Blowout Series: $109 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.
Day 1 Completed
2020 PokerStars Blowout Series
Blowout Series: $109 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2020 PokerStars Blowout Series
Buy-in
$109
Prize Pool
$5,000,000
Entries
37,673
Level
65
Blinds
7,000,000 / 14,000,000
Ante
1,750,000
Entries
37,673
Players Left
588
588 Players Survived Day 1 of the PokerStars Blowout Series: $109 NLHE – The Big Blowout!
Level 32
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
After almost nine hours of play, Day 1 of the first of four The Big Blowout events has come to an end on PokerStars with 588 players making it through to Day 2. The tournament featured a huge $5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool for the $109 price tag that came with participating in the event.
There were 25,505 unique players who took a shot or two, or three, or even four to get to 37,673 entries which meant that there was a big overlay in this tournament. There were 5,263 players who would cash at least $259 while the winner will walk away on Tuesday, December 29 with $485,827 which would be an amazing return on investment for any player in this tournament.
Claiming the Day 1 chip lead is Russia's "ZERGA_77" with 6,885,381 in chips which will be worth 172 big blinds at the start of Day 2. Following them in the top five are "samot54" (6,552,197), Gabriel "aaurelio" Moura (5,876,013), "cipyclimbb" (5,728,658), and "trzcinsky" with 5,505,941.
Other familiar names to have made it through to Day 2 include Alex "AlexGelinski" Gelinski, Nicolas "PKaiser" Fierro, Daniel "dougiedan678" McAulay, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress, Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura, Sean "MonkeyBudg" Prendiville, and Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski with an above-average stack.
But not everyone was fortunate enough to virtually bag for Day 2, players like Bert "girafganger7" Stevens, Guilherme "Guizãoo_" Carmo, Simon "DaDumon" Grabenschweiger, Claas "ssicK_OnE" Segebrecht, and Pavel "MountainRo$e" Veksler all busted in the last hour of the day.
All players have already secured $894 for their bankrolls but will all be eyeing those pay jumps on Day 2 and set their targets on making it to the final 27 players for Day 3 where a prize of at least $6,249 will be waiting for them.
Day 2 will resume at 6:05 p.m. GMT on Monday, December 28 with around 10 minutes left of Level 32 which features a small blind of 20,000, a big blind of 40,000, and a running ante of 5,000. Level duration will remain at 15 minutes each until the start of Day 3 when there are 27 players left. The level duration will then increase to 20 minutes.
PokerNews will be there from the start till the end for all the action so make sure to keep following along.
Selection of End-of-Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
Level 32
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,885,381 | |
|
6,552,197 | -115,780 |
|
5,876,013 | -5,000 |
|
5,728,658 | -24,000 |
|
5,505,941 | 5,422,388 |
|
5,337,348 | 13,420 |
|
|
5,265,963 | 1,931,199 |
|
5,194,746 | 2,570,414 |
|
|
5,042,876 | |
|
4,909,879 | |
|
|
4,825,063 | |
|
4,633,495 | |
|
|
4,463,633 | |
|
|
4,439,496 | |
|
|
4,351,691 | 3,519,562 |
|
4,337,132 | |
|
4,295,396 | |
|
|
4,266,984 | |
|
|
4,229,167 | |
|
|
4,219,699 | |
|
|
4,180,628 | |
|
4,174,410 | -609,736 |
|
4,150,880 | |
|
4,140,078 | |
|
4,087,876 |
Play Ended
Level 32
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Play for Day 1 has ended with 588 players making it through to Day 2.
A selection of chip counts and the recap of today's action are to follow.
Stevens Stopped Before the End of the Day by Moura
Level 32
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Gabriel "aaurelio" Moura raised to 80,000 from the middle position and Bert "girafganger7" Stevens three-bet shoved from the cutoff for 772,861. The action folded back to Moura who made the call with the bigger stack.
Bert "girafganger7" Stevens: 
Gabriel "aaurelio" Moura: 
The board ran out 
for Moura to turn the pair of queens to bust the Belgian player before the end of Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,881,013 | |
|
2,016,260 | |
|
|
645,433 | -905,866 |
|
|
Busted |
"ZERGA_77" Takes Chip Lead Back
Level 32
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
"ZERGA_77" raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and "Balthazar PL" called in the small blind.
The flop came 
, they both checked to the on the turn. "Balthazar PL" check-called the 112,800 bet of "ZERGA_77".
The river completed the board with the 
and they both checked. "Balthazar PL" tabled the 
for the pair of sevens but "ZERGA_77" held the 
for the higher pair and the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,885,381 | 929,363 |
|
|
1,263,217 |
Level: 32
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
"samot54" Takes Chip Lead by Busting "Ryujackson"
Level 31
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
"samot54" raised to 87,500 from the middle position and "Ryujackson" three-bet to 265,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and "samot54" four-bet shoved for "Ryujackson" to make the call for the 1,855,478 they had behind.
"Ryujackson": 
"samot54": 
The board ran out 
for "Ryujackson" to not get any help and bust.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,667,977 | |
|
Busted |
Segebrecht Busts Before End of the Day
Level 31
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
"cipyclimbb" raised to 70,000 from the hijack and Claas "ssicK_OnE" Segebrecht three-bet to 280,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and "cipyclimbb" made the call.
The flop came 
, Segebrecht continued with a bet of 206,745 for "cipyclimbb" to raise to 726,740 and was called.
The turn was the m Segebrecht checked and then called the shove of "cipyclimbb" for the 1,597,842 he had behind.
Claas "ssicK_OnE" Segebrecht:
"cipyclimbb": 
They had both flopped top pair but "cipyclimbb" was ahead with the higher kicker but both players also held the straight draws.
The river completed the board with the 
to send Segebrecht out of the tournament before the end of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,752,658 | |
|
|
Busted |
"EasymoneytoU" Easily Holds with the Jacks to Bust "ccm41"
Level 31
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
"ccm41" raised to 105,000 from the hijack and "EasymoneytoU" three-bet to 315,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to "ccm41" who four-bet shoved for 965,024 and was called by "EasymoneytoU" with the bigger stack.
"ccm41": 
"EasymoneytoU": 
The board ran out 
for "ccm41" to not get any help from the board and bust.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,784,146 | |
|
|
Busted |