SCOOP-13-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max], $1M Gtd
Day 2 Completed
PokerStars SCOOP 2021
SCOOP-13-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max], $1M Gtd
Day: 2
Event Info
Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
After just under four hours of play, one of the biggest names in the online poker world, Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski has taken down SCOOP-13-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max] for $241,957 by defeating Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson heads-up in three hands.
Malinowski is well known as he can frequently be found on the high-stakes cash games tables and even put out a challenge to play anyone in the world heads-up. He even offered to stream things and play drunk by downing a bottle of wine with the camera on.
Even though he isn't afraid on those tables, he showed today that he's not scared of playing along with the others in the MTT fields. Today's he claimed his first SCOOP title in a tournament that was filled with some of the elite of the poker world and they also showed up for this final table.
Besides Mattsson, Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang, Pablo "pabritz" Brito, Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams, "psihodelik31", Ryan "Piggysnipz" Pignatelli, Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani, and Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen all took a seat at the start of the final table.
SCOOP-13-H: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max] Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski | Poland | $241,957 |
| 2 | Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson | Sweden | $185,766 |
| 3 | Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang | Germany | $142,624 |
| 4 | Pablo "pabritz" Brito | Brazil | $109,502 |
| 5 | Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams | Canada | $84,072 |
| 6 | "psihodelik31" | Russia | $64,547 |
| 7 | Ryan "Piggysnipz" Pignatelli | Canada | $49,557 |
| 8 | Pedro "pvigar" Garagnani | Brazil | $38,048 |
| 9 | Joni "bustoville" Jouhkimainen | Finland | $31,822 |
Action of the Day
Jouhkimainen came into the day with the second-shortest stack but was first to go when he ran his ace-jack into the ace-queen of "psihodelik31". They both turned two pair but "psihodelik31" managed to stay ahead with the higher kicker. Garagnani was the shortest stack but doubled through Pignatelli for the latter to bust in eighth place when his ace-king couldn't beat the pocket eights of Brito.
Mattsson held 42% of the chips in play at that point but his stack slowly dwindled as he first doubled up Malinowski and then Brito. Malinowski doubled up through Brito before winning a few more hands after that to slowly climb up to second place in the counts with Mattsson still holding a commanding chip lead.
Garagnani fell in seventh place when he three-bet jammed his pocket sevens into the queens of Malinowski. Adams then doubled through Mattsson but then Brito doubled through him. Malinowski won a pot against Brito for the chip lead. "psihodelik31" had been short for most of the night and doubled up once again through Malinowski before eventually giving all their chips to Vogelsang who rivered the two pair with the lower cards.
Adams was eliminated next when he called the four-bet shove of Brito with ace-jack Brito's pocket tens held throughout the board to get the tournament down to four players. Within the next forty minutes, Brito increased his chip lead before doubling Mattson back up to the lead when he got rivered by Mattsson's ace-seven when he held pocket fives. Fifteen minutes later, the Brazilian was sent to the rail when he three-bet jammed his king-five into the aces of Malinowski.
Three-handed, Vogelsang was the shortest stack with both Malinowski and Mattsson holding more than five times his stack but he doubled through Malinowski to get the stacks to almost even for all three of them. But twenty minutes later, the German was gone as he had 4 big blinds left and lost them all to Malinowski too.
All three hands of heads-up play went to Malinowski, in the final hand, Mattsson limp-shoved his 40 big blinds in with ace-jack and saw he was up against the ace-queen of Malinowski. They both turned top pair but no jack came on the river to signal the end of the Day 1 chip leader's run. Malinowski claims the first win for Poland in the 2021 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker and will be looking for more during the remainder of this year's festival.
PokerNews will be back on Thursday, April 8 at 7:05 p.m. CEST to bring you coverage of Day 1 of SCOOP-22-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE], $1M Gtd so make sure to keep following along.
Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson limped in on the button and Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski raised to 835,000 for Mattsson to three-bet shove for 7,901,462 which Malinowski called.
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson: 
Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski: 
The flop came 
for Malinowski to stay ahead with the higher kicker but for Mattsson to pick up a backdoor flush draw.
The turn was the 
for both of them to hit a pair but for Mattsson to be left with three outs to stay alive.
The river completed the board with the 
instead for Malinowski to secure the win for $241,957 while Mattsson walks away as the runner-up for $185,766.
A recap of today's action is to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,250,000
7,926,462
|
7,926,462 |
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Busted | |
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Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson raised to 500,000 from the button for Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski to defend. The flop came 
, Malinowski check-called the 262,500 continuation-bet of Mattsson. The turn was the , they both checked to the 
on the river. They both checked for Malinowski to claim the pot with the 
as Mattsson mucked.
In the next hand, Malinowski raised to 440,000 from the button and Mattsson defended. The flop came 
, they both checked to the 
on the turn. It went check-check again for the 
to complete the board. Mattsson bet 492,900 and was called. Mattsson tabled the 
for two pair but Malinowski held the 
for the higher two pair and the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,323,538
1,745,400
|
1,745,400 |
|
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7,926,462
-1,745,400
|
-1,745,400 |
|
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Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski raised to 500,000 from the button and Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang made the call in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Vogelsang pushed his last 256,156 over the line for Malinowski to make the call.
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang: 
Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski: 
The turn was the 
to not help Vogelsang and neither did the on the river as Malinowski held with the higher kicker to get the tournament to heads-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,578,138
1,521,156
|
1,521,156 |
|
|
9,671,862
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang raised to 400,000 from the button and both Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski and Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson made the call.
The flop came 
, it was checked to Vogelsang who continued with a bet of 382,500 which only Malinowski called.
The turn was the 
, Malinowski checked again. This time, Vogelsang led out for 940,000 for Malinowski to raise to put Vogelsang all-in who opted to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,056,982
1,947,500
|
1,947,500 |
|
|
9,796,862
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,396,156
-1,497,500
|
-1,497,500 |
Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski raised to 400,000 from under the gun and Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang three-bet to 1,620,000 from the big blind which Malinowski called.
The flop came , Vogelsang continued with a bet of 800,000 and Malinowski called.
The turn was the 
for both players to check to the 
on the river. Vogelsang fired a bet of 2,000,000 over the line and Malinowski shoved with the bigger stack for Vogelsang to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,109,482
4,350,000
|
4,350,000 |
|
|
10,246,862
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,893,656
-4,445,000
|
-4,445,000 |
Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 25,000 ante
Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski completed his small blind and Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson opted to check in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Malinowski check-called the 201,400 bet of Mattsson.
The turn was the , Malinowski checked again and then called the 398,884 continuation-bet of Mattsson.
The river completed the board with the , they both checked. Malinowski tabled the 
for Mattsson to pick up the pot with the 
for the pair of sevens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,151,862
1,335,284
|
1,335,284 |
|
|
||
|
|
8,759,482
-348,284
|
-348,284 |
|
|
7,338,656
-987,000
|
-987,000 |
Level: 30
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 25,000
Level 29
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang raised to 496,000 from the small blind and Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski defended his big blind.
The flop came , Vogelsang continued with a bet of 263,000 which Malinowski called.
The turn was the 
, Vogelsang opted to check this time. Malinowski bet 1,104,600 for Vogelsang to shove for 3,373,828 which Malinowski called.
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang: 
Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski: 
Vogelsang had flopped the higher two pair than Malinowski had turned.
The river completed the board with the 
to keep Vogelsang ahead for him to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,107,766
-3,554,828
|
-3,554,828 |
|
|
8,816,578
-418,000
|
-418,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
8,325,656
3,972,828
|
3,972,828 |