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

08-02-2020 22:17 UTC

Recent Notables on the Rail

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 22:20 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 22:27 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

Level: 14

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,500

08-02-2020 22:36 UTC

Big Stacks at the Break

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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

08-02-2020 22:48 UTC

Loosli Runs Out of Chips

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli defended his big blind and got the remaining chips in after the flop against Estonia's "NeedBeat".

Sylvain "caIcuIer_" Loosli:
"NeedBeat":

Loosli had to avoid a spade or king but was drawing dead on the turn which made the river a mere formality.

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

08-02-2020 22:52 UTC

More Eliminations on the Way

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Pocket aces were around for two eliminations when Guilherme "teruliro" Orrico picked them up with and "pitabread189" three-bet jammed with the . The board came and that was it.

An even bigger pot emerged between "TheDegenFund" and "[Removed:559]" as they got it in for nearly 1 million chips total.

"TheDegenFund":
"[Removed:559]":

Nothing changed on the board to reduce the field further.

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

Level: 15

Blinds: 7,000/14,000

Ante: 1,750

08-02-2020 23:00 UTC

Veldhuis Can't Crack Queens; Carnage Continues After

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

The short stack ride of Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis has eventually ended when he got it in preflop for a pot of 309,012 and was called by "Sindikat1" out of the small blind.

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis:
"Sindikat1":

The board came and Veldhuis had to leave empty-handed.

In the hands that followed, the action remained epic as Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz doubled through "AmeNeYO" when his cracked on the board for a pot of more than 1 million.

"AmeNeYO" then doubled with against the of "Sindikat1" to get back up to a million as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz	1,235,089 476,911	476,911
AmeNeYO	1,010,174 514,094	514,094
GaryT20	725,062 131,270	131,270
Sindikat1	683,919 683,919	683,919
Guntis "poker@luffyD" Aleskins	449,763 77,133	77,133
Charles "Chilax Chuck" Sylvestre	202,050 202,050	202,050

Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	Busted

08-02-2020 23:05 UTC

A lot of Bustouts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

As the field gets thinned down further and will soon only have one third out of 952 entries remaining, plenty of notables saw their hopes of a decent payday vanish into thin air.

Player	Chips	Progress
devitu	Busted
4rebmun	Busted
Alberto "alberto.m7" Meran	Busted
Alexandros "mexican222" Kolonias	Busted
Andrey "Kot_Spartac" Kotelnikov	Busted
Guillaume "Nolet20" Nolet	Busted
Henrique "RickLogrado" Logrado	Busted
Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov	Busted

Ignat "0human0" Liviu	Busted
Silvio "silskyer" Costa	Busted
Jamil11	Busted
Leo "LeoFernandez" Fernandez	Busted
Pavel "silentm0de" Plesuv	Busted

Ezequiel "eze88888" Waigel	Busted
SuperPoep	Busted
Jens "Fresh_oO_D" Lakemeier	Busted
NoTilit	Busted
jokkee_apart	Busted
Thiago "KKremate" Crema	Busted
Rens "Rens02" Feenstra	Busted

Pavel "MountaiRo$e" Veksler	Busted
VladTheSlaye	Busted
Damian "pampa27" Salas	Busted
Boootsy	Busted
Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk	Busted

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