PokerStars SCOOP 2020

SCOOP-74-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd
Day: 2
Event Info

PokerStars SCOOP 2020

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,300
Prize Pool
$6,090,000
Entries
609
Level Info
Level
46
Blinds
700,000 / 1,400,000
Ante
175,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
247
Players Left
40

Plenty of Big Pots Emerge

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle won a big flip with {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} against the {j-Spades}{j-Hearts} of Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane in a pot worth 4.73 million when he got there in a battle button versus big blind. The {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{5-Spades} board delivered the ace right away on the flop.

Julien "KroolhearT-1803" Martini also departed from the same table as his suited ace-jack with {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} got flushed by Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles with the {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts} on a {9-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{4-Hearts} board.

"Dhr. Awesome" ended up second-best with {q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} on the button as "deivid29" in the small blind had the dominating {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} and the kicker played on a {q-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} board.

China's WJSS2018 then lost the biggest pot of the tournament so far when they four-bet to 1.2 million and called the five-bet shove of "AverageGreg" for 3 million each to create the following showdown.

"WJSS2018": {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}
"AverageGreg": {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

The board came {j-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} to give "AverageGreg" a king-high straight in dramatic fashion.

WJSS2018 eliminated by AverageGreg
WJSS2018 eliminated by AverageGreg
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov ru
Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov
7,962,246
1,148,556
1,148,556
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle
7,229,020
3,278,732
3,278,732
Profile photo of AverageGreg ca
AverageGreg
6,460,827
3,267,902
3,267,902
Profile photo of David "deivid29" Tovar gb
David "deivid29" Tovar
2,526,247
1,115,952
1,115,952
Profile photo of WJSS2018 cn
WJSS2018
Busted
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Dhr. Awesome
Busted
Profile photo of Julien "KroolhearT-1803" Martini
Julien "KroolhearT-1803" Martini
Busted
Profile photo of Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane
Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane
Busted

Tags: AverageGregbencb789deivid29Dhr. Awesomegavz101pokerkluka

Holz Eliminated by Kotelnikov

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

Andrey "Kot_Spartac" Kotelnikov raised it up from the cutoff and he called the shove of a short-stacked Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz on the button to set up the following showdown.

Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz: {q-Clubs}{j-Spades}
Andrey "Kot_Spartac" Kotelnikov: {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

The {k-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{7-Clubs}{a-Spades}{6-Diamonds} board kept Kotelnikov in the lead with a pair of aces, sending Holz to the rail.

CrownUpGuy eliminated by Kot_Spartac
CrownUpGuy eliminated by Kot_Spartac
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrey "Kot_Spartac" Kotelnikov ru
Andrey "Kot_Spartac" Kotelnikov
3,221,743
163,892
163,892
Profile photo of Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz
Busted

Tags: CrownUpGuyKot_Spartac

McConnon Doubles; Nitsche Busts

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

Jason "JASON.MAC100" McConnon had a flip for a pot of 3.5 million with {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} against the 5AhKh] of Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts and the {9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{7-Spades}{8-Diamonds} board kept the Brit in contention.

Two hands later on the same table, Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche raised to 120,000 in the cutoff and was called by Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia on the button, "Alexgirs" filled up from the big blind. The {4-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop was checked to Correia and he bet 220,800, "Alexgirs" folded and Nitsche check-raised to 600,000.

Correia just called and the {6-Spades} appeared on the turn, which prompted a bet of 360,000 by Nitsche with 1.2 million behind. Correira moved all-in and Nitsche called it off.

Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia: {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

The {2-Clubs} on the river avoided a split pot as Nitsche became the latest casualty late on Day 2.

chicalltreta busts Bounatirou
chicalltreta busts Bounatirou
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia br
Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia
6,893,957
2,377,738
2,377,738
Profile photo of Alexgirs by
Alexgirs
4,707,953
250,431
250,431
Profile photo of Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts be
Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts
4,173,630
414,318
414,318
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Jason "JASON.MAC100" McConnon gb
Jason "JASON.MAC100" McConnon
3,394,028
527,184
527,184
Profile photo of Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche
Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche
Busted

Tags: AlexgirsBounatirouchicalltretaXMorphineX

Level: 26

Blinds: 35,000/70,000

Ante: 8,750

Down to 51 Players

Level 26 : 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante

Among others, start-of-the-day chip leader Calvin "cal42688" Anderson, Zachary "nofingclue11" Clark, Simon "simon1471" Higgins, and Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles have all been eliminated as the field was reduced to only 51 remaining contenders in rapid fashion.

