6:10 PM GMT Start for Day 2 of the PokerStars Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!]
Day 2 of the PokerStars Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] resumes play at 6:10 p.m. GMT with the 1,580 Day 1 survivors combining with the players who decided to enter or reenter before the start of Day 2 as this is possible until 6:05 p.m. GMT. On Day 1 6,490 entries were collected to get to a total prize pool of $6,490,000 and this number will only go up even more.
Ahead of everyone else right now is Ukraine's "Kngsins" with 507,690 which equals 282 big blinds at the start of the day. 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 which ten different countries are represented.
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 |
If you look further down the top 50, you can find players like Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy, Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche, Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov, Tomas "MASUR0N1KE" Kubaliak, Daan "DaanOss" Mulders, Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski, Eelis "EEE27" Pärssinen, Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress, Andriy "Andre_Hansen" Lyubovetskiy, and Dalton "daltonhb" Hobold for example.
Three members of Team PokerStars made it through the Day 1 hurdles and just like last week, Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis is leading them into Day 2, this time with 175,137 in chips. Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas (160,484) and Andre "aakkari" Akkari (39,140) will be back too with more than a starting stack and they might be joined by any of the other team members if they decide to reenter before the start.
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 and the level duration will be increased to 30 minutes each.
The PokerStars Twitch channel will be live from the start of the final table with hole cards coverage on a security delay with commentary provided by James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton and maybe even some guest commentators.
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