SCOOP 2021 Day 1: Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz Almost Wins SCOOP Title on Opening Night

On the first Sunday of the 2021 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) on PokerStars, cards went in the air for no fewer than 18 events to kick things off with a bang. Among the highlights of the night were the SCOOP-06-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller] and SCOOP-04-M: $215 NLHE [Progressive KO, Sunday Million SE], both followed by the watchful eye of the PokerNews live reporting team. Players once again flocked in droves to the biggest poker site in the world with the smallest buy-in fields drawing tens of thousands of players.

Pokercode's Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz nearly reigned supreme on the first starting day, ultimately finishing second in SCOOP-07-H: $2,100 NLHE [7-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO, Freezeout, Sunday Cooldown SE] for $42,538. Holz lost the heads-up to Maksym "MAMOHT_T" Mamonov, who earned $88,728 as a result. "Diegops_AKs" and Ilari “Fabahaba” Tahkokallio also added a title to their resumes on the opening night.

Holz will get a second chance in the $10K High Roller, where a ridiculously stacked final table awaits tonight with Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas in the lead. Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson and , Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo, and Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche will also take a virtual seat at the table to duke it out for $254,256.

Check below for all that transpired on the first night of this year's SCOOP.

Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas Leads Star-Studded Final Table in SCOOP-06-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller]

Day 1 of the 2021 Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) at PokerStars was a success with the festival kicking off with seven events (21 tournaments) including Day 1 of the SCOOP-06-H: $10,300 NLHE High Roller. After 116 entries were made, tonight's winner is slated to receive a 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 the final table captain after bagging a huge 130 big blind stack of 3,239,203 in chips.

Meanwhile, Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson bagged a 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

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. PokerStars Twitch will live stream the event on a delay with hole cards exposed.

SCOOP Day 1 Results

A whopping 18 events kicked off on the opening night, but only three of them played down to a winner last night. Maksym "MAMOHT_T" Mamonov, "Diegops_AKs" and Ilari “Fabahaba” Tahkokallio can call themselves SCOOP-champions after night one.

SCOOP-07-L: $22 NLHE [7-Max, Turbo, PKO, Mini Sunday Cooldown]

SCOOP-07-M: $215 NLHE [7-Max, Turbo, PKO, Sunday Cooldown]

SCOOP-07-H: $2,100 NLHE [7-Max, Turbo, PKO, Sunday Cooldown SE]

In-Play Events

Fifteen tournaments are in play and all of them will reach their conclusion tonight. Check who's in charge of these events.

Events Scheduled on April 5

In addition to the 15 events being played out, nine new events will begin on Monday as well including a $1,050 Progressive KO Freezeout.

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