Rayan "beriuzy" Chamas Leads Six 2M Stacks into Day 2
Day 2 of SCOOP 108-H: Main Event is on-deck for 12:30 ET today with 183 players returning at this point. That number may well change before cards go in the air as entries are open until the Day 2 action begins. In total, 533 entries so far have pushed past the $5m guarantee for $5.33 million in prizes right now.
Day 1 played 15 levels and at the end of the day, Canadian streamer Rayan "beriuzy" Chamas was sitting behind the most chips. He bagged up 2,372,359 and was the biggest of six players with more than 2 million chips to start Day 2.
There are three Canadians in the top ten chips to start Day 2 including Chamas while Poland has two players in the top ten. While he didn't make it to the top stacks, another Canadian, Mike "SirWatts" Watson is sitting in 13th with just over 1.5 million to start Day 2. As just the third player to win two Main Event titles on the EPT (one PCA victory, and a recent win in Monte Carlo), Watson is always dangerous and looks to be on a bit of a sun-run lately.
Top Ten Chips to Start Day 2 of SCOOP 108-H: Main Event
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rayan "beriuzy" Chamas | Canada | 2,372,359 |
| 2 | Pargo18 | Ireland | 2,289,272 |
| 3 | David "MissOracle" Yan | New Zealand | 2,242,398 |
| 4 | Dumitru "pora adrian" Pora | Romania | 2,135,976 |
| 5 | AnyExtras | Canada | 2,075,897 |
| 6 | Stumpfed | Canada | 2,042,669 |
| 7 | Fakeee1 | Poland | 1,947,513 |
| 8 | Alex "FutureofMe" Kulev | Ireland | 1,859,986 |
| 9 | Retro_cheetah01 | Poland | 1,781,440 |
| 10 | Christopher "lissi stinkt" Frank | Austria | 1,751,752 |
Quite a few Team Pro members played on Day 1, but only one of them emerged from the day with chips. Lex "L.Veldhuis" Veldhuis bagged a small stack of 427k, but that is still more chips than Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes and Ben "Spraggy" Spragg. They both busted on Day 1, but are on the list waiting for Day 2 with a 250k second-bullet starting stack.
Spragg specifically had a rough, and quick, Day 1. Shortly after his name appeared on the players' list for Day 1, a tweet appeared on his timeline:
With any luck, his second bullet will last a bit longer than his first. Among the other notables to make Day 2 are Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer, Simon "DaDumon" Grabenschweiger, Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi (playing his fourth bullet) and Jans "Graftekkel" Arends with a short stack.
The Day 2 action gets going at 12:35 ET with the beginning of Level 16 and Day 2 will continue until there are 40 players left in the game.
Remaining Schedule in SCOOP 108-H: Main Event
| Day | Date | Start Time (ET) | End Point |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 2 | May 29 | 12:35 | 40 Players |
| Day 3 | May 30 | 12:30 | 9 Players |
| Day 4 | May 31 | 12:30 | Winner |
Stay tuned here for all the action from SCOOP 108-H: Main Event until a winner is decided on Wednesday, and check out PokerNews' coverage of all three Main Events at the 2023 SCOOP Hub.