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

07-12-2020 22:24 UTC

Notable Chip Counts in Top 100

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Caio "pessagno" Pessagno	954,513 -5,960	-5,960
Andei "I am Bobbie" Streltsou	927,858 -28,050	-28,050
Diego "El Pulgoso" Ostrovich	894,220 -93,900	-93,900
Preben "prebz" Stokkan	876,134
Marlon "sphinmx" Wilhelms	863,656 67,500	67,500
Alexandre "Cavalito" Mantovani	857,619 -42,000	-42,000
Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz	835,921 743,213	743,213
Michael "munchenHB" Telker	728,601 310,501	310,501

Akash "funwheel" Majumdar	697,201 359,284	359,284
Guilherme "teruliro" Orrico	673,064 -136,095	-136,095
Steven "SvZff" van Zadelhoff	652,788
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves	632,885 126,151	126,151
Michael "blazinchron" Bailey	631,438
Marc "Rowniwn" Radgen	607,810
Scott "D_DIGGLER99" Hill	589,898
Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov	574,168 90,036	90,036
Ivanildo "ivan limeira" Limeira	566,406
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov	551,032 228,572	228,572

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,500/7,000

Ante: 875

07-12-2020 22:16 UTC

"sho5324" Shot Out of the Tournament by Pessagno

Shirley Ang

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

"sho5324" raised to 18,000 from the hijack and the action folded to Caio "pessagno" Pessagno in the big blind who shoved with the biggest stack on the table. "sho5324" made the call for the 117,230 they had behind.

"sho5324":
Caio "pessagno" Pessagno:

The board ran out for both of them to flop top pair but for Pessagno to stay ahead with the higher kicker to eliminate "sho5324".

Player	Chips	Progress
Caio "pessagno" Pessagno	960,473 108,650	108,650
tangtang666	480,921 432,293	432,293
João "XxJoaoFeraxX" Otávio	197,622
sho5324	Busted

Tags: sho5324 Caio "pessagno" Pessagno

07-12-2020 22:04 UTC

Top Ten Chip Counts After the Break

Shirley Ang

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
pudelpower	1,200,049
Diego "El Pulgoso" Ostrovich	988,120 -162,176	-162,176
Loen	983,801
Grozzorg	977,413 160,079	160,079
Andei "I am Bobbie" Streltsou	955,908
Alexandre "Cavalito" Mantovani	899,619 143,501	143,501
Caio "pessagno" Pessagno	851,823 459,215	459,215
Guilherme "teruliro" Orrico	809,159
o_omx	798,067
Marlon "sphinmx" Wilhelms	796,156 210,300	210,300

07-12-2020 21:58 UTC

Fifth Break of the Day

Shirley Ang

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

With 2,060 players in the tournament, the remaining 734 entrants have gone for their fifth break of the day.

07-12-2020 21:57 UTC

Skip the Line: Join the Stadium Series Fast Track!

Yori Epskamp

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante

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Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 750

07-12-2020 21:52 UTC

Guarantee Surpassed

Shirley Ang

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

With over 2,050 players in the field, the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool has been surpassed with late registration still possible for just under 50 minutes.

07-12-2020 21:47 UTC

Ostrovich First Player Over 1 Million

Shirley Ang

Level 13 : 2,500/5,000, 625 ante

Just before the new level started, Diego "El Pulgoso" Ostrovich raised to 8,600 from the early position and was called by "Stroposoz" in the cutoff. "S Georgiev" three-bet to 44,000 from the small blind for the big blind to fold. Ostrovich responded with a four-bet to 100,000 for "Stroposoz" to fold and "S Georgiev" to shove for 413,335 and was called.

"S Georgiev":
Diego "El Pulgoso" Ostrovich:

The board ran out for Ostrovich to improve his rockets to a set to eliminate "S Georgiev" and be the first player to cross the 1-million mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Diego "El Pulgoso" Ostrovich	1,150,296 1,150,296	1,150,296
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov	322,460 322,460	322,460
Jorge "UruRey" Ramella	135,838 135,838	135,838
Stevan "random_chu" Chew	67,690 -240,801	-240,801
S Georgiev	Busted

Tags: Diego "El Pulgoso" Ostrovich stroposoz S Georgiev

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 625