Who Will Take Down the 2020 PokerStars Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - Medium?
The final table of the 2020 PokerStars Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - Medium: $530 NLHE will kick off at 7:05 CEST with nine players out of 4,234 entries returning to the virtual felt to battle it out to a winner. They have all secured at least $20,157, but will all have set their sights on that $302,359 first-place prize that comes with winning the Grand Final.
Romania's Alexandru "JustPray" Marcu comes back for the final table with the chip lead of 76,809,592. Marcu is followed in the counts by the UK's "RB Tiger with 67,241,489 and Estonia's "luckyluck653" trails behind them with 57,397,341. Brazil still has four players in the running with Rodrigo "digopapel" Semeghini, Caio "pessagno" Pessagno, Fernando "ferdahouse" Santos, and "KKing James". And then there's Germany with "The_Senseman" and Canada with "hanji" on the final table.
This is how the players are going into the final table with a redraw at the start of the day:
| Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandru "JustPray" Marcu | Romania | 76,809,592 | 64 |
| "RB Tiger" | United Kingdom | 67,241,489 | 56 |
| "luckyluck653" | Estonia | 57,397,341 | 48 |
| Rodrigo "digopapel" Semeghini | Brazil | 49,201,375 | 41 |
| "The_Senseman" | Germany | 46,086,948 | 38 |
| Caio "pessagno" Pessagno | Brazil | 41,519,452 | 35 |
| "hanji" | Canada | 37,717,192 | 31 |
| Fernando "ferdahouse" Santos | Brazil | 24,807,451 | 21 |
| "KKing James" | Brazil | 22,619,160 | 19 |
When the players return, they will finish the remaining minutes of Level 44 which features a small blind of 600,000, a big blind of 1,200,000, and a running ante of 150,000. Once this level is over, the level duration will increase to 28 minutes and play will continue until there is one champion left. The PokerStars Twitch stream will be live once again with hole cards showing on a 30-minute delay with commentary provided by James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton, and guest commentators on the Grand Final with the High buy-in.
This is what they are still playing for:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $302,359 |
| 2 | $215,530 |
| 3 | $153,637 |
| 4 | $109,518 |
| 5 | $78,068 |
| 6 | $55,650 |
| 7 | $39,669 |
| 8 | $28,277 |
| 9 | $20,157 |
The PokerNews coverage will be covering the final table live so follow along with all the action.
, "The_Senseman" continued with a bet of 8,488,620 and was called by "hanji" again. 
and "The_Senseman" decided to put their tournament life at risk as they shoved for 22,760,708 and "hanji" called.
as a formality as "The_Senseman" was the first player to get eliminated today while "hanji" claims the chip lead.
for Marcu to river the pair of aces to send "KKing James" on their way in eighth place.
, Semgehini checked but then folded when "luckyluck653" bet 4,293,859.
on the turn and the 
for "RB Tiger" to hit a set but for "luckyluck653" to pick up the gutshot to a straight.
which didn't change things and neither did the 
on the river as "RB Tiger" doubled up.
came on the flop to bring a pair of tens to Semeghini. But "luckyluck653" picked up the gutshot to a straight.
