SCOOP-74-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd
Day 4 Completed
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-74-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd
Day: 4
Level 56
: 3,000,000/6,000,000, 750,000 ante
After less than three hours, Joao "HayashiJoão" Hayashi has won the PokerStars 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker 74-M: $1,050 Main Event for $920,067 be defeating Michael "merla888" Gathy heads-up who claimed $655,853 for his efforts. The 2020 Main Event had the biggest turnout in their history, beating the 2018 record of 5,508 field as this year 6,475 entries were collected to create a monster prize pool of $6,475,000.
Hayashi overcame a final table which also included "luelue399", Luis Gustavo "gkamei09" Kamei, "WNDRWMN23", "Oledjan", "Tydarax", Jon "luckyfish89" Clark, and Matheus "mpZancan" Zancan.
PokerStars 2020 SCOOP 74-M: $1,050 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | João "HayashiJoão" Hayashi | Brazil | $920,067 |
| 2 | Michael "merla888" Gathy | Belgium | $655,853 |
| 3 | luelue399 | Canada | $467,515 |
| 4 | Luis Gustavo "gkamei09" Kamei | Brazil | $333,261 |
| 5 | WNDRWMN23 | United Kingdom | $237,561 |
| 6 | Oledjan | Belarus | $169,341 |
| 7 | Tydarax | Austria | $120,712 |
| 8 | Jon "luckyfish89" Clark | United Kingdom | $86,048 |
| 9 | Matheus "mpZancan" Zancan | Brazil | $61,338 |
Start of the Day's Action
Day 2 chip leader "Tydarax" got short immediately when the lost two-thirds of their stack to "luelue399" when the latter had turned a set of fives but it would be Zancan who would be busting first when he shoved with jacks from the small blind into the ace-ten of Gathy who was sitting in the big blind. Gathy flopped two pair immediately to get the final table down to eight players. "Tydarax" doubled up twice through "Oledjan" first before Clark was eliminated by "luelue399" with ace-king. "luelue399" turned the -nut-flush which beat the flush draw of "Oledjan".
Shortly after the first break, the curtains finally closed for "Tydarax" who couldn't win their third all-in with ace-nine. Gathy had looked them up while holding queen-jack suited to river the flush. "Oledjan" had lost most of their stack already and lost the remainder to Gathy with ace-king. This time, Gathy held king-queen and turned a queen for two pair.
But this wasn't the end of all the quick bustouts as "WNDRWMN23" left in fifth place less than ten minutes later. Gathy was responsible for this one too when he held ace-seven. "WNDRWMN23"'s jack-ten couldn't connect to anything on the board as Gathy turned a flush. With almost three times as much as the second place in the counts, Gathy kept crushing the final table. But he doubled "luelue399" up first before adding even more chips to his stack even while doubling Kamei up too.
Just after the second break, Kamei was kicked out of the tournament by Gathy who was behind with ace-jack when the cards went on their backs as Kamei held ace-king but the jack on the river sealed the deal. Immediately after, "luelue399" got their shortstack in from the small blind and this time it was Hayashi who took the honor. Hayashi held ace-seven and flopped top pair. "luelue399" had some hope for a miracle when the king came on the turn but no further help came to get the tournament to the heads-up stage.
Heads-Up Goes Badly for Gathy
Gathy went into the heads-up battle with a commanding chip lead with over 70% of all the chips in play and a deal was shortly discussed but they both decided to continue to play for the first-place prize. From there on, it seemed like Gathy could do nothing right. He did five-bet shove once to put increase his chip lead but then Hayashi made the right calls a few times to decrease the gap between them.
Hayashi then took over the chip lead when he called Gathy's button raise, they both checked through the seven-ten-queen flop, he check-called Gathy's bet with the jack on the turn for the river to complete the board with the deuce. Hayashi then check-shoved when Gathy continued with a bet and Gathy gave up.
