PokerStars SCOOP 2020

SCOOP-33-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, High Roller], $1M Gtd
Day: 1
Event Info

PokerStars SCOOP 2020

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$1,170,000
Entries
117
Players Left
15
Average Chip Stack
1,950,000
Total Chips
29,250,000
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
70,000 / 140,000
Ante
17,500
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
117
Players Left
15

SCOOP 2020: Matthew “MUSTAFABET” Ashton Talks Limit Hold ‘em After Winning Event 19-H

Level 9 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante
Matthew Ashton
Matthew Ashton

Matthew “MUSTAFABET” Ashton is one of the most accomplished poker pros in the UK. He has amassed millions in tournament winnings, including multiple COOPs and a WSOP Player’s Champion bracelet.

Not bad for a player who prefers cash games.

“I don’t play many tournaments, but the SCOOP’s have always been a nice change of pace from cash games and it’s fun competing in them each year,” says Ashton.

Indeed, Ashton is no stranger to SCOOP titles. He won his first back in 2016. Last year he claimed a double, taking down the #20-H Limit Stud game for $132k, along with the #50-H Razz tournament for a further $40k.

Now Ashton has earned his first title of SCOOP 2020, taking down the #90-H $1,050 FLHE for $24,729.

Read more about Ashton's story over at the PokerStars Blog.

Tags: Matthew Ashton

Big Stacks and Eliminations Before the Break

Level 9 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

"iamivar" was eliminated for a third time and cannot re-enter anymore. Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle busted a second time while Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias, "Körrinho", Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi, Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov, and Preben "prebz" Stokkan bowed out on their first bullet.

For Dimov it was all over when he got his short stack in with the {a-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and was called by "NoTilit" with the {k-Spades}{j-Spades}. The board fell {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} to eliminate Dimov for now.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andras "probirs" Nemeth hu
Andras "probirs" Nemeth
1,252,044
884,476
884,476
Day 1 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Sam "SamSquid" Grafton gb
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton
1,030,241
-55,755
-55,755
Profile photo of Ryhor "Grisha1983" Karapanau by
Ryhor "Grisha1983" Karapanau
1,029,970
947,482
947,482
Profile photo of Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois ca
Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois
971,921
667,478
667,478
Profile photo of Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan ru
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan
888,843
140,493
140,493
Profile photo of Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo es
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo
825,800
613,911
613,911
Profile photo of Unkn0wn123 uy
Unkn0wn123
510,121
510,121
510,121
Profile photo of Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras fi
Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras
508,680
16,775
16,775
Profile photo of Simon "simon1471" Higgins gb
Simon "simon1471" Higgins
506,311
506,311
506,311
Profile photo of Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz de
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz
343,789
343,789
343,789
Profile photo of NoTilit lt
NoTilit
322,767
322,767
322,767
Profile photo of Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson se
Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson
115,491
-368,281
-368,281
Profile photo of Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood ca
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood
88,479
-62,744
-62,744
Profile photo of DaryaSt by
DaryaSt
86,520
-215,305
-215,305
Profile photo of 0m3rta nl
0m3rta
75,173
-31,625
-31,625
Profile photo of Patrick "pads1161" Leonard gb
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard
56,774
-605,085
-605,085
Profile photo of Michael "imluckbox" Addamo au
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo
Busted
Profile photo of Preben "prebz" Stokkan no
Preben "prebz" Stokkan
Busted
Profile photo of Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov bg
Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov
Busted
Profile photo of Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi gb
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
Busted
Profile photo of Körrinho at
Körrinho
Busted
Profile photo of Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias gr
Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias
Busted
Profile photo of Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle de
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle
Busted
Profile photo of iamivar se
iamivar
Busted

Tags: bencb789cocojamb0iamivarmexican222NoTilitprebzraidalot

Big Names Depart After the Break

Level 9 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel three-bet jammed for 130,319 and was called by Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo.

Carrel's second bullet was at risk with the {a-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and Pardo had two live cards in {j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}, which got there on the {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{q-Spades} board.

Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach also held an ace in {a-Clubs}{7-Spades} when he jammed into the {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts} of Joris “BillLewinsky” Ruijs in the small blind and the {10-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{q-Hearts}{4-Hearts} board provided no help.

Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit was then at risk with {k-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} against the {9-Hearts}{9-Spades} of "ale6ka" in the big blind and Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez had the best of it with {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} in the small blind.

The board came {j-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and the bounty prize was awarded to "ale6ka".

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo es
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo
970,119
144,319
144,319
Profile photo of ale6ka by
ale6ka
594,568
594,568
594,568
Profile photo of Joris “BillLewinsky” Ruijs nl
Joris “BillLewinsky” Ruijs
403,003
403,003
403,003
Profile photo of Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez uy
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez
46,043
-475,910
-475,910
Profile photo of Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel gb
Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel
Busted
Profile photo of Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach es
Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach
Busted
Profile photo of Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit it
Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit
Busted

Tags: ale6kaEpiphany77lasagnaaammmMalaka$tylesrxakgironaTomatee

Ruijs Rises On the Leaderboard

Level 9 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

"DaryaSt" was eliminated in a three-way all-in with {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts} against the {k-Hearts}{2-Hearts} of Joris “BillLewinsky” Ruijs and the {a-Hearts}{j-Spades} of Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts as the board came {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{8-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}.

Ruijs doubled through Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson after when he flopped middle set in a three-way pot on a {k-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} board. The chips went in only after the river with betting action prior to that and Ruijs tabled {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} to best the {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} of Mattsson.

Ruijs then four-bet against a raise by Paul "topdoll287" Newey and a three-bet of "bustoville". Newey jammed and "bustoville" folded, Ruijs called the 298,705 after he had invested 107,100 already.

Paul "topdoll287" Newey: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Joris “BillLewinsky” Ruijs: {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}

Board: {4-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{6-Clubs}

A flopped gutshot turned the superior two pair for Ruijs and he boosted his stack significantly.

BillLewinsky Busts topdoll287
BillLewinsky Busts topdoll287
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joris “BillLewinsky” Ruijs nl
Joris “BillLewinsky” Ruijs
856,174
453,171
453,171
Profile photo of Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts be
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts
419,497
271,862
271,862
Profile photo of Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen fi
Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen
387,716
52,211
52,211
Profile photo of Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson se
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
119,369
-230,395
-230,395
Profile photo of DaryaSt by
DaryaSt
Busted
Profile photo of Paul "topdoll287" Newey
Paul "topdoll287" Newey
Busted

Tags: BillLewinskybustovilleDaryaSttopdoll287XMorphineX

Level: 10

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

More Eliminations Incoming

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

"0m3rta" came up short with {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} against the {q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} of "xnrobix" as the board came {q-Hearts}{j-Spades}{8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and "0m3rta" had raised, then called the three-bet shove of "xnrobix" in the small blind.

The all-ins kept coming on that table as Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz with {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}, Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira with the {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} and Niklas "Lena900" Astedt with the {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts} clashed. The {j-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{5-Spades}{9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} board ensured that nobody busted.

Connor "blanconegro" Drinan then departed on another table with {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} versus {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs} as Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder got there on the {6-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades}{3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} board.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of WRUUUUM fi
WRUUUUM
870,865
273,859
273,859
Profile photo of Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder nl
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder
536,487
407,780
407,780
Profile photo of Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira pt
Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira
533,061
241,455
241,455
Profile photo of xnrobix hu
xnrobix
472,322
100,872
100,872
Profile photo of Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz de
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz
323,866
-19,923
-19,923
Profile photo of NoTilit lt
NoTilit
285,017
-37,750
-37,750
Profile photo of Niklas "Lena900" Astedt se
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt
242,442
-7,558
-7,558
Profile photo of DeadNylan
DeadNylan
122,900
122,900
122,900
Profile photo of 0m3rta nl
0m3rta
Busted
Profile photo of Connor "blanconegro" Drinan mx
Connor "blanconegro" Drinan
Busted
Profile photo of Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson se
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
Busted
Profile photo of Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel gb
Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel
Busted
Profile photo of Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle de
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle
Busted
Profile photo of Dinesh "nastyMinder" Alt at
Dinesh "nastyMinder" Alt
Busted
Profile photo of Ole "wizowizo" Schemion at
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion
Busted
Profile photo of NeedBeat ee
NeedBeat
Busted

Tags: 0m3rtaCrownUpGuyRuiNFtinnoemulderxnrobix

"bustoville" Among Big Stacks

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Former big stack Ryhor "Grisha1983" Karapanau has been sent to the rail and he was followed by the likes of Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez, aaldert-92, and Ole "wizowizo" Schemion, who busted a second time.

