Mike "AAcademiKK" Bartholomew opened for 336,000 from middle position. Jesse "ezynow99" Wigan jammed from the big blind and Bartholomew called off for 3,822,452.
Mike "AAcademiKK" Bartholomew:
Jesse "ezynow99" Wigan:
Bartholomew blanked the board to exit the tournament. Three others also hit the rail to leave 73 players remaining.
Ricardo "AAposentado" Duarte opened to 320,000 from middle position before Luccas "wantuirpoker" Barrossa three-bet to 928,000 from the hijack. Duarte shoved and Barrossa called off for 6,361,368.
The board gave Duarte a full house and Barrossa was the first player eliminated on Day 3. "8r0k34$$" and Alen "DeckMcFly" Fillipi both went out soon after to leave 77 players remaining.
Day 3 of the PokerStars 2020 SCOOP 74-M: $ 1,050 Main Event restarts at 6:05 p.m. BST (1:05 p.m. EDT) with just 80 players out of 5,903 entries returning to battle it out to get to the final table. They will all be playing for a bigger share of the amazing $5,903,000 prize pool. The winner will walk away on Wednesday, April 28 $838,909 richer.
Mario "livinmydream1" Mosboeck will enter today's penultimate day as the table captain with 18,717,331 in chips. But the road ahead for Mosboeck to live his dream with a win won't be easy with many big names still in contention including Pablo "elmelogno4" Melogno, Feizal "RedPantRed" Satchu, Jack "Swaggersorus" Sinclair, Bruno "great dant" Volkmann, and Pablo "pabritz" Brito all sporting top ten chip stacks.
Another player to keep your eyes on is PokerStars Team Online member Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis, who also advanced to Day 3 with 6,322,668 in chips.
Rank
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Mario "livinmydream1" Mosboeck
Austria
18,717,331
117
2
Pablo "elmelogno4" Melogno
Uruguay
18,235,563
114
3
Palma17
Russia
17,010,770
106
4
miguel2007
Peru
15,540,748
97
5
PaPi7o92
Bulgaria
15,085,270
94
6
blackaces93
Poland
13,822,304
86
7
Feizal "RedPantRed" Satchu
Canada
13,132,616
82
8
Jack "Swaggersorus" Sinclair
United Kingdom
12,743,618
80
9
Bruno "great dant" Volkmann
Brazil
12,340,617
77
10
Pablo "pabritz" Brito
Brazil
12,099,547
76
All players have already secured $5,979 with the first Day 3 pay jump coming up when there are 71 players left. When play resumes, they will finish the minutes which are left of Level 36 with blinds at 80,000/160,000 and a rolling ante of 20,000. From there after, blinds will increase slowly at every 25 minutes with Day 3 concluding when a nine-max final table is set.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$838,909
2
$598,000
3
$426,275
4
$303,863
5
$216,640
6
$154,402
7
$110,063
8
$78,457
9
$55,926
10-12
$39,866
13-15
$28,418
16-23
$20,257
24-31
$14,441
32-47
$10,294
48-71
$7,337
72-80
$5,979
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there from the first shuffle until the final table has been reached so keep reading the updates as they come in.
SCOOP-92-M: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $5M Gtd