{"id":168791,"date":"2022-01-31T15:32:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T15:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=168791"},"modified":"2022-03-17T09:25:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T09:25:53","slug":"will-you-become-a-ko-series-main-event-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/will-you-become-a-ko-series-main-event-champion.html","title":{"rendered":"Will You Become a KO Series Main Event Champion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each of the three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/ko-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>KO Series Main Events<\/strong><\/a> have completed two of their scheduled five Day 1s, and thousands of partypoker players have bought into them. Day 1A took place on January 23 with Day 1B concluding on January 30.<\/p>\n<p>Day 1C shuffles up and deals at 19:30 GMT on February 6, with Day 1D and the Day 1 Turbo commencing at 16:05 GMT and 18:05 GMT on February 7 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Several players excelled during their starting flight and now have seven-figure stacks going into Day 2. Not only do that have ample stacks of chips to play with, they have also accumulated plenty of bounty payments so are no freerolling towards their Main Event&#8217;s biggest prizes.<\/p>\n<h2>KO Series #08-L Main Event So Far<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Day 1A entrants: 1,334<\/li>\n<li>Day 1B entrants: 1,321<\/li>\n<li>Total through to Day 2: 389<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some 2,655 players have entered the <strong>$3.30 buy-in $20,000 guaranteed KO Series Low Main Event<\/strong>, but only 389 of those starters made it through to Day 2 on February 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;SuperSonic1&#8221;<\/strong> is the player to catch right now courtesy of bagging up 1,384,926 chips on Day 1B. The chip leader already has $12.64 in bounties, so has already quadrupled their investment before reaching their slice of the main prize pool!<\/p>\n<p>Four other players also finished Day 1B with seven-figure stacks. <strong>&#8220;MetaverseMitch&#8221;<\/strong> (1,203,156), <strong>&#8220;MarianoPoker22&#8221;<\/strong> (1,186,639), <strong>&#8220;Receptorr&#8221;<\/strong> (1,112,209), and <strong>&#8220;dmitry29098111&#8221;<\/strong> (1,021,813) being those players.<\/p>\n<p>Another 4,012 players are required on the remaining Day 1s to hit the $20,000 guarantee. You could be one of those players if you buy in for only $3.30, or win yourself a seat or two via the <strong>$0.55 buy-in satellites<\/strong> that run several times per day.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Bounties<\/th>\n<th>Chips<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>SuperSonic1<\/td>\n<td>$12.64<\/td>\n<td>1,384,926<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>MetaverseMitch<\/td>\n<td>$12.18<\/td>\n<td>1,203,156<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>MarianoPoker22<\/td>\n<td>$9.93<\/td>\n<td>1,186,639<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Receptorr<\/td>\n<td>$12.66<\/td>\n<td>1,112,209<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>dmitry29098111<\/td>\n<td>$4.41<\/td>\n<td>1,021,813<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>wetdog<\/td>\n<td>$7.12<\/td>\n<td>999,796<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>RugbyBulgaria<\/td>\n<td>$9.37<\/td>\n<td>986,894<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>LinguaFora16<\/td>\n<td>$4.87<\/td>\n<td>963,831<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>martinnielsen82<\/td>\n<td>$9.92<\/td>\n<td>941,620<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>EmporerBeansss<\/td>\n<td>$6.56<\/td>\n<td>938,184<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>KO Series #08-M Main Event So Far<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Day 1A entrants: 1,139<\/li>\n<li>Day 1B entrants: 1,881<\/li>\n<li>Total through to Day 2: 445<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>$33 buy-in $200,000 guaranteed KO Series Medium Main Event<\/strong> has attracted 3,020 players to the partypoker virtual felt across its first two flights, and 445 of those players are through to Day 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;FedKalys&#8221;<\/strong> holds the chip lead at this point having turned their 50,000 starting stack into a colossal pile of chips worth 1,539,881. They were busy eliminating foes left right and centre on their way to the chip counts&#8217; summit. FedKalys busted 11 opponents and already has $130 worth of bounty payments to their name!<\/p>\n<p>Several other grinders did their chances of glory no harm at all by bulldozing their way towards the top of the chip counts. <strong>&#8220;Karmapa99&#8221;<\/strong> is second in chips with a 1,346,915 stack. <strong>&#8220;k4macyka&#8221;<\/strong> (1,217,712), <strong>&#8220;BabySharkd0Od0O&#8221;<\/strong> (1,069,871), <strong>&#8220;Conkarma2&#8221;<\/strong> (1,062,858), and <strong>&#8220;Nashnizer&#8221;<\/strong> (1,005,912) are the $33 KO Series Main Event players with over one-million chips.<\/p>\n<p>There is some incredible value for players wanting to win their way into this particular Main Event. <strong>$5.50 buy-in Mega satellites<\/strong> run several times per day and have between 25 and 50 seats to the $33 KO Series Main Event guaranteed. We&#8217;ll let you into a little secret: those Mega Sats have been overlaying, so they are even better value than they look!