$15M Gtd KO Series Day 8: Final Table for Romanello; Win for Kornuth

KO Series Day 8 saw $2,921,364 awarded across 35 events, taking the total prize money paid out to more than $10.5 million with a full week of PKO action still to go.

Team partypoker’s Roberto Romanello managed to reach a KO Series final table with two-time World Series of Poker champion Chance Kornuth bagging himself a title.

KO Series Story So Far

Events completed: 229
Events remaining: 208
Prize money awarded: $10,568,598

KO Series Day 8 Recap

KO Series #37-HR: $300K Gtd 8-Max

Buy-in: $1,050
Entrants: 359
Prize pool: $366,180
Places paid: 48

Lithuania’s “dartazz” enjoyed a profitable Sunday thanks to being crowned the KO Series #37-HR: $300K Gtd 8-Max champion, an accolade that came with more than $50,000.

Dartazz netted the $27,500 top prize and added $24,391 worth of bounty payments to it. Their heads-up opponent would have been a worthy champion as they had bulldozed their way to the final table.

“NinjasHyper” of the United Kingdom managed to accumulate $20,036 worth of bounties on their way to a runner-up finish that also secured them a $27,464 score.

Earlier at the final table, Team partypoker’s Roberto “WelshWizard” Romanello finished in seventh-place for a combined score worth $5,800.

Place	Player	Country	Prize	Bounty prize
1	dartazz	Lithuania	$27,500	$24,391
2	NinjasHyper	United Kingdom	$27,464	$20,036
3	GewoonBoef	Netherlands	$19,041	$6,012
4	sergewiceq	Russia	$13,643	$12,804
5	TigerVSyou	Sweden	$9,717	$3,445
6	BigPescado69	United Kingdom	$7,204	$5,850
7	WelshWizard	United Kingdom	$5,005	$975
8	Mrakobes20	Latvia	$3,651	$2,892

KO Series #38-H: $300K Gtd 8-Max

Buy-in: $530
Entrants: 739
Prize pool: $378,737
Places paid: 104

Having won the KO Series #37-HR: $300K Gtd 8-Max event, “dartazz” went on to finish seventh in the KO Series #38-H: $300K Gtd 8-Max event for an additional $4,277 plus $1,663 from the bounty prize pool.

Thanks to the bounty element, the top six finishers all locked up five-figure scores.

The player known as “onehundredeyes” busted in sixth-place for a total $11,230 with “Uhtredsan” finishing in fifth-place for a combined $11,340. Fourth-place and $19,036 went to Norway’s “digvalley” before “The1n0nlyJonG” busted in third-place for $23,164.

Heads-up saw “Juste1Canard” take on “JimyTransaction” for the title and the lion’s share of the bounty prize pool. JimyTransaction eventually emerged victorious, netting $25,884 from the main prize pool and $32,825 worth of bounty payments; runner-up Juste1Canard walked away with a total prize worth $36,456.

Place	Player	Country	Prize	Bounty prize
1	JimyTransaction	Costa Rica	$25,884	$32,825
2	Juste1Canard	Croatia	$25,847	$10,609
3	The1n0nlyJonG	Canada	$17,373	$5,791
4	digvalley	Norway	$11,772	$7,264
5	Uhtredsan	Canada	$8,309	$3,031
6	onehundredeyes	Austria	$5,987	$5,243
7	dartazz	Lithuania	$4,277	$1,663
8	ucantrybut	Ukraine	$2,973	$2,444

KO Series #39-HR: $200K Gtd 8-Max

Buy-in: $1,050
Entrants: 259
Prize pool: $264,180
Places paid: 40

Chance “ChanceSeeYou” Kornuth was one of the biggest winners at partypoker on February 10th thanks to being crowned the champion of the KO Series #39-HR: $200K Gtd 8-Max event.

Kornuth topped a field of 259-entrants to secure a $20,367 payday that was boosted by $32,686 worth of scalps, including that of runner-up “BateBicoPLZ” of Brazil who had to console themself with a second-place prize worth $29,034.

Latvian star “rudiqa1” finished this tournament in fifth-place for $7,350 with $5,135 worth of bounties, while British grinder “dotcotton1939” helped themself to a combined prize weighing in at $8,762 by finishing in seventh-place.

Place	Player	Country	Prize	Bounty prize
1	ChanceSeeYou	Canada	$20,367	$32,686
2	BateBicoPLZ	Brazil	$20,341	$8,693
3	classycall	Netherlands	$14,276	$6,540
4	theshadowalker	United Kingdom	$10,389	$1,885
5	rudiqa1	Latvia	$7,350	$5,135
6	ReQui3m4	Canada	$5,512	$2,015
7	dotcotton1939	United Kingdom	$3,887	$4,875
8	Dork Pork	United Kingdom	$2,827	$780

KO Series Day 9 Schedule

Twenty-seven more events are scheduled for KO Series Day 9, taking place Monday 11th February. They have combined guarantees worth a cool $702,500 and all are played on six-handed tables for added excitement!

Time (CET)	Tournament	Buy-in
17:00	KO Series #42-H: $50K Gtd 6-Max	$215
17:00	KO Series #42-M: $40K Gtd 6-Max	$55
17:00	KO Series #42-M: $30K Gtd 6-Max	$22
17:00	KO Series #42-L: $10K Gtd 6-Max	$5.50
17:00	KO Series #42-Mi: $3K Gtd 6-Max	$2.20
19:00	KO Series #43-HR: $100K Gtd 6-Max	$530
19:00	KO Series #43-H: $100K Gtd 6-Max	$109
19:00	KO Series #43-M: $50K Gtd 6-Max	$33
19:00	KO Series #43-L: $30K Gtd 6-Max	$11
19:00	KO Series #43-Mi: $10K Gtd 6-Max	$3.30
19:30	KO Series #43A-H: $15K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO	$109
19:30	KO Series #43A-M: $5K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO	$33
19:30	KO Series #43A-L: $3K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO	$11
19:30	KO Series #43A-Mi: $1.5K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO	$3.30
21:00	KO Series #44-HR: $50K Gtd 6-Max Fast	$530
21:00	KO Series #44-H: $40K Gtd 6-Max Fast	$109
21:00	KO Series #44-M: $30K Gtd 6-Max Fast	$33
21:00	KO Series #44-L: $20K Gtd 6-Max Fast	$11
21:00	KO Series #44-Mi: $5K Gtd 6-Max Fast	$3.30
23:00	KO Series #45-H: $30K Gtd 6-Max Turbo	$109
23:00	KO Series #45-M: $20K Gtd 6-Max Turbo	$33
23:00	KO Series #45-L: $10K Gtd 6-Max Turbo	$11
23:00	KO Series #45-Mi: $3K Gtd 6-Max Turbo	$3.30
01:00	KO Series #46-H: $20K Gtd 6-Max Hyper	$109
01:00	KO Series #46-M: $15K Gtd 6-Max Hyper	$33
01:00	KO Series #46-L: $10K Gtd 6-Max Hyper	$11
01:00	KO Series #46-Mi: $2K Gtd 6-Max Hyper	$3.30

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