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

Veldhuis Loses All With and Against Kings

Level 2 : 60/120, 15 ante
geezitnoo vs Veldhuis
geezitnoo vs Veldhuis

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis had raised to 300 from the early position at the end of the first level and "pokedawa" three-bet to 1,300 on his direct left for the action to fold back to Veldhuis who four-bet to 4,000. "pokedawa" five-bet to 10,300 for Veldhuis to six-bet shove with the bigger stack. "pokedawa" called for the 22,988 they had behind.

"pokedawa": {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}

The board ran out {4-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for "pokedawa" to hold with the aces.

Veldhuis held on to his shortened stack for a while but in the end, he raised to 246 from the hijack and "geezitnoo" three-bet to 1,038 from the button. The blinds folded and Veldhuis four-bet pushed for 4,565 which "geezitnoo" called.

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}
"geezitnoo": {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The board ran out {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{7-Hearts} for "geezitnoo" to hold with the kings to eliminate the Team PokerStars member.

Player Chips Progress
pokedawa ua
pokedawa
46,633
geezitnoo gb
geezitnoo
34,444
marin6023 ro
marin6023
Busted
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
Busted

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 20

"andersbisse" Takes Chip Lead by Busting "MadMassi44"

Level 3 : 75/150, 20 ante

Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress raised to 360 from the hijack and was called by "MadMassi44" in the cutoff. "andersbisse" three-bet to 1,800 from the big blind for Dvoress to fold and "MadMassi44" to make the call.

The flop came {4-Spades}{j-Clubs}{5-Hearts}, "andersbisse" continued with a bet of 900 and was called by "MadMassi44".

Thje turn was the {6-Hearts} and "andersbisse" bet 2,998 and was called by "MadMassi44".

The river completed the board with the {3-Diamonds} and "andersbisse" barreled a bet of 8,700 into the pot. "MadMassi44" jammed for 13,477 which "andersbisse" called. "MadMassi44" tabled the {8-Hearts}{6-Clubs} for the pair of sixes but "andersbisse" held the {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for the straight and the elimination of "MadMassi44" to their name.

Player Chips Progress
andersbisse dk
andersbisse
111,573
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress
34,157
Felipe "mr.salgado30" Salgado br
Felipe "mr.salgado30" Salgado
21,193
-3,807
-3,807
MadMassi44 br
MadMassi44
Busted

Checking in With Team PokerStars

Level 3 : 75/150, 20 ante

Three more team members have joined Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis and Georgina "GJReggie" James in the fray today and this is how the whole team is situated right now:

Player Chips Progress
Georgina "GJReggie" James gb
Georgina "GJReggie" James
30,714
5,714
5,714
PokerStars
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas
26,130
Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand
Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand
24,420
Andre "aakkari" Akkari
Andre "aakkari" Akkari
23,702
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
21,125
-3,875
-3,875

"Lassiole" Turns the Broadway Against "lpzap"

Level 3 : 75/150, 20 ante
Lassiole vs lpzap
Lassiole vs lpzap

"lpzap" raised to 450 from the cutoff and was called by "Lassiole" on the button while the blinds folded.

The flop came {k-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{10-Hearts}, "lpzap" continued with a bet of 450 for "Lassiole" to call.

The turn was the {a-Hearts} and "lpzap" bet 900 for "Lassiole" to raise it up to 2,994. "lpzap" responded with a reraise to 5,550 and "Lassiole" called.

The river completed the board with the {9-Spades} and "lpzap" shoved for 31,590. "Lassiole" called with the bigger stack and the {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts} for the turned Broadway to eliminate "lpzap" who held the {a-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for top pair.

Player Chips Progress
Lassiole dk
Lassiole
90,653
Carter "cswidler" Swidler
Carter "cswidler" Swidler
15,264
-9,736
-9,736
lpzap de
lpzap
Busted

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25