The $15 million guaranteed KO Series continued on February 5th with another 28 events that awarded a mind-boggling $1,102,420 across them, taking the total prize money paid out to $4,604,256.
It was a Finnish grinder who secured the largest payout on KO Series Day 3, taking home more than $31,000 and the title of KO Series champion. Let’s discover who that big winner was.
KO Series Story So Far
- Events completed: 85
- Events remaining: 352
- Prize money awarded: $4,604,256
KO Series Day 3 Recap
KO Series #13-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max Fast
- Buy-in: $1,050
- Entrants: 145
- Prize pool: $147,900
- Places paid: 20
A field of 145 players battled to finish in the top 20 of the KO Series #13-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max Fast event so they could get their hands on the lion’s share of the $147,900 prize pool, picking up bounty payments along the way.
By the time the eight-handed final table was set, nobody would walk away with less than $2,325 from the main prize pool, and at least $1,625 worth of bounties to boot.
Only two players collected more bounties than the eventual champion. “Paulnew07” of Malta got their hands on $5,923 from the bounty prize pool in addition to their $9,303 third-place prize.
Runner-up “JimyTransaction” of Costa Rica was the other big bounty winner, scooping $7,056 worth of scalps in addition to their $12,785 second-place prize.
The champion was Finland’s “rdcrsnn” who walked away with the $12,800 top prize plus a cool $18,236 worth of bounties, a figure so high thanks to them securing their own bounty by being the last player standing. $31,036 for a few hours playing poker is not bad work if you can get it.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rdcrsnn | Finland | $12,800 | $18,236 |
| 2 | JimyTransaction | Costa Rica | $12,785 | $7,056 |
| 3 | Paul07new | Malta | $9,303 | $5,923 |
| 4 | Partyyycular | Mexico | $6,590 | $2,161 |
| 5 | Graftekkel | Ireland | $4,651 | $3,152 |
| 6 | slayerv1fan | United Kingdom | $3,682 | $4,647 |
| 7 | Maddonaa | Croatia | $2,930 | $1,820 |
| 8 | stu8ornCnt | United Kingdom | $2,325 | $1,625 |
KO Series #12-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max
- Buy-in: $530
- Entrants: 301
- Prize pool: $154,262
- Places paid: 40
The KO Series #12-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max event saw a heads-up battle between two players who appear to have left their fingers on their keyboards too long when creating their usernames!
Second-place eventually went to “Beeeeetelgeuse” from Denmark, a finish worth $11,280 plus $2,723 from the bounty prize pool. The Dane lost to Dutch player “SHHHHHHHHHH77” (that’s 10x H) in the final battle of the tournament to lock up an $11,835 first-place prize that was boosted by $19,285 from the bounty prize pool.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHHHHHHHHHH77 | Netherlands | $11,835 | $19,285 |
| 2 | Beeeeetelgeuse | Denmark | $11,820 | $2,723 |
| 3 | ALLYOURLOOT | Canada | $8,295 | $1,935 |
| 4 | blackaces93 | Poland | $6,037 | $4,544 |
| 5 | SanityWaterline | Ukraine | $4,271 | $3,043 |
| 6 | whresmymind | Brazil | $3,203 | $1,427 |
| 7 | cliffaltolusso | United Kingdom | $2,258 | $787 |
| 8 | Barsukeen | Lithuania | $1,642 | $1,328 |
KO Series #12-H: $100K Gtd 8-Max
- Buy-in: $109
- Entrants: 1,211
- Prize pool: $125,944
- Places paid: 152
After “SHHHHHHHHHH77” took down the KO Series #12-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max event, another Dutch player was crowned a KO Series champion in the KO Series #12-H: $100K Gtd 8-Max tournament.
“ElPatron90” outlasted a field of 1,211 players in the $109 buy-in event to secure an $8,149 first-place prize plus $9,726 worth of bounties, including that previously on the head of Poland’s “ginger_master” who finished second for $8,137 and $2,702 worth of scalps.
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| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ElPatron90 | Netherlands | $8,149 | $9,726 |
| 2 | ginger_master | Poland | $8,137 | $2,702 |
| 3 | PicassoToo | United Kingdom | $5,346 | $1,449 |
| 4 | elysport87 | Canada | $3,577 | $1,196 |
| 5 | DIDIER_TAPIS | Hungary | $2,536 | $855 |
| 6 | Love_DTD | Poland | $1,788 | $739 |
| 7 | ExploitedurMOM | Canada | $1,254 | $685 |
| 8 | Keyla1003 | Colombia | $841 | $546 |
KO Series Day 4 Schedule
Another 27 KO Series events are scheduled for Day 4 and they have combined guaranteed prize pools worth $702,500. With the exception of the PLO PKO events, all of today’s KO Series events are Mix-Max, meaning the start eight-handed before switching to six-handed later in the tournament.
Check out the table below to see which events you can get involved in today.
| Time (CET) | Tournament | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | KO Series #16-H: $50K Gtd Mix-Max | $215 |
| 17:00 | KO Series #16-M: $40K Gtd Mix-Max | $55 |
| 17:00 | KO Series #16-M: $30K Gtd Mix-Max | $22 |
| 17:00 | KO Series #16-L: $10K Gtd Mix-Max | $5.50 |
| 17:00 | KO Series #16-Mi: $3K Gtd Mix-Max | $2.20 |
| 19:00 | KO Series #17-HR: $100K Gtd Mix-Max | $530 |
| 19:00 | KO Series #17-H: $100K Gtd Mix-Max | $109 |
| 19:00 | KO Series #17-M: $50K Gtd Mix-Max | $33 |
| 19:00 | KO Series #17-L: $30K Gtd Mix-Max | $11 |
| 19:00 | KO Series #17-Mi: $10K Gtd Mix-Max | $3.30 |
| 19:30 | KO Series #17A-H: $15K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO | $109 |
| 19:30 | KO Series #17A-M: $5K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO | $33 |
| 19:30 | KO Series #17A-L: $3K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO | $11 |
| 19:30 | KO Series #17A-Mi: $1.5K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO | $3.30 |
| 21:00 | KO Series #18-HR: $50K Gtd Mix-Max Fast | $1,050 |
| 21:00 | KO Series #18-H: $40K Gtd Mix-Max Fast | $109 |
| 21:00 | KO Series #18-M: $30K Gtd Mix-Max Fast | $33 |
| 21:00 | KO Series #18-L: $20K Gtd Mix-Max Fast | $11 |
| 21:00 | KO Series #18-Mi: $5K Gtd Mix-Max Fast | $3.30 |
| 23:00 | KO Series #19-H: $30K Gtd Mix-Max Turbo | $109 |
| 23:00 | KO Series #19-M: $20K Gtd Mix-Max Turbo | $33 |
| 23:00 | KO Series #19-L: $10K Gtd Mix-Max Turbo | $11 |
| 23:00 | KO Series #19-Mi: $3K Gtd Mix-Max Turbo | $3.30 |
| 01:00 | KO Series #20-H: $20K Gtd Mix-Max Hyper | $109 |
| 01:00 | KO Series #20-M: $15K Gtd Mix-Max Hyper | $33 |
| 01:00 | KO Series #20–L: $10K Gtd Mix-Max Hyper | $11 |
| 01:00 | KO Series #20-Mi: $2K Gtd Mix-Max Hyper | $3.30 |
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