Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - Medium: $530 NLHE [8-Max], $2M Gtd
Day 2 Started
2020 PokerStars Stadium Series
Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - Medium: $530 NLHE [8-Max], $2M Gtd
Day: 2
Day 2 of the PokerStars Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - Medium Restarts at 7:05 PM CEST
Day 2 of the 2020 PokerStars Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - Medium: $530 NLHE restarts at 7:05 p.m. CEST with 343 players out of 4,234 entries playing down to the final table. A prize pool of $,2117,000 has been collected by all those entries and all players have already secured $1,325 while eyeing-up that first-place prize of $302,359.
"BublleFactor" comes back for Day 2 with the chip lead as they bagged 3,893,109 in chips on Day 1. Tomas "T 54 T 97s" Paiva joins them in the top with 3,843,236. The rest of the top five is completed with "BernardoC6" (3,718,476), "extasyman" (3,714,556), and "AnFiieLD." (3,575,552).
But players like Dan "NukeTheFish!" Wilson, Marcelo "marceloaziz" Aziz, Rodrigo "digopapel" Semeghini, Joseph "Joe Santana" Santana, Tyler "Wonderboy222" Goatcher, Sean "MonkeyBudg" Prendiville, Mike "gorodski" Gorodinsky, Sebastian "p0cket00" Sikorski, Stevan "random_chu" Chew, Joao "Naza114" Vieira, and Rachid "SkaiWalkurrr" Ben Cherif are also still in the running with a Top 100 chip count.
The returning players will finish the remainder of Level 24 which features a small blind of 17,500, a big blind of 35,000, and a running ante of 4,500. Level duration will remain at 20 minutes until the final 16 players have been reached, the level duration will change to 25 minutes and play will continue until there are nine left for the final table.
The PokerStars Twitch stream will be live too with James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton plus guest commentators to follow the action during the Stadium Series with hole cards on a 30-minute security delay.
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Level: 24
Blinds: 17,500/35,000
Ante: 4,500
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 24
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
The 343 remaining players have returned and will play out the 12 minutes which are left in the level.
Semeghini Shoots "shapely89" Out of the Tournament
Level 24
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
"shapely89" shoved from the middle position for 659,310 and the action folded to Rodrigo "digopapel" Semeghini in the big blind who made the call with the bigger stack.
"shapely89": 
Rodrigo "digopapel" Semeghini: 
The board ran out 
for both of them to flop a pair but for Semeghini to stay ahead with the higher to bust "shapely89" in 336th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,777,984 | 703,810 |
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Busted |
"sorrel77" Doubles Through "FoNZ87"
Level 24
: 17,500/35,000, 4,500 ante
"FoNZ87" raised to 78,750 from the middle position and was called by "thx4urm0n3y" in the cutoff. "sorrel77" three-bet to 315,000 from the small blind. "FoNZ87" four-bet to 805,00 after the big blind folded. "thx4urm0n3y" folded but "sorrel77" five-bet shoved for 2,107,768 which "FoNZ87" called with the bigger stack.
"sorrel77": 
"FoNZ87": 
The flop came 
for "sorrel77" to stay ahead but for their opponent to pick up the straight draw.
The turn was the which didn't change things and neither did the 
on the river for "sorrel77" to double up to over 4 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,365,286 | 4,365,286 |
|
2,698,911 | -443,700 |
|
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514,912 | 514,912 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Greenwood Doubles Through Semeghini
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Rodrigo "digopapel" Semeghini raised to 80,000 from the early position and Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood three-bet shoved for 616,288 from the button. The blinds folded and Semeghini made the call.
Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood: 
Rodrigo "digopapel" Semeghini: 
The board ran out 
for Greenwood to stay ahead with the higher pocket pair and even improve to a set on the river to double up with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,879,196 | -898,788 |
|
|
1,332,576 | 1,332,576 |
Marcu Moves Carvalho Out
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Alexandru "JustPray" Marcu raised to 100,000 from the middle position and Thiago "Sr.FireoNe" Carvalho three-bet shoved for 795,273 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Marcu who made the call with the bigger stack.
Thiago "Sr.FireoNe" Carvalho: 
Alexandru "JustPray" Marcu:
The board ran out 
for Marcu to stay ahead with the kings for the higher to pair to bust Carvalho in 284th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,540,830 | 1,994,012 |
|
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Busted |
"sertoriel" Busts "mmosna"
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
"sertoriel" raised to 88,000 from the hijack and was called by "mmosna" in the cutoff while the rest folded.
The flop came 
, "sertoriel" continued with a bet of 91,080 and was called by "mmosna".
The turn was the and this time "sertoriel" led out for 240 and was called again by "mmosna".
The river completed the board with the and "sertoriel" barreled a bet of 1,000,000 into the pot. "mmosna" decided to shove for 2.171394 for "sertoriel" to make the call with the slightly bigger stack. "mmosna" tabled for two pair but "sertoriel" held for the turned wheel to eliminate "mmosna" in 270th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,318,399 | 5,318,399 |
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Busted |