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

08-02-2020 22:52 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:559]	1,574,036 1,574,036	1,574,036
Guilherme "teruliro" Orrico	907,350 907,350	907,350
pitabread189	Busted
angryogr1	Busted
Aaron "AaronBeen" Been	Busted
ModzillaPL	Busted
Skämmes	Busted
Phillipe "takechip" D'Auteuil	Busted
Adam "Adamyid" Owen	Busted
Mark "AceSpades11" Radoja	Busted
Daan "DaanOss" Mulders	Busted
Us_Alex	Busted
Andres "wisopekeño!" Gonzalez	Busted
TheDegenFund	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis	1,101,047 30,200	30,200
funesmori14	847,968 847,968	847,968
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi	823,299 823,299	823,299
NeedBeat	466,173 466,173	466,173
Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli	Busted

Big Stacks at the Break

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 1,500 ante

Below are the top 10 stacks and further notables in the top 30 at the most recent break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann	2,092,365 202,875	202,875
Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira	1,982,961 1,982,961	1,982,961
fishchm	1,637,560 1,637,560	1,637,560
the_eel_89	1,581,103 1,581,103	1,581,103
Lavrik-mastr	1,558,925 38,750	38,750
icgeo84	1,506,658 1,506,658	1,506,658
Den Tuveneir	1,435,288 1,435,288	1,435,288
Michael "M_Acevedo" Acevedo	1,407,132 1,407,132	1,407,132
GregX89X	1,367,661 1,367,661	1,367,661
Biocid	1,282,852 59,115	59,115
Durrden	1,238,895 1,238,895	1,238,895
Old brock	1,217,035 1,217,035	1,217,035
tommi1212	1,195,254 166,728	166,728
tekidiss	1,189,871 159,956	159,956
David "davaman" Lopez	1,110,924 1,110,924	1,110,924
Sven "SvenCalls" McDermott	1,093,756 1,093,756	1,093,756

Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis	1,070,847 820,847	820,847
Zachary "nofingclue11" Clark	1,066,583 1,066,583	1,066,583
Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes	1,049,692 85,803	85,803

Alfred "Kzzon" Karlsson	1,047,058 1,047,058	1,047,058

Level: 14

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,500

08-02-2020 22:27 UTC

Veldhuis Short on the Break

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

The last hour has not been as pleasant for the last remaining PokerStars ambassador in the field as Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis dropped to a short stack. He managed to double once against Guntis "poker@luffyD" Aleskins who then subsequently also doubled another short stack.

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis:
Guntis "poker@luffyD" Aleskins:

The board came for Veldhuis to double and remain in contention.

With 452 players out of 946 entries remaining, the field went into another scheduled 5-minute break shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
GaryT20	856,332 856,332	856,332
Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz	758,178 150,303	150,303
Guntis "poker@luffyD" Aleskins	526,896 161,163	161,163
AmeNeYO	496,080 496,080	496,080
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	221,046 462,295	462,295

08-02-2020 22:20 UTC

Drinan Eliminated by "Lavrik-mastr"

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Connor "blanconegro" Drinan limped in and "Lavrik-mastr" raised to 40,000, which Drinan called.

The flop fell and Drinan check-shoved for 355,494 in order to pick up a quick call.

Connor "blanconegro" Drinan:
"Lavrik-mastr":

Drinan's straight draw was live even after the turn but the river was a blank.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lavrik-mastr	1,597,675 1,597,675	1,597,675
Connor "blanconegro" Drinan	Busted

08-02-2020 22:17 UTC

Recent Notables on the Rail

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

All three Stadium Series Sunday Final High tier winners have been eliminated as Luan "Pseudo Fruto" Felipe was the last to run out of chips, along with several other big names of the online and live poker circuit.

There are only 486 players out of 945 entries remaining and that number is dropping rapidly as of lately.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane	Busted
Jorma "jobetzu" Nuutinen	Busted
Niki "RealAndyBeal" Jedlicka	Busted
Richard "Cmon_gasquet" Hopkins	Busted
Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson	Busted
MikiJlo	Busted
AntonKaizerr	Busted
Gediminas "Gedis92" Uselis	Busted
Shawn "buck21" Buchanan	Busted

Fabiano "Kovalski1" Kovalski	Busted
Alexandru "steakaddict.! Papazian	Busted
Mustapha "lasagnaaammm" Kanit	Busted
edudrake1987	Busted
Joao Mathias "joaoMathias" Baumgarten	Busted
Luan "Pseudo Fruto" Felipe	Busted

08-02-2020 22:14 UTC

Bardon Bows Out

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

Among others, Manuel "manuverd0n" Bardon lost the fight with his short stack after he ended up all-in and at risk preflop in a battle hijack versus cutoff against "Biocid".

Manuel "manuverd0n" Bardon:
"Biocid":

The UK-based Spanish poker pro could not solve the kicker problem on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Biocid	1,223,737 1,223,737	1,223,737
Jorryt "TheCleaner11" van Hoof	Busted
Manuel "manuverd0n" Bardon	Busted
Craig "onscreen1234" Shannon	Busted
$eT4x4	Busted
Job "DeadNylan" Greben	Busted
Markku "markovitsus" Koplimaa	Busted
1EP3	Busted

Level: 13

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,250

08-02-2020 22:08 UTC

Hartmann Busts [Removed:552] and Teixeira

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann has added even more chips to his stack after he sent Stefan "mindgamer" [Removed:552] to the rail, who was at risk for fewer than 18 big blinds.

Stefan "mindgamer" [Removed:552]:
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann:

The board failed to improve [Removed:552].

A few hands later, Victor "VICTOR TXR1" Teixeira defended his big blind against Hartmann's button raise and check-shoved the flop for 11 blinds which Hartmann called in an instant.

Victor "VICTOR TXR1" Teixeira:
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann: