2020 PokerStars Blowout Series

Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 PokerStars Blowout Series

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
$983,292
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,050
Prize Pool
$6,922,000
Entries
6,922
Level Info
Level
54
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
150,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
6,490
Players Left
1,580

Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.

Day 1 Completed

Day 1 of the PokerStars Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] Ends with Almost 6.5K Entries

Level 17 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
$1,050 The Big Blowout Day 1 Top Ten
$1,050 The Big Blowout Day 1 Top Ten

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.

PokerStars Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1"Kngsins"Ukraine507,690282
2"Shipmopff"Netherlands479,328266
3"aeihorn"Russia424,928236
4"stfckup"Latvia415,459231
5"bisbiki78"Greece404,952225
6"4573R1X"Finland390,910217
7Satoshi "Satosh Nakmoto" NakamotoBrazil360,295200
8"pelado694"Argentina357,961199
9Sebastian "p0cket00" SikorskiCanada355,408197
10"GoodBoY2015"Morocco351,655195

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.

Selection of End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts

Level 17 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Kngsins ua
Kngsins
Day 1 Chip Leader
507,690 -800
Shipmopff nl
Shipmopff
479,328 127,368
aeihorn ru
aeihorn
424,928 112,982
stfckup lv
stfckup
415,459 60,131
bisbiki78 gr
bisbiki78
404,952 54,782
4573R1X fi
4573R1X
390,910 19,085
Satoshi "Satosh Nakmoto" Nakamoto br
Satoshi "Satosh Nakmoto" Nakamoto
360,295 37,834
pelado694 ar
pelado694
357,961
Sebastian "p0cket00" Sikorski
Sebastian "p0cket00" Sikorski
355,408 355,408
GoodBoY2015 ma
GoodBoY2015
351,655 12,274
ReVenge011 mt
ReVenge011
350,774
olibullrider ca
olibullrider
350,359
Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy hu
Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy
348,106 -740
Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche
Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche
346,328 -6,638
Cornel55555 ro
Cornel55555
338,636
Top Grind de
Top Grind
333,861
jeffreyPL1 pl
jeffreyPL1
331,306 102,206
KuperAlex ru
KuperAlex
330,481
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov
328,062 173,758
CarlsbadKook de
CarlsbadKook
322,223
Tomas "MASUR0N1KE" Kubaliak
Tomas "MASUR0N1KE" Kubaliak
321,216 -13,010
Daan "DaanOss" Mulders
Daan "DaanOss" Mulders
319,973 294,973
OLDWOLF133 th
OLDWOLF133
319,270
tiedemanns no
tiedemanns
316,006
kosilkO by
kosilkO
313,621 -33,014

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Play Ended

Level 17 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

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.

"Kngsins" Jumps into the Chip Lead

Level 17 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Kngsins vs wusch1818
Kngsins vs wusch1818

"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": {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}
"Kngsins": {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {4-Spades}{6-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} 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 ua
Kngsins
Day 1 Chip Leader
508,490 236,041
wusch1818 de
wusch1818
Busted

"Reygrip2014" Rushed Out by Nitsche

Level 17 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

"Reygrip2014" raised to 3,904 from middle position and Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche defended his big blind.

The flop came {4-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}, Nitsche check-called the 3,267 continuation-bet of "Reygrip2014".

The turn was the {a-Clubs} and Nitsche checked again. This time, "Reygrip2014" bet 11,360 and Nitsche called again.

The river completed the board with the {9-Spades} and Nitsche checked for the last time. "Reygrip2014" shoved 37,555 which Nitsche called. "Reygrip2014" tabled the {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} for just the pocket pair to bust just before the end of the day as Nitsche held the {9-Clubs}{6-Clubs} for the flush.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche
Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche
352,966 352,966
Reygrip2014 be
Reygrip2014
Busted

"4573R1X" Pushes Presutti Out

Level 17 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

"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 {9-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{8-Spades}, "4573R1X" check-called the 7,305 bet of Presutti.

The turn was the {4-Clubs} 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: {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
"4573R1X": {4-Spades}{3-Spades}

"4573R1X" had turned two pair while Presutti had flopped top pair.

The river completed the board with the {a-Hearts} to not help Presutti.

Player Chips Progress
4573R1X fi
4573R1X
371,825
Rodrigo "peceli" Presutti uy
Rodrigo "peceli" Presutti
Busted

Level: 17

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

"Sektor17" Stopped by Turmezy

Level 16 : 700/1,400, 175 ante

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": {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

The board ran out {5-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{2-Spades} for Turmezy to flop top pair and improve to two pair to bust "Sektor17".

Player Chips Progress
Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy hu
Peter "twirlpro" Turmezy
348,846 30,597
Sektor17 fi
Sektor17
Busted

Salas Takes "john_snow666" Out

Level 16 : 700/1,400, 175 ante

"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 {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}, "john_snow666" continued with a bet of 4,158 which was called by all.

The turn was the {9-Diamonds} and Van den Bijgaart checked again. "john_snow666" shoved for 22,252 which only Salas called.

"john_snow666": {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Damian "pampa27" Salas: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

"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 {4-Clubs} to not help "john_snow666" as they were eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Damian "pampa27" Salas
Damian "pampa27" Salas
225,884 225,884
Joep "Pappe_Ruk" van den Bijgaart nl
Joep "Pappe_Ruk" van den Bijgaart
65,636 40,636
john_snow666 gr
john_snow666
Busted