Who Will Win the 2021 PokerStars SCOOP-72-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max]?
The final table of the 2021 PokerStars SCOOP-72-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max] is slated to resume at 7:05 p.m. CEST with Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet holding the chip lead with 8,218,008 in chips. Day 1 attracted 73 unique players who reentered 47 times to get 120 entries in total. A prize pool of $1,200,000 was amassed with the lion's share of it being awarded today.
But Van Fleet won't be cruising to an easy win as some of the elite of the poker world will be joining him on the final table. 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 will all be doing their utmost to try and claim the victory for themselves.
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 |
Van Fleet has no SCOOP titles yet and neither do Loeliger, Salas, and Vogelsang but Muehloecker, Malinowski, and Volkmann each have one while Rudolph holds two of them, but Shakerchi takes the cake with a whopping five SCOOP wins. Will someone win their maiden title today or will someone just simply add another one to their resume?
When action resumes, they will finish the remainder of Level 23 which features a small blind of 35,000, a big blinds of 70,000, and a running ante of 8,750. After that level, the duration will increase to 30 minutes each until the end.
Cards-up coverage will be provided on the PokerStars Twitch and YouTube channels with commentary provided by James Hartigan & Joe Stapleton who will be joined by special guests.There will be a 30-minute security delay but the commentary will be live.
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This is what the nine remaining players are 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 |
for Salas to hold with the higher kickers to double up.
for Salas to hold with the aces for the higher two pair than on the board to eliminate Volkmann in ninth place.
for Loeliger to flop top pair but for Malinowski to river the straight to eliminate Loeliger in eighth place.
for Malinowski to turn top pair to eliminate Shakerchi in seventh place.
, they both checked to the 
for Vogelsang to bust in sixth place.
, Malinowski continued with a bet of 216,750 which Rudolph called.
. Malinowski bet enough to put Rudolph all-in who called for the 2,541,778 he had behind. Malinowski tabled the 
for Rudolph to double up with the 
for Malinowski to hold and double up with the higher pocket pair.
, Malinowski min-bet for Rudolph to call.