Who Will Win the Title in the 2020 SCOOP Event #02-H: $2,100 NLHE?
Eight hours and 50 minutes of poker action have already been completed in the 2020 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Event #02-H: $2,100 NLHE and the field of 575 entries has been cut down to the final 43 hopefuls, who will be back in their virtual seats as of 1 p.m. local time. The biggest slice of the cash and bounty prize pool worth $1,150,000 in total is still up for grabs and a familiar face is at the top of the counts for the final day.
Sweden's "Sasuke234" is certainly no slouch when it comes to online MTT's and currently ranks 13th in the world according to Pocket Fives, back in 2017 he even went up to as high as 2nd place. "Sasuke234" has already racked up more than $12 million in cashes, of which nearly $5.7 million belong to his moniker on PokerStars. The last six-figure score was fewer than two weeks ago when he took down High Rollers 45: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event], $1M Gtd event for $272,953.14.
"Sasuke234" enters the final day as only player above three million in chips with 3,196,370, and he is followed by "kZhh" with 2,966,657 and 2019 EPT Barcelona €1,100 National winner Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa (2,899,468). Other above-average stacks belong to Eder "edercampana" Campana (2,784,780), Guillaume "Nolet20" Nolet (2,676,745), Pete “psxfrcndhe" Chen (2,051,850), "manuverd0n" (1,735,940), and Bertie "bigstealer" Bayley (1,647,000).
The Dutch hopes in the Day 2 field are on "0m3rta" (,059,142), Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof (1,236,870) and Jans "Graftekkel" Arends (1,166,809), while former PokerStars Championship Panama winner Kenneth "kenny05" Smaron (877,911), WSOP bracelet winner Christopher "lissi stinkt" Frank (753,092) and Argentinian high stakes grinder Ivan "Negriin" Luca (624,065) are other big names to watch out for.
As of 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST), the blinds will recommence at 17,500/35,000 with a running ante of 4,500. Until the end of level 36, the levels remain 20 minutes long and increase to 30 minutes each thereafter. An additional 10 seconds will be added to the time bank for each one hour played.
The smallest progressive knockout bounty thus far is worth $1,500 while the largest currently stands at $10,031,25, both amounts are expected to fluctuate rapidly on the way to crowning a champion. Stay tuned right here on PokerNews to find out who adds a SCOOP title and possible top cash prize of more than $88,000 to their resume.