Level: 21
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 6,000
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-33-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, High Roller], $1M Gtd
Day: 2
Level 20
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Andras "probirs" Nemeth took a hit to his stack when Sam "SamSquid" Grafton had the best of it and the next short stack to then get his chips in on the same table was Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira. He open-shoved for 374,486 from under the gun and Michael "imluckbox" Addamo called on the button.
Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira: 
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo: 
Both paired the queen on the 
flop while Addamo picked up some outs with a gutshot on the 
turn. He improved to two pair on the 
river to eliminate Ferreira.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,740,969
-1,898,500
|
-1,898,500 |
|
||
|
5,469,045
-174,000
|
-174,000 |
|
3,711,640
1,854,486
|
1,854,486 |
|
2,782,824
807,500
|
807,500 |
|
614,777
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 20
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
In a battle of the blinds, Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder open-jammed into Chun Lei "SamRostan" Zhou and was called by the latter for around one million in chips effective.
Chun Lei "SamRostan" Zhou: 
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder: 
The board came 
and the treys held up to eliminate Zhou in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,942,513
1,100,099
|
1,100,099 |
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
The near identical stacks of Sam "SamSquid" Grafton and Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras went into the middle and it was Ayras at risk but ahead in a coinflip.
Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras: 
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton: 
It would be Grafton that prevailed on a board of 
to end Ayras' run in 14th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,975,324
1,023,503
|
1,023,503 |
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder raised to 92,000 and was called by Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker, as did Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph in the big blind. On a 
flop, only Rudolph check-called a bet of 100,800 by Muehloecker and they headed to the turn on which Rudolph check-called a bet of 354,816.
Rudolph then check-jammed into a third barrel worth 960,368 and Muehloecker used his time bank before calling all-in. Rudolph had flopped two pair with but Muehloecker turned superior two pair with to score a full doub.e
Rudolph tripled the next hand to remain in contention.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,426,009
1,558,389
|
1,558,389 |
|
|
590,664
134,433
|
134,433 |
|
|
527,697
-1,495,822
|
-1,495,822 |
Level 20
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
From the cutoff, Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo raised for the vast majority of the stack and then called the shove of Niklas "Lena900" Astedt in the small blind.
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo: 
Niklas "lena900" Astedt: 
The 
flop gave both players a draw but neither the 
turn nor the 
river changed anything to eliminate Pardo in 15th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,643,045
625,096
|
625,096 |
|
Busted |
Level: 20
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
The next high stakes progressive knockout tournament of the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) will be crowned and 15 players out of 117 entries remain in contention for the lion's share of the $1,170,000 prize pool in Event-33-H: $10,300 NLHE PKO High Roller.
A quick glance at the remaining contenders reveals the who-is-who of the online poker scene and Andras "probirs" Nemeth leads the pack with a stack of 7,639,469. Nemeth already has two SCOOP titles under his belt from previous years and he is followed by another legend of online poker.
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt has been highly-ranked on Pocket Fives throughout the last few years and earned four SCOOP titles already, he will return for the final day second in chips with 5,017,949 while Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder is in third with 3,842,414.
Further former SCOOP champions with a shot at a repeat title are Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph (1,867,620), Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker (1,867,620), Michael "imluckbox" Addamo (1,857,154), Sam "SamSquid" Grafton (951,821), Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen (781,484), Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez (669,777), three-time champion Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo (560,096) and five-time winner Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira (559,486).
Will the Hungarian be able to close it out and earn another SCOOP title? A min-cash comes with a payday $10,691.40 whereas the winner takes home a cash prize of $113,785.25. The progressive bounties will play a pivotal role to boost the bankroll on the final day, the smallest bounty up for grabs so far is $5,000 while Nemeth has a target of $47,500 on his head already.
When the action resumes with around 18 minutes remaining at blinds of 20,000/40,000 and a running ante of 5,000, six of the remaining 15 hopefuls are below or just above 20 big blinds. The PokerNews live reporting team will be there from start-to-finish for what shapes up to be an exciting day of online poker.
SCOOP-33-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, High Roller], $1M Gtd
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