Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - Medium: $530 NLHE [8-Max], $2M Gtd
Day 1 Started
2020 PokerStars Stadium Series
Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - Medium: $530 NLHE [8-Max], $2M Gtd
Day: 1
PokerStars Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - Medium: $530 NLHE Kicks Off at 7:05 PM CEST
With over $40,000,000 in prize money already awarded during the 2020 PokerStars Stadium Series the summer festival of events is coming to a close with the Grand Finals. PokerNews will be covering two of them and right here, you can follow the action of the Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - Medium: $530 NLHE [8-Max] which has a terrific guarantee of $2,000,000.
Argentina's "McFadden92" won the first Weekly Final - Medium: $55 on July 14 for $69,031 and seems to be doing well in these seasonal series. He recently came second in the Winter Series Main Event and claimed $270,120 to his name back then.
Anthony "Hookz" Kalanj won the second Weekly Final - Medium: $109 for $175,663 while streaming on Twitch and agreeing to a heads-up deal with "CoolerAHAH". The third Weekly Final had the buy-in upped to $215 with Poland's "rollingdrone" taking it down for $187,437 after closing a deal with "royalmaf67".
Today it's time for the tournament where the biggest winner will come out of the series for the Medium buy-in events. At 7:05 p.m. CEST, things will kick off with Day 1 with two more days to follow.
Players will get 100,000 in chips when they enter the tournament and play 20-minute levels until the end of Level 30. Late registration is possible for the first five hours and 35 minutes of play. Day 1 play will last eight hours and 50 minutes. Day 2 will take place on Monday, August 3 at 7: 05 p.m. and continue play until the final table. And the final table will come to a conclusion on Tuesday, August 4 with a winner walking away with the lion-share of the prize pool.
The PokerStars Twitch Stream will be broadcasting every day, so if you want to follow along with James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton while the go around the tournaments, have a look there.
PokerNews will be there from the first beep until the tournament is paused for Day 2. So, make sure to follow along with all the updates with will be reported with a 30-minute delay in line with the live stream.
Level: 1
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 60
Cards Are in the Virtual Air
Level 1
: 250/500, 60 ante
The tournament has kicked off with over 1,600 players in the field.
"dealer55596" Scores First Double-Up of the Day
Level 1
: 250/500, 60 ante
"dealer55596" raised to 1,500 from the button for "zegis" to three-bet to 6,500 from the big blind which "dealer55596" called.
The flop came 
, "zegis" continued with a bet of 15,000 which "dealer55596" called.
The turn was the 
for "zegis" to shove for 78,440 and "dealer55596" to make the call with the same exact stack.
"zegis": 
"dealer55596": 
They had both turned the open-ended straight draw to put their tournament lives at risk but "dealer55596" also had a pair of jacks.
The river completed the board with the 
for "dealer55596" to improve to trips to eliminate "zegis" in one of the first hands of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,610 | 200,610 |
|
Busted |
Full House over Full House for "holmes_iL"
Level 1
: 250/500, 60 ante
Guntis "poker@luffyD" Aleskins raised to 1,155 from the early position and was called by "MatsØ" from the middle position. The action folded to "holmes_iL" in the small blind who made the call.
The flop came 
, the action folded to "MatsØ" who continued with a bet of 2,444 which only "holmes_iL" check-called.
The turn was the 
for "MatsØ" to barrel a bet of 4,222 into the pot. "holmes_iL" raised it up to 13,111 for the former to reraise to 30,889 and "holmes_iL" to shove with the bigger stack and was called for the 96,771 they had behind.
"MatsØ": 
"holmes_iL": 
"MatsØ" had turned the full house, fours over nines but "holmes_iL" had flopped the higher full house.
The river completed the board with the 
for "MatsØ" to not be helped as they were eliminated during the first level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
221,522 | 221,522 |
|
87,553 | 87,553 |
|
Busted |
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Notable Chip Counts in Top 100
Level 2
: 300/600, 75 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
283,135 | 283,135 |
|
|
200,875 | 200,875 |
|
|
199,845 | 199,845 |
|
|
193,212 | 193,212 |
|
191,814 | 191,814 |
|
|
186,734 | 186,734 |
|
|
171,870 | 171,870 |
|
|
171,396 | 171,396 |
|
|
166,398 | 166,398 |
|
159,434 | 159,434 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 125
"Iv Run" Turns the Flush
Level 4
: 500/1,000, 125 ante
"trevinstar" raised to 1,840 from the early position and was called by "Iv Run" in the hijack and "Anon1m11" on the button while the rest folded.
The flop came 
, "trevinstar" continued with a bet of 2,400 for "Iv Run" to raise to 8,560 which only "trevinstar" called.
The turn brought them the 
, "trevinstar" checked and "Iv Run" bet 18,480 for "trevinstar" to raise to 36,960 and was called.
The river completed the board with the 
, "trevinstar" shoved for 90,757 which "Iv Run" called with the bigger stack. "trevinstar' tabled 
for two pair, kings and fives for "Iv Run" to scoop the pot with 
for the nut-flush to eliminate "trevinstar".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
383,285 | 383,285 |
|
Busted |