Who Will Win the SCOOP-63-H: $2,100 NLHE Sunday Warm-Up SE?
The SCOOP-63-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Sunday Warm-Up SE], $1M Gtd at PokerStars kicked off yesterday with 538 entrants generating a $1,076,000 prize pool to smash the $1 million guarantee.
After nine hours of play on Day 1, the field was trimmed down to just 27 hopefuls each coming back with at least a cash of $7,525 with their eyes on the title and the $191,108 top prize.
Day 2 will begin at 6:05 p.m. BST (1:05 p.m. EDT) at Level 25 with blinds at 25,000/50,000/6,000a and increase every 20 minutes until a winner is crowned.
"xMFPx" Leads the Final 27
United Kingdom's "xMFPx" was the overnight chip leader after virtually bagging a huge 90 big blind stack of 4,504,956.
Also in the top ten on the leaderboard entering the final day of play are Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov, Joao "HayashiJo?o" Hayashi, Andrey "kot_spartac" Kotelnikov, Damian "pampa27" Salas, Ivan "ILS007" Stokes, "Kohlrabi7", Claas "ssicK_OnE" Segebrecht, Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez, and Benjamin "BC1989RF" Chalot.
Other notable players still in the mix include Enrico "WhaTisL0v3" Camosci, Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet, Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson, and Marius "DEX888" Gierse.
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | xMFPx | United Kingdom | 4,504,956 | 90 |
| 2 | Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov | Russia | 4,293,618 | 86 |
| 3 | Joao "HayashiJo?o" Hayashi | Brazil | 3,721,271 | 74 |
| 4 | Andrey "kot_spartac" Kotelnikov | Russia | 3,368,006 | 67 |
| 5 | Damian "pampa27" Salas | Argentina | 3,096,241 | 62 |
| 6 | Ivan "ILS007" Stokes | Gibraltar | 2,943,981 | 59 |
| 7 | Kohlrabi7 | Austria | 4,293,618 | 86 |
| 8 | Claas "ssicK_OnE" Segebrecht | Germany | 2,758,519 | 55 |
| 9 | Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez | Uruguay | 2,465,781 | 49 |
| 10 | Benjamin "BC1989RF" Chalot | France | 2,420,548 | 48 |
PokerNews will be right there until a winner is crowned starting when the cards are in the air to start Day 2 at 6:05 p.m. BST (1:05 p.m. EDT). So stay tuned to see which of the big names remaining will be crowned the 2021 SCOOP-63-H: $2,100 NLHE Sunday Warm-Up SE at PokerStars.