$30M Gtd KO Series Day 5: More Final Tables for Team partypoker

The $30 million guaranteed KO Series continued marching on towards its thrilling finale with another 18 events. Day 5 saw $2,188,917 paid out, taking the total prize money awarded to $12,485,657.

A handful of Team partypoker pros reached final tables on Day 5. These were Roberto Romanello (again), Patrick Leonard (again), Dzmitry Urbanovic (you guessed it, again) and Kristen Bicknell.

Keep your eyes on this screen if you want to learn who the winners of the biggest event were on Day 5.

Events completed: 94

Events remaining: 189

Prize money awarded: $12,485,657

$30M Gtd KO Series Day 5 Recap

KO Series #20-HR: $250K Gtd 8-Max

Buy-in: $530

Entries: 508

Prize pool: $260,350

ITM: 64

A field of 508 players turned out for the $530 buy-in KO Series #20-HR: $250K Gtd 8-Max event. This meant the $250,000 guaranteed was beaten by $10,350. Half the prize pool went on the heads of those 508 entrants. The top 64 finishers shared the rest.

“MasterOfPigeons” won a KO Series event on Day 4 but had to make do with eighth-place here. This was worth $2,374 plus $2,764 from the bounty prize pool. High stakes regular “N0GUTSNOGloryAA” busted in seventh-place. “IIIIIIIIIIII” joined them on the rail after crashing out in sixth.

Team partypoker’s Patrick “Patrick_Leonard” Leonard fell in fifth-place for a combined prize worth $12,896. Fourth-place and $13,099 went to “PhatToad.”

Then Roberto “R_Romanello” Romanello saw his tournament end in fourth-place for a $15,584 haul, leaving “imakeusweat” and “faker321” as the last standing duo.

Faker321 scooped up their opponents’ chips to be crowned a KO Series champion.A total prize of $46,385 is now in the partypoker account of faker321. Imakeusweat banked $24,964.

Place | Player | Prize | Bounties
1 | faker321 | $18,759 | $27,626
2 | imakeusweat | $18,734 | $6,230
3 | R_Romanello | $12,851 | $2,733
4 | PhatToad | $8,940 | $4,159
5 | Patrick_Leonard | $6,342 | $6,554
6 | IIIIIIIIIIII | $4,609 | $2,789
7 | N0GUTSNOGloryAA | $3,282 | $1,132
8 | MasterOfPigeons | $2,374 | $2,674

KO Series #21-H: $250K Gtd 8-Max

Buy-in: $320

Entries: 961

Prize pool: $295,988

ITM: 136

Team partypoker’s Polish star Dzmitry “Dzmitry_Urbanov” Urbanovich came close to taking down a KO Series event on Day 5. Urbanovich was one of 961 entrants in the KO Series #21-H: $250K Gtd 8-Max event, which saw 136 players paid out.

Urbanovich’s excellent run ended in a fourth-place finish worth $9,950. One more bounty would have seen him walk away with a five-figure prize. Our top three finishers did win a five-figure haul when bounties were considered.

“Flower bringing” busted in third-place for $16,064. “AboutBlank_” fell at the final hurdle and saw their runner-up finish add $21,699 to their partypoker account. A cool $44,276 went to “GringoSSa” the KO Series #21-H: $250K Gtd 8-Max champion.

Place | Player | Prize | Bounties
1 | GringoSSa | $19,576 | $24,700
2 | AboutBlank_ | $19,547 | $2,152
3 | flower bringing | $12,940 | $3,124
4 | Dzmitry_Urbanov | $8,669 | $1,281
5 | josef_shvejk | $6,144 | $1,767
6 | dragon941 | $4,350 | $2,905
7 | NuLIZeRo7 | $3,048 | $2,676
8 | Call2Action | $2,064 | $483

KO Series #23-HR: $200K Gtd 8-Max Fast

Buy-in: $1,050

Entries: 196

Prize pool: $208,075

ITM: 32

KO Series #23-HR: $200K Gtd 8-Max Fast attracted 196 entrants, each paying $1,050 for a shot at glory. We were hoping for a victory by Kristen “Krissyb24” Bicknell, but the Canadian starlett could only muster a sixth-place finish. This was good for a combined haul weighing in at $8,741.

Like the event that Urbanovich cashed in, the top three finishers padded their bankrolls with more than $10,000. “Quantum_Leap” netted $13,636 after busted out in third place. “CarpePiscis” and “PUCKBOUCHARD” locked horns heads-up for what was now a massive bounty payment.

