Pedro "LgwZ" Grochocki Wins the PokerStars SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd for a Combined $181,684
After five hours of play, Pedro "LgwZ" Grochocki has won the 2021 PokerStars SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd for $181,684 which includes $98,211 in bounties. He defeated Jonah "RaiseUpBlind" Silverstein heads-up who added $115,069 to their own bankroll. The tournament attracted 539 entries to create a prize pool of $1,078,000 of which the lion-share was handed out today.
After finishing as a runner-up in the Stadium Series Heat 23-M: $530 NLHE, $750K Gtd for $81,836 and 2017 WCOOP-22-H: $530 No Limit Hold'em [Win the Button] for $59,746, and a third place in the WCOOP-40-H: $530 5-Card PLO [6-Max] in the same year for $27,516, he has now finally won his first big title and scored his first six-figure cash today.
Silverstein is also no stranger to success on the online MTT felt as he won the 2014 SCOOP-32-M: $215 NL Hold'em [Progressive Super-Knockout] for $100,584 besides a runner-up finish in the Stadium Series 86-M: $109 NLHE 8-Max PKO Series Saver for example.
Joining them on the final table were Day 1 chip leader "darogio", "drew.derzh", Andriy "Andre_Hansen" Lyubovetskiy, "roohoz", "lildani9", "pappos_11", and Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski.
SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE] Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Bounty | Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pedro "LgwZ" Grochocki | Brazil | $98,211 | $83,473 | $181,684 |
| 2 | Jonah "RaiseUpBlind" Silverstein | Canada | $31,596 | $83,473 | $115,069 |
| 3 | "darogio" | Poland | $18,500 | $53,731 | $72,231 |
| 4 | "drew.derzh" | Ukraine | $17,750 | $40,332 | $58,082 |
| 5 | Andriy "Andre_Hansen" Lyubovetskiy | Ukraine | $6,578 | $30,274 | $36,852 |
| 6 | "roohoz" | Finland | $10,406 | $22,724 | $33,130 |
| 7 | "lildani9" | Hungary | $10,125 | $17,057 | $27,182 |
| 8 | "pappos_11" | Greece | $750 | $12,803 | $13,553 |
| 9 | Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski | Brazil | $11,000 | $9,611 | $20,611 |
Chaotic Run to the Final Table
At the start of the day, 26 players returned to the virtual felt but by the time the first break came around, ten of them were gone already. Big names like Joshua "slayerv1fan" Hoesel, Jans "Graftekkel" Arends, Andreas "mrAndreeew" Berggren, Ivan "zufo16" Zufic, Gary "quiditbear" Hasson, and Josip "Jozinho6" Simunic all fell before being able to enjoy a break.
Another hour later, eleven players were left with Mike "SirWatts" Watson busting in fourteenth place. "mrG01R4NG" was eliminated in 11th place before 2008 EPT Warsaw champion and 2019 Platinum Pass winner Joao "joaovbarb" Barbosa bubbled the final table when he ran his jack-ten suited into the king-seven of Grochocki.
Grochocki Makes a Comeback
Grochocki came into the final table, second in chips, with "darogio" ahead of him but slowly saw the others creep ahead of him. Fellow countryman Dzivielevski was first out on the final table when he ran his ace-jack into the ace-king of Silverstein. "pappos_11" was next to go when they first doubled up "drew.derzh" to be left short and then lose the remainder to "darogio". "lildani9" lost a big chunk of their stack, doubling "darogio" up and then lost the rest to "drew.derzh".
Silverstein held a commanding chip lead with Lyubovetskiy taking out "roohoz" when his ace-queen turned a straight against the kings of the Finn. "darogio" then doubled through Grochocki in an ace-king versus ace-king all-in. "darogio" flopped the flush draw and hit the river to leave Grochocki behind with eight big blinds.
Grochocki doubled through Lyubovetskiy who then busted to Silverstein in fifth place. Grochocki found aces to double up through Silverstein and doubled again when he called for this tournament life on a flopped flush and saw he was good against the set "darogio" had hit. "drew.derzh" was taken out in fourth place by Grochocki who had turned two pair.
Silverstein still had the big chip lead and only increased it when he took out "darogio" ten minutes later with ace-king. Grochocki hit a straight with pocket kings to double up instantly and then won some more pots without showdown to get the stacks to almost even. Silverstein went into the break with a small chip lead but both players decided to skip the break.
This might not have been the best decision for the Canadian as everything went to Brazil from then onwards. Grochocki put the pressure on Silverstein to grab the chip lead before leaving his opponent with fifteen big blinds. Silverstein called the shove of Grochocki with pocket fours while Grochocki held queen-nine. The nine on the flop and the queen on the turn gave Grochocki two pair and no four came on the river for Grochocki to claim the win and his first SCOOP title and another one for Brazil.
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