PokerStars Jet Set Season Is In Full Swing; Results From the Three Biggest Events So Far

Matthew Pitt
Senior Editor
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PokerStars Jet Set Series

The Jet Set Season returned to PokerStars on June 6, and dozens of events have already crowned their champions, including three tournaments that boasted six-figure prize pools. The more affordable Jet Set Season events are proving popular with the online poker giant's customers, as evidenced by the $55 No-Limit Hold'em Jet Set Getaway and $33 No-Limit Hold'em PKO Season Opener smashing their guaranteed prize pools by $62,450 and $30,050, respectively.

Episode 07-M: $55 NLHE Jet Set Getaway Mystery Bounty had the largest prize pool of the series so far, thanks to 5,249 players buying in. PokerStars placed a $200,000 guarantee in its prize pool, but $262,450 was collected.

Although Uruguay's "curbelo19" emerged victorious from this event and got their hands on a total prize worth $17,045, it was the fifth-place finisher who banked the most prize money. Fifth-place came with a $4,306 score, but "SSV117" collected a cool $16,436 worth of mystery bounties before busting, including one weighing in at more than $13,000.

Episode 07-M: $55 NLHE Jet Set Getaway Mystery Bounty Final Table Results

RankPlayerCountryBountiesPrizeTotal Prize
1curbelo19Uruguay$1,081$15,964$17,045
2tiarcAustria$1,506$11,503$13,009
3Cosmin "xKoSSSx" CaleaRomania$578$8,290$8,868
4mfkillUkraine$289$5,975$6,244
5SSV117Kazahkstan$16,436$4,306$20,742
6Old brockAustria$4,262$3,103$7,365
7mihalevichKazahkstan$1,133$2,236$3,369
8RagVoenBelarus$659$1,612$2,271
9Tut_del_PokerCosta Rica$185$1,161$1,346
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The second-largest prize pool generated during the opening few episodes of the PokerStars Jet Set Season came in Episode 01-M: $33 NLHE Progressive KO Season Opener. A field of 4,335 entrants created a $130,050 prize pool, far more than the advertised $100,000 guarantee.

PokerStars ambassador Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg was one of those entrants. The popular streamer reached the money placed but bowed out in the first couple of tiers of the regular prize pool payout structure.

Two players walked away having boosted their bankrolls with five-figure sums. "Rsiatat" was eliminated in second place and took home $10,435, while Argentina's "zuRaik" netted $11,472 for their victory; both prizes included progressive bounties.

Episode 01-M: $33 NLHE Progressive KO Season Opener Final Table Results

RankPlayerCountryBountiesPrizeTotal Prize
1zuRaikArgentina$3,526$7,946$11,472
2RsiatatRomania$2,402$7,943$10,345
3MaximoGeiloSwitzerland$527$4,712$5,239
4S0_Gru0oSssUnited Kingdom$902$3,359$4,261
5ezy-ezy777Canada$1,203$2,394$3,594
6R.parreira08Ukraine$408$1,707$2,115
7gabstoneBrazil$306$1,216$1,522
8unrealxxBrazil$600$867$1,467
9areshatar97Argentina$199$618$817

Another of the opening events, Episode 01-H: $215 NLHE Progressive KO Season Opener, had the third-largest prize pool so far, one worth $121,000, thanks to 605 players taking to the PokerStars virtual felt.

The nine-handed final table featured several well-known grinders. Josip "Jozinho6" Simunic, the former PartyPoker Pro, saw his tournament end in an eighth-place finish worth $1,895, while Alexandre "Cavalito" Mantovani busted in fifth for $4,624.

Romania's Tudor "tdr01" Lazar came out on top, defeating "writeUrstory" heads-up, which turned Lazar's $215 investment into $20,145, with bounties included.

Episode 01-H: $215 NLHE Progressive KO Season Opener Final Table Results

RankPlayerCountryBountiesPrizeTotal Prize
1Tudor "tdr01" LazarRomania$10,999$9,146$20,145
2writeUrstoryBrazil$3,020$9,146$12,166
3vladjkkaa01Austria$3,206$5,663$8,869
4irmiszLithuania$312$4,147$4,459
5Alexandre "Cavalito" MantovaniBrazil$1,587$3,037$4,624
6InfectionTomGermany$1,909$2,224$4,133
7CheckRais3rMoldova$856$1,628$2,484
8Josip "Jozinho6" SimunicAustria$703$1,192$1,895
9NosnibourbosGermany$987$989$1,976

$300,000 Guaranteed Events Set For June 21 and June 28

The biggest event of the series so far kicks off at 6:05 p.m. BST on June 21, one with a guaranteed prize pool tipping the scales at $300,000. Episode 10-M: $75 Super Sunday Mystery Bounty is a two-day event that allows up to five re-entries during the first four hours of play.

