Day 1 of the PokerStars Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] Ends with Almost 6.5K Entries
After 17 levels of 20 minutes each, Day 1 of the PokerStars Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] has come to a conclusion with 6,490 entries to get to a total prize purse of a whopping $6,490,000. And with the late registration and reentry period open until 6:05 p.m. GMT, these numbers will only go up even more.
Out of all those entries, 1,580 players have made it through to Day 2 which will start at 6:10 p.m. GMT on Monday, January 18. Leading the pack right now is "Kngsins" who grabbed the chip lead at the end of the day when they took out "wusch1818" with pocket kings while the latter held queens. They are followed by "Shipmopff" (479,328), "aeihorn" (424,928), "stfckup" (415,459), and "bisbiki78" (404,952) in the top five of the counts.
But if you look further in the top ten of the counts, Satoshi "Satosh Nakmoto" Nakamoto and Sebastian "p0cket00" Sikorski can also be found in the top ten while players like Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy, Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche, Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov, Tomas "MASUR0N1KE" Kubaliak, and Daan "DaanOss" Mulders all finished in the top 25.
PokerStars Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Kngsins" | Ukraine | 507,690 | 282 |
| 2 | "Shipmopff" | Netherlands | 479,328 | 266 |
| 3 | "aeihorn" | Russia | 424,928 | 236 |
| 4 | "stfckup" | Latvia | 415,459 | 231 |
| 5 | "bisbiki78" | Greece | 404,952 | 225 |
| 6 | "4573R1X" | Finland | 390,910 | 217 |
| 7 | Satoshi "Satosh Nakmoto" Nakamoto | Brazil | 360,295 | 200 |
| 8 | "pelado694" | Argentina | 357,961 | 199 |
| 9 | Sebastian "p0cket00" Sikorski | Canada | 355,408 | 197 |
| 10 | "GoodBoY2015" | Morocco | 351,655 | 195 |
Just like last week, Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis is leading the Team PokerStars members into Day 2 with 175,137 in chips. His first bullet didn't hit any targets as he first lost a chunk of his stack with kings and then lost the rest while holding them himself. He is joined for Day 2 by Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas (160,484) and Andre "aakkari" Akkari (39,140) who also had to reenter after losing his chips with kings too.
Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand held the overpair when the chips went in on the turn but "valerion06" had hit a straight already. Georgina "GJReggie" James lost her last few chips when she held pocket tens and ran them into the ace-queen of her opponent. Ben "Spraggy" Spragg lost his shortstack too but his hole cards were unfortunately unknown.
When the players return for Day 2, they will start with Level 18 which features a small blind of 900, a big blind of 1,800, and a running ante of 225. The level duration will be reduced to 15 minutes until the final table has been reached. Once this point has been reached, the day will end as the final table will be played out on Tuesday, January 19 at 6:05 p.m. GMT.
The PokerStars Twitch channel will be live too from the start of the final table with hole cards coverage on a security delay with commentary provided by James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton.
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