Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - High: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max], $5M Gtd Day 1 | 2020 PokerStars Stadium Series

08-03-2020 00:59 UTC

Wigg Runs Out of Chips

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

A short-stacked Anton "Bomber&Granater" Wigg moved all in for just over 12 big blinds and he picked up a caller in Rodrigo "digopapel" Semeghini from the hijack as the rest of the table went out of the way.

Anton "Bomber&Granater" Wigg:
Rodrigo "digopapel" Semeghini:

On a board of , Wigg all but got there but failed to catch a six or the fourth diamond to avoid the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov	1,917,838 480,954	480,954

Rodrigo "digopapel" Semeghini	1,880,407 1,880,407	1,880,407
zas91	1,418,486 229,323	229,323
Jorge "jorginho88" Abreu	1,290,370 875,360	875,360
Anton "Bomber&Granater" Wigg	Busted

08-03-2020 00:52 UTC

The Skipper Leaves the Ship

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante

One of those classic races saw "Skipper22" at risk before the flop with the and "slarki1" looked them up with the .

The board fell to end all hopes on the turn already.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vlada "Vlada2108" Stojanovic	4,026,606 657,952	657,952
slarki1	2,759,257 2,759,257	2,759,257
Mike "SirWatts" Watson	2,020,517 1,605,031	1,605,031
newguy89	1,233,136 1,233,136	1,233,136
Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson	1,184,204 137,146	137,146
Peter "Belabacsi" Traply	518,646 518,646	518,646

David "deivid29" Tovar	464,193 323,446	323,446
Skipper22	Busted

Level: 20

Blinds: 17,500/35,000

Ante: 4,500

08-03-2020 00:48 UTC

Campana Busts One

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

In a pot of just over one million in chips, "herojangbogo" from South Korea was the player at risk with and found themselves on the wrong end of a cooler. Eder "edercampana" tabled the from under the gun and the kept kings as the best hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eder "edercampana" Campana	1,915,228 1,915,228	1,915,228

CPUrul0r	Busted
the_eel_89	Busted
Remi Lebo_10	Busted
Körrinho	Busted
herojangbogo	Busted
tekdas	Busted
The-Toilet 0	Busted
Johan "busto_soon" van Til	Busted
3DTemujiN	Busted
Paul "_pauL€FauL_" Hoefer	Busted

Sebastian "sebasnato" Toro	Busted

08-03-2020 00:38 UTC

McDermott and Zhou Eliminated

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz raised it up to 60,000 on the button and Luke "lb6121" Schwartz three-bet to 240,000 in the small blind. Sven "SvenCalls" McDermott did not call but jam for 368,531 and Schwartz was the only caller.

Sven "SvenCalls" McDermott:
Luke "lb6121" Schwartz:

McDermott spiked a flushdraw but came up blank on the board.

At nearly the same time on another table, Chun Lei "SamRostan" Zhou three-bet jammed his short stack and was called by initial raiser Rodrigo "SELOUAN1991" Selouan.

Chun Lei "SamRostan" Zhou:
Rodrigo "SELOUAN1991" Selouan:

As the board ran out , the jacks sent the High Roller from Macau to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luke "lb6121" Schwartz	2,822,941 2,822,941	2,822,941
Rodrigo "SELOUAN1991" Selouan	1,314,215 1,314,215	1,314,215
Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz	860,850 685,102	685,102
Sven "SvenCalls" McDermott	Busted

Chun Lei "SamRostan" Zhou	Busted

08-03-2020 00:31 UTC

Big Stacks and Bustouts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
icgeo84	4,313,211 1,597,694	1,597,694
Den Tuveneir	3,714,356 1,087,557	1,087,557
fishchm	3,712,668 267,608	267,608
Vlada "Vlada2108" Stojanovic	3,368,654 412,100	412,100
vanzao69	3,348,514 575,450	575,450
Stian "SlemPastor" Hansen	3,073,016 3,073,016	3,073,016
Lifesucksyah	2,938,225 2,938,225	2,938,225
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress	2,802,438 955,002	955,002
Chus1979	Busted
Zachary "nofingclue11" Clark	Busted
tekidiss	Busted
MaTitheone	Busted
Daris "DEX888" Pedes	Busted
Ilya "thienlao21" Korobkin	Busted
Durrden	Busted
Matas "bebaimis888" Cimbolas	Busted
Steve "Mr. Tim Caum" O'Dwyer	Busted

Rachid "SkaiWalkurrr" Ben Cherif	Busted
Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi	Busted

08-03-2020 00:29 UTC

Break With 205 Players Remaining

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

The rapid pace of eliminations continues and just 205 players remained as the next scheduled five-minute break kicked off. Nearly half of the hopefuls will still bust without anything to show for as the top 119 spots will earn a portion of the $5,000,000 prize pool.

Level: 19

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,750

08-03-2020 00:20 UTC

"Faboulus888" Busts In Big Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

"Faboulus888" raised it up to 52,500 and was called by "fishchm" from one seat over. In the small blind, "tekdas" also called only for "Durrden" in the big blind to make it 287,500 to go. "Faboulus888" jammed for 1,544,530 and "fishchm" moved in over the top to force out everyone else.

"Faboulus888":
"fishchm":

The board kept kings in the lead as "fishchm" vaulted into a top five stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
fishchm	3,445,060 1,807,500	1,807,500
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann	2,494,741 116,160	116,160
tekdas	1,255,056 1,255,056	1,255,056
Durrden	809,935 428,960	428,960
Johan "busto_soon" van Til	266,175 266,175	266,175
Faboulus888	Busted

08-03-2020 00:19 UTC

More and More Eliminations Coming In

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Within the past one and a half levels, the field has been reduced in rapid fashion as just 214 contenders remain in contention, fewer than 100 spots away from virtually bagging up chips.

All players below have been eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darwinsfish	Busted
Ilya "Leqenden" Anatsky	Busted
David "MissOracle" Yan	Busted
dujo23	Busted
Mikensonas	Busted
morans350	Busted
Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin	Busted
Andre "Dönig" Lettau	Busted
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt	Busted
Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski	Busted
verkannt	Busted
komarac_zg	Busted
Viktor "papan9_p$" Ustimov	Busted
Laurynas "LaurisL91" Levinskas	Busted
Pimmss	Busted
FivebetGAMER	Busted
Luis "luis_faria" Faria	Busted
Rui "sousinha23" Sousa	Busted
ILS007	Busted
Alex "MrKloutt" Casals	Busted
Preben "prebz" Stokkan	Busted
Matias "Festivuss" Gabrenja	Busted