Blinds: 2,500/5,000
"AK8783" raised to 15,000 from the early position and Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban three-bet shoved from the button for 92,833. The blinds folded and "AK8783" called with the bigger stack.
Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban: 
"AK8783": 
The board ran out 
to not bring any help to Shaban as "AK8783" held with the higher pocket pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
418,477 | |
|
|
Busted |
Blinds: 1,750/3,500
"anemoeis" limped in from under the gun and Peter "Apathy123" Jetten raised to 43,750 from the hijack, keeping 931 behind. Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand called for the 35,050 he had behind in the cutoff while the rest folded.
Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand: 
Peter "Apathy123" Jetten: 
The board ran out 
for Jetten to hold with the higher pocket pair to eliminate Hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
91,631 | |
|
|
Busted |
Blinds: 1,250/5,000
Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand reentered at the start of the day and raised to 5,000 from the early position. "reen13" called on the button and so did "anemoeis" in the small blind.
The flop came 
, it was checked to "reen13" who bet 10,000 which "anemoeis" check-called.Hand shoved for 30,000 which only "reen13" ended up calling.
Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand: 
"reen13": 
"reen13" had flopped a pair of fives but Hand held the overpair.
The rest of the board was completed with the 
on the turn and the 
on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
243,006
65,404
|
65,404 |
|
|
90,100
90,100
|
90,100 |
Blinds: 1,250/2,500
"Revolver1970" raised to 5,500 from the cutoff and Ben "Spraggy" Spragg three-bet shoved from the button for 58,750. The blinds folded and "Revolver1970" made the call.
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg: 
"Revolver1970": 
The board ran out 
for Spragg to turn the pair of kings to double up with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
257,620 | |
|
|
123,850
52,285
|
52,285 |
Blinds: 900/1,800
""1pante"" raised to 4,230 from the cutoff and "ViktorXO" called in the small blind while the rest folded.
The flop came 
, ""1pante"" continued with a bet of 4,221 which "ViktorXO" check-raised to 16,200. ""1pante"" called.
The turn was the 
, "ViktorXO" led out for 44,460 for ""1pante"" to call again.
The river completed the board with the 
and "ViktorXO" checked. ""1pante"" bet 46,883 for "ViktorXO" to raise to put ""1pante"" all-in who called for the 132,623 they had behind with the 
for two pair to double up as "ViktorXO" held the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
398,626 | |
|
292,350
-238,911
|
-238,911 |
There were 843 extra entries with 9,986 unique players participating in this event. They reentered 2,952 times to get to a total of 12,938 entries and a $6,469,000 prize pool, This means that 1,823 players will cash today for at least $1,128 while the winner will walk away with $818,484 tomorrow night.
This is what the 3,693 remaining players are all battling for:
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize | Place | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $818,484 | 10-12 | $38,899 | 144-191 | $2,970 | ||
| 2 | $583,438 | 13-15 | $27,727 | 192-247 | $2,586 | ||
| 3 | $415,895 | 16-23 | $19,765 | 248-367 | $2,252 | ||
| 4 | $296,465 | 24-31 | $14,090 | 368-543 | $1,961 | ||
| 5 | $211,331 | 32-47 | $10,044 | 544-775 | $1,708 | ||
| 6 | $150,644 | 48-71 | $7,159 | 776-1063 | $1,487 | ||
| 7 | $107,385 | 72-103 | $5,104 | 1064-1407 | $1,295 | ||
| 8 | $76,548 | 104-143 | $3,638 | 1408-1823 | $1,128 | ||
| 9 | $54,566 |
Day 2 of the PokerStars Blowout Series: $530 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] resumes at 6:10 p.m. GMT with all 2,850 surviving Day 1 players returning to battle it out with the players who decided to enter or reenter late as the late registration period will be open until 6:05 p.m. GMT. If players decide to enter at the last minute, their starting stack of 25,000 will be worth 14 big blinds at the start of the day,
Back for Day 2 in the lead with 616,706 is Germany's "timbalim" which equals 343 big blinds when play restarts. They are followed in the counts by Hungary's Andras "probirs" Nemeth. He is coming back on the second day of this three-day event with 568,674. Claiming the third spot in the count is Russia's "ViktorXO" with 531,261.
But with such a huge field of contenders left, there are still plenty of familiar names in the running with Akseli "Timonpoika" Paalanen and Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs finished in the top ten while, Charis "KingGr" Tsaoussis, Sebastian "p0cket00" Sikorski, /"Victor "victorbco" Hugo", Kelly "KelsterMania" Kelner, Mark "MarkBang" Bango, Florian "AAgoodfold" Duta, Jerry "Perrymejsen" Odeen, Stevan "random_chu" Chew, Evan "PURPLE"K"99" Parkes, Ludovic "ludovi333" Geilich, and Rafael "pycadasgalax" Furlanetto ended the day in the top 100.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "timbalim" | Germany | 616,706 | 343 |
| 2 | Andras "probirs" Nemeth | Hungary | 568,674 | 316 |
| 3 | "ViktorXO" | Russia | 531,261 | 295 |
| 4 | "MaxErosAmore" | Finland | 444,202 | 247 |
| 5 | "19Pistike93" | Hungary | 433,114 | 241 |
| 6 | Akseli "Timonpoika" Paalanen | Finland | 431,727 | 240 |
| 7 | "grind4fame" | Bulgaria | 425,997 | 237 |
| 8 | "Dynamonster" | Denmark | 423,295 | 235 |
| 9 | Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs | Netherlands | 420,631 | 234 |
| 10 | "Dexoxx" | Austria | 417,234 | 232 |
Three players of Team PokerStars are still in with a shot as they bagged on Day 1 Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis is ahead of the rest with 297,102 in chips while Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban has 82,494 and Ben "Spraggy" Spragg returns with 71,565. But as the registration period is open, some of their colleagues might decide to rejoin the fray.
The first level of the day will be Level 18 which features a small blind of 900 and a big blind of 1,800 with a running ante of 225. The level duration will be reduced to 12 minutes each until there are 80 players left. The level duration will then go up to 15 minutes. and once there are 16 players left, the day will end for the final day where they will play down to a winner with 25-minute levels.
PokerNews will be there from the first elimination until the virtual chips will be put away for Day 3 so keep reading along with all the live updates here.
