Stadium Series Freezeout Weekly Final - High: $530 NLHE [8-Max], $1M Gtd | 2020 PokerStars Stadium Series

07-14-2020 15:50 UTC

Rui “RuiNF” Ferreira on his Player of the Year SCOOP Performance

Yori Epskamp

Level 41 : 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante

Rui Ferreira — Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira; SCOOP 2020 Player of the Year

Throughout the Spring Championship of Online Poker 2020, one particular screen name cropped up more than most on the daily results sheet. That name? “RuiNF”. The player? Portugal’s Rui Ferreira.

While he couldn’t quite clinch a SCOOP title in 2020, Ferreira had so many close calls (nine final tables) and cashes (more than 100!) that he would ultimately be crowned the SCOOP 2020 Player of the Year.

In doing so, he banked a beautiful bonus of $50,000.

The Portuguese grinder spoke with the PokerStars Blog a few weeks after the series and provided insight on his run and some amazing advice on how to crush big tournaments.

Check out RuiNF's story over at the PokerStars Blog

Tags: Rui Ferreira

07-14-2020 15:46 UTC

Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas Eliminated in 6th Place ($28,897)

Yori Epskamp

Level 41 : 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante

Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas raised to 1,400,000 from middle position and Patrick "Nelepo10" Ulysséa three-bet to 4,900,000 from the small blind.

Vaitiekunas four-bet to 16,450,000, almost all his chips, Ulysséa stuck the rest in and the Lithuanian called.

Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas:
Patrick "Nelepo10" Ulysséa:

Ulysséa had Vaitiekunas pipped with the jacks and no help appeared on a board, making Vaitiekunas the fourth player in quick succession to leave the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick "Nelepo10" Ulysséa	88,138,835 34,319,470	34,319,470
Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas	Busted

07-14-2020 15:37 UTC

"deadfizh" Eliminated in 7th Place ($20,599)

Yori Epskamp

Level 41 : 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante

Two hands after "fpfeifer97"'s demise, the next player had to depart from the final table. It was Finland's "deadfizh" who ran out of chips. Patrick "Nelepo10" Ulysséa opened second to act with a min-raise to 1,400,000.

Next to him, "deadfizh" three-bet to 4,900,000, over half his stack, and action got back to Ulysséa. The Brazilian four-bet enough to put the Finn all in and the latter called it off.

"deadfizh":
Patrick "Nelepo10" Ulysséa:

If "deadfizh" was merely in trouble before the flop, he was basically completely dead after the flop landedt, leaving him drawing to the case ace to chop. The turn and river completed the rundown and "deadfizh" departed in 7th for $20,599.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick "Nelepo10" Ulysséa	53,819,365 13,038,860	13,038,860
deadfizh	Busted

07-14-2020 15:33 UTC

The Final Table Live Stream With Hole Cards Face-Up is Live!

Yori Epskamp

Level 41 : 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante

The PokerStars Live Stream with hole cards face-up has kicked off! Joe Stapleton and James Hartigan are in the booth to kick off commentary on the $530 Weekly Final of the Stadium Series. Sam "SamSquid" Grafton and Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger will also rotate in and out.

Click here for the live stream

07-14-2020 15:31 UTC

"fpfeifer97" Eliminated in 8th Place ($14,683)

Yori Epskamp

Level 41 : 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante

Directly after the "Boootsy" double, Michael "munchenHB Telker" got it in again and this time against short stack "fpfeifer97". It was a blind-on-blind confrontation where the Brazilian ripped it for 11 big blinds from the small blind and Telker calling him off.

"fpfeifer97":
Michael "munchenHB" Telker:

After the flop and turn, "fpfeifer97" was looking at quite a few outs to save his tournament life but the river wasn't one of them. His run ended in 8th place worth $14,683, plus a ticket to the $5,200 Grand Final.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "munchenHB" Telker	78,400,353 8,347,184	8,347,184

fpfeifer97	Busted

07-14-2020 15:26 UTC

"Boootsy" Doubles Through Telker

Yori Epskamp

Level 41 : 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante

With the overwhelming chip lead, Michael "munchenHB" Telker has been very active in subsequent hands. In one of them, he raised again to 1,400,000. Xiaoxiao "W.Leung" Niao put in a small three-bet from the small blind to 3,500,000, Telker four-bet to 8,400,000 and Niao let it go.

There would be a showdown two hands later as "Boootsy" got it in with after a raise from Telker, It was a 10 big blind reshove which Telker called off with , but the sixes held on a board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "munchenHB" Telker	70,053,169 -2,193,790	-2,193,790

Boootsy	15,930,580 5,877,790	5,877,790

07-14-2020 15:19 UTC

Study for the Stadium Series with PokerStars School

Yori Epskamp

Level 41 : 350,000/700,000, 87,500 ante

While the online poker action in 2020 has been incredible, the truth is that prestigious online tournament series don’t come around too often. So when they do, it’s imperative that you play your best and make the big events count.

Stadium Series is as big as they come, and there are events running daily with mouth-watering prizes up for grabs.

That’s why PokerStars School is on hand to help you bring your A-game.

Learn more about the Study4Stadium over at the PokerStars Blog

Level: 41

Blinds: 350,000/700,000

Ante: 87,500

07-14-2020 15:10 UTC

Manuel "fellatiado" Ruivo Eliminated in 9th Place ($10,467)

Yori Epskamp

Level 40 : 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante

The fireworks at the final table started right off the bat with a massive clash between Michael "munchenHB" Telker and Manuel "fellatiado" Ruivo. It was the latter who raised to 1,242,000 in middle position.

Telker three-bet to 4,500,000 from the small blind, Ruivo four-bet shoved all in for 23,597,484 and Telker snapped him off.

Manuel "fellatiado" Ruivo:
Michael "munchenHB" Telker:

A brutal setup for Ruivo left him in a deep hole and the board proved of no avail, ending his day with a single hand.