Heath and Muehloecker Bag Big on Day 1 of the PokerStars 2021 SCOOP-92-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event]
After 15 levels of 30 minutes each, 599 entries were collected on Day 1 of the PokerStars 2021 SCOOP-92-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] to get to a prize pool of $5,990,000 while registration remains open until 7:05 p.m. CEST on Monday, April 26. At the end of the day, "ShipitFTW911" claimed the Day 1 chip lead with 3,169,951.
A big chunk of their stack used to belong to the defending champion Aliaksandr "Alexgirs" Hirs who busted in the last level of the night. Following "ShipitFTW911" in the top five of the counts are "ZeBaronjù" (3,077,927), Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath (2,644,821), "jancsi69" (2,177,205), and Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker (2,121,496).
SCOOP-92-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "ShipitFTW911" | Sweden | 3,169,951 | 264 |
| 2 | "ZeBaronjù" | Mexico | 3,077,927 | 256 |
| 3 | Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath | United Kingdom | 2,644,821 | 220 |
| 4 | "jancsi69" | Hungary | 2,177,205 | 181 |
| 5 | Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker | Austria | 2,121,496 | 177 |
| 6 | "DeuceofDuc0" | Netherlands | 2,044,494 | 170 |
| 7 | Jans "Graftekkel" Arends | Netherlands | 1,897,109 | 158 |
| 8 | Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann | Germany | 1,726,141 | 144 |
| 9 | "ludako123" | Bulgaria | 1,702,719 | 142 |
| 10 | "Remi Lebo_10" | Ukraine | 1,699,761 | 142 |
Seven members of Team PokerStars joined in today but only four made it through to Day 2. Ben "Spraggy" Spragg is leading them with 1,412,896, followed by Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis (1,352,054_, Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot (664,791), and Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand (587,106). Things didn't go to plan for Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban, Felix "xflixx" Schneiders, and Sam "SamSquid" Grafton with the latter even firing two bullets.
And there were many more familiar names who won't be returning tomorrow as they used up all three possible bullets. Players like Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani, Noah "Exclusive" Boeken, Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian, Andras "probirs" Nemeth, Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov, Aleksejs "APonakov" Ponakovs, Michael "imluckbox" Addamo, Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro, Stevan "random_chu" Chew, Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras, and some more won't be winning this year's Main Event.
But players like Jorma "jobetzu" Nuutinen, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger, Maxi "mikki696" Lehmanski, Ami "UhhMee" Barer, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias, Chris "Moorman1" Moorman, and Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle all finished in the top 50 with more well-known players joining them spread out over the field.
Plan for Day 2
When play resumes at 7:10 p.m. CEST, players could be back in with a starting stack worth 21 big blinds as Level 16 features a small blind of 6,000, a big blind of 12,000, and a running ante of 1,500. The level duration will remain at 30 minutes each and play will continue until there are 40 players left for Day 3.
Those 40 players will return on Tuesday, April 27 to play down to the final table which will be played out on Wednesday and broadcasted on the PokerStars Twitch and YouTube channels.
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