Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.
Day 1 Completed
Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.
Day 1 Completed
After 17 levels of 20 minutes each, Day 1 of the PokerStars Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] has come to a conclusion with 6,490 entries to get to a total prize purse of a whopping $6,490,000. And with the late registration and reentry period open until 6:05 p.m. GMT, these numbers will only go up even more.
Out of all those entries, 1,580 players have made it through to Day 2 which will start at 6:10 p.m. GMT on Monday, January 18. Leading the pack right now is "Kngsins" who grabbed the chip lead at the end of the day when they took out "wusch1818" with pocket kings while the latter held queens. They are followed by "Shipmopff" (479,328), "aeihorn" (424,928), "stfckup" (415,459), and "bisbiki78" (404,952) in the top five of the counts.
But if you look further in the top ten of the counts, Satoshi "Satosh Nakmoto" Nakamoto and Sebastian "p0cket00" Sikorski can also be found in the top ten while players like Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy, Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche, Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov, Tomas "MASUR0N1KE" Kubaliak, and Daan "DaanOss" Mulders all finished in the top 25.
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Kngsins" | Ukraine | 507,690 | 282 |
2 | "Shipmopff" | Netherlands | 479,328 | 266 |
3 | "aeihorn" | Russia | 424,928 | 236 |
4 | "stfckup" | Latvia | 415,459 | 231 |
5 | "bisbiki78" | Greece | 404,952 | 225 |
6 | "4573R1X" | Finland | 390,910 | 217 |
7 | Satoshi "Satosh Nakmoto" Nakamoto | Brazil | 360,295 | 200 |
8 | "pelado694" | Argentina | 357,961 | 199 |
9 | Sebastian "p0cket00" Sikorski | Canada | 355,408 | 197 |
10 | "GoodBoY2015" | Morocco | 351,655 | 195 |
Just like last week, Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis is leading the Team PokerStars members into Day 2 with 175,137 in chips. His first bullet didn't hit any targets as he first lost a chunk of his stack with kings and then lost the rest while holding them himself. He is joined for Day 2 by Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas (160,484) and Andre "aakkari" Akkari (39,140) who also had to reenter after losing his chips with kings too.
Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand held the overpair when the chips went in on the turn but "valerion06" had hit a straight already. Georgina "GJReggie" James lost her last few chips when she held pocket tens and ran them into the ace-queen of her opponent. Ben "Spraggy" Spragg lost his shortstack too but his hole cards were unfortunately unknown.
When the players return for Day 2, they will start with Level 18 which features a small blind of 900, a big blind of 1,800, and a running ante of 225. The level duration will be reduced to 15 minutes until the final table has been reached. Once this point has been reached, the day will end as the final table will be played out on Tuesday, January 19 at 6:05 p.m. GMT.
The PokerStars Twitch channel will be live too from the start of the final table with hole cards coverage on a security delay with commentary provided by James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton.
PokerNews will be here for all of it so make sure to keep following along with all the action.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kngsins
|
507,690 | -800 |
Shipmopff | 479,328 | 127,368 |
aeihorn
|
424,928 | 112,982 |
stfckup
|
415,459 | 60,131 |
bisbiki78 | 404,952 | 54,782 |
4573R1X | 390,910 | 19,085 |
Satoshi "Satosh Nakmoto" Nakamoto
|
360,295 | 37,834 |
pelado694
|
357,961 | |
Sebastian "p0cket00" Sikorski
|
355,408 | 355,408 |
GoodBoY2015
|
351,655 | 12,274 |
ReVenge011 | 350,774 | |
olibullrider | 350,359 | |
Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy | 348,106 | -740 |
Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche
|
346,328 | -6,638 |
Cornel55555
|
338,636 | |
Top Grind | 333,861 | |
jeffreyPL1 | 331,306 | 102,206 |
KuperAlex
|
330,481 | |
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov
|
328,062 | 173,758 |
CarlsbadKook
|
322,223 | |
Tomas "MASUR0N1KE" Kubaliak
|
321,216 | -13,010 |
Daan "DaanOss" Mulders
|
319,973 | 294,973 |
OLDWOLF133 | 319,270 | |
tiedemanns
|
316,006 | |
kosilkO | 313,621 | -33,014 |
The tournament has just ended for Day 1 with 6,480 entries and 1,580 remaining players.
A recap and selection of end-of-day chip counts are to follow.
"ross_654" raised to 3,600 from under the fun and "Kngsins" three-bet to 12,800 from the small blind. "wusch1818" four-bet shove for 165,292 from the big blind which only "Kngsins" called.
"wusch1818":
"Kngsins":
The board ran out for "wusch1818" to bust a few minutes before the end of the day and for "Kngsins" tp jump into the chip lead with the higher pocket pair.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kngsins
|
508,490 | 236,041 |
wusch1818
|
Busted |
"Reygrip2014" raised to 3,904 from middle position and Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche defended his big blind.
The flop came , Nitsche check-called the 3,267 continuation-bet of "Reygrip2014".
The turn was the and Nitsche checked again. This time, "Reygrip2014" bet 11,360 and Nitsche called again.
The river completed the board with the and Nitsche checked for the last time. "Reygrip2014" shoved 37,555 which Nitsche called. "Reygrip2014" tabled the for just the pocket pair to bust just before the end of the day as Nitsche held the for the flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche
|
352,966 | 352,966 |
Reygrip2014
|
Busted |
"4573R1X" raised to 1,600 from the small blind and Rodrigo "peceli" Presutti three-bet to 4,800 from the big blind which "4573R1X" called.
The flop came , "4573R1X" check-called the 7,305 bet of Presutti.
The turn was the and "4573R1X" checked again. This time, Presutti bet 21,302. "4573R1X" raised to 61,844 for Presutti to jam for 157,708. "4573R1X" called with the bigger stack.
Rodrigo "peceli" Presutti:
"4573R1X":
"4573R1X" had turned two pair while Presutti had flopped top pair.
The river completed the board with the to not help Presutti.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
4573R1X | 371,825 | |
Rodrigo "peceli" Presutti
|
Busted |
Level: 17
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy raised to 3,080 from the hijack and "Sektor17" three-bet shoved from the button for 33,057. The blinds folded and Turmezy made the call.
"Sektor17":
Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy:
The board ran out for Turmezy to flop top pair and improve to two pair to bust "Sektor17".
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy | 348,846 | 30,597 |
Sektor17 | Busted |
"john_snow666" raised to 2,800 from under the gun and Damian "pampa27" Salas called from the middle position. Joep "Pappe_Ruk" van den Bijgaart did the same from the small blind.
The flop came , "john_snow666" continued with a bet of 4,158 which was called by all.
The turn was the and Van den Bijgaart checked again. "john_snow666" shoved for 22,252 which only Salas called.
"john_snow666":
Damian "pampa27" Salas:
"john_snow666" had flopped top pair and turned two pair but Salas had hit the higher two pair on the flop already.
The river completed the board with the to not help "john_snow666" as they were eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Damian "pampa27" Salas
|
225,884 | 225,884 |
Joep "Pappe_Ruk" van den Bijgaart | 65,636 | 40,636 |
john_snow666
|
Busted |