Saturday 9th February saw 28 more KO Series events play out and a cool $581,676 awarded across the board. It was the perfect warm-up for Sunday’s events that have more than $2.2 million guaranteed!
It was a great day for “Ilijix133” who secured a KO series title to keep the POWERFEST win from last year company. Keep reading to check out the Day 7 recap.
KO Series Story So Far
- Events completed: 194
- Events remaining: 243
- Prize money awarded: $7,647,234
KO Series Day 7 Recap
KO Series #32-HR: $75K Gtd Mix-Max
- Buy-in: $530
- Entrants: 158
- Prize pool: $80,975
- Places paid: 20
The United Kingdom’s “Ilijix133” walked away with $64,452 last year when they triumphed in a $300,000 guaranteed six-max POWERFEST event. Now they have a KO Series title under their belt after being the last player standing in the KO Series #32-HR: $75K Gtd Mix-Max event.
A field of 158 turned out for this $75,000 guaranteed event and it was Ilijix133 who excelled. The $6,973 top prize was boosted by $10,844 worth of bounties, including that on the heads of runner-up “z-boooo” of Malta who headed to bed having increased their own bankroll by a total of $8,411.
Both the third and fourth-place finishers, “justkot” and “Ionachenko88” played a solid aggressive game that saw them secure bounty payments of $3,757 and $2,428; only our champion won more from the bounty prize pool.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilijix133 | United Kingdom | $6,973 | $10,844 |
| 2 | z-boooo | Malta | $6,965 | $1,476 |
| 3 | justkot | Russia | $5,068 | $3,757 |
| 4 | Iomachenko88 | Ukraine | $3,590 | $2,428 |
| 5 | Dark_Poker | Malta | $2,354 | $853 |
| 6 | a8risoli | Mexico | $2,006 | $1,099 |
KO Series #32-H: $75K Gtd Mix-Max
- Buy-in: $109
- Entrants: 715
- Prize pool: $75,000
- Places paid: 104
The KO Series #32-H: $75K Gtd Mix-Max event was another $75,000 guaranteed affair, despite only costing $109 to enter. Some 715 players competed for the lion’s share of the prize pool and it was a Dane who scooped it.
“Bluecollarjr” came out on top to lock up the $5,098 first-place prize which was boosted by $4,111 worth of bounties. Our runner-up, “Crash_desn692” won $5,091 for finishing second plus $290 from the bounty prize pool, showing that you don’t have to stack many opponents if you want to reach a final table, picking the right spots to commit chips and improve your stack also gets the job done.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bluecollarjr | Denmark | $5,098 | $4,411 |
| 2 | Crash_desn692 | Russia | $5,091 | $290 |
| 3 | A23456789 | United Kingdom | $3,421 | $1,435 |
| 4 | Beocanin | Hungary | $2,318 | $1,515 |
| 5 | do or die | Estonia | $1,636 | $465 |
| 6 | drawplayer1 | Austria | $1,179 | $1,392 |
KO Series #32-M: $50K Gtd Mix-Max
- Buy-in: $33
- Entrants: 1,461
- Prize pool: $50,000
- Places paid: 184
A cool $50,000 was guaranteed for a $33 buy-in in event KO Series #32-M: $50K Gtd Mix-Max. It was a tournament that saw its final table dominated by players calling Russia home, with four of the six finalists being Russian.
It was a German, however, who walked away with the largest piece of the spoils. “BPotTe6e” defeated “Mo4y_neTYxoB” heads-up for the title. BPotTe6e won a combined $6,674 for their victory with the runner-up netting $3,627.
Russian players also finished in placed third through fifth with Greece’s “pl1717” seeing their tournament end in a sixth-place finish.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BPotTe6e | Germany | $3,449 | $3,225 |
| 2 | Mo4y_neTYxoB | Russia | $3,442 | $185 |
| 3 | Lesandr | Russia | $2,240 | $322 |
| 4 | Antoshka960 | Russia | $1,496 | $276 |
| 5 | Sanek22999 | Russia | $1,064 | $236 |
| 6 | pl1717 | Greece | $749 | $172 |
KO Series Day 8 Schedule
KO Series Day 8 is jam-packed with events, 35 of them in total that have combined guaranteed prize pools weighing in at an impressive $2,204,500! Check out the table below to see which events you can get involved in today.
| Time (CET) | Tournament | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | KO Series #36-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max | $530 |
| 14:00 | KO Series #36-M: $40K Gtd 8-Max | $55 |
| 14:00 | KO Series #36-M: $30K Gtd 8-Max | $22 |
| 14:00 | KO Series #36-L: $10K Gtd 8-Max | $5.50 |
| 14:00 | KO Series #36-Mi: $4K Gtd 8-Max | $2.20 |
| 17:00 | KO Series #37-H: $300K Gtd 8-Max | $1,050 |
| 17:00 | KO Series #37-H: $200K Gtd 8-Max | $215 |
| 17:00 | KO Series #37-M: $100K Gtd 8-Max | $55 |
| 17:00 | KO Series #37-M: $50K Gtd 8-Max | $22 |
| 17:00 | KO Series #37-L: $15K Gtd 8-Max | $5.50 |
| 17:00 | KO Series #37-Mi: $5K Gtd 8-Max | $2.20 |
| 19:00 | KO Series #38-HR: $300K Gtd 8-Max | $530 |
| 19:00 | KO Series #38-H: $250K Gtd 8-Max | $109 |
| 19:00 | KO Series #38-M: $100K Gtd 8-Max | $33 |
| 19:00 | KO Series #38-L: $50K Gtd 8-Max | $11 |
| 19:00 | KO Series #38-Mi: $15K Gtd 8-Max | $3.30 |
| 19:30 | KO Series #38A-HR: $50K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO | $503 |
| 19:30 | KO Series #38A-H: $20K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO | $109 |
| 19:30 | KO Series #38A-M: $10K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO | $33 |
| 19:30 | KO Series #38A-L: $5K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO | $11 |
| 19:30 | KO Series #38A-Mi: $2K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO | $3.30 |
| 21:00 | KO Series #39-H: $200K Gtd 8-Max Fast | $1,050 |
| 21:00 | KO Series #39-H: $100K Gtd 8-Max Fast | $109 |
| 21:00 | KO Series #39-M: $75K Gtd 8-Max Fast | $33 |
| 21:00 | KO Series #39-L: $25K Gtd 8-Max Fast | $11 |
| 21:00 | KO Series #39-Mi: $7.5K Gtd 8-Max Fast | $3.30 |
| 23:00 | KO Series #40-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max Turbo | $530 |
| 23:00 | KO Series #40-H: $50K Gtd 8-Max Turbo | $109 |
| 23:00 | KO Series #40-M: $30K Gtd 8-Max Turbo | $33 |
| 23:00 | KO Series #40-L: $10K Gtd 8-Max Turbo | $11 |
| 23:00 | KO Series #40-Mi: $3K Gtd 8-Max Turbo | $3.30 |
| 01:00 | KO Series #41-HR: $75K Gtd 8-Max Hyper | $530 |
| 01:00 | KO Series #41-H: $30K Gtd 8-Max Hyper | $109 |
| 01:00 | KO Series #41-M: $15K Gtd 8-Max Hyper | $33 |
| 01:00 | KO Series #41-L: $10K Gtd 8-Max Hyper | $11 |
| 01:00 | KO Series #41-Mi: $2K Gtd 8-Max Hyper | $3.30 |
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