Day 15 of the KO Series, the final day’s action, saw a staggering $7,843,383 paid out to take the total prize money awarded to almost $37.7 million, an incredible figure that would not have been possible without your incredible support.
The United Kingdom’s “COunCILtAX41” was the day’s biggest winner, securing a payout of more than $359,000. How? Let’s find out.
$30M Gtd KO Series: The Story So Far
Events completed: 226
Events remaining: 0
Total prize money awarded: $37,696,297
$30M Gtd KO Series Day 15 Recap
KO Series #52-SHR: $2M Gtd Championship Event
Buy-in: $5,200
Entries: 411
Prize pool: $2,096100
Places paid: 56
The KO Series #52-SHR: $2M Gtd Championship Event saw 411 players exchange $5,200 for the chance to become a KO Series champion. That champion was none other than the UK’s COunCILtAX41 who won a massive $154,502 from the main prize pool and $204,790 worth of bounty payments.
It was Kenny “Spacey1891” Hallaert who finished as the tournament’s runner-up. The popular UK-based Belgian took to Twitter to announce the combined prize of $193,378 was the largest online cash of his career to date. Well done, sir.
Two other players walked away with a six-figure prize when bounties were included. Third placed “good-bye-PS” netted $105,938 plus $25,187 worth of bounties with fourth placed “AS Leshiy” of Estonia banking $74,382 plus $31,200 from the bounty prize pool.
Fifth placed “Blackswordsman” almost won $100,000, banking a combined prize weighing in at $99,222.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | COunCILtAX41 | United Kingdom | $154,502 | $204,790 |
| 2 | Spacey1891 | United Kingdom | $154,297 | $39,081 |
| 3 | good-bye-PS | Uzbekistan | $105,938 | $25,187 |
| 4 | AS Leshiy | Estonia | $74,382 | $31,200 |
| 5 | Blackswordsman | Japan | $53,194 | $46,028 |
| 6 | eet_smakelijk | Netherlands | $38,769 | $24,456 |
| 7 | ConstanceHarm | Russia | $27,386 | $28,275 |
| 8 | Kaiser6878 | Austria | $19,948 | $5,525 |
KO Series #53-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max
Buy-in: $2,100
Entries: 529
Prize pool: $1,084,450
Places paid: 72
A field of 529 turned out for the $2,100 buy-in KO Series #53-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max and it was Latvia’s “rudiqa1” who emerged victorious. The Latvian had been knocking on the door of a massive score for the last few days of the series and now has one worth a total of $175,729.
Rudiqa1 defeated “CaptainB” of the UK heads-up to resign the runner-up to a $77,129 second place prize bolstered by $19,211 worth of bounty payments. Nobody at the final table won less than $21,000 when bounties were taken into consideration, including the third place finisher “VolZoK_” who scooped a combined prize worth $56,143.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rudiqa1 | Latvia | $77,234 | $98,495 |
| 2 | CaptainB | United Kingdom | $77,129 | $19,211 |
| 3 | VolZoK_ | Mexico | $52,600 | $3,543 |
| 4 | good player | Canada | $36,406 | $19,523 |
| 5 | MOTHERSMATTERS | Sweden | $25,630 | $12,862 |
| 6 | ilushan | Russia | $18,523 | $6,496 |
| 7 | WhoIsICM | United Kingdom | $13,339 | $8,892 |
| 8 | ACHSO8000 | Germany | $9,553 | $12,796 |
KO Series #52-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max
Buy-in: $1,050
Entries: 1,202
Prize pool: $1,226,040
Places paid: 152
Some 1,202 players bought into the $1,050 buy-in KO Series #52-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max and created a $1,226,040 prize pool that was shared among the top 152 finishers and anyone who sent an opponent to the showers during the tournament.
It will be a tournament fondly remembered by “jammermaat” of the Netherlands whose first place finish banked him $80,886 plus an additional payment of $75,061 worth of bounties. The Dutch player sent “krouton13” of the UK home in second place for a finish worth a combined $110,083, not bad work if you can get it!
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jammermaat | Netherlands | $80,886 | $75,061 |
| 2 | krouton13 | United Kingdom | $80,765 | $29,318 |
| 3 | Olorion. | Poland | $53,066 | $18,346 |
| 4 | TJXOLOSFAN1 | Mexico | $35,510 | $2,600 |
| 5 | ItsOK | United Kingdom | $25,175 | $13,625 |
| 6 | daskalos20 | Cyprus | $17,755 | $6,223 |
| 7 | butihasneeds | United Kingdom | $12,455 | $10,300 |
| 8 | mczhang | United Kingdom | $8,347 | $6,317 |
$30M Gtd KO Series Day 15 Results
| Event | Champion | Prize | Bounties |
|---|---|---|---|
| KO Series #51-H: $200K Gtd 8-Max | u3MeHa | $15,867 | $14,400 |
| KO Series #51-M: $100K Gtd 8-Max | Vadimedv | $8,150 | $5,190 |
| KO Series #51-L: $20K Gtd 8-Max | smlab | $1,599 | $1,391 |
| KO Series #51-Mi: $5K Gtd 8-Max | Leptodon | $412 | $189 |
| KO Series #52-SHR: $2M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max | COunCILtAX41 | $154,502 | $204,790 |
| KO Series #52-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max | jammermaat | $80,886 | $75,061 |
| KO Series #52-H: $500K Gtd 8-Max | runrunrunrun | $31,901 | $23,972 |
| KO Series #52-M: $150K Gtd 8-Max | tomezarasso | $8,580 | $6,059 |
| KO Series #52-L: $20K Gtd 8-Max | depsakha | $1,170 | $1,020 |
| KO Series #53-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max | rudiqa1 | $77,234 | $98,495 |
| KO Series #53-H: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max | Jessica5218 | $63,220 | $66,127 |
| KO Series #53-M: $200K Gtd 8-Max | Lh2teee | $13,382 | $7,410 |
| KO Series #53-L: $50K Gtd 8-Max | campola | $2,865 | $1,462 |
| KO Series #53-Mi: $10K Gtd 8-Max | LloydBanksss | $834 | $409 |
| KO Series #54-HR: $300K Gtd 8-Max Fast | WeisYis | $29,185 | $40,379 |
| KO Series #54-H: $150K Gtd 8-Max Fast | wanyama32 | $13,582 | $12,363 |
| KO Series #54-M: $75K Gtd 8-Max Fast | Cloughy987 | $5,584 | $3,020 |
| KO Series #54-L: $15K Gtd 8-Max Fast | bscrpsop | $962 | $812 |
| KO Series #55-HR: $150K Gtd 8-Max Hyper | MrMoneeer | $12,424 | $16,746 |
| KO Series #55-H: $50K Gtd 8-Max Hyper | bonr2be69 | $4,438 | $4,656 |
| KO Series #55-M: $25K Gtd 8-Max Hyper | Call_Me_Midas | $1,875 | $1,811 |
| KO Series #55-L: $5K Gtd 8-Max Hyper | Evgeniy641 | $331 | $255 |
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