Barausova Takes the Lead into Day 3 of SCOOP 01-H: $215 NLHE Phase 2, $2M GTD with $200,006 Up for Grabs
The second day of SCOOP 01-H: $215 NLHE Phase 2, $2M GTD has now completed here on PokerStars, and it took just six hours of play. A total of 10,813 signed up for the event and when Day 2 ended only 26 were left in contention. The survivors will return Wednesday, April 28 at 2:15 p.m. EST to play down to a winner, who will be taking home $200,006 for their victory.
Leading the way into the final day is Russia's Tatiana "Mysters_Y" Barausova who bagged an impressive 27,394,121 by the end of the night. Barausova hovered above-average throughout the day and really started to roll during the last four tables of the night. Her biggest hand of the night was when she four-bet shoved with aces and "zaminhan_jpz" called with big slick. The board ran out clean and she never looked back, ending the day on top of the field.
The only other player to break the 20 million chip mark by the end of the night is "Killer_ooooo" who managed to finish with 22,608,536. Rounding out the top five are Pedro "LgwZ" Grochocki (19,434,088), Douglas "dougalopes" Lopes (18,266,743), and "vinimiranda7" (16,358,947). Grochocki dropped "DeuceofDuc0" on the final day bubble to bring Day 2 to an end but "Killer_oooo" also eliminated "Agharazi" at the same time, leaving just 26 for the final day.
SCOOP 01-H: $215 NLHE Phase 2, $2M GTD Top Ten Stacks
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatiana "Mysters_Y" Barausova | Russia | 27,394,121 | 110 |
| 2 | Killer_oooo | Netherlands | 22,608,536 | 90 |
| 3 | Pedro "LgwZ" Grochocki | Brazil | 19,434,088 | 78 |
| 4 | Douglas "dougalopes" Lopes | Brazil | 18,266,743 | 73 |
| 5 | vinimiranda7 | Brazil | 16,358,947 | 65 |
| 6 | finek96 | Poland | 14,470,437 | 58 |
| 7 | Gabriellln | Brazil | 14,113,022 | 56 |
| 8 | Imar54 | New Zealand | 12,761,953 | 51 |
| 9 | Prilsner | Sweden | 12,192,779 | 49 |
| 10 | tonn22 | Netherlands | 11,958,662 | 48 |
Action of the Day
The day began with just 1,111 of the original 10,813 entries and all were in the money. A flurry of eliminations quickly cut the field in half and an unlikely table had two PokerStars ambassadors sitting at the same table. Sam "SamSquid" Grafton and Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot found themselves sitting on table 82. In an even more unlikely fashion, it was Grafton knocking out Talbot from the field when Talbot three-bet shoved king-eight into the jacks of Grafton who snapped. The board came down clean and table 82 then only had one ambassador, shipping the Canadian to the rail.
Many well-known pros were in the field but failed to make it through to Day 3 and some people on that list includes Sam "SamSquid" Grafton, Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot, Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand, Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, Mike "SirWatts" Watson, Brunno "botteonpoker" Botteon, Peter "twirlpro" Turmez, and Marton "noirduck" Czuczor.
The day ended on level 21, players will be returning to that same level which includes a 125,000 small blind and 250,000 big blind with an ante of 32,500. The levels will remain at 15-minutes in length throughout and Day 3 will begin at 2:15 p.m. EST. Play will not halt until a winner is crowned, taking a SCOOP title, along with the juicy $200,006 first-place prize.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $200,006 |
| 2 | $150,422 |
| 3 | $113,134 |
| 4 | $85,089 |
| 5 | $63,996 |
| 6 | $48,132 |
| 7 | $36,201 |
| 8 | $27,227 |
| 9 | $20,478 |
The PokerNews team will be bringing all of the coverage right up until the very last hand, so tune in tomorrow as the action unfolds.