Who Will Reach the Final Day of the PokerStars Blowout Series: $530 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!]?
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.
Blowout Series: $530 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] Top Ten Chip Counts
| 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.
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