SCOOP-51-H: $1,050 NL Hold'em [Day 2], $1.5M Guaranteed was a tournament broken down into two parts with the primary calling for players to go into certainly one of numerous Day 1 flights and survive 18 levels of play. People who made it to Day 2 weren't only within the money, but capable of compete for a $437,420.71 first-place prize.

The tournament attracted 2,813 entries within the various starting days, but just 307 made it through to Day 2. Among those to fall within the money were Team PokerStars Pros Marc-Andre "FrenchDawg" Ladouceur (225th - $2,636.90), Naoya "nkenyo" Kihara (156th - $3,326.09), Jason Mercier (86th - $5,323.32), and George Danzer (47th - $6,754.57).

Others who cashed were Joe "smokrokflock" Serock (300th - $2,094.84), Viktor "Isildur1" Blom (294th - $2,094.84), Doug "WCG|Rider" Polk (174th - $3,326.09), Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich (64th - $6,754.57), and Alex "dynoalot" Difelice (13th - $20,086.38).

Here's a glance at how things stacked up initially of the general table:

profit76 - 4,570,124jzjayz88 - 4,166,245ViCiuSMaXiMu - 3,622,690Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins - 3,442,515gordon0410 - 3,334,177Jack "jackziyang" Salter - 2,704,882Rob "robtinnion" Tinnion - 2,673,322ismo<3seppo - 2,256,922Andreas "Hoegh93" Høgh - 1,359,123

Aces Fail ismo<3seppo, Who Falls in Ninth

With the blinds at 35,000/70,000/7,000, Rob "robtinnion" Tinnion (4,460,130) raised to 149,100 from middle position and "ismo<3seppo" (2,526,274) three-bet to 373,255 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Tinnion, who called, and the flop came down J♣5♣4♦.

Tinnion checked, ismo<3seppo bet 488,888, and Tinnion check-raised all in. ismo<3seppo called off his remaining 1,657,131 and the cards were turned up.

ismo<3seppo: A♠A♦Tinnion: 6♠7♠

ismo<3seppo was ahead with aces, but Tinnion was drawing to an open-ended straight draw. He his it too because the 8♠ spiked at the turn. The 7♦ was run out at the river, and ismo<3seppo took his leave in ninth place for $29,440.57.

ViCiuSMaXiMu Runs Into Kings to Bust Eighth

With the blinds at 50,000/100,000/10,000, "profit76" (5,879,053) limped the cutoff and "ViCiuSMaXiMu" (1,117,757) moved all in from the button. Both blinds folded and profit76 made the call.

profit76: K♣K♠ViCiuSMaXiMu: 6♣6♥

ViCiuSMaXiMu was on the lookout for a six, but it surely wasn't within the cards because the board ran out 7♥8♥A♠9♠J♥. ViCiuSMaXiMu earned $41,300.74 for finishing eighth.

Big Slick Doesn't Do the Trick for Andreas "Hoegh93" Høgh

Later within the same level, "gordon0410" opened for 210,000 from early position and Andreas "Hoegh93" Høgh (712,371) moved all in from the cutoff. profit76 (5,914,410) then moved all in excessive from the small blind and gordon0410 folded.

Høgh: A♠K♦profit76: J♦J♣

It was a flip, but Høgh had to improve to stick alive. That proved easier said than done because the board ran out an unhelpful T♦8♦5♥3♥J♠. Høgh won $57,938.79 for finishing in seventh place.

Double Knockout Sends Martins Out in Sixth; Salter in Fifth

A few hands later, Jack "jackziyang" Salter (2,813,359) limped under the gun and "jzjayz88" (5,068,936) raised to 270,000 from the hijack. Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins called off for 170,460 from the button, both blinds folded, and Salter called to look a Q♥T♠4♠ flop.

Salter led out for 198,445, jzjayz88 raised to 640,000, and Salter three-bet to 1.15 million. To not be outdone, jzjayz88 four-bet to 1.8 million and Salter called to look the 9♣ turn. Salter shoved his last 733,359 and jzjayz88 called.

jzjayz88: A♦Q♣Salter: A♠J♠Martins: [10c]8♣

jzjayz88 was ahead with top pair, but both his opponents were drawing a great deal alive. Fortunately for jzjayz88, the 5♣ river was a blanked and he scored the double knockout.

Since he began the hands with less chips, Martins finished sixth for $81,279.66, while Salter took fifth for $114,022.98, his largest online score to date.

gordon0410 Takes His Leave in Fourth Place

With the blinds at 60,000/120,000/12,000, jzjayz88 (6,740,755) raised to 270,000 from the button and was met by an all-in three-bet from gordon0410 (1,758,465) at the button. Tinnion flatted fro the small blind, profit76 called, after which the 2 active players checked the 5♦T♠3♠ flop.

When the 8♦ appeared at the turn, Tinnion bet 900,000, profit76 called, and the 6♣ completed the board at the river. Tinnion returned to checking but called when profit76 bet 1.12 million. profit76 showed the A♣5♣, nevertheless it was no good as Tinnion held the 9♥9♣. gordon0410 simply mucked and exited in fourth place for $159,957.02.

jzjayz88 Straightened Out in Third Place

With the blinds at 100,000/200,000/20,000, Tinnion (11,417,816) raised to 426,000 at the button holding the J♥5♥ and jzjayz88 (6,402,016) defended the large blind with the A♣4♣.

jzjayz88 then checked the 5♦2♠3♥ flop, which gave him a straight, and Tinnion bet 647,680 with top pair. jzjayz88 just called after which led out for 1.2 million at the 9♥ turn. Tinnion, who picked up a flush draw, made the decision and promptly his another heart at the 8♥ river.

jzjayz88 bet another 1.2 million, Tinnion moved all in, and jzjayz88 called off his remaining 2,908,336. With that, jzjayz88 was out in third place for $224,395.82.

Tinnion vs. profit76 for the Title

Heads-up play began with Tinnion holding 17,939,832 in chips to profit76's 10,190,168, however the stacks fluctuated in what turned out to be a back-and-forth affair. Eventually profit76 pulled out to a lead, and things came to a head within the 120,000/240,000/24,000 level.

In what will be the final hand of the tournament, profit76 (21,000,050) raised to 480,000 from the button with the K♥2♥, Tinnion (7,129,950) called from the large blind with the 7♠6♠, and the flop came down 7♥5♦4♦.

Tinnion check-called a raffle of 385,020, the K♠ appeared at the turn, and profit76 bet 1,373,506 after his opponent checked. Tinnion called after which checked for a 3rd time at the 2♣ river. profit76 moved all in and Tinnion opted to name off his remaining 4,867,424. With that, Tinnion was out in second place for $314,794.10 while profit76 finished because the winner for whooping $437,420.71.

SCOOP-51-H: $1,050 NL Hold'em [Day 2], $1.5M GuaranteedEntrants: 2,813 entries (307 on Day 2)Prize Pool: $2,813,000Place Paid: 307

1st: profit76 (Romania) $437,420.712nd: Rob "robtinnion" Tinnion (UK) $314,794.103rd: jzjayz88 (China) $224,395.824th: gordon0410 (UK) $159,957.025th - Jack "jackziyang" Salter (Cyprus) $114,022.986th - Yuri "theNERDguy" Martins (Australia) $81,279.667th - Andreas "Hoegh93" Høgh (Denmark) $57,938.798th - ViCiuSMaXiMu (UK) $41,300.749th - ismo<3seppo (Finland) $29,440.57

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Chad Holloway is a contract Contributor to the PokerStars Blog.

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