Schemion was all-in with {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} against the {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} of "E. Aequitas" and the {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts} of "bustoville". The {j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{10-Spades}{6-Clubs} board awarded the 1.25 million chip pot to "bustoville" along with the bounty prize for eliminating Schemion.

"E. Aequitas" doubled through "bustoville" right after with {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds} versus {k-Hearts}{9-Spades} to avoid the re-entry for now.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen fi
Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen
1,146,036
758,320
758,320
Profile photo of E. Aequitas at
E. Aequitas
242,768
-135,687
-135,687
Profile photo of Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez uy
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez
Busted
Profile photo of aaldert-92 nl
aaldert-92
Busted
Profile photo of Ryhor "Grisha1983" Karapanau by
Ryhor "Grisha1983" Karapanau
Busted
Profile photo of Ole "wizowizo" Schemion at
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion
Busted

Tags: bustovilleTomateewizowizo

Nemeth Leads; Shakerchi Dooms Leonard

Level 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi won a flop with {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} against the {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds} of Patrick "pads1161" Leonard on a board of {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{3-Spades} and the latter then got it in with the {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} from low-jack. "imluckbox" made the call in the big blind for slightly more than 12 and a half big blinds and tabled {j-Diamonds}{7-Spades}, which ended up as the best hand on a {j-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} board.

In the meanwhile, Andras "probirs" Nemeth has taken over a big lead on the same table.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andras "probirs" Nemeth hu
Andras "probirs" Nemeth
1,952,040
699,996
699,996
Day 1 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Luan "Pseudo Fruto" Felipe br
Luan "Pseudo Fruto" Felipe
992,905
12,633
12,633
Profile photo of Michael "imluckbox" Addamo au
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo
932,428
932,428
932,428
Profile photo of Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi gb
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi
563,938
563,938
563,938
Profile photo of Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan ru
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosyan
389,298
-499,545
-499,545
Profile photo of LStrelec ru
LStrelec
207,861
207,861
207,861
Profile photo of Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani
Michel "FreeLancerZZ" Dattani
Busted
Profile photo of Ilya "Leqenden" Anatsky by
Ilya "Leqenden" Anatsky
Busted
Profile photo of Wildace_hun hu
Wildace_hun
Busted
Profile photo of silentm0de md
silentm0de
Busted
Profile photo of Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson se
Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson
Busted
Profile photo of Patrick "pads1161" Leonard gb
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard
Busted

Tags: imluckboxpads1161probirsraidalot

Level: 11

Blinds: 4,500/9,000

Ante: 1,125

Quads; Sets and Seat Open

Level 11 : 4,500/9,000, 1,125 ante

Jorryt "TheCleaner" van Hoof called the four-bet shove of Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez with the {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} and was way ahead against the {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} of the Uruguayan. However, the board came {10-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{5-Spades}{8-Spades} and Benitez made quads.

Simon "simon1471" Higgins then knocked out "silentm0de" when he three-bet preflop out of the small blind and picked up a call by the Moldovan. On the {9-Spades}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs} flop, Higgins bet, "silentm0de" raised for nearly half of his stack and called it off.

"silentm0de": {5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Simon "simon1471" Higgins: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}

The {a-Diamonds} turn and {q-Spades} on the river spelled the end for "silentm0de" for the second time today.

Also on the rail are Chun Lei "SamRostan" Zhou, Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov, Hannes "SuchADegen" Speiser and Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Simon "simon1471" Higgins gb
Simon "simon1471" Higgins
1,003,239
496,928
496,928
Profile photo of Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez uy
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez
615,800
615,800
615,800
Profile photo of Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof nl
Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof
542,908
-388,424
-388,424
Profile photo of silentm0de md
silentm0de
Busted
Profile photo of Hannes "SuchADegen" Speiser
Hannes "SuchADegen" Speiser
Busted

Tags: Futti18omaha4rollzsilentm0desimon1471TheCleaner11Tomatee