The PokerStars Live Stream with hole cards face-up has kicked off! Joe Stapleton and James Hartigan are in the booth to kick off commentary on the $530 Weekly Final of the Stadium Series. Sam "SamSquid" Grafton and Griffin "Flush_Entity" Benger will also rotate in and out.
Directly after the "Boootsy" double, Michael "munchenHB Telker" got it in again and this time against short stack "fpfeifer97". It was a blind-on-blind confrontation where the Brazilian ripped it for 11 big blinds from the small blind and Telker calling him off.
"fpfeifer97": 
Michael "munchenHB" Telker: 
After the 
flop and 
turn, "fpfeifer97" was looking at quite a few outs to save his tournament life but the 
river wasn't one of them. His run ended in 8th place worth $14,683, plus a ticket to the $5,200 Grand Final.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
78,400,353
8,347,184
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8,347,184 |
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Busted | |
The fireworks at the final table started right off the bat with a massive clash between Michael "munchenHB" Telker and Manuel "fellatiado" Ruivo. It was the latter who raised to 1,242,000 in middle position.
Telker three-bet to 4,500,000 from the small blind, Ruivo four-bet shoved all in for 23,597,484 and Telker snapped him off.
Manuel "fellatiado" Ruivo: 
Michael "munchenHB" Telker: 
A brutal setup for Ruivo left him in a deep hole and the 
board proved of no avail, ending his day with a single hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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72,246,959
24,797,484
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24,797,484 |
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Busted | |
After two days of play in the PokerStars Stadium Series Freezeout Weekly Final - High: $530 NLHE [8-Max], only nine out of a field of 2,101 players are left standing. Each of them has already locked up $10,467 for their efforts, but tonight they'll be searching for the massive first-place prize of $157,004. Cards will be back in the air at 5:05p CET, when this tournament, as well as the $5,50 Low and $55 Medium edition, begin with their final day.
The Stadium Series, running from July 5 to August 2 on PokerStars, offers millions in free tickets on top of the regular prizes. One of those is a free $5,200 entry to the Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - High on August 2. By making the final table, all nine finalists will receive a free ticket to this massive $5,000,000 guaranteed tournament in early August.
| Seat Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xiaoxiao "W.Leung" Niao | Finland | 34,862,054 |
| 2 | Manuel "fellatiado" Ruivo | Portugal | 23,672,484 |
| 3 | Patrick "Nelepo10" Ulysséa | Brazil | 40,780,505 |
| 4 | "deadfizh" | Finland | 9,810,360 |
| 5 | "fpfeifer97" | Brazil | 8,484,684 |
| 6 | Michael "munchenHB" Telker | Costa Rica | 47,449,475 |
| 7 | Eli "Timunim" Fagundes | Brazil | 12,128,178 |
| 8 | Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas | Lithuania | 22,859,470 |
| 9 | "Boootsy" | Canada | 10,052,790 |
Chip leader at the start of the FT is online legend "munchenHB". the alias of Michael Telker. A former Sunday Million winner among countless other accolades, the American residing in Costa Rica has already won over $7M on his "munchenHB" account and ranks among the biggest online cashers of all time.
He's followed by Patrick "Nelepo10" Ulysséa, another former Sunday Million and SCOOP champion. While Telker will start with 79 big blinds, Ulysséa isn't far behind with 68 and will have plenty to work with in chase of more online glory.
Another notable is Manuel "fellatiado" Ruivo, who has plenty of online accomplishments to show for. One of them is a victory in the recent 2020 SCOOP, where Ruivo won Event-22-H $1,050 No-Limit Hold'em for $73,415. He'll have to work his way from the middle of the pack if he's to add another title today. Brazil will have the strongest presence today, with three players remaining in Ulysséa, Eli "Timunim" Fagundes, and short stack fpfeifer97.
When the final table returns, they will finish the remainder of Level 40 which features a small blind of 300,000, a big blind of 600,000, and a running ante of 75,000. The level duration was 25 minutes but could be altered.
Follow along with PokerNews as we deliver blow-by-blow coverage of this three-day tournament. The PokerStars Twitch stream with hole cards face-up will be on a thirty-minute delay.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $157,004 |
| 2 | $111,917 |
| 3 | $79,778 |
| 4 | $56,869 |
| 5 | $40,538 |
| 6 | $28,897 |
| 7 | $20,599 |
| 8 | $14,683 |
| 9 | $10,467 |