Who Will Reach the Final Table of the 2020 SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 Main Event?
Two days ago the flagship tournament of the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) has kicked off and the SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] attracted a field of 609 entries, of which 40 players remain to battle for one of the most-coveted titles in the world of online poker.
All those in contention have locked up a payday of $26,786.25 thus far but an immediate pay jump to $33,121.68 awaits after the first elimination of the day. The lion's share of the $6,090,000 prize pool remains up for grabs and all eyes are set on a six-figure score and the top prize of $1,062,966.47, however, the penultimate day will just play down to the final table of the last nine for tomorrow's big showdown.
Leading the 40 survivors into the penultimate day is former SCOOP, WCOOP and three-time Sunday Million champion Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov with a stack of 8,785,576, very closely followed by Michael "merla888" Gathy with 8,781,892. Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Michael "imluckbox" Addamo sits in third with 8,085,377 and "Alexgirs" from Belarus is hot on his heels with 7,970,277.
Some big stacks and notables to watch out for include streamer and poker coach Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle (6,666,824), online MTT legend "girafganger7" (6,025,576), Thomas "MarToMchat" Boivin (5,803,834), Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress (5,298,837), Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez (4,419,885), Ignat "0human0" Liviu (3,965,152), Ben "Ben86" Tollerene (3,177,602), former SCOOP Main Event finalists Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt (2,378,444) and Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker (1,378,915), as well as Max "goodeh99" Silver (2,358,856) and WSOPE Main Event champion Jack "Swaggersorus" Sinclair (1,749,601).
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi also remains in contention to become the second player to win this very event for the second time but enters Day 3 as the second-shortest stack with 700,902.
The two PokerStars ambassadors Both PokerStars ambassadors Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis (1,715,528) and Ben "Spraggy" Spragg (1,104,950) will be streaming their exploits on Twitch for poker enthusiasts from all over the world to follow. On top of that, Spragg is looking for a special present to celebrate his 30th birthday.
The action resumes at 1.05 p.m. Eastern Standard Time with nearly the entire level 27 to play for, which features blinds of 40,000/80,000 with a running ante of 10,000. Once the final table of the last nine has been reached, Day 3 will conclude. Tune back in regularly to find out who gets one step closer to become the 2020 SCOOP Main Event champion right here on PokerNews as we provide conclusive updates until the final river card.