Day 2 of the PokerStars 2021 SCOOP-92-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] restarts at 7:10 p.m. CEST with at least 192 players returning to the felt. As registration is open until five minutes before the start, only more entries will be added to the 599 which were collected on Day 1. Those entries created a prize pool of $5,990,000, easily surpassing the original $5,000,000 guarantee.
Coming back with the chip lead today is "ShipitFTW911" with 3,169,951. They are followed in the top five by "ZeBaronjù" (3,077,927), Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath (2,644,821), "jancsi69" (2,177,205), and Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker (2,121,496).
SCOOP-92-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
1 | "ShipitFTW911" | Sweden | 3,169,951 | 264 |
2 | "ZeBaronjù" | Mexico | 3,077,927 | 256 |
3 | Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath | United Kingdom | 2,644,821 | 220 |
4 | "jancsi69" | Hungary | 2,177,205 | 181 |
5 | Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker | Austria | 2,121,496 | 177 |
6 | "DeuceofDuc0" | Netherlands | 2,044,494 | 170 |
7 | Jans "Graftekkel" Arends | Netherlands | 1,897,109 | 158 |
8 | Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann | Germany | 1,726,141 | 144 |
9 | "ludako123" | Bulgaria | 1,702,719 | 142 |
10 | "Remi Lebo_10" | Ukraine | 1,699,761 | 142 |
But there are still many more familiar names in the field, Jans "Graftekkel" Arends, Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann, Jorma "jobetzu" Nuutinen, Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos, Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger, Maxi "mikki696" Lehmanski, Ami "UhhMee" Barer, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias, Chris "Moorman1" Moorman, and Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle all finished in the top 50 for example.
PokerStars Ambassadors Ben "Spraggy" Spragg (1,412,896), Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis (1,352,054), Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot (664,791), and Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand (587,106) are in the running too today and will be flying the Spade for the team.
Plan for Day 2
When play resumes, the players will start with Level 16 which features a small blind of 6,000, a big blind of 12,000, and a running ante of 1,500. The level duration will remain at 30 minutes each and play will continue until there are 40 players left for Day 3.
Those 40 players will return on Tuesday, April 27 to play down to the final table which will be played out on Wednesday and broadcasted on the PokerStars Twitch and YouTube channels.
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