{"id":101070,"date":"2020-12-18T13:58:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T13:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=101070"},"modified":"2020-12-18T13:58:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T13:58:26","slug":"the-latest-ko-series-is-a-real-christmas-cracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/the-latest-ko-series-is-a-real-christmas-cracker.html","title":{"rendered":"The Latest KO Series is a Real Christmas Cracker!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is coming and what better way to celebrate by knocking out some of your fellow partypoker players? Not literally, mind you, we wouldn\u2019t condone that. We mean eliminating them from some superb PKO tournaments during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/ko-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>KO Series<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Day 1\u2019s KO Series Events<\/h2>\n<p>Don\u2019t stuff yourself full of too much turkey on <strong>December 25<\/strong> because that\u2019s Day 1 of the <strong>KO Series. Event #01, the Christmas Opener<\/strong>, shuffles up and deals at 19:05 GMT precisely. This $215 buy-in No-Limit Hold\u2019em tournament has $250,000 guaranteed. There are three starting flights, each with a single re-entry permitted, and with late registration open until the end of the 10th level.<\/p>\n<p>Each flight concludes when only 15% of the field remains. All survivors regroup at 20:05 GMT on December 27 and play until only one player remains.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>Mini<\/strong> and <strong>Micro<\/strong> edition of the Christmas Opener runs parallel with the $215 buy-in event. The <strong>Mini costs $22<\/strong> and has <strong>$50,000 guaranteed<\/strong> while the <strong>Micro has a $2.20 buy-in<\/strong> and <strong>$7,500 guaranteed<\/strong> to be won.<\/p>\n<p>Day 1B of the Openers shuffle up and deal at 19:05 GMT on December 26 with Day 1C, which have faster blinds, kick off at 16:05 GMT on December 27.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Time (GMT)<\/th>\n<th>Event<\/th>\n<th>Buy-in<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fri 25 Dec<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #01 \u2013 Christmas Opener Day 1A: $250K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fri 25 Dec<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #01 \u2013 Mini Christmas Opener Day 1A: $50K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fri 25 Dec<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #01 \u2013 Micro Christmas Opener Day 1A: $7.5K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$2.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sat 26 Dec<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #01 \u2013 Christmas Opener Day 1B: $250K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sat 26 Dec<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #01 \u2013 Mini Christmas Opener Day 1B: $50K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sat 26 Dec<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #01 \u2013 Micro Christmas Opener Day 1B: $7.5K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$2.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sun 27 Dec<\/td>\n<td>16:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #01 \u2013 Christmas Opener Day 1C: $250K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sun 27 Dec<\/td>\n<td>16:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #01 \u2013 Mini Christmas Opener Day 1C: $50K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sun 27 Dec<\/td>\n<td>16:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #01 \u2013 Micro Christmas Opener Day 1C: $7.5K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$2.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sun 27 Dec<\/td>\n<td>20:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #01 \u2013 Christmas Opener Day 2: $250K Gtd<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sun 27 Dec<\/td>\n<td>20:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #01 \u2013 Mini Christmas Opener Day 2: $50K Gtd<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sun 27 Dec<\/td>\n<td>20:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #01 \u2013 Micro Christmas Opener Day 2: $7.5K Gtd<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>KO Series Main Events<\/h2>\n<p>There is a trio of <strong>KO Series Main Events<\/strong> to get your teeth in and they are incredible value. All three Main Events, which cost $11, $109, and $1,050 to buy into, have a pair of starting flights. Their guarantees weigh in at $50,000, $300,000, and a cool $1 million respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the table below for the KO Series Main Event schedule:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Date<\/th>\n<th>Time (GMT)<\/th>\n<th>Event<\/th>\n<th>Buy-in<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sat 16 Jan<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #21 \u2013 Main Event 1A: $1M Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$1,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sat 16 Jan<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #21 \u2013 Mini Main Event Day 1A: $300K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sat 16 Jan<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #21 \u2013 Micro Main Event Day 1A: $50K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sun 17 Jan<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #21 \u2013 Main Event 1B: $1M Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$1,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sun 17 Jan<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #21 \u2013 Mini Main Event Day 1B: $300K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sun 17 Jan<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #21 \u2013 Micro Main Event Day 1B: $50K Gtd<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon 18 Jan<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #21 \u2013 Main Event 2: $1M Gtd<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon 18 Jan<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #21 \u2013 Mini Main Event Day 2: $300K Gtd<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mon 18 Jan<\/td>\n<td>19:05<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #21 \u2013 Micro Main Event Day 2: $50K Gtd<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>SPINS Your Way to KO Series Tickets<\/h2>\n<p>A full raft of <strong>KO Series satellites<\/strong> running through the series but you may want to also check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/ko-series\/spins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>KO Series SPINS<\/strong><\/a>. They only cost $10 to enter yet award either $20 cash or KO Series tickets worth between $33 and $2,100!<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Multiplier<\/th>\n<th>1st prize<\/th>\n<th>Frequency in 1M Games<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>$20<\/td>\n<td>631,954<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.3<\/td>\n<td>$33 KO Series Ticket<\/td>\n<td>240,755<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5.5<\/td>\n<td>$55 KO Series Ticket<\/td>\n<td>123,391<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10.9<\/td>\n<td>$109 KO Series Ticket<\/td>\n<td>3,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<td>$320 KO Series Ticket<\/td>\n<td>500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>$530 KO Series Ticket<\/td>\n<td>250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>105<\/td>\n<td>$1,050 KO Series Ticket<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>210<\/td>\n<td>$2,100 KO Series Ticket<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Love poker? Join party!<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re ready to jump into the action, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/download\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>click here to download partypoker and get started<\/strong>!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you already have an account with us, click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/promo.partypoker.com\/en\/promo\/launch\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>open partypoker and hit the tables!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is coming and what better way to celebrate by knocking out some of your fellow partypoker players? Not literally, mind you, we wouldn\u2019t condone that. We mean eliminating them from some superb PKO tournaments during the KO Series. Day 1\u2019s KO Series Events Don\u2019t stuff yourself full of too much turkey on December 25<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/the-latest-ko-series-is-a-real-christmas-cracker.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":101074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300],"tags":[1649,187,200,1912],"yst_prominent_words":[32999,32996,33000,32985,32992,32986,32997,32989,32994,32987,32991,33003,3174,33002,32993,32998,32990,32995,32988,33001],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101073,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101070\/revisions\/101073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101070"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=101070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}