PokerStars SCOOP Event #8-Hi, $3,150 NLHE Day 1: Melnikow Leads 34 Survivors
The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker continued on Sunday with Event #8-Hi, a two-day $3,150 no-limit hold'em affair. The tournament drew 915 entrants, falling a bit short of its $3,000,000 guarantee and therefore offering a rare overlay.
Barring a chop, Monday's winner will walk away with $550,500. The top 99 players made the money, with the bubble reached late in the night's action; only 34 survived Day 1. Among those walking away with a payday yet not coming back for Day 2 were Ryan "g0lfa" D'Angelo in 38th place ($11,400), Peter "twirlpro" Turmezey in 42nd ($11,400), Chris "Bushman" Bush in 46th ($10,200), Andre "aakkari" Akkari in 50th ($10,200), Fabrizio "SixthSenSe19" Gonzalez in 51st ($10,200) and Luke "Bdbeatslayer" Vrabel in 52nd ($10,200).
In a healthy lead with 1,243,929 is Alex "hadouk3n" Melnikow. On his heels are EPT Monte Carlo champion Glen "Choron" Chorny in second with 644,307, WCOOP winner Ruben "rubenrtv" Visser in third with 623,114, collins3 in fourth with 522,682 and Keith "The Camel" Hawkins in fifth with 508,575. Daniel "KidPoker" Negreanu remains in the hunt, though short-stacked and in 32nd place with 66,223.
The action continues on Monday at 4:30pm ET. The blinds and antes will be at 2,500/5,000/625 when play resumes. The complete chip counts for all surviving players:
1. Alex "hadouk3n" Melnikow �� 1,243,929
2. Glen "Choron" Chorny �� 644,307
3. Ruben "rubenrtv" Visser �� 623,114
4. collins3 �� 522,682
5. Keith "The Camel" Hawkins �� 508,575
6. Skint Paddy �� 408,170
7. Justin "Boosted J" Smith �� 380,744
8. Jamie "pokerjamers" Armstrong �� 357,964
9. Tim "timkrank" Miles �� 349,914
10. Blake "Balla-B13" Cahail �� 298,931
11. Kenny "LoneHixx" Hicks �� 282,730
12. Alex "mahoney3" Todd �� 262,616
13. Matt "MCMATTO" Affleck �� 238,752
14. compris �� 237,815
15. Matt "plattsburgh" Vengrin �� 221,905
16. Nicolas "Nocturnick" Leger �� 219,845
17. Pot Odds 3 �� 217,364
18. Egar1m �� 215,577
19. tunnny �� 214,846
20. Noah "fouruhaters" Schwartz �� 212,965
21. KingKobeMVP �� 203,655
22. Keith "donnysack" Donovan �� 202,690
23. Derric "actionDJ" Haynie �� 138,095
24. Zach "nofingclue11" Clark �� 126,432
25. Exitonly4 �� 116,758
26. Mrjackdawson �� 108,795
27. Russell "rdcrsn" Carson �� 97,760
28. PurpleHazze �� 86,310
29. __2cb__ �� 85,715
30. IFiNishfish �� 82,552
31. Tommy "skier_5" Pavlicek �� 72,241
32. Daniel "KidPoker" Negreanu �� 66,223
33. David "WhooooKidd" Baker �� 54,854
34. ragen70 �� 45,175
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