SCOOP-72-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max], $1M Gtd
Day 1 Completed
PokerStars SCOOP 2021
SCOOP-72-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max], $1M Gtd
Day: 1
Van Fleet Takes Chip Lead into Final Table of the 2021 PokerStars SCOOP-72-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max]
Level 23
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Day 1 of the 2021 PokerStars SCOOP-72-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max] has concluded with nine players making it through to the final table. In the end, it was Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet who would claim the chip lead with 8,218,008 in chips. The first five hours of the tournament attracted 73 unique players who reentered 47 times to get to 120 entries in total. This created an attractive prize pool of $1,200,000 which easily surpassed the initial $1,000,000 that was set aside for this event.
With the elimination of Eelis "EEE27" Pärssinen, Van Fleet worked his way up the counts and grabbed the chip lead when he took out David "dpeters17" Peters in 14th place. He never really had to look back since then as he also took out "mrG01R4NG", Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams, and burst the final table bubble by eliminating Marius "DEX888" Gierse.
Following him in the counts and joining him on the final table are Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker, Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski, Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph, Bruno "great dant" Volkmann, Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger, Damian "pampa27" Salas, Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang, and Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi.
SCOOP-72-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max] Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet | United States | 8,218,008 | 117 |
| 2 | Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker | Austria | 4,500,710 | 64 |
| 3 | Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski | Poland | 3,497,249 | 50 |
| 4 | Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph | Germany | 3,209,228 | 46 |
| 5 | Bruno "great dant" Volkmann | Brazil | 2,975,773 | 43 |
| 6 | Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger | Switzerland | 2,754,018 | 39 |
| 7 | Damian "pampa27" Salas | Argentina | 2,134,828 | 30 |
| 8 | Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang | Germany | 1,766,062 | 25 |
| 9 | Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi | United Kingdom | 944,124 | 13 |
The only PokerStars Ambassador to battle in this field today was Sam "SamSquid" Grafton but things didn't go too well for him. He lost a big chunk of his stack early on to triple up through Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez and Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder to lose it all again ten minutes later when called the shove of Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden with ace-queen on the trey-eight-eight-six-deuce board. Vousden held the pocket kings for two pair to bust the Brit in the fifth level of the day.
But he wasn't the only one who would leave the tournament without cashing. Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle, Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo, Orpen "OrpTheTurk" Kisacikoglu, Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz, Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood, Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger, and Ole "wizowizo" Schemion all fired the maximum amount of three bullets and all missed with them.
Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski busted to Adams when he had rivered a flush but saw the Canadian held the nut-flush before Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro three-bet shoved his 23 big blinds in with ace-queen. Rudolph had picked up aces and jammed his slightly bigger stack in from the big blind for initial raiser Muehloecker to fold. The aces held for the bubble to burst.
Vicent "gordon0410" Bosca, Peters, Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois, "mrG01R4NG", Adams, and Gierse all cashed but fell before the end of the day. The nine remaining players will return on Wednesday, April 21 at 7:05 p.m. CEST to play down to a winner and the action will be covered by James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton on the PokerStars Twitch and YouTube channels.
As there will be cards-up coverage of the event, there will be a 30-minute security delay but the commentary will be live. Hartigan and Stapleton will be joined by special guests so that's definitely something to look forward to. PokerNews will be providing the updates right here on a similar delay and this is what the nine remaining players are all still playing for:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $263,023 |
| 2 | $203,788 |
| 3 | $157,893 |
| 4 | $122,334 |
| 5 | $94,783 |
| 6 | $73,437 |
| 7 | $56,899 |
| 8 | $44,085 |
| 9 | $34,931 |
End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts
Level 23
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,218,008 | |
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4,500,710 | 210,000 |
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3,497,249 | |
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3,209,228 | -17,500 |
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2,975,773 | |
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2,754,018 | -17,500 |
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2,134,828 | -122,500 |
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1,766,062 | |
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944,124 | -52,500 |
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Marius "DEX888" Gierse Eliminated in 10th Place ($27,678)
Level 23
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Marius "DEX888" Gierse raised to 700,000 from the button and kept 1,778 behind for Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet to three-bet from the big blind and Gierse to make the call for the rest.
