SCOOP-96-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event 2nd Chance], $1,5M Gtd
Day 3 Started
PokerStars SCOOP 2020
SCOOP-96-M: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event 2nd Chance], $1,5M Gtd
Day: 3
The final day of the PokerStars 2020 SCOOP 96-M: $530 Main Event 2nd Chance, starts at 1:05 p.m. EST with 16 players out of 4,899 entries returning to the virtual felt to battle it out for the first-place prize of $348,643. All 16 players have already claimed $8,419 for their efforts up till now but will all have set their targets on a bigger share of the $2,499,500 prize pool.
Coming back for Day 3 with the chip lead is "thx4urm0n3y" with 75,277,047 in chips, they are followed by Fabio "LFFF22" Freitas with 52,578,636 and Bradley "mrbradleyy" Harwood with 48,305,650 in the top three. With stacks above 20 million are "serrazina11" (45,067,065) ,"benderbei2" (41,692,601), "cmontopdeck" (29,868,188), "Anton720" (29,039,521), "AfRoBiZzLe!" (27,229,700), [n]"Jessofaces13"[/b] (24,313,780), "LuckyBet101" (23,575448), and Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles (22,834,354).
And then there are five players left who have fewer than 30 big blinds at the start of the day: "galo_pb", "M4GPI3", "$ubuta1", "Leo "LeoFernandez" Fernandez", and Felipe "Carboneraa" Carbonera all have some work ahead of them today. But, anything can happen, a double-up at the start can propel any of them towards the top of the leader board again.
When the players return, they will finish the remainder of Level 44 which has a small blind of 350,000, a big blind of 700,000, and a running ante of 87,500. According to the tournament lobby, the level duration will remain at 20 minutes for each level with play continuing until the inaugural Main Event 2nd Chance champion has been found.
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Level: 44
Blinds: 350,000/700,000
Ante: 87,500
Level 44
: 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante
The 16 players are back to play down to a winner today and as it's 1:05 p.m. EST, the tournament has restarted.
Level 44
: 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante
The blind levels are being increased to 25 minutes each from now on.
Level: 45
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 100,000
Level 45
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
"thx4urm0n3y" raised to 1,526,000 at the end of the previous level and "AfRoBiZzLe!" defended their big blind.
The flop came 
, "AfRoBiZzLe!" check-called the 1,428,890 continuation-bet of "thx4urm0n3y".
The turn brought them the 
and "AfRoBiZzLe!" check-raised the 5,441,444 bet of "thx4urm0n3y" to 14,898,058 to induce the fold of "thx4urm0n3y".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
66,583,213
-8,693,834
|
-8,693,834 |
|
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|
36,413,534
9,183,834
|
9,183,834 |
Level 45
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles raised to 1,720,000 from the cutoff and Felipe "Carboneraa" Carbonera three-bet shoved on the button for 6,596,896 for the blinds to fold and Gieles to make the call with the bigger stack.
Felipe "Carboneraa" Carbonera: 
Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles: 
The flop came 
for Carbonera to hit top pair but it also gave Gieles a gutshot to a straight.
The turn brought them the 
but the river came with the 
to give Gieles the straight to eliminate Carbonera in sixteenth place. The rest of the field got their first pay jump of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,568,750
6,734,396
|
6,734,396 |
|
Busted |
Level 45
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
"thx4urm0n3y" raised to 1,744,000 from the button and "AfRoBiZzLe!" defended their big blind again.
The flop came 
, "AfRoBiZzLe!" check-called the 1,584,040 bet of "thx4urm0n3y".
They both checked through the 
on the turn to the 
on the river. "AfRoBiZzLe!" bet 4,512,000 and "thx4urm0n3y" called. "AfRoBiZzLe!" tabled 
for the missed straight draw while "thx4urm0n3y" had 
for two pair to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
73,523,253
6,940,040
|
6,940,040 |
|
|
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|
|
27,373,494
-9,040,040
|
-9,040,040 |
Level 45
: 400,000/800,000, 100,000 ante
"thx4urm0n3y" raised to 1,744,000 from the middle position and "AfRoBiZzLe!" three-bet to 4,992,000 from the cutoff. Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles four-bet shoved for 22,068,750 from the button for the action to fold back to "AfRoBiZzLe!" who made the call.
Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles: 
"AfRoBiZzLe!": 
The board ran out 
to not bring any help to Gieles as he was eliminated in 15th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
71,479,253
-2,044,000
|
-2,044,000 |
|
|
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|
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56,286,244
28,912,750
|
28,912,750 |
|
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Busted | |