SCOOP-06-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller], $1M Gtd
Day 1 Completed
PokerStars SCOOP 2021
SCOOP-06-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller], $1M Gtd
Day: 1
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas Leads Star-Studded Final Table in the PokerStars $10K SCOOP High Roller
Level 22
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
Day 1 of the 2021 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) at PokerStars was a huge success with the festival kicking off with seven events (21 tournaments) including Day 1 of the SCOOP-06-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller.
The event's $1 million guarantee was smashed after 116 entries (89 entries + 27 re-entries) generated a huge $1,160,000 prize pool. Tomorrow's winner is slated to receive a huge top prize of $254,256.
The field was trimmed down to just nine hopefuls after nearly seven hours of play. Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas will be tomorrow's final table captain after bagging a huge 130 big blind stack of 3,239,203 in chips.
Bujtas was near the top of the chip counts a good part of the opening day and took the chip lead before going on a surge near the end of the day to head into tomorrow's action with a monster stack.
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 |
SCOOP $10,300 High Roller Day 1 Action of the Day
Day 1 featured 15-minute blind levels during most of the four-hour late-registration window before migrating to longer 20-minute blind levels for the rest of the day.
Vicente "vicenfish" Delgado bubbled the tournament in 16th place about six hours into the day after his tens didn't win a flip against the ace-queen held by Bujtas.
Shortly after the bubble broke, Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen, "CPUrul0r", and Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford were ousted in 13th to 15th places for a min-cash of $21,200 and the first and only money jump before the final table took place.
Bujtas then eliminated "mrG01R4NG" in 12th place for $26,755 to take the chip lead. Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski was eliminated in 11th to Mattsson and a hand later the day was over after Butjas was back at it again to send Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro to the sidelines in 10th place on the final table bubble.
Day 1 Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro | Finland | $26,755 |
| 11 | Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski | Russia | $26,755 |
| 12 | mrG01R4NG | Malta | $26,755 |
| 13 | Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen | Finland | $21,200 |
| 14 | cpurul0r | Austria | $21,200 |
| 15 | Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford | United Kingdom | $21,200 |
Final Table Payouts
The final nine players are each guaranteed a payout of $33,767 with the prizes moving up fast from there. Tomorrow's 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 |
The action will resume 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.
The action will resume on Monday, April 5 at 7:05 p.m. CEST (1 p.m. EDT) with blinds at 12,500/25,000 with an ante of 3,250 and increase every 20 minutes until a winner is crowned.
Stay tuned at PokerNews to see who wins the SCOOP-06-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller at PokerStars.
Final Table Chip Counts
Level 22
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
| 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 |
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro Eliminated in 10th Place ($26,755)
Level 22
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
During the very first hand of hand-to-hand play, Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas opened for 60,000 from the cutoff and was called by Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro in the big blind. Kelopuro checked the 
flopped before he called off his stack of 94,769 facing a jam by Bujtas.
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro: 
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas: 
Kelopuro had two pair while Bujtas didn't have much of anything besides two overcards. Bujtas improved to a better two pair after the 
turn and 
river completed the board to eliminated Kelopuro in 10th place for $26,755.
The action was paused after the hand and the final table will begin tomorrow, April 4 at 8:05 p.m. CEST (2:05 p.m. EDT).
Stay tuned at PokerNews for the recap of Day 1 of the SCOOP: 06 NLHE High Roller at PokerStars.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,239,203 | 200,434 |
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2,493,535 | 25,500 |
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1,258,673 | 381,350 |
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887,784 | 298,160 |
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877,682 | -3,250 |
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860,169 | -401,100 |
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783,540 | -15,750 |
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731,207 | -3,250 |
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468,207 | -3,250 |
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Busted | |
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Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski Eliminated in 11th Place ($26,755)
Level 22
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson opened to 50,500 from the hijack and was called by Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski in the big blind.
Malinowski jammed the 
flop and was called by Mattsson.
Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski: 
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson: 
Malinowski had a pair but Mattsson hit one of his many outs after the 
turn and river gave him a better pair.
The action was hand-for-hand after the eliminated of Malinowski in 11th place for $26,755.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,468,035 | 136,115 |
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880,932 | 291,466 |
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799,290 | 117,500 |
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734,457 | 88,000 |
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471,457 | 31,500 |
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Busted | |
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Bujtas Doubles Vousden
Level 22
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas opened for 50,000 from the button. Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden three-bet to 150,000 and called off for 623,624 after Bujtas jammed.
Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden: 
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas: 
Vousden won the flip to double up after Bujtas didn't sync up with the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,038,769 | |
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1,261,269 | |
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877,323 | |
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589,624 | |
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478,844 | |
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Mattsson Over 2M
Level 22
: 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian opened for 50,000 from the cutoff and was called by Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson from the button.
Martirosian check-called a bet of 39,250 on the 
flop before he check-called for 178,980 on the turn.
The 
completed the board on the river and Martirosian checked again. Mattsson jammed for nearly triple the 681,790 his opponent had left and won the hand after Martirosian folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,331,920 | 439,255 |
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681,790 | -528,270 |
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664,581 | 139,496 |
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646,457 | -282,439 |
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589,466 | 264,208 |
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439,957 | -32,250 |
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Level: 22
Blinds: 12,500/25,000
Ante: 3,250
Bujtas Extends His Chip Lead
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas opened from under the gun to 40,000 and got called by Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz from the cutoff and Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet in the big blind.
The action on the 
flop checked around to Holz who fired out for 51,000. Van Fleet raised to 150,000 before Bujtas three-bet to 360,000. Holz folded and Van Fleet called.
Both players checked the 
turn before Van Fleet fired out for 237,510 on the river. Bujtas jammed and won the hand after Van Fleet folded to extend his chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,038,769 | 806,010 |
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1,261,269 | -582,510 |
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877,323 | -108,500 |
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589,624 | -57,500 |
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478,844 | -57,800 |
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"mrG01R4NG" Eliminated in 12th Place ($26,755)
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
"mrG01R4NG" opened for 40,000 from under the gun. Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas three-bet to 140,000 from the small blind. "mrG01R4NG" four-bet jammed for 356,162 and Bujtas called.
mrG01R4NG: 
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas: 
The 
board did nothing to get tens ahead of jacks and "mrG01R4NG" was eliminated in 12th place for $26,755.
Meanwhile, Bujtas was the new chip leader of the High Roller after his fishhooks held.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,232,759 | 1,223,268 |
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1,843,779 | 152,300 |
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985,823 | -675,996 |
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647,124 | -20,000 |
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536,644 | -268,110 |
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Busted | |
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