PUCKBOUCHARD emerged victoriously and added $21,466 worth of bounties to their $15,812 prize. CarpePiscis consoled themselves with $15,793 from the main prize pool and $12,626 worth of bounty payments.

Place | Player | Prize | Bounties
1 | PUCKBOUCHARD | $15,812 | $21,466
2 | CarpePiscis | $15,793 | $12,626
3 | Quantum_Leap | $11,264 | $2,372
4 | zootopia | $8,328 | $1,040
5 | NOLIMITHOLDEM | $5,872 | $3,786
6 | Krissyb24 | $4,484 | $4,257
7 | moooi | $3,310 | $4,322
8 | Sundaynightking | $2,455 | $1,040

$30M Gtd KO Series Day 5 Results

Event | Champion | Total prize
KO Series #20-HR: $250K Gtd 8-Max | faker321 | $46,385
KO Series #20-H: $200K Gtd 8-Max | JeevesThe butler | $23,445
KO Series #20-M: $50K Gtd 8-Max | Diconnected121 | $8,045
KO Series #20-L: $10K Gtd 8-Max | disconnectKK | $1,659
KO Series #21-HR: $500K Gtd 8-Max | AKT_ZeroS | $80,886
KO Series #21-H: $250K Gtd 8-Max | GringoSSa | $44,276
KO Series #21-M: $100K Gtd 8-Max | FlipTheShiip | $15,455
KO Series #21-L: $25K Gtd 8-Max | andrei.s218 | $3,813
KO Series #21-Mi: $5K Gtd 8-Max | ElegantElephant | $541
KO Series #22-HR: $75K Gtd PLO 6-Max | FiluushLand | $23,529
KO Series #22-H: $40K Gtd PLO 6-Max | hotPIMIENTO | $7,452
KO Series #22-M: $10K Gtd PLO 6-Max | OwingMahoney | $2,521
KO Series #22-L: $3K Gtd PLO 6-Max | ILFTC123 | $469
KO Series #23-HR: $20K Gtd 8-Max Fast | PUCKBOUCHARD | $37,278
KO Series #23-H: $100K Gtd 8-Max Fast | JR_warrior | $13,541
KO Series #23-M: $50K Gtd 8-Max Fast | Shiokawa | $7,149
KO Series #23-L: $10K Gtd 8-Max Fast | JohnNash | $1,109
KO Series #24-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max Turbo | Baccarat | $21,181

$30M Gtd KO Series Day 6 Schedule

Day 6 takes place on Friday 13th September. Seventeen more events kick off that have $860,000 worth of guaranteed prize pools to play for.

Win your way into the biggest events by playing out $5 KO Series SPINS or via the many satellites that start at only $0.22. More details of those satellites can be found here.

Time (CET) | Event | Buy-in
18:00 | KO Series #25-HR: $150K Gtd Mix-Max 8-6 | $530
18:00 | KO Series #25-H: $100K Gtd Mix-Max 8-6 | $109
18:00 | KO Series #25-M: $50K Gtd Mix-Max 8-6 | $33
18:00 | KO Series #25-L: $10K Gtd Mix-Max 8-6 | $5.50
20:00 | KO Series #26-HR: $150K Gtd 8-Max | $1,050
20:00 | KO Series #26-H: $150K Gtd 8-Max | $320
20:00 | KO Series #26-M: $75K Gtd 8-Max | $55
20:00 | KO Series #26-L: $25K Gtd 8-Max | $11
20:00 | KO Series #26-Mi: $5K Gtd 8-Max | $2.20
20:30 | KO Series #27-HR: $50K Gtd PLO 6-Max | $1,050
20:30 | KO Series #27-H: $30K Gtd PLO 6-Max | $215
20:30 | KO Series #27-M: $10K Gtd PLO 6-Max | $33
20:30 | KO Series #27-L: $2.5K Gtd PLO 6-Max | $5.50
22:00 | KO Series #28-HR: $25K Gtd PLO 6-Max Fast | $530
22:00 | KO Series #28-H: $15K Gtd PLO 6-Max Fast | $109
22:00 | KO Series #28-M: $10K Gtd PLO 6-Max Fast | $33
22:00 | KO Series #28-L: $2.5K Gtd PLO 6-Max Fast | $5.50

Check Out All The Champions

Have you won a KO Series event or are just curious to see who has been crowned a champion. Whichever it is, click this link to check out all of our KO Series champions so far.