On June 28 at 6:05 p.m. BST, Episode 14-M: $75 Jet Set Cruise PKO gets underway. It also has a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool.

You may also want to check out Episode 18: $55 NLHE PKO Jet Set Gala, a phased event that guarantees $250,000. There are 40 phase 1, which started on June 16, that feed into the Phase 2 on July 5. Satellites from $1.10 are available.

Remaining PokerStars Jet Set Season Schedule

Expand the table below to see the remaining events on the PokerStars Jet Set Season schedule.

DateTime (BST)EventBuy-inGuarantee
Sun 21 Jun6:05 p.m.#09-L: Progressive KO$7.50$15,000
 6:05 p.m.#09-M: Progressive KO$75$50,000
 6:05 p.m.#10-L: Super Sunday PKO$11$60,000
 6:05 p.m.#10-M: Super Sunday Mystery Bounty$75$300,000
 6:05 p.m.#10-H: Super Sunday$215$100,000
Mon 22 Jun6:05 p.m.#11-L: Monday Mystery$11$40,000
 6:05 p.m.#11-M: Monday Mystery$82$50,000
Thu 25 Jun6:05 p.m.#12-L: PKO Thursday Deep Stack Turbo$5.50$10,000
 6:05 p.m.#12-M: PKO Thursday Deep Stack Turbo$55$20,000
Sun 28 Jun3:30 p.m.#13-L: Mystery Bounty Jet Set Hike$5.50$30,000
 3:30 p.m.#13-M: Mystery Bounty Jet Set Hike$55$100,000
 6:05 p.m.#14-L: PKO Jet Set Crsuie$7.50$30,000
 6:05 p.m.#14-M: PKO Jet Set Cruise$75$300,000
Mon 29 Jun6:05 p.m.#15-L: Monday Big Mystery$11$20,000
 6:05 p.m.#15-M: Monday Big Mystery$44$30,000
Thu 2 Jul7:05 p.m.#16-M: Thursday Jet Set Bounty$33$25,000
 7:05 p.m.#16-H: Thursday Jet Set Bounty$215$50,000
Sun 5 Jul4:30 p.m.#17: Red Lotus Mystery Bounty$44$75,000
 8:05 p.m.#18: PKO Jet Set Gala Phase 2$55$250,000
Mon 6 Jul6:05 p.m.#19-L: Monday Mystery$11$40,000
 6:05 p.m.#19-M: Monday Mystery$82$50,000
 9:20 p.m.#20-L: Mini Spectral Shadow HU Zoom Total PKO$7.50$5,000
 9:20 p.m.#20-M: Spectral Shadow HU Zoom Total PKO$75$15,000
Sat 11 Jul3:30 p.m.#21-L: Mystery Bounty Win the Button$5.50$15,000
 3:30 p.m.#21-M: Mystery Bounty Win the Button$27$30,000
 5:30 p.m.#22: Bounty Bonanza PKO$11$40,000
 7:05 p.m.#23: Bounty Bonanza Mini Saturday KO$22$40,000
 8:30 p.m.#24: Mystery Bounty$44$20,000
Sun 12 Jul3:30 p.m.#25: Sunday Eliminator PKO$27$85,000
 4:30 p.m.#26-L: Mini Red Lotus Mystery Bounty$5.50$25,000
 4:30 p.m.#26-M: Red Lotus Mystery Bounty$44$80,000
 4:30 p.m.#26-H: Red Lotus HR Mystery Bounty$215$80,000
 6:05 p.m.#27: Jet Set Season Finale$75$300,000
 8:05 p.m.#28-L: Mini Sunday Cooldown Mystery Bounty$11$40,000
 8:05 p.m.#28-H: Mini Sunday Cooldown Mystery Bounty$109$75,000
Mon 13 Jul6:05 p.m.#29-L: Monday Mystery$11$40,000
 6:05 p.m.#29-M: Monday Mystery$82$50,000
 7:05 p.m.#30-L: PKO$7.50$15,000
 7:05 p.m.#30-M: PKO$75$40,000
 9:05 p.m.#31-L: The Epilogue$11$20,000
 9:05 p.m.#31-M: The Epilogue$82$25,000
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Matthew Pitt
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Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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