PokerStars 2021 Spring Championship of Online Poker continues with another full day of action and live coverage of SCOOP-64-M: $530 NLHE [Progressive KO], $1M GTD is set to get underway at 1:05 p.m. ET.
This two-day event boasts a whopping $1 million guarantee in the prize pool. All participants start with 50,000 in chips and blinds will begin at 125/250/30, with late registration remaining open during the first 3 hours and 45 minutes of play.
This tournament is certain to bring the gamble out of players all evening long, as $250 from each entry will go towards being put atop their heads as a bounty in this Progressive Knockout format. Anytime a player earns a knockout, they will receive half of their opponent's bounty, while the other half will be added to their own bounty and be up for the taking.
Hands will be played with blind levels lasting 15 minutes for the first 24 levels of play and will then increase to 20 minutes for the remainder of the tournament.
Players will get a 60 second time bank from the start of play with an additional 10 seconds coming after the completion of every three levels, and once the final table is reached, an additional 75 seconds will be awarded to the remaining nine players.
Day 1 is scheduled to break after 7 hours and 45 min of play and action will resume at 5:05 p.m. UTC the next day to play down to a winner.
Make sure to come back at 1:05 p.m. ET to find out who will be jumping into this PKO tournament as the PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all the action right here.
