$2.5M Gtd Monster Series Day 1: Double Victory For Ineedcagari

The $2.5M Gtd Monster Series kicked off in style on June 2nd and it was an opening day to remember for Brazil’s “Ineedcagari” as they triumphed in not one but two Monster Series events!

Some $649,596 was awarded on Monster Series Day 1, with Ineedcagari securing a large chunk of that money. Let’s check out the biggest winners of the day.

$2.5M Gtd Monster Series: The Story So Far

Events completed: 18
Events remaining: 90
Prize money awarded: $649,596

$2.5M Gtd Monster Series Day 1 Recap

Monster Series #03-H: $150K Gtd 8-Max PKO

Entries: 3,299
Buy-in: $55
Prize pool: $173,197
Places paid: 440

A huge field of 3,299 took part in the Monster Series #03-H: $150K Gtd 8-Max PKO on Monster Series Day 1 and created a guarantee-busting prize pool of $173,197. It was Brazil’s Ineedcagari who got their hands on the lion’s share of this prize money, namely the $10,050 top prize and an additional $8,469 from the bounty prize pool.

The Brazilian defeated “kuzja06” of Russia heads-up to secure the title with the Russian padding their own bankroll with a prize made up of $10,032 from the main prize pool and $1,372 worth of bounties.

Everyone at the eight handed final table won more than $1,300 for their $55 investment, with bounties included, but we have to single out “LUCK4LUCK” of Estonia for the fact they won $1,626 from the bounty prize pool with only our worthy champion getting their hands on more scalps.

Place	Player	Country	Prize	Bounties
1	Ineedcagari	Brazil	$10,050	$8,649
2	kuzja06	Russia	$10,032	$1,372
3	luckbox91	Germany	$6,473	$731
4	HABIDERI	Germany	$4,254	$1,037
5	l.leden	Denmark	$2,943	$873
6	Mike FagDonald	Germany	$2,017	$1,450
7	LUCK4LUCK	Estonia	$1,389	$1,626
8	Trem.minieiro	Brazil	$894	$482

Monster Series #02-H: $100K Gtd 8-Max Deepstack

Entries: 2,592
Buy-in: $55
Prize pool: $129,600
Places paid: 344

One of the largest prizes of Monster Series Day 1 came in the $55 buy-in Monster Series #02-H: $100K Gtd 8-Max Deepstack event that saw a field of 2,592 compete for a slice of the $129,600 prize pool. This was shared among the top 344 finishers.

Each of the eight finalists won at least $1,321 and the top two finishers each turned their initial investments into a five-figure prize. Third placed “NiniGehtInsKino” almost won five figures, their prize weighed in at $9,534.

Second place went to Brazil’s “moonrock99” who collected $14,819 for their impressive run. The player of the hour, however, was Germany’s “OhhYeahYeah” who was probably making similar noises to their username when they realised they had secured a $20,947 payout.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	OhhYeahYeah	Germany	$20,947
2	moonrock99	Brazil	$14,819
3	NinoGehtInsKino	Germany	$9,534
4	TigerVSyou	Sweden	$6,337
5	besttreider1	Russia	$4,406
6	Bustelini	Netherlands	$3,006
7	luckbox91	Germany	$2,073
8	omariojunior	Brazil	$1,321

Monster Series #01-H: $75K Gtd 8-Max Grind

Entries: 2,502
Buy-in: $33
Prize pool: $75,060
Places paid: 344

Ineedcagari helped themselves to another $10,858 by taking down their second event of Monster Series Day 1, the Monster Series #01-H: $75K Gtd 8-Max Grind tournament.

The tournament ended in a heads-up deal with Ineedcagari banking $10,858 and the runner-up, “faby.r” of Colombia, walking away with $9,857 for a $33 buy-in, which is impressive to say the least. The big prizes were made possible by 2,502 players turning out in force and creating a $75,060 prize pool.

All but one of the finalists won at least $1,200 for their effort with “barilyn monroe” winning $765 for their eighth place exit. Others who navigated their way to the final were “tryingyourluck”, “AvanzaBank”, “bandolero420”, “TAVITOPOKER” and “Ajichay”, the latter scooping $5,522 for their third place finish.

