Veldhuis Fourth in Chips in the $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up
SCOOP 40-H: $1,050 NLHE PKO Sunday Warm-Up drew in a 454-strong crowd, but only 13 of those starters have reached Day 2. Veldhuis is one of those players; he sits down in fourth place with a 4,195,860 stack and has collected $8,351 worth of bounties already.
Veldhuis will fancy his chances of winning this event, not least because there are only a handful of big blinds outside the top three.
Vamardino "vamvam27" Magsakay (5,763,829) is the man to catch at the restart, followed by Canadian grinder Jamil "Jamil11" Wakil (5,161,145) and Ukrainian "ContraSpemSper0" (4,469,554).
Everyone who has reached Day 2 has done so on merit, but pay attention to the trio of Brazilians toward the bottom of the chip counts. Thiago "KKremate" Crema (3,079,910), Renan "Aziz.Mancha" Aziz (2,543,164), and Peter "pitaufmg" Patricio (2,531,095) are currently playing catch-up but are only a big pot or two away from becoming a force at the business end of this high-stakes event.
SCOOP 40-H: $1,050 NLHE PKO Sunday Warm-Up Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Bounties collected | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vamardindo "vamvam27" Magsakay | Philippines | $8,335 | 5,763,829 |
| 2 | Jamil "Jamil11" Wakil | Canada | $2,875 | 5,161,145 |
| 3 | ContraSpemSper0 | Ukraine | $5,906 | 4,469,554 |
| 4 | Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis | New Zealand | $8,351 | 4,195,860 |
| 5 | dfranco13 | Brazil | $5,875 | 3,575,116 |
| 6 | jknack10 | Canada | $3,250 | 3,519,144 |
| 7 | Sunni_92 | Austria | $1,312 | 3,348,298 |
| 8 | Thiago "KKremate" Crema | Brazil | $750 | 3,079,910 |
| 9 | Thiryyyy | Austria | $3,031 | 3,036,588 |
| 10 | Renan "Aziz.Mancha" Aziz | Brazil | $250 | 2,543,164 |
| 11 | Peter "pitaoufmg" Patricio | Brazil | $5,031 | 2,531,095 |
| 12 | agnaton | Hungary | $3,875 | 2,244,588 |
| 13 | bbernardinho | Brazil | $2,468 | 1,931,709 |