Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - High: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max], $5M Gtd
Day 2 Started
2020 PokerStars Stadium Series
Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - High: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max], $5M Gtd
Day: 2
Who Will Reach the Final Table in the Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - High: $5,200 NLHE?
Only 119 players remain in contention for the penultimate day of the 2020 PokerStars Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - High $5,200 NLHE Event and the they have all locked up a portion of the $5,000,000 guarantee after making it through a field of 971 entries in eight and a half hours yesterday.
The goal for Day 2 is rather simple: Survive once more and earn a spot on the final table as that's what the tournament is playing down to in the hours to come as the action gets back underway at 1.05 p.m. EST. All levels remain with a duration of 20 minutes each and the blinds continue at 30,000/60,000 with a running ante of 7,500.
Chip leader is "Goallinfishara" from Kazan in Russia who has accumulated 6,235,474 thus far, narrowly ahead of the two British players "icgeo84" (6,101,206) and Sadan "the_snail03" Turker (5,630,858). Fve known players reside in the top ten including Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann (5,169,779), Michael "M_Acevedo" Acevedo (5,145,811), 2020 SCOOP Player of the Series Rui "RuiNF" Ferreira (5,059,827), Maxime "Daghemuneguu" Chilaud (4,958,393) and Vlada "Vlada2108" Stojanovic (4,599,556).
Well-known Canadian High Roller regular and 2020 SCOOP Main Event finalist Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress follows right behind the top ten with 4,552,697 and Mike "gorodski" Gorodinsky is also in an excellent position with a stack of 4,221,218. Above-average stacks also belong to Tatiana "Mysters_Y" Barausova (4,266,272), Henrik "hhecklen" Hecklen (3,252,562), Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi (2,952,954), and Michael "imluckbox" Addamo (2,702,996) as they will all aim to reach the nine-handed final table in a surviving field filled with plenty of notables.
The action will also be streamed on the PokerStars Twitch channel with cards-up coverage on a 30-minute delay and commentary by Joe Stapleton and James Hartigan, accordingly all updates right here on PokerNews will be published on the same delay.
Payouts at a Glance
| Place | Prize (in USD) | Place | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $821,988.50 | 10-12 | $54,611.00 |
| 2 | $594,062.00 | 13-15 | $43,864.00 |
| 3 | $429,336.00 | 16-23 | $35,231.50 |
| 4 | $310,287.00 | 24-31 | $28,298.00 |
| 5 | $224,248.50 | 32-47 | $22,729.00 |
| 6 | $162,067.50 | 48-63 | $18,256.00 |
| 7 | $117,128.00 | 64-87 | $14,663.50 |
| 8 | $84,650.00 | 88-119 | $11,778.00 |
| 9 | $67,991.50 |
Follow the updates for Day 2 of the Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - High $5,200 NLHE Event as the tournament will play down to the final table. The PokerNews updates will be published on a 30-minute delay in order to not spoil any of the cards-up coverage on the PokerStars Twitch Channel.
The Action Has Resumed
Only around four minutes are left in the current level and the blinds will go up shortly as the cards for Day 2 are officially in the air.
Level: 24
Blinds: 35,000/70,000
Ante: 8,750
The First Eliminations of the Day
Level 24
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
As expected it didn't take long for the first players to bust. "ArkOfDoom" was the first to go when their tiny stack was chopped up and half a dozen players departed right after.
Among them was "criswlf" who got it in from under the gun with the 
and Rafael "GM_VALTER" Moraes looked them up with the 
. The board came 
and the table closed right after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,102,580 | 366,950 |
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Busted |
"monzemann" Flops Best, Busts Anyways
Level 24
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
In a flip, "monzemann" was all-in with the 
out of the big blind and "MarinkaHT" looked them up with the 
from under the gun.
"monzemann" flopped two pair on 
and the 
turn changed nothing, however, the 
struck on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,560,274 | 442,374 |
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Busted |
Next Batch of Bustouts
Level 24
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Warley Bruno "WarleyBruno" Galvao ended up as the player at risk out of the small blind with the 
and initial raiser "Unmazing" tabled the dominating in showdown.
On a board of 
, no help appeared and that spelled the end for the Brazilian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,716,250 | 2,274,275 |
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Busted |
Addamo Rising Early
Level 24
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Fewer than 100 players remain as the all-in showdowns of the short stacks keep coming at a lightning speed. with two dozen casualties in the first 15 minutes of play.
One player to chip up nicely during all that was Michael "imluckbox" Addamo who first won a 3 million pot by jamming a paired king-high board. He then knocked out "donthnrmepls" in a flip the hard way.
"donthnrmepls": 
Michael "imluckbox" Addamo:
The board came 
and the Aussie confirmed his alias with a runner-runner straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,191,556 | 2,488,560 |
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Costa Eliminated by Shakerchi
Level 24
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
Among the next players to bust was Brazil's Daniel "Cabeça Tilt" Costa who was in dire shape preflop and essentially out after the flop in a showdown against Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi.
Daniel "Cabeça Tilt" Costa: 
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi: 
Board: 
Shakerchi's flopped trips secured the knockout as Costa was drawing dead on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,401,312 | 1,448,358 |
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3,619,723 | 545,000 |
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1,545,798 | -950,066 |
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541,552 | 80,776 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Down to 12 Tables
Level 24
: 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante
More players ran out of chips and that reduced the field to the final 90 players and 12 tables, which will soon be 11.
Among those to depart was "Lens2604" who bowed out from the big blind with 
against the 
of "gitsevens777". No sevens appeared on the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,765,722 | -138,026 |
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3,115,260 | 434,900 |
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2,892,167 | 588,364 |
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2,602,427 | -452,650 |
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Busted |