2020 PokerStars Blowout Series

Blowout Series: $215 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 PokerStars Blowout Series

Final Results
Winner
Cosmin "UnHuman3" Voinea
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$632,426
Event Info
Buy-in
$215
Prize Pool
$6,371,000
Entries
31,855
Level Info
Level
65
Blinds
3,500,000 / 7,000,000
Ante
875,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
29,463
Players Left
6,256

Hayward Halted by "kidkanada99"

Level 13 : 450/900, 110 ante
kidkanada99 vs Hayward
kidkanada99 vs Hayward

"kidkanada99" raised to 1,800 from the middle position and Tom "MajinBoob" Hayward defended his big blind.

The flop came {5-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}, Hayward check-shoved for 9,076 when "kidkanada99" continued with a bet of 2,465 and was called.

Tom "MajinBoob" Hayward: {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}
"kidkanada99": {k-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

"kidkanada99" had flopped top pair while Hayward had put his tournament life at risk with the flush draw.

The turn was the {9-Clubs} on the turn for Hayward to also pick up the gutshot to a straight but the river completed the board with the {8-Spades} for Hayward to bust.

Player Chips Progress
kidkanada99 ca
kidkanada99
74,290
Tom "MajinBoob" Hayward nz
Tom "MajinBoob" Hayward
Busted

Veldhuis Needs a Third Bullet

Level 13 : 450/900, 110 ante
Angelo vs Veldhuis
Angelo vs Veldhuis

Miguel "FlashYy" Angelo raised to 1,800 from the button and "dine2811" called in the small blind. Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis three=-bet shoved for 21,636 from the big blind for only Angelo to make the call.

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Miguel "FlashYy" Angelo: {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

Veldhuis was ahead with the higher kicker but the flop came with the {6-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for Angelo to hit the pair of tens.

The turn was the {9-Hearts} for Veldhuis to pick up the flush draw but the river completed the board with the {a-Clubs} for Angelo to improve to two pair to send Veldhuis back to fire a third bullet.

Player Chips Progress
Miguel "FlashYy" Angelo be
Miguel "FlashYy" Angelo
160,925
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
Busted

"EpicEpicEpic" Takes "Kranvagan" Out

Level 13 : 450/900, 110 ante

"Kranvagan" raised to 1,600 from under the gun at the end of the previous level and "EpicEpicEpic" three-bet to 7,200 from the small blind. The big blind folded and "Kranvagan" four-bet to 22,400. "EpicEpicEpic" responded with a five-bet shove which "Kranvagan" called for the 115,909 they had behind.

"Kranvagan": {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}
"EpicEpicEpic": {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{6-Spades} for "Kranvagan" to not get any help and bust.

Player Chips Progress
EpicEpicEpic nl
EpicEpicEpic
289,358
Kranvagan ua
Kranvagan
Busted

Level: 13

Blinds: 450/900

Ante: 110

Checking in With Team PokerStars

Level 12 : 400/800, 100 ante

There are currently still 6 Team PokerStars players active in the tournament with varying degrees of success. Here are their current chip counts:

Player Chips Progress
Tom "MajinBoob" Hayward nz
Tom "MajinBoob" Hayward
112,370
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas
78,983
Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban
Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban
70,777
Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand
Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand
38,003
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg
37,843
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
20,826

"ForzaMila355" Kicks "kuchel1981" Out

Level 12 : 400/800, 100 ante

"kuchel1981" raised to 1,600 from the hijack and "ForzaMila355" was sitting in the big blind and opted to defend.

The flop came {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}{j-Clubs}, "ForzaMila355" check-raised the 2,400 continuation-bet of "kuchel1981" to 7,200 who responded with a shove for 74,916 and got called.

"kuchel1981": {j-Spades}{10-Spades}
"ForzaMila355": {k-Clubs}{2-Spades}

"kuchel1981" had hit two pair but "ForzaMila355" had flopped trips.

The rest of the board was completed with the {4-Clubs} on the turn and the {10-Clubs} on the river to not help "kuchel1981".

Player Chips Progress
ForzaMila355 ru
ForzaMila355
280,533
kuchel1981 de
kuchel1981
Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

"Zirbelnuss" Downs Two Opponents

Level 11 : 350/700, 90 ante

"WhoAreYoux1" raised to 1,750 from under the gun and "Zirbelnuss" called in the middle position. "FloweerBoy" three-bet shoved from the button for 16,260 and the blinds folded. "WhoAreYoux1" four-bet to 39,200 for "Zirbelnuss" to five-bet shove and for "FloweerBoy" to call for the 123,661 they had behind.

"FloweerBoy": {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}
"WhoAreYoux1": {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}
"Zirbelnuss": {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}

The board ran out {a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} for "Zirbelnuss" to flop the set immediately to eliminate both opponents.

Player Chips Progress
Zirbelnuss de
Zirbelnuss
340,211
FloweerBoy pl
FloweerBoy
Busted
WhoAreYoux1 be
WhoAreYoux1
Busted

Top Ten Chip Counts After the Break

Level 11 : 350/700, 90 ante
Player Chips Progress
Clue2001 ca
Clue2001
381,688 -56,301
Legöc de
Legöc
370,128 78,734
Zhumaliyev kz
Zhumaliyev
310,489 16,495
PkrStone gb
PkrStone
306,718
ALEKS__Surg ru
ALEKS__Surg
305,092 33,648
mouroisa br
mouroisa
298,324
rusikadashiki ru
rusikadashiki
294,906
Fabio Luiz "FLBonatto" Bonatto br
Fabio Luiz "FLBonatto" Bonatto
294,655 127,788
sytze18 de
sytze18
282,182
MrSergiuTM ro
MrSergiuTM
265,448