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

12-28-2020 02:42 UTC

Another Selection of Eliminations

Shirley Ang

Level 31 : 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Samycb	Busted
Bruno "BrunoBoucas" Boucas	Busted
lozzz	Busted
liviuliv99	Busted
jonimella	Busted
IADTTMax	Busted
Fizi85	Busted
-X-TonyB-X-	Busted
RafaPerroni	Busted
Dinesh "nastyminder" Alt	Busted
Michael "SmallKindB" Sklenicka	Busted
Tomas "MASUR0N1KE" Kubaliak	Busted
Guntis "poker@luffyD" Aleskins	Busted
Pharey	Busted
Rafael "LiroLa" Monteiro	Busted
Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel	Busted
bbaaa663	Busted
JacobDC712	Busted
Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand	Busted
luckyluck653	Busted
Lucio "WizardOffAz" Lima	Busted
Jakob "Succeeed" Miegel	Busted
Rainstorm001	Busted

Level: 31

Blinds: 17,500/35,000

Ante: 4,500

12-28-2020 02:28 UTC

"ZERGA_77" Takes "Alen1397" Down for the Chip Lead

Shirley Ang

Level 30 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

"ZERGA_77" raised to 87,500 from the small blind and "Alen1397" defended their big blind.

The flop came , "ZERGA_77" continued with a bet of 60,750 which "Alen1397" called.

The turn was the and "ZERGA_77" now bet 181,000 for "Alen1397" to shove for 686,166. "ZERGA_77" called with the bigger stack.

"Alen1397":
"ZERGA_77":

The river completed the board with the for "ZERGA_77" to improve their top pair to two pair to eliminate "Alen1397".

Player	Chips	Progress
ZERGA_77	5,956,018	3,113,494
Alen1397	Busted

Level: 30

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,750

12-28-2020 02:18 UTC

"Kriv4ikov" Kicked Out by Fierro

Shirley Ang

Level 29 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

"Beach2201" raised to 52,750 from the hijack and was called by "Kriv4ikov" on the button. Nicolas "PKaiser" Fierro three-bet to 275,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and "Beach2201" made the call. "Kriv4ikov" responded with a four-bet shove for 1,129,863 and Fierro five-bet shoved for more for "Beach2201" to get out of the way.

"Kriv4ikov":
Nicolas "PKaiser" Fierro:

The board ran out for Fierro to stay ahead and even improve to top pair on the river to get rid of "Kriv4ikov".

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas "PKaiser" Fierro	3,838,153	3,838,153
Kriv4ikov	Busted

12-28-2020 02:14 UTC

Dvoress Doubles Through "esikzelik"

Shirley Ang

Level 29 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

"esikzelik" raised to 50,000 from the hijack and the action folded to Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress in the big blind who opted to defend.

The flop came , Dvoress check-raised the 25,000 bet of "esikzelik" to 127,500 which "esikzelik" called.

The turn was the and Dvoress barreled a bet of 370,000 over the line. "esikzelik" called.

The river completed the board with the and Dvoress shoved. "esikzelik" called with the slightly bigger stack with the for two pair but Dvoress held the for the flopped trips to double up.

"esikzelik" was left short and lost the remainder a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress	3,455,194
esikzelik	Busted

Level: 29

Blinds: 12,500/25,000

Ante: 3,250

12-28-2020 02:09 UTC

Some More Eliminations

Shirley Ang

Level 28 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
jasonlits	Busted
Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis	Busted
XARANDROS	Busted
Stefan "mindgamer" Jedlicka	Busted
Deividas "Deividas K" Kvaselis	Busted
vsleepy	Busted
Stavros "IDOLLS" Kalfas	Busted
Mike "goleafsgoeh" Leah	Busted
Ricardo "ricardons8" Nascimento	Busted
aalexandress	Busted
johnakos_22	Busted

12-28-2020 02:02 UTC

Top Ten Chip Counts After the Break

Shirley Ang

Level 28 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
mizzB111	5,323,928	768,434
leonardoc01	3,745,373
pilaa	3,334,764	637,690
AndrewMakow	3,080,136
Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski	3,066,257	2,468,752
TEXNHN XRW	3,057,819
ZERGA_77	2,842,524	1,169,500
rubak787	2,838,558
Fizi85	2,832,205
Mr.Arkan	2,807,309

12-28-2020 01:57 UTC

Eighth Break of the Day

Shirley Ang

Level 28 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

The 1,145 remaining players have gone for another 5-minute break.