$15M Gtd KO Series Day 7: Ilijix133 Adds KO Series Title to POWERFEST Win

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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