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

08-02-2020 23:10 UTC

Vogelsang Loses Flip to "isscreamo"

Christian Zetzsche

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

The chips of Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang went in before the flop for a pot of 420,156 on a table filled with notables as "isscreamo" looked him up out of the big blind.

Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang:
"isscreamo":

The board gave "isscreamo" the nut straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress	1,556,481 1,032,828	1,032,828
Inessska	1,431,546 1,431,546	1,431,546
Ramiro "ramastar88" Petrone	794,105 222,370	222,370
isscreamo	733,556 733,556	733,556
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood	487,266 487,266	487,266
JOKERATOR	430,117 181,219	181,219
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang	Busted

08-02-2020 23:15 UTC

Gorodinsky Busts Karakousis

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Only around 330 players remain out of a current field of 952 entries and Georgios "Geokarak" Karakousis is no longer among them as he just clashed with Mike "gorodski" Gorodinsky.

Georgios "Geokarak" Karakousis:
Mike "gorodski" Gorodinsky:

The underpair failed to catch any help on the board and Gorodinsky continued his rise on the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike "gorodski" Gorodinsky	1,857,166 1,699,892	1,699,892

Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi	1,119,780 296,481	296,481
Marty "TheLipoFund" Mathis	780,101 320,946	320,946
NeedBeat	625,994 159,821	159,821
Georgios "Geokarak" Karakousis	Busted
Tyler "wonderboy222" Goatcher	Busted
Fedor "GlitchSystem" Kruse	Busted
Lorenzo ""O"Pazzzo"" Baynes	Busted
Scott "D_DIGGLER99" Hill	Busted

Level: 16

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

08-02-2020 23:18 UTC

Game Over for "Lee-dragon88"

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

"Lee-dragon88" was one of the early front runners in the tournament but they saw their bid of a cash come up short when they three-bet jammed out of the big blind with a suited ace, which was called by "jenqae" with the superior suited ace.

"Lee-dragon88":
"jenqae":

The board was a sweat but the flushdraw didn't get there.

Player	Chips	Progress
jenqae	715,320 715,320	715,320
Lee-dragon88	Busted

08-02-2020 23:23 UTC

PokerStars Gives an Insight Into Its Game Integrity Team

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Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Protecting at the tables is one of PokerStars’ top priorities according to a video released on the world’s biggest online poker site’s YouTube channel.

Sadly, cheating and poker go hand-in-hand like eggs and ham. Cheaters will always look to make a quick buck whenever money is on the table. It’s one of the downsides of human nature.

Thankfully, the PokerStars Game Integrity team is on hand to prevent its players from all forms of cheating, be that collusion between two or more players, the use of banned software, and even tracking down “bots.”

Find Out more by clicking here!

08-02-2020 23:23 UTC

"BirdUp4" Eliminated

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

"BirdUp4" jammed their short stack in from the cutoff and tabled the as "zavor" on the button held the superior .

Neither player hit anything on the board and that spelled the end for "BirdUp4".

Player	Chips	Progress
zavor	442,974 442,974	442,974
BirdUp4	Busted

08-02-2020 23:27 UTC

Next Break and Looming End of Late Registration

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

As the remaining 319 players out of a field of 967 entries headed into a scheduled five-minute break, the late registration remains open for another 12 minutes. As soon as that countdown runs down, the payouts will be released to give all contenders an eye what to aim for, as Day 1 concludes when the money bubble has burst.

Level: 17

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,500

08-02-2020 23:34 UTC

Assorted Big Stacks

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vlada "Vlada2108" Stojanovic	2,771,614 1,886,554	1,886,554
icgeo84	2,715,517 1,208,859	1,208,859
Den Tuveneir	2,626,799 1,191,511	1,191,511
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann	2,610,901 518,536	518,536
Sadan "the_snail03" Turker	2,173,798 2,173,798	2,173,798
Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk	2,116,389 2,116,389	2,116,389

Dimitar "KuuL" Danchev	1,912,232 1,912,232	1,912,232
Mike "gorodski" Gorodinsky	1,876,966 19,800	19,800

FrCnnctn1960	1,861,603 1,861,603	1,861,603
Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress	1,847,436 290,955	290,955
Henrik "hhecklen" Hecklen	1,832,060 1,832,060	1,832,060
Biocid	1,780,717 497,865	497,865
Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira	1,646,254 336,707	336,707
Ognyan "cocojamb0" Dimov	1,639,882 1,639,882	1,639,882

Alisson "heyalisson" Piekazewicz	1,545,952 310,863	310,863
SmilleThHero	1,502,253 446,688	446,688
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov	1,436,884 1,436,884	1,436,884

Michael "imluckbox" Addamo	1,415,823 1,415,823	1,415,823

08-02-2020 23:40 UTC

Next Batch Of Bustouts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

As several big names headed to the rail prior to the break, more are to follow soon as the cards are back in the air.

Moments passed since the action resumed when "mitskou" was at risk in a flip with against the of Zachary "nofingclue11" Clark out of the small blind. The board gave Clark a set on the turn and he dodged the double gutshot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zachary "nofingclue11" Clark	1,352,507 285,924	285,924
ragen70	Busted
Antoine "A. Saout" Saout	Busted
Jens "Knossi" Knossalla	Busted
Patrick "pads1161" Leonard	Busted
TheBeeftank	Busted
Oliver "sk2ll_m0dR" Weis	Busted

mitskou	Busted
RPILON	Busted
Will "hellzito" Arruda	Busted
Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas	Busted