Marius "DEX888" Gierse: 
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet: 
The board ran out 
for Van Fleet to flop top pair and turn trips to burst the final table bubble as Gierse busted in tenth place.
The nine remaining players will return on Wednesday, April 21 at 7:05 p.m. CEST for the final table as play ends now.
A recap is to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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8,218,008 | 771,778 |
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3,497,249 | -43,750 |
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2,975,773 | -8,750 |
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1,766,062 | -8,750 |
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Busted | |
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Broadway for Malinowski
Level 23
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet raised to 140,000 from under the gun and was called by Bruno "great dant" Volkmann in the cutoff and Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Malinowski checked and Van Fleet continued with a bet of 129,675 which was called by all.
The turn was the 
and it was checked around for the 
to complete the board. It was checked to Volkmann who bet 490,000 for Malinowski to call but for Van Fleet to fold. Volkmann tabled the 
for two pair but Malinowski held the 
for the Broadway to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,446,230 | -295,925 |
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3,540,999 | 1,081,850 |
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2,984,523 | -361,175 |
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1,774,812 | -293,500 |
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710,528 | -131,250 |
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Loeliger Rivers Muehloecker to Double Up
Level 23
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker raised to 140,000 from the cutoff and Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger three-bet shoved from the button for 1,311,384 which Muehloecker called when the action was folded to him.
Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger: 
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker: 
The board ran out 
for Loeliger to hit the river for top pair and the double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,290,710 | -220,469 |
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3,226,728 | -33,600 |
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2,771,518 | 745,469 |
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2,257,328 | -255,150 |
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996,624 | -236,250 |
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Volkmann Catches Van Fleet's Bluff to Double Up
Level 23
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet raised to 182,000 from the small blind and Bruno "great dant" Volkmann defended his big blind.
The flop came 
, Van Fleet continued with a bet of 140,000 which Volkmann called.
The turn was the and Van Fleet bet 420,000 and was called again.
The river completed the board with the 
and Van Fleet shoved for Volkmann to call for the 908,974 he had behind. Van Fleet showed the 
for the bluff for Volkmann to double with the for the pair of jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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7,742,155 | -1,985,224 |
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3,345,698 | 1,913,474 |
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2,459,149 | -96,250 |
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2,068,312 | 106,750 |
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841,778 | 52,500 |
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Salas Shoves on Muehloecker
Level 23
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Damian "pampa27" Salas raised to 140,000 from the button and Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker three-bet to 435,000 from the small blind but folded when Salas four-bet shoved for 1,963,728.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,511,179 | -443,750 |
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3,260,328 | -8,750 |
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2,512,478 | 540,000 |
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2,026,049 | -78,750 |
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1,232,874 | -8,750 |
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Straight for Muehloecker
Level 23
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph raised to 158,900 from the cutoff and Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker defended his big blind.
The flop came down with the 
, Muehloecker check-called the 119,000 continuation-bet of Rudolph.
The turn was the 
and they both checked to the on the river. Muehloecker led out a bet pf 209,402 for Rudolph to call but muck when Muehloecker tabled the -9c8d] for the straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,954,929 | 548,552 |
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3,269,078 | -347,302 |
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2,104,799 | -17,500 |
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1,972,478 | -122,500 |
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1,241,624 | -52,500 |
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Chip Counts After the Break
Level 23
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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9,727,379 | |
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4,406,377 | |
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3,616,380 | |
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2,555,399 | |
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2,122,299 | |
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2,094,978 | |
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1,961,562 | |
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1,432,224 | |
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1,294,124 | |
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789,278 | |
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