CarpePiscis Claims Overall KO Series Main Event Lead

January 17 saw the three KO Series Main Events completed their second and final flights and your incredible support saw all three tournaments blitz their respective guarantees.

The $1,050 Main Event has a $1,187,000 prize pool and a first-place prize of $76,013. $382,300 is in the prize pool for the $109 Mini Main Event, resulting in a top prize of $21,892, while the $11 Micro Main Event sees the winner scoop $3,142 of the $56,870 pot. Of course, those scores will be more than doubled once the bounties are taken into consideration!

KO Series #21 Main Event Day 1B Top 10 Chip Counts

Some 770 players turned out of Day 1B of the KO Series Main Event and only 116 of them managed to navigate their way through to Day 2. “CarpePiscis” finished this flight with 2,840,118 chips which claimed the Day 1B and overall chip lead. They will certainly fancy their chances of making it to the final table later today.

It’s worth noting CarpePiscis is already showing a profit in this $1,050 buy-in event because the eight opponents they busted were worth a combined $3,625!

“SrackAttack” has done their chances of glory no harm at all either. They finished with a healthy stack of 1,756,562 chips, placing them second on the Day 1B leaderboard and in third-place overall.

Play resumes at 19:05 GMT with all 179 Day 1A and 1B survivors in the money. They’re guaranteed $1,044 plus bounties right now, with this increasing to $7,736 by the time Day 2 concludes and only nine players remain.

Place | Player | Chips
1 | CarpePiscis | 2,840,118
2 | SrackAttack2019 | 1,756,562
3 | Tralllle | 1,678,564
4 | AndreyBolkonsky | 1,551,642
5 | iliiiiya | 1,539,069
6 | TheBigGuy | 1,442,572
7 | MioPaceAA. | 1,317,490
8 | TheDrino | 1,273,364
9 | Jupiter Jones | 1,262,631
10 | preparAvaselina | 1,254,811

KO Series #21 Mini Main Event Day 1B Top 10 Chip Counts

A huge crowd of 2,321 players bought into the $109 Mini Main Event on Day 1B and only 348 of those punched their Day 2 tickets. One player who shone brightly during this flight was none other than “Skrapapa”.

The claimed the Day 1B chip lead courtesy of turning their 100,000 starting stack into an impressive 3,039,036. This stack is enough to lead the tournament overall and is the only stack containing more than three million chips.

Skrapapa has also accumulated $400 worth of bounties already so has almost tripled their original $109 investment. Should they go all the way and take down this tournament, they are looking at a combined haul worth at least $40,000!

Players such as “kristian150”, “spand4226” and “RomarioEhGol” are among those to watch for on Day 2 at 19:05 GMT. They all finished with more than 2.5 million chips each.

Place | Player | Chips
1 | Skrapapa | 3,039,36
2 | kristian150 | 2,691,278
3 | spand4226 | 2,609,269
4 | RomarioEhGol | 2,528,961
5 | sneakyPete79 | 1,748,842
6 | BrenoPk | 1,731,292
7 | gabrielvmn98 | 1,681,856
8 | Saraswati | 1,676,609
9 | BUCKEDURNAN | 1,661,578
10 | DeuNois | 1,642,286

KO Series #21 MicroMain Event Day 1B Top 10 Chip Counts

“pizzadelivery” certainly delivered on Day 1B of the $11 Micro Main Event as they shot to the top of the chip counts with a 2,755,739 stack. Although this was enough to be crowned the Day 1B chip leader, that stack is only big enough for fourth-place overall.

Some 451 of the 3,008 players made it through to Day 2. This means a total of 841 players return to the action at 19:05 GMT on January 18. They’re led by Day 1A’s “Stro” who is in pole position right now.

Day 2 plays out until only nine players remain. The tournament is then paused until 19:05 GMT on January 19 when the final table commences.

Place | Player | Chips
1 | pizzadelivery | 2,510,088
2 | C14SSYP3KK4 | 2,242,146
3 | RunB4d99 | 2,223,092
4 | Arxitektor007 | 2,020,060
5 | Interawild | 1,997,265
6 | ZHABRA | 1,992,012
7 | Leiden | 1,970,486
8 | URBANONER | 1,969,488
9 | IrishScitter100 | 1,940,145
10 | fek00 | 1,911,271

Other KO Series Results From January 17

Two partypoker players secured five-figure prizes from KO Series events on January 17. “TheMightyHorse” is $13,711 richer than a few hours ago thanks to taking down the $320 KO Series Mix-Max Turbo.

“rssollero” padded their bankroll with $10,842 after winning the $55 KO Series Deepstack 8-Max Fast event.

TheMightyHorse – first-place in the $320 KO Series Mix-Max Turbo for $13,711

rssollero – first-place in the $55 KO Series Deepstack 8-Max Fast for $10,842

OlokinhoMeu – first-place in the $33 KO Series Mini Mix-Max Turbo for $4,542

VovaS – first-place in the $5.50 KO Series Mini Deepstack 8-Max Fast for $1,387

BrickBenny – first-place in the $3.30 KO Series Micro Mix-Max Turbo for $407

valdbmw52577 – first-place in the $0.55 KO Series Micro Deepstack 8-Max Fast for $100

KO Series Events Scheduled for January 18

Day 2 of the three KO Series Main Events headline the January 18 schedule but there is plenty more action to enjoy if you’re not involved in them.

A trio of 7-Max events shuffle up and deal at 16:05 GMT before the three value-packed Second Chance events start at 19:05 GMT. Rounding off the day’s KO Series tournaments are the three 6-Max Hyper events at 22:05 GMT. Whichever you decide to play, we wish you good luck.

Time (GMT) | Tournament | Buy-in
16:05 | KO Series 7-Max: $50K Gtd | $215
16:05 | KO Series Mini 7-Max: $30K Gtd | $22
16:05 | KO Series Micro 7-Max: $3K Gtd | $2.20
19:05 | KO Series #21 Main Event Day 2 |
19:05 | KO Series #21 Mini Main Event Day 2 |
19:05 | KO Series #21 Micro Main Event Day 2 |
19:05 | KO Series #22 Second Chance: $150K Gtd | $530
19:05 | KO Series #22 Mini Second Chance: $75K Gtd | $55
19:05 | KO Series #22 Micro Second Chance: $15K Gtd | $5.50
22:05 | KO Series 6-Max Hyper: $40K Gtd | $320
22:05 | KO Series Mini 6-Max Hyper: $20K Gtd | $33
22:05 | KO Series Micro 6-Max Hyper: $2.5K Gtd | $3.30

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A full raft of KO Series satellites running through the series but you may want to also check out the KO Series SPINS They only cost $10 to enter yet award either $20 cash or KO Series tickets worth between $33 and $2,100

Multiplier | 1st prize | Frequency in 1M Games
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3.3 | $33 KO Series Ticket | 240,755
5.5 | $55 KO Series Ticket | 123,391
10.9 | $109 KO Series Ticket | 3,000
32 | $320 KO Series Ticket | 500
53 | $530 KO Series Ticket | 250
105 | $1,050 KO Series Ticket | 100
210 | $2,100 KO Series Ticket | 50

There are also loads of KO Series satellites running each day, giving you the chance to turn a small investment into a major poker title and a bankroll-boosting prize.