{"id":103338,"date":"2021-01-17T14:32:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T14:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=103338"},"modified":"2021-01-17T14:32:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T14:32:29","slug":"palbich-takes-early-lead-in-ko-series-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/palbich-takes-early-lead-in-ko-series-main-event.html","title":{"rendered":"PALbICH Takes Early Lead in KO Series Main Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

The three KO Series Main Events<\/strong><\/a> shuffled up and dealt for the first time on January 16 and it is \u201cPALbICH\u201d who finished as the chip leader in the $1 million guaranteed tournament.<\/p>\n

Plenty more went on during the day\u2019s action, here are the KO Series highlights in case you missed them.<\/p>\n

KO Series #21 \u2013 Main Event Day 1A Top 10 Chip Counts<\/h2>\n

Some 417 players turned out for the $1,050 KO Series Main Event<\/strong> and Day 1A ended with only 63 of those starters still in contention for the title of champion and the lion\u2019s share of the $1 million guaranteed prize pool.<\/p>\n

\u201cPALbICH\u201d<\/strong> was the only player to bag up more than two million chips, 2,217,211 to be exact. There\u2019s still a long, long way to go in this tournament but the Day 1A chip leader has done their chances of glory no harm at all by getting off to a blistering start.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhatToad\u201d<\/strong> and \u201cChocolateLover\u201d<\/strong> finished second and third in chips when the curtain came down on proceedings. We have to give a special mention to fourth-placed \u201cSTDCALLRANGEXD\u201d<\/strong> who finished their Day 1A with 1,476,331 before bagging up more than $1.5 million chips in the $109 Mini KO Series Main Event<\/strong>! What an incredible achievement that is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nChips<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nPALbICH<\/td>\n2,217,211<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nPhatToad<\/td>\n1,647,532<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nChocolateLover<\/td>\n1,549,987<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nSTDCALLRANGEXD<\/td>\n1,476,331<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nfofty<\/td>\n1,408,261<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nomduvavaken<\/td>\n1,376,404<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nLickByCev<\/td>\n1,275,948<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nDeldunsio<\/td>\n1,212,615<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nSevenDev1l<\/td>\n1,193,780<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nKabuzzz<\/td>\n1,028,859<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

KO Series #21 \u2013 Mini Main Event Day 1A Top 10 Chip Counts<\/h2>\n

\u201cOohan1\u201d<\/strong> finished Day 1A of the $109 Mini Main Event<\/strong> with a tournament-leading 2,622,133 chips. The starting field of 1,502 was whittled down to a more manageable 225 over the course of six hours.<\/p>\n

Two other Day 1A players finished their flight with more than two-million chips in front of them. The 2,250,437 stack of \u201cOelaPaloema\u201d<\/strong> was enough for second-place in the overnight standings while the 2,057,245 of \u201cbuck21\u201d<\/strong> placed them third right now.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to STDCALLRANGEXD who finished in the top 10 chip counts courtesy of their 1,576,066 stack in addition to being fourth in chips in the $1,050 Main Event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nChips<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nOohan1<\/td>\n2,622,133<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nOelaPaloema<\/td>\n2,250,437<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nbuck21<\/td>\n2,057,245<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nNOT HERE<\/td>\n1,846,861<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nMrWozza<\/td>\n1,776,860<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nmochalov1399<\/td>\n1,707,799<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nDomiH1978<\/td>\n1,692,116<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nDeejayRelio<\/td>\n1,688,532<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nspicytuna<\/td>\n1,628,464<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nSTDCALLRANGEXD<\/td>\n1,576,066<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

KO Series #21 \u2013 Micro Main Event Day 1A Top 10 Chip Counts<\/h2>\n

The $11 buy-in $50,000 guaranteed Micro Main Event<\/strong> drew in a crowd of 2,679 players and only 402 of them punched their Day 2 tickets at the first attempt.<\/p>\n

Each of the players who finished in the top 10 at the close of play return to the action armed with stacks containing more than two-million betting tokens!<\/p>\n

Nobody accumulated more chips than \u201cStro\u201d<\/strong> and their 2,755,739 stack, although two other partypoker grinders finished with more than 2.7 million chips. \u201cbigmoneysundays\u201d<\/strong> is currently in second place courtesy of a 2,724,767 stack while \u201cselectedgolem\u201d<\/strong> finds themselves in third place with 2,718,637 chips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nPlayer<\/th>\nChips<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nStro<\/td>\n2,755,739<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nbigmoneysundays<\/td>\n2,724,767<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nselectedgolem<\/td>\n2,718,637<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nAngry Regular<\/td>\n2,458,239<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nandone0199<\/td>\n2,387,534<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nsknara<\/td>\n2,268,222<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nmathematic13<\/td>\n2,142,481<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nGestintuvas0<\/td>\n2,074,585<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nmaxbro<\/td>\n2,028,179<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nbillouris13<\/td>\n2,011,194<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Other KO Series Results From January 16<\/h2>\n

The three Warm Up<\/strong> events crowned their champions<\/a> on Saturday and \u201cLOCOLlama93\u201d<\/strong> was the biggest winner of that trio. LOCOLlama93 finished on top of the $320 KO Series #20 Warm Up<\/strong> finishing places and become a KO Series champion. The victory came with a combined prize worth an impressive $36,876.<\/p>\n

\u201cvaksto\u201d<\/strong> was the winner of the $33 buy-in Mini Warm Up<\/strong>, which resulted in an $11,800 score, while \u201cDonciukas\u201d<\/strong> walked away with $1,639 and bragging rights by being the last player standing in the $11 buy-in Warm-Up<\/strong>.<\/p>\n