There are 40 players left in SCOOP 108-H: Main Event High for the start of Day 3 today, and everyone remaining is now guaranteed at least $29,432 for 40th - 32nd place with the first Day 3 pay jump happening at 31st when they hit $37,590.
There are two Canadians heading the chip counts to start Day 3. The leader in the game is the anonymous "AnyExtras" with more than 10.3 million chips for a huge lead. Number two is a lot less anonymous - two-time EPT winner Mike "SirWatts" Watson has just over 8 million to start Day 3.
Watson is having a great few weeks on the felt. He became the third two-time EPT Main winner in history at the beginning of May when he bagged the Main Event trophy in Monte Carlo.
There are six players coming into Day 3 with more than 6 million chips, and the entire top ten has more than 5 million each. Canada has three players in the top ten to start the day, while Austria ostensibly has two. It's worth noting however that both "Austria" and "Canada" can be code for other nationalities as many Germans play from Austria while many Americans play from Canada.
Top Ten Chips to Start Day 3 of SCOOP 108-H
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|
| 1 | AnyExtras | Canada | 10,313,553 |
| 2 | Mike "SirWatts" Watson | Canada | 8,077,187 |
| 3 | Daniel "DaniC19941893" Custodio | Portugal | 7,588,477 |
| 4 | Alex "FutureofMe" Kulev | Ireland | 6,748,111 |
| 5 | ibotown | Austria | 6,035,225 |
| 6 | WelcomelNnferNO | Austria | 6,020,336 |
| 7 | kilrogg94 | Belarus | 5,992,447 |
| 8 | Stumpfed | Canada | 5,708,948 |
| 9 | Paulo "paulinhoo00" Brombin | Brazil | 5,689,814 |
| 10 | Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle | Austria | 5,627,019 |
There were a total of 587 entries by the time registration closed at the start of Day 2 with 235 players coming back for Day 2 play. That put $5.87m into the prize pool to be shared between the top 71 players. The money started getting awarded late on Day 2 as Day 3 was scheduled to start with 40 players.
Payouts for SCOOP 108-H Main Event
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|
| 1 | $1,036,200 | 10 - 12 | $78,307 |
| 2 | $768,359 | 13 - 15 | $61,314 |
| 3 | $569,751 | 16 - 23 | $48,008 |
| 4 | $422,480 | 24 - 31 | $37,590 |
| 5 | $313,277 | 32 - 47 | $29,432 |
| 6 | $232,300 | 48 - 71 | $23,045 |
| 7 | $122,255 | | |
| 8 | $127,729 | | |
| 9 | $100,011 | | |
Day 3 action gets underway at 12:30 ET and they'll play until the final table is set. There is almost $3.7 million waiting to be won tomorrow on the final table, but there is still more than $1.3 million remaining to be awarded on Day 3 before they get to the big prizes on the final day.
Stay tuned here at PokerNews for all the Day 3 action from the Main Event High, and check out all of our PokerStars SCOOP coverage from all three Main Events at the SCOOP Hub. Note that coverage today will begin in real-time while the PokerStars stream covers the Super High Roller FT, but PokerNews coverage will move to match the stream delay once they start focusing on Day 3 of the Main.
