{"id":182498,"date":"2022-07-25T08:42:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T08:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=182498"},"modified":"2022-07-27T10:09:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T10:09:34","slug":"khalifamaan-takes-down-mclaren-turbo-series-opener-ko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/khalifamaan-takes-down-mclaren-turbo-series-opener-ko.html","title":{"rendered":"KhalifaMAAN Takes Down McLaren Turbo Series Opener KO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/tournaments\/mclaren-turbo-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>McLaren Turbo Series<\/strong><\/a> got the green light over the weekend and almost a dozen events have already crowned their champions. <strong>&#8220;KhalifaMAAN&#8221;<\/strong> not only became a McLaren Turbo Series champion but secured the largest score of the opening events thanks to taking the chequered flag in the <strong>$100,000 guaranteed Opener KO<\/strong> tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Event 01-H was the $55 buy-in Opener KO, which drew in a crowd of 1,795 over the course of several starting flights. That crowd meant an overlay of just over $10,000, adding even more value to the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>With bounties included, nobody at the eight-handed final table won less than $1,422; that is the sum <strong>&#8220;ASAP JARDA&#8221;<\/strong> collected for their eighth-place finish. <strong>&#8220;jaimebtler557,&#8221;<\/strong> ($1,700), <strong>&#8220;IIII1G933,&#8221;<\/strong> ($1,876), and <strong>&#8220;JenCoolian&#8221;<\/strong> ($2,182) crashed out before the final laps of the Opener KO.<\/p>\n<p>Fourth place and $3,756 went to <strong>&#8220;BlessMyGin&#8221;<\/strong> before <strong>&#8220;Byblood&#8221;<\/strong> span off and had to make do with a $5,257 score for their podium finish. The elimination of Byblood left <strong>&#8220;Craikster83&#8221;<\/strong> and &#8220;KhalifaMAAN&#8221; heads-up for the title and the lion&#8217;s share of the prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>KhalifaMAAN came out on top of a thrilling one-on-one encounter and saw a total prize worth $12,297 hit their PartyPoker account, with $5,495 of that sum stemming from bounty payments. Craikster83&#8217;s bridesmaid finish came with a sizeable runner-up prize weighing in at $7,257.<\/p>\n<h2>McLaren Turbo Series #01-H Opener KO Final Table Results<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Entrants: 1,795<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $100,000<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 264<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Bounties<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Total prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>KhalifaMAAN<\/td>\n<td>$5,495<\/td>\n<td>$6,802<\/td>\n<td>$12,297<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Craikster83<\/td>\n<td>$467<\/td>\n<td>$6,790<\/td>\n<td>$7,257<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Byblood<\/td>\n<td>$880<\/td>\n<td>$4,377<\/td>\n<td>$5,257<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>BlessMyGin<\/td>\n<td>$876<\/td>\n<td>$2,880<\/td>\n<td>$3,756<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>JenCoolian<\/td>\n<td>$230<\/td>\n<td>$1,952<\/td>\n<td>$2,182<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>IIII1G933<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<td>$1,485<\/td>\n<td>$1,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>jamiebutler557<\/td>\n<td>$800<\/td>\n<td>$1,076<\/td>\n<td>$1,876<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>ASAP JARDA<\/td>\n<td>$568<\/td>\n<td>$854<\/td>\n<td>$1,422<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Matthew Staples Falls Short in the $109 Deepstack<\/h2>\n<p>There was a near miss for Team PartyPoker&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/matt-staples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Matthew &#8220;MatthewStaples&#8221; Staples<\/strong><\/a> in Event <strong>#07-H Deepstack<\/strong>, a $109 buy-in affair that saw 262 players buy in. The top six finishers banked a four-figure sum, <strong>&#8220;Mortara,&#8221;<\/strong> <strong>&#8220;Ludens,&#8221;<\/strong> <strong>&#8220;SugarDaddy25cm,&#8221;<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;Fifuuuu&#8221;<\/strong> busted out with score worth $1,015 to $1,710.<\/p>\n<p>Staples was heads-up with <strong>&#8220;Free BadBeats.&#8221;<\/strong> The Team partypoker was trying to claw his way back into contention when Free BadBeats min-raised on the button, Staples three-bet all in for 21.6 big blinds with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, and Free BadBeats called with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/tc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/td.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. The board ran <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, busting Staples in second place for $3,660 and leaving Free BadBeats to collect the $5,234 top payout.<\/p>\n<h2>McLaren Turbo Series #07-H: Deepstack Final Table Results<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Entrants: 262<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $300,000<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 47<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Free BadBeats<\/td>\n<td>$5,234<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Matt &#8220;MatthewStaples&#8221; Staples<\/td>\n<td>$3,660<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Fifuuuu<\/td>\n<td>$2,534<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>SugarDaddy25cm<\/td>\n<td>$1,710<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Ludens<\/td>\n<td>$1,250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Mortara<\/td>\n<td>$1,015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>mrgammon1511<\/td>\n<td>$838<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>HamsterTM<\/td>\n<td>$702<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Varvar99<\/td>\n<td>$591<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>McLaren Turbo Series Results So Far<\/h2>\n<p>We have to give a special mention to <strong>&#8220;Die Lokomotive&#8221;<\/strong> who has started the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/excitement-guaranteed-in-the-2-5m-mclaren-turbo-series.