The PokerStars Blowout Series Will Crown the First The Big Blowout! Champion Tonight
At 6:05 p.m. GMT, Day 3 of the PokerStars Blowout Series: $109 NLHE – The Big Blowout! will see 27 players out of 37,673 entries returning to battle it out for that wonderful first-place prize of $485,827.
They have all already secured $6,249 out of the $5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool but will all be looking to jump up that pay ladder.
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard is coming back for the final day with the chip lead of 74,722,108 and he is joined by "n3kt" (65,249,152) and "leonardoc01" with 63,481,314 on the podium.
Other players that we know the real names of are Jack "JBHInfinity" Hardcastle, Rodrigo "rodrigorpv" Valente, Andreas "derbegott" Ponath, Egor "Egor699" Boriskin, Cesar "cautiioN" Antenore, and Jakub "Jakub_Odvar" Odvarko.
PokerStars Blowout Series: $109 NLHE – The Big Blowout! Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick "pads1161" Leonard | United Kingdom | 74,722,108 | 75 |
| 2 | "n3kt" | Canada | 65,249,152 | 65 |
| 3 | "leonardoc01" | Brazil | 63,481,314 | 63 |
| 4 | "Dannywilbier" | The Netherlands | 51,751,752 | 52 |
| 5 | "king2173" | Austria | 51,641,411 | 52 |
| 6 | "savr1984" | Russia | 49,880,168 | 50 |
| 7 | "pilaa" | The Netherlands | 46,228,898 | 46 |
| 8 | "Eldarion90" | The Netherlands | 45,992,916 | 46 |
| 9 | "NessV" | Canada | 40,145,823 | 40 |
| 10 | "TOMBATLE" | Romania | 40,056,050 | 40 |
The remaining players will finish Level 50 which features a small blind of 500,000, a big blind of 1,000,000, and a running ante of 125,000. Once this level is done, the duration will go up to 20 minutes each and PokerNews will be right here for it all so make sure to keep reading along for all the live updates.
This is what they are all still playing for:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $485,827 |
| 2 | $346,314 |
| 3 | $246,865 |
| 4 | $175,974 |
| 5 | $125,440 |
| 6 | $89,418 |
| 7 | $63,740 |
| 8 | $45,436 |
| 9 | $32,389 |
| 10-11 | $23,088 |
| 12-13 | $16,458 |
| 14-17 | $11,732 |
| 18-23 | $8,363 |
| 24-27 | $6,249 |