Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder opened for 176,000 from the hijack. Pablo "pabritz" Brito three-bet to 552,500 from the small blind before he called a four-bet jam to 1,740,885 by Mulder.
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder:
Pablo "pabritz" Brito:
It wasn't much of a sweat at the start for Mulder after he paired up on the flop. But the turn opened a flush draw up for Brito. However, the harmless river completed the board and Mulder earned the first double-up at the final table.
Meanwhile, Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen was back in the lead by default after the hand.
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson opened for 154,000 from under the gun and "Driekus888" called from the small blind.
"Driekus888" check-raised the flop from 112,000 to 589,120. Mattsson three-bet jammed and his opponent called off for 950,460 in total.
Driekus888:
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson:
"Driekus888" had top pair and improved to trips after the turn and river. However, the river also gave Mattsson a flush and "Driekus888" was eliminated in eighth place for $37,061.
The SCOOP-33-H: $5,200 NLHE High Roller Club SE at PokerStars kicked off yesterday with 257 entrants generating a $1,285,000 prize pool to smash the $1 million guarantee.
After more than nine hours of play on Day 1, the field was trimmed down to just eight hopefuls ready to battle it out for the $254,256 top prize.
The final table will begin at 7:05 p.m. CEST (1:05 p.m. EDT) at Level 26 with blinds at 35,000/70,000/8,750a and increase every 30 minutes until a winner is crowned.
Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen Leads the Final Table
Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen is easily the final table captain to kick the action off after parlaying his opening stack of 100,000 in chips into a huge 89 big blind stack of 5,932,421 in chips.
Meanwhile, Pablo "pabritz" Brito also bagged a huge 70 big blind stack of 4,910,420 in chips with Jon "luckyfish89" Clark (3,654,382), Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang, and "a_new_hope13" all bringing in stacks of at least 40 big blinds.
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson (2,015,229), Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder (1,613,635), and "Driekus888" (1,359,960) are also still in contention and just a double away from being in the thick of things.
Final Table Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen
Finland
5,932,421
85
2
Pablo "pabritz" Brito
Brazil
4,910,420
70
3
Jon "luckyfish89" Clark
United Kingdom
3,654,382
52
4
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang
United Kingdom
3,224,718
46
5
a_new_hope13
Russia
2,969,235
42
6
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
Sweden
2,015,229
29
7
Teun "tinnoemulder" Mulder
Netherlands
1,613,635
23
8
Driekus888
Netherlands
1,359,960
19
Remaining Final Table Payouts
The final eight players are each guaranteed a payout of $37,061 with the prizes moving up fast from there. The winner will walk away with a healthy top prize of $247,089.
The final table should have been nine players but Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic was eliminated in ninth place for $29,349 on the final hand of the night at the same time as Pascal "Pass_72" Lefrancois hit the rail in 10th place for $23,242 to leave eight players remaining.
Here is a look at all of the remaining final table payouts.
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
$247,089
2
$188,429
3
$143,695
4
$109,582
5
$83,567
6
$63,728
7
$48,598
8
$37,061
9
Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic
Austria
$29,349
PokerNews will be right there until a winner is crowned. So stay tuned to see which of the big names remaining will be crowned the 2021 SCOOP-33-H: $5,200 NLHE High Rollers Club SE at PokerStars.
Today's coverage will resume at 7:35 p.m. CEST (1:35 p.m. EDT) on a 30-minute delay as to not give any spoilers to those watching the live stream at the PokerStars Twitch channel on the same delay with hole cards exposed.