SCOOP Main Events Near Final Table With Day 3 Set to Resume
Day 3 of the SCOOP NLHE Main Events is upon us, with all three marquee tournaments—Low, Medium, and High—set to play down to their respective nine-handed final tables today.
Action resumes at 4:30 p.m. UTC, and by the end of the day, each field will have its final table locked in ahead of tomorrow's conclusion when three new Main Event champions will be crowned.
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo in the Mix for $5K Main Event Title
In the $5,200 SCOOP 82-H: High Main Event, just 39 players remain from a field of 679 total entries. The prize pool sits at $3,395,000, with $577,966 set aside for the eventual winner. Brazil’s Rocinhha2011 leads the way with over 10 million in chips, followed closely by fasnb95 of Austria and Ukraine’s olemaiko.
Notable names near the top include Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo and Francisco "tomatee" Benitez, as some of the biggest grinders in the game chase SCOOP glory and one of the year’s most chased after online titles.
Top 10 Chip Counts – High Main Event
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
| 1 | Lucas "Rochinha2011" Rocha | Brazil | 10,109,720 |
| 2 | fabsnb95 | Austria | 8,967,361 |
| 3 | Boris “olelemaiko” Kolev | Belarus | 8,782,434 |
| 4 | Juan "MalakaStyle" Pardo | Andorra | 8,286,717 |
| 5 | Oliver "sk2ll_m0dR" Weis | Austria | 8,066,546 |
| 6 | Stefan "baeks22" Schillhabel | Austria | 7,532,515 |
| 7 | Francisco "Tomatee" Benitez | Uruguay | 7,226,608 |
| 8 | Edilson "Dangerzinn" Júnior | Brazil | 6,633,193 |
| 9 | shevliak | Slovenia | 6,205,745 |
| 10 | Deiv4za | Lithuania | 5,794,276 |
PokerStars' Tournier Crushing $1K SCOOP Main Event
Over in the $1,050 SCOOP 82-M: Medium Main Event, just 79 players are left from a 3,465-entry field. The prize pool totals $3,465,000, with $497,321 awaiting the champion.
PokerStars ambassador Laurie “LaliTournier” Tournier is riding high, sitting fourth in chips as she eyes one of the biggest scores of her career. However, Preben "prebz" Stokkan is in the driver's seat for the near $500K payday.
Fellow ambassadors and SCOOP League skippers Parker “Tonkaaaa” Talbot (30th – 4.7 million) and Ben "Spraggy" Spragg (79th – 623,120) are still in the hunt, hoping to ladder up when cards go in the air later today.
Top 10 Chip Counts – Medium Main Event
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Preben "prebz" Stokkan | United Kingdom | 13,516,787 |
| 2 | fat_thouni | Finland | 10,618,033 |
| 3 | 79Maravilla | Argentina | 9,771,452 |
| 4 | Laurie "LaliTournier" Tournier | Brazil | 9,663,379 |
| 5 | xaneta7777 | Austria | 9,428,003 |
| 6 | Fatum18 | Belarus | 8,779,574 |
| 7 | nic81411 | Germany | 8,734,350 |
| 8 | Dmitry "yurasov1990" Yurasov | Belarus | 8,507,669 |
| 9 | André "aferrao147" Ferrão | Brazil | 8,197,078 |
| 10 | marllonpinto | Brazil | 7,190,565 |
$109 Main Event Down to Final 159
Finally, the $109 SCOOP 82-L: Low Main Event continues to showcase just how massive this series can be, with 20,110 entries contributing to a prize pool of $2,011,000. Only 159 players remain, each gunning for the $208,398 top prize. PokerStars ambassador and SCOOP League captain Fintan “easywithaces” Hand was the only Stars rep to cash in this event, bowing out in 704th place.
Top 10 Chip Counts – Low Main Event
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chupeta79 | Brazil | 10,172,972 |
| 2 | oligarx_555 | Ukraine | 9,855,596 |
| 3 | HustlinFIN | Finland | 8,662,028 |
| 4 | dhera | Denmark | 8,294,054 |
| 5 | MOLEKUL;A_4ELOV | Thailand | 8,092,970 |
| 6 | Anthony "holdplz" Spinella | Mexico | 7,813,836 |
| 7 | concio | Brazil | 7,667,456 |
| 8 | LCasino777 | Slovakia | 7,574,577 |
| 9 | anti-durr | Malta | 7,512,540 |
| 10 | nhlykagwanG | United Kingdom | 7,442,647 |