Blowout Series: $530 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.
Day 1 Started
2020 PokerStars Blowout Series
Blowout Series: $530 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!], $5M Gtd.
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2020 PokerStars Blowout Series
Buy-in
$530
Prize Pool
$6,469,000
Entries
12,938
Level
60
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
375,000
Entries
12,095
Players Left
2,850
The Blowout Series Has Another Big Blowout Today; $530 NLHE Starts at 6:05 PM GMT
At 6.05 p.m. GMT, Day 1 of the Blowout Series: $530 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] is set to start with another weekly tournament featuring a brilliant $5,000,000 prize pool.
"pilaa" won the first event for $485,827 which had a $109 buy-in while Cosmin "UnHuman3" Voinea took down the $209 buy-in event for $632,426 after a six-way deal. Who will become the third winner of this exciting new series by PokerStars?
The players will get 25,000 chips in their starting stacks and play 20-minute levels on Day 1. Play will end when 17 levels have been played through to break for Day 2 on Monday, January 11 at 6:10 p.m. GMT. Players can reenter up to three times if things go awry during any of their earlier bullets.
Late registration will be possible for 24 hours once the tournament has started, so until 6:05 p.m. GMT, five minutes before the start of Day 2. The level duration for Day 2 will be reduced to 12 minutes and increase to 15 once there are 80 players left, similar to last week's event.
Once the field is reduced to 16 players, Day 2 will break for Day 2 and the level duration will go up again to 25 minutes this time. On Day 3, play will continue until a new champion has been crowned with the action with hole cards coverage on the PokerStars Twitch channel.
PokerNews will be there from the first beep until the Day 1 chip leader has been found so stick around for today's live coverage.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 12
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 50/100, 12 ante
With over 5,500 players in the field, the tournament has just kicked off the first of 17 20-minute levels that need to be played today.
"Sayin83" Stops "norika71"
Level 1
: 50/100, 12 ante
"Wouter_psv" raised to 200 from under the gun and "norika71" called from the middle position. "Sayin83" three-bet to 1,046 from the hijack. "c300mm" called from the cutoff and so did "Wouter_psv" in the end.
The flop came 
, it was checked to "Sayin83" who shoved for 23,942 in the first hand of the night which only "norika71" called with the same exact stack.
"norika71": 
"Sayin83": 
"norika71" had flopped a pair of nines but "Sayin83" had hit the set of kings.
The rest of the board was completed with the 
on the turn and the 
on the river to keep "Sayin83" ahead and eliminate
"norika71" as one of the first players of the day.
"norika71"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,314 | |
|
Busted |
"niha777" Takes Down "Elnur2305816"
Level 1
: 50/100, 12 ante
"niha777" raised to 230 from the cutoff and "Elnur2305816" three-bet shoved from the button for the 7,889 they had left. The blinds folded and "niha777" called.
"Elnur2305816": 
"niha777": 
The board ran out 
for "Elnur2305816" to not hit and for "niha777" to hold with the higher kickers to eliminate "Elnur2305816".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,792 | |
|
|
Busted |
"SR_LineageII" Wins Three-Way All-In
Level 1
: 50/100, 12 ante
"JonnyThell" raised to 225 from the early position and the action folded to "fg911" in the small blind who three-bet to 750. "SR_LineageII" called in the big blind and so did "JonnyThell".
The flop came 
, "fg911" continued with a bet of 1,500 and "SR_LineageII" called. "JonnyThell" raised to 4,500 and "fg911" called. "SR_LineageII" shoved for 23,443 for "JonnyThell" to call with the bigger stack while "fg911" called too for the 22,607 they had behind.
"fg911": asqc]
"SR_LineageII": 
"JonnyThell": 
"fg911" had the overpair while "SR_LineageII" had hit a set and "JonnyThell" was sitting on the flush draw.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the 
on the river for "fg911" to bust while "SR_LineageII" earned a full double through "JonnyThell" who lost the remainder of their stack a few hands later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,839 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
"heigibär13" Halts "AnyGameSir"
Level 1
: 50/100, 12 ante
"ULTRA-BURNT" raised to 300 from the early position and "AnyGameSir" called from the hijack. "heigibär13" three-bet to 2,100 from the cutoff for the action to fold back to "ULTRA-BURNT" who made the call. So did "AnyGameSir".
The flop came 
, the action folded to "heigibär13" who continued with a bet of 6,546 for "ULTRA-BURNT" to fold but for "AnyGameSir" to shove for 22,876 which "heigibär13" called with the bigger stack.
"AnyGameSir":
"heigibär13": 
"AnyGameSir" had hit top pair and picked up the gutshot to a straight but "heigibär13" held the overpair.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river to not help "AnyGameSir".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,990 | 75,990 |
|
Busted |
Level: 2
Blinds: 60/120
Ante: 15
"zerg0132" Eliminated by Perouse
Level 2
: 60/120, 15 ante
Julien "L1VeYRdrEamS" Perouse raised to 264 from under the gun and "zerg0132" called from the cutoff. "bouloubas" and "esterhas" both called from the blinds.
The flop came 
, Perouse continued with a bet of 1,567 after the blinds checked to him and "zerg0132" was the only one to make the call.
The turn was the and Perouse bet 5,798 for "zerg0132" to shove for 21,799 and Perouse called with the bigger stack.
"zerg0132": 
Julien "L1VeYRdrEamS" Perouse: 
"zerg0132" had flopped a set but Perouse had already hit a straight.
The river completed the board with the for Perouse to hold to bust "zerg0132".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
79,393 | |
|
|
24,970 | |
|
|
Busted |