More and more chips went Hayashi's way and then he rivered a straight to leave Gathy behind with 17 big blinds. A few more hands and chips went back and forth until in the final hand, Gathy shoved from the button for his last 12 big blinds with queen-jack. Hayashi called with ace-eight and flopped two pair before improving to a full house on the river to win the battle and that amazing first-place prize.
This concludes the PokerNews coverage of this Main Event but keep following the updates of the other Main Events and definitely make sure to come back tomorrow as we continue our coverage of the extended SCOOP schedule with SCOOP-85-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, PKO, Thursday Thrill SE].
Level 56
: 3,000,000/6,000,000, 750,000 ante
Michael "merla888" Gathy shoved from the button for 73,272,920 and was called by Joao "HayashiJoão" Hayashi.
Michael "merla888" Gathy: 
Joao "HayashiJoão" Hayashi: 
The flop came 
for Hayashi to hit two pair immediately.
The turn brought them the 
to leave Gathy drawing dead as the 
completed the board for Hayashi to improve to a full house to win the Main Event for $920,067 while Gathy busts in second place for $655,853.
A recap of today's action is to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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647,500,000
85,347,120
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85,347,120 |
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Busted | |
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Level 56
: 3,000,000/6,000,000, 750,000 ante
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To take part, viewers must have linked their PokerStars and Twitch accounts and have their stream chat open whilst watching one of a number of streamers.
The following PokerStars streamers are ones to watch for this giveaway:
Level: 56
Blinds: 3,000,000/6,000,000
Ante: 750,000
Level 55
: 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante
Michael "merla888" Gathy raised to 10,400,000 from the button and was called by Joao "HayashiJoão" Hayashi.
The flop came 
, Gathy continued with a bet of 5,940,000 after Hayashi checked who then raised it up to 23,557,600 which Gathy called.
The turn brought them the 
, Hayashi bet 48,380,640 and Gathy called.
The river completed the board with the 
, Hayashi bet 112,796,006 and Gathy called but mucked when Hayashi showed 
for the rivered straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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562,152,880
175,334,246
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175,334,246 |
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85,347,120
-175,334,246
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-175,334,246 |
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Level 55
: 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante
Michael "merla888" Gathy raised to 10,400,000 from the button and Joao "HayashiJoão" Hayashi made the call.
The flop came 
, Hayashi check-raised the 5,400,000 continuation-bet of Gathy to 16,224,000 and Gathy reraised to 40,000,000 which Hayashi called.
The turn brought them the and both players checked to the 
on the river. Hayashi bet 112,200,000 for Gathy to give up on this hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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386,818,634
33,878,000
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33,878,000 |
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260,681,366
-33,878,000
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-33,878,000 |
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Level 55
: 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante
Michael "merla888" Gathy raised to 10,400,000 from the button and Joao "HayashiJoão" Hayashi opted to make the call.
They both checked through the 
flop to the 
on the turn. Hayashi checked again and Gathy bet 20,680,000 which was called.
The river completed the board with the 
. Hayashi checked for the last time and Gathy bet 59,588,400 and Hayashi shoved for 230,022,234 for Gathy to fold to.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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352,940,634
91,238,400
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91,238,400 |
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294,559,366
-91,238,400
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-91,238,400 |
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Level 55
: 2,500,000/5,000,000, 600,000 ante
Joao "HayashiJoão" Hayashi limped in from the button and Michael "merla888" Gathy opted to check.
The flop came 
, Gathy check-called the 5,000,000 bet of Hayashi.
The turn was the , Gathy checked again and Hayashi continued with a bet of 11,024,000 which Gathy called.
The river completed the board with the and Gathy checked for the last time. Hayashi bet 25,083,840 for Gathy to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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385,797,766
-26,678,000
|
-26,678,000 |
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261,702,234
26,678,000
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26,678,000 |
Level: 55
Blinds: 2,500,000/5,000,000
Ante: 600,000