Blowout Series: $215 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.
Dia 1 Começado
Blowout Series: $215 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.
Dia 1 Começado
At 6:05 p.m. GMT, the second feature event of the PokerStars Blowout Series will kick off with the $215 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] which offers players an amazing guaranteed prize pool of $5,000,000. The three-day event will crown a winner on Tuesday, January 5 as the second player ever to be able to crown themselves the Big Blowout champion.
"pilaa" from the Netherlands won the $109 NLHE – The Big Blowout! for $485,827 by coming out victorious in a 37,673-strong field. Jack "JBHInfinity" Hardcastle and Andreas "derbegott" Ponath are two of the more familiar names who took a seat at the final table too.
Players can reenter up to three times during the late registration period which will remain open for 24 hours from the start of the tournament, so until 6:05 p.m. on Monday, January 4. Players will get 25,000 in chips in their starting stacks and play 20-minute levels on Day 1. Day 1 will end at the end of Level 17. From Day 2 at 6:10 p.m. GMT, the level duration will be reduced to 12 minutes and will go up again when there are 90 players left.
The PokerStars Blowout Series started at the end of last year with $60,000,000 in prize pools guaranteed with one-third of it handed out during The Big Blowouts on Sundays. Thanks to promotions, tickets worth $2,000,000 have been and will be given away to players.
Familiar players like Marc "14alonso14" Macdonnell, Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast, Drew "BetOnDrew" Gonzalez, Anton "Bomber&Granater" Wigg, Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli, Vlad "dariepoker" Darie, Josip "Jozinho6" Simunic, and Niklas "Lena900" Astedt are just some of the ones who are among the over 12,000 who have already registered.
PokerNews will be there for all the action and bringing you all the live updates right here so make sure to follow along.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 12
With over 15,000 players in the field, the tournament has just kicked off.
"BetForNympho" shoved from the button for 24,988 in the first hand of the day and was called by "WMaslouski" in the small blind while the big blind folded.
"WMaslouski":
"BetForNympho":
The board ran out for "WMaslouski" to flop two pair but for "BetForNympho" to river the Broadway to eliminate "WMaslouski" immediately.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
BetForNympho | 50,172 | 50,172 |
WMaslouski
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Eliminado |
"LettuceIsGreat" limped in from under the gun and "IADTTMax" raised to 234 from the early position. "koekwaus0341" called in the middle position and so did "haeuser86" on the button and Said "armani1974" Madani in the small blind. "LettuceIsGreat" three-bet to 1,600 for "IADTTMax" to four-bet to 3,400. The action folded to Madani who called but "LettuceIsGreat" five-bet to 8,700 which was called by both "IADTTMax" and Madani.
The flop came , Madani checked, "LettuceIsGreat" shoved for 16,240 which "IADTTMax" called but Madani didn't.
"IADTTMax":
"LettuceIsGreat":
"IADTTMax" had flopped a pair of eights but "LettuceIsGreat" had the overpair.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for "IADTTMax" to bust as "LettuceIsGreat" held with the queens.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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LettuceIsGreat
|
59,244 | |
Said "armani1974" Madani | 15,600 | |
IADTTMax
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Eliminado |
"BlutVampire76" raised to 200 from the middle position and Guilherme "guicarvalho2" Carvalho three-bet to 600 from the hijack. "screwball1998" defended their big blind and "BlutVampire76" called too.
The flop came , it was checked to Carvalho who bet 1,000 which was called by the big blind. "BlutVampire76" raised it up to 5,946 which only Carvalho called.
The turn was the , "BlutVampire76" continued with a bet of 7,419 for Cavalho to shove for 17,480 and "BlutVampire76" to call.
Guilherme "guicarvalho2" Carvalho:
"BlutVampire76":
Carvalho had flopped a set but "BlutVampire76" had hit the straight on the flop and improved to a Broadway on the turn.
Carvalho needed the board to pair up to double up but the river completed the board with the instead.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
BlutVampire76
|
79,624 | |
Guilherme "guicarvalho2" Carvalho
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Eliminado |
Nível: 2
Blinds: 60/120
Ante: 15
"tchiklimoff" raised to 300 from the button and "FSTCK205" defended their big blind.
The flop came , "tchiklimoff" continued with a bet of 360 which "FSTCK205" check-called.
The turn was the , "FSTCK205" checked again and "tchiklimoff" bet 960. "FSTCK205" raised to 4,365 and "tchiklimoff" called.
The river completed the board with the , "FSTCK205" barreled a bet of 10,215 over the line and was called by "tchiklimoff" who mucked when "FSTCK205" tabled the for the straight.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
FSTCK205
|
101,306 | |
tchiklimoff
|
11,147 |
"alibabar720" limped in from under the gun and "blasebalg410" raised to 660 from the early position. Fabio Luiz "FLBonatto" Bonatto called in the cutoff and "nikyaces" three-bet to 1,680. The action folded back to "blasebalg410" who made the call and so did
Bonatto.
The flop came , "nikyaces" bet 2,700 and "blasebalg410" raised to 8,100. Bonatto shoved for "nikyaces" to call for the 24,536 they had behind and so did "blasebalg410" for the 24,940 they had left.
"nikyaces":
"blasebalg410":
Fabio Luiz "FLBonatto" Bonatto:
"nikyaces" had hit top pair while "blasebalg410" had picked up the open-ended straight draw while Bonatto had the nut-flush draw.
The turn was the which didn't change things but the on the river gave Bonatto the flush indeed to bust both opponents.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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Fabio Luiz "FLBonatto" Bonatto
|
89,727 | |
blasebalg410
|
Eliminado | |
nikyaces
|
Eliminado |