Blowout Series: $215 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.
Day 3 Started
Blowout Series: $215 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.
Day 3 Started
Day 3 of the PokerStars Blowout Series: $215 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] resumes play at 6:05 p.m. GMT with 23 players out of 31,855 entries returning to the battlefield to compete for the first-place prize of $632,426. They have all secured at least $10,887 out of the $6,371,000 prize pool but are all looking to climbing up that pay ladder.
Leading the pack today is Romania's "UnHuman3" with 154 big blinds as they bagged 122,991,718 in chips on Day 2. They are followed in the top five by "Olegent" (77,440,795), "DoEasyMoney" (62,808,998), "Sergiu "seserman01" Cornea" (55,211,856), and "Eduardnho11" (44,417,889).
Day 1 chip leader "Magdebob1993" also made Day 3 but with 31,311,886 chips, they're coming back with a slight below-average stack. Other familiar names to return for a fight today include Francis "NoHayMiedo*" Cruz and Gustavo "gremistaAK" Pinto.
When play resumes, the remaining players will finish Level 53 which features a small blind of 400,000, a big blind of 800,000, and a running ante of 100,000. Once 16 players are left, the level duration will increase to 20 minutes each and play will continue until a champion has been crowned.
The PokerStars Twitch channel will be providing cards-up coverage with a security delay with commentary provided by James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton from 6:30 p.m. GMT. But PokerNews will be there from the first elimination until the final table closes so make sure to keep following along right here for all the live updates,
Level: 53
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 100,000
The tournament has just restarted with a minute left in the current level.
Level: 54
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 125,000
"Hepburn1" shoved from the cutoff for 12,798,174 and "mrnappa" called in the big blind with the bigger stack.
"Hepburn1":
"mrnappa":
The board ran out for "Hepburn1" to turn the straight to double up and leave "mrnappa" short.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anchises1 | 31,948,487 | -125,000 |
blagodete1 | 30,324,687 | -625,000 |
Vespillo77 | 29,940,303 | -125,000 |
Hepburn1 | 26,971,348 | 14,048,174 |
Flush098765 | 25,787,125 | -125,000 |
mickyray2010 | 21,732,846 | -125,000 |
mrnappa | 1,102,541 | -12,923,174 |
"€plov2" raised to 2,000,000 from the early position and "Jepser8" three-bet shoved from the small blind for 30,616,909. "M4GPI3" called in the big blind for the 13,871,646 they had behind while "€plov2" folded.
"M4GPI3":
"Jepser8":
The board ran out for "M4GPI3" to double up with the rockets.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
DoEasyMoney | 62,683,998 | -125,000 |
komisz | 39,385,150 | -125,000 |
Magdebob1993
|
31,186,886 | -125,000 |
M4GPI3 | 30,743,292 | 16,746,646 |
€plov2 | 28,512,659 | -2,125,000 |
Jepser8 | 16,745,263 | -13,996,646 |
W.Slomczynski | 16,076,446 | -125,000 |
Baroness1393 | 13,019,941 | -125,000 |
"Flush098765" raised to 2,100,000 from the middle position and "mrnappa" called in the small blind for the 977,541 they had left while "Vespillo77" defended their big blind.
The flop came , "Vespillo77" check-called the 1,997,339 continuation-bet of "Flush098765".
The turn was the , "Vespillo77" checked and then folded when "Flush098765" continued with another bet of 3,315,582.
"mrnappa":
"Flush098765":
"mrnappa" was drawing dead as "Flush098765" had flopped top pair.
The river completed the board with the for "mrnappa" to bust in twenty-third place as the first player of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anchises1 | 31,823,487 | -125,000 |
Flush098765 | 31,612,005 | 5,824,880 |
blagodete1 | 30,199,687 | -125,000 |
Hepburn1 | 26,846,348 | -125,000 |
Vespillo77 | 25,717,964 | -4,222,339 |
mickyray2010 | 21,607,846 | -125,000 |
mrnappa | Busted |
"Flush098765" raised to 2,100,000 from the middle position and "blagodete1" three-bet to 6,700,000 on the button. The action folded back to "Flush098765" who four-bet shoved with the bigger stack for "blagodete1" to make the call for the 30,199,687 they had behind.
"blagodete1":
"Flush098765":
The board ran out for "Flush098765" to turn the higher pair to eliminate "blagodete1" in twenty-second place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Flush098765 | 67,786,692 | 36,174,687 |
Anchises1 | 28,573,487 | -3,250,000 |
Vespillo77 | 27,342,964 | 1,625,000 |
Hepburn1 | 23,596,348 | -3,250,000 |
mickyray2010 | 20,357,846 | -1,250,000 |
Jepser8 | 19,020,263 | 2,275,000 |
blagodete1 | Busted |
"Anchises1" completed their small blind and "finnyk" shoved from the big blind for 10,277,706 which "Anchises1" called with the bigger stack.
"finnyk":
"Anchises1":
The board ran out for "Anchises1" to hold with the aces to bust "finnyk" in twenty-first place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Flush098765 | 65,811,692 | -1,975,000 |
Anchises1 | 44,826,193 | 16,252,706 |
Vespillo77 | 26,217,964 | -1,125,000 |
Hepburn1 | 25,846,348 | 2,250,000 |
mickyray2010 | 18,232,846 | -2,125,000 |
Jepser8 | 16,395,263 | -2,625,000 |
finnyk | Busted |