Eight Players Will Return for Day 2 of the SCOOP-58-H: $2,100 NLHE [Heads-Up]
Day 1 of the PokerStars 2020 SCOOP-58-H: $2,100 NLHE [Heads-Up] is over, and after more than seven hours of play, there are just eight players left in the field. Those are the players that won all their heads-up clashes and managed to reach the end of Day 1, securing a place into the money and returning tomorrow for a run into the first prize.
The event had a cap of 128 players and 119 were registered at the start of the day, with no late registration available. The guaranteed prize pool was $200,000 but the event managed to surpass it, reaching $238,000. Many familiar names managed to advance to Day 2 and the list consists of Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs, Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche, Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez, Connor "blanconegro" Drinan, "CatLover666", "Grindation", "fetopoker1", and "wubblepig".
Among those that were eliminated before the payouts were "Passiveaggro", Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira, Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson, Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Gianluca "Tankanza" Speranza, Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov, Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle, Ole "wizowizo" Schemion, and Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis.
Based on the payout structure of the event, 16 players should have finished in the money, and eight of them busted during the last round of Day 1. Some notables that were eliminated into the payouts are Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves and Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras. They all earned $4,760 for their efforts, while the eight players that advanced to Day 2 have already secured $9,520.
Day 1 Results
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $71,400 | ||
| 2 | $42,840 | ||
| 3 | $23,800 | ||
| 4 | $23,800 | ||
| 5 | $9,520 | ||
| 6 | $9,520 | ||
| 7 | $9,520 | ||
| 8 | $9,520 | ||
| 9 | mamamamama70 | Sweden | $4,760 |
| 10 | Mukhin1 | Russia | $4,760 |
| 11 | Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves | United Kingdom | $4,760 |
| 12 | AmStAf88 | Estonia | $4,760 |
| 13 | Kalapoju | Finland | $4,760 |
| 14 | chtrumfeinz | United Kingdom | $4,760 |
| 15 | sipinho13 | Hungary | $4,760 |
| 16 | Pauli "Fiilismies" Ayras | Finland | $4,760 |
A great night was indeed for Drinan whose longest heads-up lasted for six levels. In the first round he was drawn without any opponent and just observed his way to Round 2. There, he was paired with Veldhuis and their match went on for six levels before he eliminate the Team Pro with sevens against deuces. The next two rounds were just a matter of five minutes each for Drinan, firstly against Sven "SvenCalls" McDermott and then against Ayras.
It wasn't the same for Nitsche, who had two long battles for Round 3 and 4, in order to earn his seat to Day 2. In Round 3, he faced "KennedyPK97" and they were the last heads-up of the round. In Round 4 Nitsche faced "Mukhin1" and they were the second to last heads-up before the end of the day. Nitsche managed to overcome his last opponent with a flopped set against a flopped two pair.
Day 2 will start on Thursday at 2:15 p.m. ET and the eight finalists will be paired again with each other to continue their race for the SCOOP title. After each heads-up they receive again the starting stack of 100,000 and start from Level 1 their efforts to beat their rivals. Just three rounds remain between the eight players of Day 2 and the title, meaning that whoever manages to win all three matches will be the next champion of SCOOP.
Come back tomorrow here at PokerNews to find out who will be the winner.