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McLaren Turbo Series<\/a> like a runaway train. They won the first <strong>Daily Sprint<\/strong> of the series and secured $2,446. They then triumphed in the <strong>$55 buy-in 7-Max Hyper PKO<\/strong> and scooped $3,394 with bounty payments included.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Event<\/th>\n<th>Buy-in<\/th>\n<th>Entrants<\/th>\n<th>Prize pool<\/th>\n<th>Champion<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Opening Freeroll<\/td>\n<td>$0<\/td>\n<td>1,795<\/td>\n<td>$5,000<\/td>\n<td>Usain Fold<\/td>\n<td>$500 in tickets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#01-H Opener KO<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<td>1,795<\/td>\n<td>$100,000<\/td>\n<td>KhalifaMAAN<\/td>\n<td>$12,297<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#01-M Opener KO<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<td>1,549<\/td>\n<td>$15,000<\/td>\n<td>ICMadness<\/td>\n<td>$1,719<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#01-L Opener KO<\/td>\n<td>$0.55<\/td>\n<td>780<\/td>\n<td>$1,500<\/td>\n<td>DuckyAces<\/td>\n<td>$200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#02 Daily Sprint<\/td>\n<td>$22<\/td>\n<td>408<\/td>\n<td>$15,000<\/td>\n<td>Die Lokomotive<\/td>\n<td>$2,446<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#03-H 7-Max Hyper PKO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<td>123<\/td>\n<td>$15,000<\/td>\n<td>Hydracid<\/td>\n<td>$3,890<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#03-M 7-Max Hyper PKO<\/td>\n<td>$22<\/td>\n<td>315<\/td>\n<td>$10,000<\/td>\n<td>Pterodaktyl<\/td>\n<td>$1,445<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#03-L 7-Max Hyper PKO<\/td>\n<td>$2.20<\/td>\n<td>255<\/td>\n<td>$1,000<\/td>\n<td>rAs-i420<\/td>\n<td>$153<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Daily Freeroll<\/td>\n<td>$0<\/td>\n<td>1,174<\/td>\n<td>$500<\/td>\n<td>Naispipol<\/td>\n<td>$215 in tickets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#04-H Mix Max<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<td>120<\/td>\n<td>$15,000<\/td>\n<td>KajmanekFCB88<\/td>\n<td>$3,092<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#04-M Mix Max<\/td>\n<td>$22<\/td>\n<td>382<\/td>\n<td>$10,000<\/td>\n<td>skibidiveinau<\/td>\n<td>$1,635<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#04-L Mix Max<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<td>392<\/td>\n<td>$4,000<\/td>\n<td>PombaCrzy<\/td>\n<td>$654<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#05 Daily Sprint<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<td>409<\/td>\n<td>$20,000<\/td>\n<td>Jiminator<\/td>\n<td>$3,261<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#06-M 6-Max Hyper<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<td>202<\/td>\n<td>$10,000<\/td>\n<td>monge_tibetano<\/td>\n<td>$1,526<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#06-L 6-Max Hyper<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<td>214<\/td>\n<td>$1,500<\/td>\n<td>Lalahxx99<\/td>\n<td>$267<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#07-H Deepstack<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<td>262<\/td>\n<td>$30,000<\/td>\n<td>Free BadBeats<\/td>\n<td>$5,234<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#07-M Deepstack<\/td>\n<td>$22<\/td>\n<td>532<\/td>\n<td>$15,000<\/td>\n<td>FlopTurnFFS<\/td>\n<td>$2,393<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#07-L Deepstack<\/td>\n<td>$2.20<\/td>\n<td>375<\/td>\n<td>$2,000<\/td>\n<td>keidy8888<\/td>\n<td>$327<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#08-H 7-Max Hyper PKO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<td>208<\/td>\n<td>$30,000<\/td>\n<td>MoneyTrees<\/td>\n<td>$5,389<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#08-M 7-Max Hyper PKO<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<td>640<\/td>\n<td>$10,000<\/td>\n<td>vamotomauma<\/td>\n<td>$1,432<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#08-L 7-Max Hyper PKO<\/td>\n<td>$2.20<\/td>\n<td>402<\/td>\n<td>$2,000<\/td>\n<td>naston2388<\/td>\n<td>$287<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#10 Daily Sprint<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<td>336<\/td>\n<td>$33,910<\/td>\n<td>MementoVivere.<\/td>\n<td>$5,587<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#11-H 7-Max Hyper PKO<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<td>440<\/td>\n<td>$22,000<\/td>\n<td>Die Lokomotive<\/td>\n<td>$3,394<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#11-M 7-Max Hyper PKO<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<td>527<\/td>\n<td>$4,000<\/td>\n<td>G.Prestess<\/td>\n<td>$545<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>#11-L 7-Max Hyper PKO<\/td>\n<td>$0.55<\/td>\n<td>202<\/td>\n<td>$250<\/td>\n<td>kkolion99<\/td>\n<td>$44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>McLaren Turbo Series Continues<\/h2>\n<p>There are another 11 McLaren Turbo Series tournaments taking place on July 25, giving you the chance to start the week with a win under your belt. One of those tournament, the $500 freeroll, starts at 18:00 BST and has $500 worth of series tickets up for grabs. Jump in now to make sure you do not miss out.<\/p>\n<h3>Love poker? Join party!<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re 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>The inaugural McLaren Turbo Series got the green light over the weekend and almost a dozen events have already crowned their champions. &#8220;KhalifaMAAN&#8221; not only became a McLaren Turbo Series champion but secured the largest score of the opening events thanks to taking the chequered flag in the $100,000 guaranteed Opener KO tournament. Event 01-H<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/khalifamaan-takes-down-mclaren-turbo-series-opener-ko.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":182023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300],"tags":[50161,52341,1424,52364],"yst_prominent_words":[18401,33131,4138,16930,25461,9166,4279,4454,2638],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182498"}],"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=182498"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182506,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182498\/revisions\/182506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182498"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=182498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}