Teun Mulder Leads $5,200 SCOOP Main Event
The biggest event of the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) calendar has begun, and it didn’t disappoint.
SCOOP 82-H: $5,200 NLHE High Main Event — the crown jewel of the series — kicked off with a $3 guarantee, massive 250,000 chip starting stacks, and a slow, 30-minute level structure designed for deep play. After 15 levels of action, 580 total entries were recorded, and 206 players made it through to Day 2.
Among the survivors, Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder leads the pack with a towering stack of 3,354,512. The Dutch high-stakes crusher — already a two-time SCOOP champion — finds himself in prime position to chase yet another major online title.
Familiar Faces in the Mix
The top 10 chip counts are littered with talent. Antoine "A. Saout" Saout, who boasts both live and online credentials, sits in third. Meanwhile, Marius "DEX888" Gierse and Andre "PTFisherman23" Marques — the latter a former WCOOP Main Event winner — also bagged big.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder | 3,354,512 |
| 2 | blowknockout | 2,325,061 |
| 3 | Antoine "A. Saout" Saout | 2,194,720 |
| 4 | Ebaaa11 | 2,075,760 |
| 5 | fabsnb95 | 1,975,908 |
| 6 | Deiv4za | 1,975,094 |
| 7 | Marius "DEX888" Gierse | 1,929,359 |
| 8 | Andre "PTFisherman23" Marques | 1,926,421 |
| 9 | Jepser8 | 1,821,086 |
| 10 | Dominykas "Mikensonas" Mikolaitis | 1,779,297 |
Ambassadors in Action
PokerStars’ ambassadors were out in full force. Fintan "easywithaces" Hand (34th – 1,257,891) and Parker "tonkaaaa" Talbot (93rd – 579,342) both found bags, while Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes survived his second bullet to advance in 107th with 521,205.
Not everyone made it through: Lauriê "LaliTournier" Tournier and Ben "Spraggy" Spragg were among those who hit the rail during Day 1. But with reentries available and registration still open, they’ll have another shot on Day 2.
What’s Next
Day 2 kicks off at 4:30 p.m. UTC and will play down to just 40 players. Late entrants will receive 250,000 chips (25 big blinds), but they’ll need to hit the ground running to catch the early leaders. Late registration remains open for another 8 hours.
From there, all eyes will turn to May 28, when the final table returns to battle for one of the most prestigious titles in online poker, the SCOOP Main Event High.