Which Big Name Will Win the SCOOP $10K High Roller?
The SCOOP-06-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller at PokerStars kicked off yesterday with 116 entrants generating a $1.16 million prize pool to smash the $1 million guarantee.
After nearly seven hours of play on Day 1, the field was trimmed down to a final table of just nine hopefuls in hopes of winning the $254,256 top prize.
The final table will begin at 5:05 p.m. GMT (1:05 p.m. EDT) at Level 22 with blinds at 12,500/25,000/3,250a and increase every 30 minutes until a winner is crowned.
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas Leads a Star-Studded Final Table
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas is easily the final table captain to kick the action off after parlaying his opening stack of 100,000 in chips into a huge 130 big blind stack of 3,239,203 in chips.
Meanwhile, Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson also bagged a huge 100 big blind stack of 2,493,535 in chips with Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz with 1,258,673 also sporting a seven-figure chip stack.
These aren't the only big names remaining in contention as the rest of the final table is well-known in the poker world as well with Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden (887,784), Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo (877,682), Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet (860,169), Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian (783,540), Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche (731,207), and Laurynas "LaurisL91" Levinskas (468,207) all still in contention for the title.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas | Hungary | 3,239,203 | 130 |
| 2 | Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson | Sweden | 2,493,535 | 100 |
| 3 | Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz | Austria | 1,258,673 | 50 |
| 4 | Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden | Finland | 887,784 | 36 |
| 5 | Michael "imluckbox" Addamo | United Kingdom | 877,682 | 35 |
| 6 | Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet | Canada | 860,169 | 34 |
| 7 | Artur "marathur1" Martirosian | Russia | 783,540 | 31 |
| 8 | Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche | United Kingdom | 731,207 | 29 |
| 9 | Laurynas "LaurisL91" Levinskas | Lithuania | 468,207 | 19 |
| Total | 11,600,000 | 464 | ||
| Average | 1,288,889 | 52 |
Final Table Payouts
The final nine players are each guaranteed a payout of $33,767 with the prizes moving up fast from there. The winner will walk away with a healthy top prize of $254,256.
Here is a look at all of the payouts.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $254,256 |
| 2 | $196,995 |
| 3 | $152,630 |
| 4 | $118,256 |
| 5 | $91,624 |
| 6 | $70,989 |
| 7 | $55,002 |
| 8 | $42,615 |
| 9 | $33,766 |
PokerNews will be right there until a winner is crowned. So stay tuned to see which of the big names remaining will be crowned the 2021 SCOOP-06-H: $10,300 High Roller at PokerStars.
Today's coverage will resume at 7:35 p.m. CEST (1:35 p.m. EDT) on a 30-minute delay as to not give any spoilers to those watching the live stream at the PokerStars Twitch channel on the same delay with hole cards exposed.
board and was the first casualty at the final table out in ninth place for $33,766.
turn had Nitsche drawing dead and he was ousted in eighth place for $42,615 after the 
completed the board on the river.
flop and Addamo checked again after the 
turn paired the board. Bujtas bet 60,000 before he called a raise to 390,000 by Addamo.
board gave Van Fleet two pair but it also gave Bujtas a full house. Van Fleet collected $70,989 for his sixth-place finish and the remaining five players are guaranteed at least a $91,624 payday.
board to double up his stack.
flop. Addamo raised to 550,000 before he called a big jam by Bujtas to 3,233,916.