"n3kt" raised to 8,000,000 from under the gun and Andreas "derbegott" Ponath three-bet shoved for 66,687,334 from the small blind. "gab0120" folded their big blind while "n3kt" made the call with the bigger stack.
Andreas "derbegott" Ponath:
"n3kt":
The board ran out for "n3kt" to hold with the jacks for two pair to eliminate Ponath in eighth place.
"pilaa" raised to 12,000,000 from the cutoff and the action folded to "gab0120" in the big blind who opted to defend it.
The flop came , "gab0120" check-called the 10,850,000 continuation-bet of "pilaa".
The turn was the , "gab0120" checked again. This time, "pilaa" shoved for "gab0120" to call for the 40,243,898 they had behind.
"gab0120":
"pilaa":
They had both flopped top pair but "gab0120" was looking like they were going to double with the higher kicker until the completed the board to give "pilaa" the bigger chip lead with two pair.
"pilaa" raised to 12,350,000 from under the gun and Jack "JBHInfinity" Hardcastle called on the button. "leonardoc01" three-bet to 52,000,000 from the small blind. "n3kt" folded their big blind and "pilaa" four-bet shoved for 303,405,964. Hardcastle quickly folded but "leonardoc01" called.
"pilaa":
"leonardoc01":
The board ran out for "pilaa" to score a huge double-up with the flopped set and leave "leonardoc01" short.
"pilaa" raised to 20,000,000 from the button and "n3kt" opted to call.
The flop came , "n3kt" check-called the 14,800,000 bet of "pilaa".
The turn was the , "n3kt" checked again. This time, "pilaa" bet 45,000,000 and was called.
The river completed the board with the , "n3kt" checked for the last time. "pilaa" shoved and "n3kt" tanked before making the call for the 203,387,134 they had behind. "pilaa" tabled the for the bluff for "n3kt" to double up with the for top pair.
"pilaa" shoved from the button for "n3kt" to make the call for the 128,024,268 they had behind.
"n3kt":
"pilaa":
"n3kt" was ahead with the higher hole cards but the on the flop gave "pilaa" two pair immediately.
The turn was the for "n3kt" to be left drawing dead as the completed the board to finalize things.
"n3kt" collected $260,165 for finishing as the runner-up after having agreed to a four-way deal while "pilaa" won the $50,000 on top of the already agreed prize to get to a total of $381,174 for winning the tournament.
PokerStars Blowout Series: $109 NLHE – The Big Blowout! Top Nine
After almost six hours, the PokerStars Blowout Series: $109 NLHE – The Big Blowout! has crowned a winner in "pilaa" from the Netherlands who collected $381,174 after agreeing to a four-way deal with "n3kt", "leonardoc01", and Jack "JBHInfinity" Hardcastle. The tournament attracted 37,673 entries on Day 1 to not surpass the $5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
The Dutchman's previous best result on PokerStars hails from a win in the Winter Series 45-L: $22 NLHE [6-Max], $150K Gtd at the start of the year for $21,247, and with this result here today, they are closing the year off with an amazing new record. "n3kt" also achieved a new personal best as their previous best score was for $8,565.
PokerStars Blowout Series: $109 NLHE – The Big Blowout! Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
"pilaa"
The Netherlands
$381,174*
2
"n3kt"
Canada
$260,165*
3
"leonardoc01"
Brazil
$342,876*
4
Jack "JBHInfinity" Hardcastle
United Kingdom
$270,764*
5
"gab0120"
Hungary
$125,440
6
"cram66"
Germany
$89,418
7
"Eldarion90"
The Netherlands
$63,740
8
Andreas "derbegott" Ponath
Germany
$45,436
9
"gurgleberry2"
United Kingdom
$32,389
* denotes a four-way deal
Race to the Final Table
"x_GusHansen_" started the day as the shortest stack and would also become the first player to bust today when they ran their ace-five into the tens of Andreas "derbegott" Ponath. "Cecaka15" followed immediately after but it would then take almost 25 minutes before Rodrigo "rodrigorpv" Valente would fall to "leonardoc01".
This would be the start of a slew of eliminations with "CoolBadBeat", "NessV", "Dvp92", "madiite", and "FAT3333" falling before the first break of the day. Forty minutes later, Day 2 chip leader, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard was eliminated by "pilaa" for a chip lead pot when he four-bet shoved with ace-king and was looked up by the latter who held pocket queens. The two queens on the flop immediately dashed any hopes Leonard held to double up and to see him bust in fifteenth place.
Day 2 chip leader Patrick Leonard finished in 15th place for $11,732
Egor "Egor699" Boriskin fell to "cram66" before Cesar "cautiioN" Antenore was eliminated by "gab0120". In the end, it would be "Dannywilbier" who would bubble the final table when they put their tournament life at risk with ace-eight and was called by by Ponath who held pocket eights.
From Nine Players to One Winner
"pilaa" started the final table with the chip lead and held on for the most part. "gurgleberry2" was on the other side of the counts and was also first to leave the final table stage. The chips kept going back and forth for a while before Ponath was pushed out of the tournament by "n3kt". Ten minutes later, "Eldarion90" also fell to the hand of "n3kt".
"cram66" was halted by Hardcastle with "gab0120" following after thanks to "pilaa". The four remaining players discussed a deal in the chat before opting to pause the tournament and canceling the deal as they couldn't adjust the ICM numbers. They continued play for a bit and then looked at the numbers again before agreeing to things. $50,000 was set aside for the eventual winner with "leonardoc01" with a small chip lead at that point.
"pilaa" doubled up to a huge chip lead through "leonardoc01" with several more double-ups following. In the end, it would take 30 minutes before Hardcastle was taken out by "leonardoc01". But they couldn't keep the good run going as they busted in the very next hand to "pilaa".
Jack Hardcastle finished in fourth place for $270,764
Heads-up play would end up lasting an hour with "n3kt" doubling up once for the chip lead but "pilaa" recovered easily before putting more pressure on their opponent. At the end of the day, "n3kt" called the shove of "pilaa" for their last nine big blinds with ace-nine. They were ahead against the four-trey of "pilaa" but the jack-four-trey flop didn't help "n3kt". The king on the turn meant "n3kt" was drawing dead as the king on the river completed the board to formalize things.
This concludes the PokerNews coverage of this event but the live reporting team will be back on Sunday, January 3 to bring you all the action of the Blowout Series: $215 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd. so make sure to return then.