Clark lost a flip for the remainder of his short stack when he pushed the {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} first to act and was called by Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts with the {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}.

The {a-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades}{q-Hearts}{k-Clubs} board improved the equity of Aerts on each street.

By then, Anderson was gone when he came up short with {a-Hearts}{6-Clubs} against the {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} of Michael "imluckbox" Addamo on a {q-Hearts}{9-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{2-Hearts} board.

cal42688 eliminated by imluckbox
cal42688 eliminated by imluckbox

"golovorez777" departed with {a-Spades}{j-Hearts} when Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez hit a set with {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades} on a {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{q-Hearts} board to earn the checkmark on the turn.

Aerts also knocked out Gieles with {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} versus {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs} in a preflop all-in, nothing changed on a {10-Hearts}{3-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Clubs}{5-Spades} board. However, Aerts then doubled "MLS20" as his {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} could not hold versus {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs} for a 4.12 million pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael "imluckbox" Addamo
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo
6,388,330
2,759,491
2,759,491
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Pieter "XMorphineX" Aerts
4,239,774
66,144
66,144
Day 3 Chip Leader
Profile photo of MLS20 at
MLS20
4,120,090
2,210,715
2,210,715
Profile photo of Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez uy
Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez
3,493,321
1,821,424
1,821,424
Profile photo of Alchemist.AJ kr
Alchemist.AJ
Busted
Profile photo of Alex "Pwndidi" Theologis gr
Alex "Pwndidi" Theologis
Busted
Profile photo of Calvin "cal42688" Anderson us
Calvin "cal42688" Anderson
Busted
Day 1 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Zachary "nofingclue11" Clark us
Zachary "nofingclue11" Clark
Busted
Profile photo of Simon "simon1471" Higgins gb
Simon "simon1471" Higgins
Busted
Profile photo of Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles nl
Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles
Busted
Profile photo of golovorez777 ru
golovorez777
Busted

Tags: cal42688golovorez777imluckboxMLS20pokerklukasimon1471TomateeXMorphineX

Defending Champion Speranza Eliminated

Level 26 : 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante

Only minutes before the next scheduled 5-minute break, the field was reduced to the final six tables and the title defense of Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza came to an end.

Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov had been cut down, then flopped the nuts to double and open-shoved the button for the last 12 big blinds and change. Speranza was even shorter than that with 374,130 behind and in the big blind, and he made the call.

Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza: {k-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov: {k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

The board came {k-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{5-Spades}{8-Spades}{5-Clubs} and the kicker played to eliminate Speranza.

Defending champion Tankanza eliminated
Defending champion Tankanza eliminated
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia br
Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia
6,296,707
-597,250
-597,250
Profile photo of Rodrigo "Seijistar" Seiji br
Rodrigo "Seijistar" Seiji
5,240,679
3,785,732
3,785,732
Profile photo of Gustavo "22ehnutzz" Mastelotto br
Gustavo "22ehnutzz" Mastelotto
1,972,255
1,290,440
1,290,440
Profile photo of Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer ie
Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer
1,763,708
1,320,202
1,320,202
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov ru
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov
869,354
-1,697,104
-1,697,104
Profile photo of totti1992100 cn
totti1992100
394,750
394,750
394,750
Profile photo of Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza it
Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza
Busted
Defending Champion

Tags: NL_ProfitTankanza

47 Players Remain on Break

Level 26 : 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante

Prior to the elimination of Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza by Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov, the High Roller regulars Orpen "OrpTheTurk" Kisacikoglu and Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams were sent to the rail in 51st and 50th place respectively.

Filatov would not survive until the scheduled 5-minute break kicked off either as he clashed with Michael "imluckbox" Addamo and exited in 48th place.

It was one of those flips as the Russian held {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds} and Addamo two overcards in {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts} on the button. A pot worth 2.8 million was shipped to Addamo as he binked the turn and river of a {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{a-Spades} board.

