 Spring Championship of Online Poker on PokerStars has seen the first day of the SCOOP-64-M: $530 NLHE [Progressive KO], $1M GTD come to an end. The first day saw 3,835 total entries (2,895 unique & 920 re-entries) take part in the bounty hunting but after 7 hours and 45 minutes of play, just 132 players found Day 2 birth.
After the final hand of the evening it was Tomas "MASUR0N1KE" Kubaliak sitting atop the leader board with a hearty 4,383,162 in chips. Kubaliak was the only player to surpass the four-milly mark but "Sajanas23 (3,792,553), CPaiCR (3,621,370), "hanibal1301" (3,517,709), and Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas (3,499,833) all secured themselves a top five stack heading into Day 2.
All of the remaining players are now guaranteed at least a piece of the $1,917,500 prize pool with lots of bounties up for grabs. The eventual winner will be taking home $116,993 first-place money, along with every bounty they claimed along the way.
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1 of SCOOP-64-M: $530 NLHE [Progressive KO], $1M GTD
| Position | Player | Country | Bounty | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomas "MASUR0N1KE" Kubaliak | Hungary | $2,214.84 | 4,383,162 |
| 2 | Sajanas23 | Lithuania | $3,718.75 | 3,792,553 |
| 3 | CPaiCR | Costa Rica | $4,109.38 | 3,621,370 |
| 4 | hanibal1301 | Montengero | $3,718.76 | 3,517,709 |
| 5 | Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas | Lithuania | $4,527.34 | 3,499,833 |
| 6 | Alister307 | Russia | $2,484.38 | 3,410,029 |
| 7 | E6yperoff, | Ukraine | $2,648.44 | 3,280,197 |
| 8 | dasslo007 | Luxembourg | $3,421.88 | 3,276,125 |
| 9 | doulas 12 | Netherlands | $1,015.63 | 3,079,322 |
| 10 | CallMeGio | Netherlands | $3,804.69 | 3,042,360 |
"E6yperoff" (1,969,069), "neeno1990" (3,280,197), "dasslo007" (3,276,125), and "CallMeGio" (3,042,360) all found a top ten stack as well. "kleinebakker007", who was seen atop the chip counts fell out of the top ten after a rollercoaster of a day that saw their stack continuously shift.
Many notable players managed to find a final day birth and some of those to do so include Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski, Luis "Lg#born2win" Gustavo, Jorge "jorginho88" Abreu, Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian, Thiago "KKremate" Crema, Matthias "MLS20" Lipp, Manuel "manupochat" Pochat, and Luiz "G1a1u1s1s" Arruda.
The 132 players will be returning Monday, April 19 at 1:05 p.m. ET to battle down to a winner with action resuming in Level 27 (15,000/30,000/3,750). All players are guaranteed at least a min-cash of $1,014 so expect play to continue with an onslaught of eliminations off the bat.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $116,993 |
| 2 | $116,989 |
| 3 | $68,531 |
| 4 | $48,459 |
| 5 | $34,265 |
| 6 | $24,229 |
| 7 | $17,133 |
| 8 | $12,115 |
| 9 | $8,567 |
| 10-13 | $6,057 |
| 14-17 | $4,283 |
| 18-26 | $3,029 |
| 27-44 | $3,142 |
| 45-71 | $1,514 |
| 72-107 | $1,126 |
| 108-152 | $1,014 |
The PokerNews team will be bringing all of the updates on Day 2, so stay tuned as the action unfolds.