<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Bounties<\/th>\n<th>Chips<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>FedKalys<\/td>\n<td>$130.30<\/td>\n<td>1,539,881<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Karmapa99<\/td>\n<td>$39.37<\/td>\n<td>1,346,915<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>k4rmacyka<\/td>\n<td>$24.37<\/td>\n<td>1,217,712<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>BabySharkd0Od0O<\/td>\n<td>$74.99<\/td>\n<td>1,069,871<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Conkarma2<\/td>\n<td>$80.62<\/td>\n<td>1,062,858<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Nashnizer<\/td>\n<td>$76.87<\/td>\n<td>1,005,912<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>VmosRafaaaa<\/td>\n<td>$88.12<\/td>\n<td>979,134<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Alf is back<\/td>\n<td>$24.37<\/td>\n<td>922,960<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>stranger1193<\/td>\n<td>$65.62<\/td>\n<td>898,619<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Lula_lah<\/td>\n<td>$58.12<\/td>\n<td>896,566<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>KO Series #08-H Main Event So Far<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Day 1A entrants: 369<\/li>\n<li>Day 1B entrants: 501<\/li>\n<li>Total through to Day 2: 127<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 870 players who have bought into the <strong>$320 KO Series High Main Event<\/strong> have helped accumulate more than half of the advertised $500,000 guarantee with three flights remaining. This tournament could grow massive with a plethora of satellites running right through to February 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;dzonas6606&#8221;<\/strong> is one of the 127 players to have punched their Day 2 tickets already, so you will not see them in the satellites! dzonas6606 is the current chip leader with 1,132,517 chips and an impressive $712 accumulated in scalps so far. Only <strong>&#8220;Setmania89&#8221;<\/strong> with 1,083,930 have more than a million chips.<\/p>\n<p>We have to give a special mention to <strong>&#8220;LAFAL10&#8221;<\/strong> who currently finds themselves in fourth place. They have left nine opponents in their wake, so has <strong>already locked up $1,125<\/strong> from the bounty prize pool, the most of any other KO Series High Main Event player.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Bounties<\/th>\n<th>Chips<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>dzonas6606<\/td>\n<td>$712<\/td>\n<td>1,132,517<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Setmania89<\/td>\n<td>$543<\/td>\n<td>1,083,930<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>HonestConArtist<\/td>\n<td>$665<\/td>\n<td>940,541<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>LAFAL10<\/td>\n<td>$1,125<\/td>\n<td>918,093<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>I 495<\/td>\n<td>$600<\/td>\n<td>889,696<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>A. Del Piero<\/td>\n<td>$801<\/td>\n<td>877,755<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>CaptainWook<\/td>\n<td>$365<\/td>\n<td>856,344<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Knut999999<\/td>\n<td>$576<\/td>\n<td>830,753<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>IviStyle<\/td>\n<td>$375<\/td>\n<td>718,885<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Scelevco<\/td>\n<td>$506<\/td>\n<td>650,331<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>KO Series SPINS<\/h2>\n<p>There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/ko-series\/spins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>KO Series edition SPINS<\/strong><\/a> in addition to traditional satellite and tournament dollars satellites. KO Series SPINS cost $10 to enter and award either $20 in cash or KO Series tickets worth between $33 and $1,050. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/how-to-play\/games\/index\">These poker games<\/a> are perfect if you are low on spare time because their hyper-turbo format means they are done and dusted within a matter of minutes.<\/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 Cash<\/td>\n<td>652,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3.3<\/td>\n<td>$33 KO Series ticket<\/td>\n<td>271,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5.5<\/td>\n<td>$55 KO Series ticket<\/td>\n<td>60,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10.9<\/td>\n<td>$109 KO Series ticket<\/td>\n<td>10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21.5<\/td>\n<td>$215 KO Series ticket<\/td>\n<td>4,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>32<\/td>\n<td>$320 KO Series ticket<\/td>\n<td>2,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>$530 KO Series ticket<\/td>\n<td>400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>105<\/td>\n<td>$1,050 KO Series ticket<\/td>\n<td>100<\/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>Each of the three KO Series Main Events have completed two of their scheduled five Day 1s, and thousands of partypoker players have bought into them. Day 1A took place on January 23 with Day 1B concluding on January 30. 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