Two-time EPT Champ Mike Watson Second in Chips in the PokerStars $10K SCOOP Main Event

Day 2 of the 2023 PokerStars Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) $10,300 Main Event is complete with 40 players left in the game. “AnyExtras” bagged a monster stack of 10,313,553 at the end for the biggest stack, while Canada’s Mike “SirWatts” Watson ended the night with just over eight million.

They played 10 full levels on Day 2, with some action in Level 26 before it all ended for the day. There were 235 players that came back for Day 2 after quite a few overnight entries swelled the field to 587 with a prize pool of $5.87 million.

Both of the leaders got their milestones very near the end of the day. Watson, a two-time European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Event champion, bagged his 8,077,187 stack thanks to the final hand of the night, while “AnyExtras” got their 10 million with a 500,000 pot three hands from the end.

SCOOP 108-H: Main Event High Top 10 Chip Counts

The 587 total entries generated a prize pool of $5.87 million, and the biggest piece of that will be more than $1 million for the champion on Wednesday. Some of the prizes started getting awarded today, but it took some time to get there though, with 235 players returning but only 71 players sharing in the money.

Plenty of stellar names fell just shy of the prize money, including Team PokerStars’ Rafael “GM_VALTER” Moraes, Martin “M.nosbocaJ” Jacobson, Juan “Malaka$tyle” Pardo, and the unfortunate bubble boy Roman “RomeOpro” Romanovsky.

Some of those who cashed in the $10,300 Main Event but will play no further part in the tournament include Patrick “pads1161” Leonard, Joni “bustoville” Jouhkimainen, Rui “RuiNF” Ferreira, Adrian “Amadi_017” Mateos, and Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet; the latter was the last player eliminated on Day 2.

There is almost $3.7 million waiting to be won on Wednesday’s final table, but still quite a bit of money left to hand out on Day 3 as well. Players are now guaranteed $29,432, with the next pay jump to $37,590 at 31st place.

Final Table Prizes for SCOOP 108-H: Main Event High

Day 3 action kicks off at 12:30 ET and PokerNews will be on the virtual floor live from the opening hand. However, coverage will be hybrid and will switch to delayed coverage when the PokerStars Twitch stream switches to coverage of this event.

Vicente “vicenfish” Delgado Bags Eight-Figure Stack on Day 2 of the $1,050 SCOOP Main Event

Day 2 of the $1,050 SCOOP Main Event has come to a close, and what a thrilling day it was. Day 2 saw the 1,278 surviving players from Day 1 be joined by 361 fresh entries. Together, they created a prize pool of $4,206,000, of which 591 players would receive a share of at least $2,279.23, and only 80 of them would be bagging at the end of the day, resulting in a guaranteed cash of $5,103.13.

Of those 80, “2ndOnly2God” accumulated the most chips throughout the day. They will take 19,267,210 of them into Day 3, good for 138 big blinds. The most recognizable name in the top ten chip counts is probably that of Vicente “vicenfish” Delgado. The Spaniard playing from Andorra will be playing a stack of 11,135,501 chips at the start of Day 3. Meanwhile, Morocco’s “soulmekki” sits in second place with 16,629,839 chips, and Romania’s “blebelea” rounds out the top three with a stack of 15,972,872.

SCOOP 108-M: Main Event High Top 10 Chip Counts

PokerStars Ambassador Ramon “RamonColillas” Colillas (7,390,053) and online poker legends Anatoly “NL_Profit” Filatov (4,489,462) and Niklas “Lena900” Astedt (2,394,980) also found their way to Day 3.

However, it would take many eliminations before the 80 remaining players could bag. Predictably, they came in quickly and in great numbers, and the money would eventually be reached after about three hours of play. Among those unfortunate enough to not cash this version of the main event were PokerStars Ambassadors Parker “tonkaaaa” Talbot, Fintan “EasyWithAces” Hand, and Sam “SamSquid” Grafton, the latter of which busting very close to the money in 596th place.

Many more household names would join them, such as Linus “LLinusLLove” Loeliger, Sam “Str8$$$Homey” Greenwood, and Steve “Mr. Tim Caum” O’Dwyer. The likes of Christoph “26071985” Vogelsang, Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg, and Alex “FutureofMe” Kulev did find a cash, but could not make a deep run unto the tail end of Day 2.

Just before a double elimination would conclude Day 2 with 79 remaining players, powerhouses Nicolas “PKaiser” Fierro, Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis, and Jans “Graftekkel” Arends would also be forced to join the rail.

Those 79 remaining players will return on May 30th, when Day 3 will commence at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The players will then play down to a final table of nine players, which will be played out on Day 4 on May 31st. Blinds on Day 3 will start at 70,000/140,000 with an ante of 17,500, and all levels will have a duration of 25 minutes.

As always, PokerNews will be present with a live report of the entire day, so be sure to tune in to this page tomorrow to find out who the final nine players battling for the $600,639.75 top prize will be and how they will get there.

Ukraine’s Sodaski Leads Going Into Day 3 of the $109 SCOOP Main Event

A thrilling Day 2 in the $109 SCOOP Main Event saw the field whittled down to just 157 players, who will return for Day 3 tomorrow, May 30th at 12:30 pm ET.

Late registration remained open for today’s event until just before cards got in the air for Day 2. As players took their seats, the field had reached a total of 22,663 entries, with 7,493 players still vying for their share of the prize pool, which reached $2,266,300.

A total of 3,183 players made the money, taking home at least the min-cash of $194.44. The eventual champion will take home $232,581.89. The remaining 157 players have locked up a score of at least $1,318.30.

Play will resume with Day 3 on May 30, with cards getting in the air at 12:30 pm ET. Play will continue until just nine remain. These nine will make up the event’s final table, which will be played the following day. Day 3 will begin at Level 42, with blinds at 60,000/120,000 with an ante of 15,000.

No PokerStars Ambassadors managed to bag today. Felix “xflixx” Schneiders was the last member of the team standing, finishing in 1,402nd for a cash of $327.70.

The chip lead went back and forth among a number of players throughout, but “Sodaski” took a sizable lead late in play and managed to hold onto it until the conclusion of play. They bagged 16,848,127, more than two million more than second place.

SCOOP 108-L: Main Event High Top 10 Chip Counts