Blowout Series: $530 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.
Day 3 Started
Blowout Series: $530 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.
Day 3 Started
At 6:05 p.m. GMT, Day 3 of the PokerStars Blowout Series: $530 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] will resume with 16 players out of 12,938 entries coming back to face each other for a bigger share of the burly $6,469,000 prize pool. They have all secured at least $19,765 but will all be focusing on that first-place prize of $818,484.
Narrowly leading the pack today is Poland's "DrawindDead" with 41,507,102 which is worth 69 big blinds with "Gwolde" from the Netherlands with 41,155,298 following them. If you then look at the top five, you can find two familiar names joining them: Mathias "mdf92" Duarte (35,414,899) and Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro (25,504,194) finished in third and fourth place yesterday with "Uivelo88" (25,344,164) in fifth with an above-average stack.
"Uivelo88", "end2end17", Andrew "dawhiteninja" Wool, "Kudgel", "Escapemissio", "sp3edy14", "Pharmo81", "taartjekomt", "Aalexxs", Andras "probirs" Nemeth, "FivebetGAMER", and Marc-Andre "FrenchDawg" Ladouceur will also be back in the fray for Day 3.
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "DrawindDead" | Poland | 41,507,102 | 69 |
2 | "Gwolde" | Netherlands | 41,155,298 | 69 |
3 | Mathias "mdf92" Duarte | Uruguay | 35,414,899 | 59 |
4 | Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro | Finland | 25,504,194 | 43 |
5 | "Uivelo88" | Finland | 25,344,164 | 42 |
6 | "end2end17" | Canada | 20,103,700 | 34 |
7 | Andrew "dawhiteninja" Wool | United Kingdom | 17,795,264 | 30 |
8 | "Kudgel" | Germany | 16,115,984 | 27 |
9 | "Escapemissio" | United Kingdom | 15,305,852 | 26 |
10 | "sp3edy14" | Ireland | 14,990,223 | 25 |
When play resumes, the 16 remaining players will finish Level 51 which features a small blind of 300,000, a big blind of 600,000, and a running ante of 75,000. Once that is done, the level duration will increase to 25-minutes each and play will continue until a new champion has been crowned.
The PokerStars Twitch Stream will be live too to bring you cards-up coverage with commentary provided by James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton with a 30-minute security delay.
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This is what they are all still playing for:
Place | Prize |
---|---|
1 | $818,484 |
2 | $583,438 |
3 | $415,895 |
4 | $296,465 |
5 | $211,331 |
6 | $150,644 |
7 | $107,385 |
8 | $76,548 |
9 | $54,566 |
10-12 | $38,899 |
13-15 | $38,899 |
16 | $27,727 |
Level: 51
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 75,000
The 16 remaining players have returned to play down to a winner with 5 minutes left in the current level.
Level: 52
Blinds: 350,000/700,000
Ante: 87,500
In the last hand of the previous level, "DrawindDead" raised to 1,260,000 from under the gun and Mathias "mdf92" Duarte made the call in the small blind while "Pharmo81" folded their big blind.
The flop came , "DrawindDead" continued with a bet of 1,227,600 which Duarte check-called.
The turn was the and they both checked to the on the river to check through it again. Duarte tabled the for the higher two pair than on the board to scoop the pot and grab the chip lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mathias "mdf92" Duarte | 41,202,499 | 5,787,600 |
DrawindDead
|
38,719,502 | -2,787,600 |
Andrew "dawhiteninja" Wool | 17,495,264 | -300,000 |
Escapemissio | 14,105,852 | -1,200,000 |
Pharmo81 | 13,962,492 | -900,000 |
sp3edy14 | 13,790,223 | -1,200,000 |
FivebetGAMER | 9,366,999 | -600,000 |
Marc-Andre "FrenchDawg" Ladouceur | 5,453,540 | 1,200,000 |
Andras "probirs" Nemeth completed his small blind and "taartjekomt" opted to check.
The flop came , Nemeth bet 600,000 which "taartjekomt" called.
The turn was the , Nemeth check-called the 1,500,000 bet of "taartjekomt".
The river completed the board with the and Nemeth checked for the last time. "taartjekomt" continued with a bet of 3,600,000 and Nemeth called. "taartjekomt" tabled the for the pair of fours but Nemeth held the for two pair and the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Gwolde | 40,030,298 | -1,125,000 |
Uivelo88 | 27,969,164 | 2,625,000 |
Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro
|
25,279,194 | -225,000 |
Andras "probirs" Nemeth
|
21,699,993 | 8,325,000 |
end2end17 | 18,828,700 | -1,275,000 |
Kudgel | 14,840,984 | -1,275,000 |
Aalexxs | 13,094,152 | -375,000 |
taartjekomt | 7,611,144 | -6,675,000 |
Mathias "mdf92" Duarte raised to 1,575,000 from the hijack and Marc-Andre "FrenchDawg" Ladouceur three-bet to 4,491,030 from the small blind, keeping 10 behind. The big blind folded and Duarte four-bet to put Ladouceur all-in who tanked for a while before pushing the rest in.
Marc-Andre "FrenchDawg" Ladouceur:
Mathias "mdf92" Duarte:
The flop came for both of them to hit a pair but for Ladouceur to stay ahead with the higher one.
The turn was the which didn't change things but the on the river gave Duarte trips to eliminate Ladouceur in sixteenth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mathias "mdf92" Duarte | 48,581,039 | 7,378,540 |
DrawindDead
|
37,407,002 | -1,312,500 |
Andrew "dawhiteninja" Wool | 16,532,764 | -962,500 |
Escapemissio | 15,593,352 | 1,487,500 |
sp3edy14 | 13,527,723 | -262,500 |
Pharmo81 | 13,349,992 | -612,500 |
FivebetGAMER | 9,104,499 | -262,500 |
Marc-Andre "FrenchDawg" Ladouceur | Busted |
Mathias "mdf92" Duarte raised to 1,680,000 from the small blind and "Pharmo81" defended their big blind.
The flop came , Duarte check-called the 2,100,000 bet of "Pharmo81".
The turn was the , Duarte checked again. "Pharmo81" did the same for the to complete the board. Duarte bet 2,942,100 and "Pharmo81" made the call but mucked when Duarte tabled the for top pair.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mathias "mdf92" Duarte | 55,828,139 | 7,247,100 |
DrawindDead
|
38,719,502 | 1,312,500 |
Escapemissio | 16,555,852 | 962,500 |
Andrew "dawhiteninja" Wool | 16,182,764 | -350,000 |
sp3edy14 | 12,127,723 | -1,400,000 |
FivebetGAMER | 8,404,499 | -700,000 |
Pharmo81 | 6,277,892 | -7,072,100 |
"Escapemissio" raised to 1,400,000 from the hijack and "Pharmo81" three-bet shoved from the small blind for 6,190,392. The big blind folded and "Escapemissio" made the call with the bigger stack.
"Pharmo81":
"Escapemissio":
The board ran out to not bring any help to "Pharmo81" as they were eliminated in fifteenth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mathias "mdf92" Duarte | 55,740,639 | -87,500 |
DrawindDead
|
37,932,002 | -787,500 |
Escapemissio | 23,971,244 | 7,415,392 |
Andrew "dawhiteninja" Wool | 16,095,264 | -87,500 |
sp3edy14 | 12,040,223 | -87,500 |
FivebetGAMER | 8,316,999 | -87,500 |
Pharmo81 | Busted |