NL_Profit eliminated by imluckbox
NL_Profit eliminated by imluckbox
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael "imluckbox" Addamo
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo
8,165,564
1,777,234
1,777,234
Profile photo of Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov ru
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov
Busted
Profile photo of Orpen "OrpTheTurk" Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen "OrpTheTurk" Kisacikoglu
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams ca
Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: imluckboxNL_ProfitOrpTheTurkTankanzaTim0thee

Doubles for Spragg and Veldhuis

Level 26 : 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante

Both PokerStars ambassadors were very short for a long time but both scored doubles shortly after returning from the break.

Ben "Spraggy" Spragg was up first with {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds} on the button against the raise of Michael "imluckbox" Addamo, who turned over the {k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}. The board came {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{9-Spades}{3-Spades} and Spragg doubled.

Spraggy doubles through imluckbox
Spraggy doubles through imluckbox

Addamo's relentless aggression earned him the chips back the next hand against Michael "munchenHB" Telker.

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis then jammed for 826,639 from under the gun and found a customer in fellow short stack Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa out of the small blind.

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis: {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}

After a board of {a-Hearts}{6-Spades}{3-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{9-Spades}, Koplimaa was reduced to one big blind. Two hands later, the Estonian was at risk with {q-Hearts}{7-Clubs} and Gustavo "22ehnutzz" Mastelotto in the big blind had the {j-Spades}{4-Clubs}. Mastelotto got there on the {k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{4-Spades}{5-Clubs}{9-Spades} board.

L. Veldhuis doubles through markovitsus
L. Veldhuis doubles through markovitsus
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael "imluckbox" Addamo
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo
7,495,377
-670,187
-670,187
Profile photo of Michael "munchenHB" Telker
Michael "munchenHB" Telker
1,881,523
738,433
738,433
Profile photo of Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
1,793,278
1,019,989
1,019,989
Profile photo of Ben "Spraggy" Spragg gb
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg
1,212,450
-828,400
-828,400
Profile photo of Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa ee
Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa
Busted

Tags: 22ehnutzzimluckboxL.VeldhuismarkovitsusmunchenHBSpraggy

Sudden Burst of Eliminations

Level 26 : 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante

Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden was one of the bigger stacks heading into the day and the accomplished online MTT grinder made it through the bubble without trouble. However, his tournament just came to an end when he clashed with "Alexgirs".

"Alexgirs" raised the cutoff to 140,000 and Vousden just flat-called in the small blind. On a {10-Hearts}{6-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop, Vousden check-raised from 130,000 to 450,000 and picked up a call to then jam the {7-Diamonds} turn for 1,565,480. "Alexgirs" snap-called.

Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden: {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
"Alexgirs": {9-Spades}{8-Spades}

The {k-Diamonds} river had become a formality as the Belorussian already held the nuts.

€urop€an eliminated
€urop€an eliminated

Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky was next to fall after losing a flip to "Hatrick19911". Sulsky had doubled his severe short stack previously and then got it in with {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds} on the button to face the {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs} of "Hatrick19911" in the cutoff. Sulsky had spades covered on the {q-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Spades} flop but the {k-Diamonds} on the turn and {a-Clubs} on the river ended his run.

In a battle button versus small blind, Alex "dynoalot" Difelice raised to 140,000 and called the shove of Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer for nearly 1.6 million.

Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Alex "dynoalot" Difelice: {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}

The {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} flop brought no help while O'Dwyer picked up some outs on the {9-Clubs} turn. A blank {2-Diamonds} followed and that spelled the end for O'Dwyer.

Mr. Tim Caum eliminated by dynoalot
Mr. Tim Caum eliminated by dynoalot

Last but not least, "kimokh" was all-in from the big blind in a pot of 3.7 million when he defended the big blind and check-called three barrels by Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia on a board of {6-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}. Correira tabled {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a pair of nines and "kimokh" had a bluff catcher with the {a-Hearts}{3-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia br
Francisco "chicalltreta" Correia
7,916,811
1,620,104
1,620,104
Profile photo of Alexgirs by
Alexgirs
6,796,033
2,088,080
2,088,080
Profile photo of Alex "dynoalot" Difelice ca
Alex "dynoalot" Difelice
3,613,644
1,047,146
1,047,146
Profile photo of Hatrick19911 ua
Hatrick19911
2,518,112
1,342,584
1,342,584
Profile photo of kimokh lb
kimokh
Busted
Profile photo of Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden
Busted
Profile photo of Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky us
Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky
Busted
Run It Once
Profile photo of Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer ie
Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: €urop€anAlexgirschicalltretadynoalotHatrick19911kimokhMr. Tim CaumSauce123

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000