Blowout Series: $109 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd. Day 1 | 2020 PokerStars Blowout Series

Dec 27, 2020

"nehe.4750" Takes "GeorgeJGB" Out

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 350/700, 90 ante

"Mountain999" limped in from under the gun and so did "GeorgeJGB" in the cutoff, "nehe.4750" on the button, and "CzechEbola" in the small blind while "gawahei" opted to check their big blind.

The flop came , it was checked to "nehe.4750" who bet 2,800 which only "GeorgeJGB" check-called.

The turn was the , "GeorgeJGB" checked again. This time, "nehe.4750" bet 7,700 for "GeorgeJGB" to shove for 17,384 which "nehe.4750" called with the bigger stack.

"GeorgeJGB":
"nehe.4750":

"GeorgeJGB" had flopped top pair but "nehe.4750" had hit two pair.

The river completed the board with the to not change anything.

Dec 27, 2020

"cyrus544" Holds with the Kings

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Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 350/700, 90 ante

At the end of the previous level, "sleader8" raised to 1,208 from the hijack and "cyrus544" three-bet to 3,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and "sleader8" four-bet to 9,000 for "cyrus544" to five-bet shove. "sleader8" called for the 24,667 they had behind.

"sleader8":
"cyrus544":

The board ran out for "sleader8" to not get any help as they were eliminated.

Level: 9

Blinds: 350/700

Ante: 90

Dec 27, 2020

"szarkadavid90" Has the Higher Full House

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Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

"szarkadavid90" raised to 1,500 from the hijack and "coupdejarnac" called from the button as did "MAik2808"and "Dr.Fly87" in the blinds.

The flop came , "Maik2808" checked, "Dr.Fly87" bet 2,000 and "szarkadavid90" raised it up to 6,000. "coupdejarnac" called and "Maik2808" folded. "Dr.Fly87" shoved for 30,662 to which "szarkadavid90" responded with a shove of their own for "coupdejarnac" to call for the 65,940 they had behind.

"Dr.Fly87":
"coupdejarnac":
"szarkadavid90":

"szarkadavid90" and "Dr.Fly87" had the overpairs but "coupdejarnac" had flopped a set.

The turn was the for "szarkadavid90" to hit the higher set while the completed the board for them to improve to the higher full house to knock out both opponents.

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Dec 27, 2020

Top Ten Chip Counts After the Break

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Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 250/500, 60 ante

Dec 27, 2020

Second Break of the day

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Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 250/500, 60 ante

With over 27,000 entries in the field, the remaining players have been sent for another 5-minute break.

Dec 27, 2020

Nut-Flush for "bbaaa663"

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Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 250/500, 60 ante

bbaaa663 vs KARABURE2 vs packerman77 vs SqeezMachine

"bbaaa663" raised to 1,100 from under the gun and was called by "KARABURE2" in the early position, "packerman77" in the middle position, and "SqeezMachine" in the big blind.

The flop came , "SqeezMachine" bet 2,770 and was called by all.

The turn was the , "SqeezMachine" continued with a shove for 11,054 which "bbaaa663" called. "KARABURE2" reshoved for 22,091 and so did "packerman77" for 26,236 which was called by "bbaaa663" too.

"SqeezMachine":
"KARABURE2":L
"packerman77":
"bbaaa663":

"bbaaa663" had turned two pair and flopped the nut-flush draw while "KARABURE2" already held the flush. "packerman77" had turned trips while "SqeezMachine" had flopped the straight.

The river completed the board with the for "bbaaa663" to knock all three opponents out with the nut-flush.

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 60

Dec 27, 2020

"Wonkhead" Triples Up

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

"ChionZi" raised to 932 from the middle position and "marininartem" called in the hijack. "Wonkhead" and "mr.Maikl Y" did the same in the blinds.

The flop came , "Wonkhead" bet 2,000 and "mr.Maikl Y" raised to 4,000. "marininartem" reraised to 18,200 for "Wonkhead" to call for the 9,391 they had behind. "mr.Maikl Y" did the same for the 17,938 they had.

"Wonkhead":
"mr.Maikl Y":
"marininartem":

"Wonkhead" had the flush draw and gutshot to a straight while "mr.Maikl Y" held top pair and a gutshot to a straight too but "marininartem" had hit top pair with the top kicker.

The turn was the for "Wonkhead" to hit the flush indeed while the completed the board for "mr.Maikl Y" to bust and the remainder of their stack to go to "marininartem" with "Wonkhead" tripling up.