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Ineedcagari	Brazil	$10,858*
2	faby.r	Colombia	$9,857*
3	Ajichay	Azerbaijan	$5,522
4	TAVITOPOKER	Colombia	$3,670
5	bandolero420	Malta	$2,552
6	AvanzaBank	Sweden	$1,741
7	tryingyourluck	Brazil	$1,200
8	barilyn monroe	Brazil	$765

*reflects a heads-up deal

$2.5M Gtd Monster Series Day 1 Results

Event	Champion	Prize
Monster Series #01-H: $75K Gtd 8-Max Grind	Ineedcagari	$10,858
Monster Series #01-M: $15K Gtd 8-Max Grind	Sportik891	$2,377
Monster Series #01-L: $1.5K Gtd 8-Max Grind	Mirqzen	$255
Monster Series #02-H: $100K Gtd 8-Max Deepstack	OhhYeahYeah	$20,947
Monster Series #02-M: $30K Gtd 8-Max Deepstack	SashaM73	$5,065
Monster Series #02-L: $3K Gtd 8-Max Deepstack	Coalaa	$560
Monster Series #03-H: $150K Gtd 8-Max PKO	Ineedcagari	$18,699*
Monster Series #03-M: $50K Gtd 8-Max PKO	Mangal88	$4,480*
Monster Series #03-L: $5K Gtd 8-Max PKO	eksliss	$580*
Monster Series #04-H: $25K Gtd 8-Max Deepstack Turbo	omirp7	$5,466
Monster Series #04-M: $10K Gtd 8-Max Deepstack Turbo	drknock	$2,070
Monster Series #04-L: $1K Gtd 8-Max Deepstack Turbo	Pro4on	$235
Monster Series #05-H: $50K Gtd 8-Max PKO Fast	wnr00	$8,468*
Monster Series #05-M: $10K Gtd 8-Max PKO Fast	HomenBroca	$1,358*
Monster Series #05-L: $1K Gtd 8-Max PKO Fast	Percyeus86	$136*
Monster Series #06-H: $25K Gtd 6-Max PKO Battle Hyper	murvlx	$3,424*
Monster Series #06-M: $10K Gtd 6-Max PKO Battle Hyper	Paladin0	$1,364*
Monster Series #06-L: $1.5K Gtd 6-Max PKO Battle Hyper	ART_Temon	$231*

*includes bounty payments

$2.5M Gtd Monster Series Day 2 Schedule

Monday 3rd June sees another 12 Monster Series events, all of which are six-max, scheduled that have combined guarantees worth $235,000. Check out the full listing of events in the table below:

Time (CET)	Event	Buy-in
17:30	Monster Series #07-H: $50K Gtd 6-Max Deepstack	$55
17:30	Monster Series #07-M: $20K Gtd 6-Max Deepstack	$11
17:30	Monster Series #07-L: $3K Gtd 6-Max Deepstack	$2.20
20:00	Monster Series #08-H: $75K Gtd 6-Max PKO	$55
20:00	Monster Series #08-M: $25K Gtd 6-Max PKO	$11
20:00	Monster Series #08-L: $5K Gtd 6-Max PKO	$2.20
21:30	Monster Series #09-H: $20K Gtd 6-Max Deepstack Turbo	$27.50
21:30	Monster Series #09-M: $7.5K Gtd 6-Max Deepstack Turbo	$7.50
21:30	Monster Series #09-L: $1K Gtd 6-Max Deepstack Turbo	$1.50
22:00	Monster Series #10-H: $25K Gtd 6-Max PKO Fast	$33
22:00	Monster Series #10-M: $7.5K Gtd 6-Max PKO Fast	$5.50
22:00	Monster Series #10-L: $1K Gtd 6-Max PKO Fast	$1.10

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4	$2 cash	303,138
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22	$11 Monster Series ticket	1,000
55	$27.50 Monster Series ticket	100
66	$33 Monster Series ticket	30
110	$55 Monster Series ticket	1