{"id":194520,"date":"2023-03-21T10:01:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T10:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=194520"},"modified":"2023-03-21T10:01:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T10:01:34","slug":"grand-prix-spring-edition-explodes-into-life-at-partypoker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/grand-prix-spring-edition-explodes-into-life-at-partypoker.html","title":{"rendered":"Grand Prix Spring Edition Explodes Into Life at PartyPoker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/tournaments\/grand-prix-spring-edition\"><strong>The Grand Prix Spring edition<\/strong><\/a> kicked off on March 16 and crowned its first three champions on March 20. Those trio of opening events have set a high benchmark for the Main Events, especially the <strong>$33 Opener PKO<\/strong>, which not only reached its $75,000 guarantee but <strong>paid out an impressive $96,720!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some 3,224 PartyPoker players took to the tables for the $33 buy-in $75,000 guaranteed Grand Prix Spring #01 Opener PKO, with 479 of those starters progressing to Day 2 and securing at least a min-cash for their efforts. That min-cash grew to at least $533 by the time the final table reached, plus, of course, any bounties those finalists picked up along the way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;PsychFox&#8221;<\/strong> was the first of the nine finalists to bow out, doing so with $780 to show for their efforts, the only prize at the final table that was less than four figures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Sankaku Jime&#8221;<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;Tarekkk_&#8221;<\/strong> were the next casualties. Their deep runs resulted in their PartyPoker account balances swelling by $1,108 and $1,013, respectively. Then came the elimination of <strong>&#8220;EpicSince92&#8221;<\/strong> in sixth ($2,012) and <strong>&#8220;vixkickx&#8221;<\/strong> in fifth ($1,810) before the untimely demises of <strong>&#8220;SAMURAVI77&#8221;<\/strong> ($2,980) and <strong>&#8220;dust2_killer&#8221;<\/strong> ($4,823) sent the opening event into the heads-up stage.<\/p>\n<p>Here, <strong>&#8220;running4guns&#8221;<\/strong> locked horns with <strong>&#8220;iva76.&#8221;<\/strong> Both players guaranteed themselves at least $5,600 from the main prize pool, but the final bounty payment was almost $5,000, so there was everything to play for. Eventually, running4guns found themselves in possession of all the chips, thus becoming the first Grand Prix Spring champion, and <strong>recipient of $10,454<\/strong>. Our runner-up received $6,351.<\/p>\n<h2>Grand Prix Spring #01 Opener PKO Final Table Results<\/h2>\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>running4guns<\/td>\n<td>$4,840<\/td>\n<td>$5,614<\/td>\n<td>$10,454<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>iva76<\/td>\n<td>$749<\/td>\n<td>$5,602<\/td>\n<td>$6,351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>dust2_killer<\/td>\n<td>$1,233<\/td>\n<td>$3,590<\/td>\n<td>$4,823<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>SAMURAVI77<\/td>\n<td>$623<\/td>\n<td>$2,357<\/td>\n<td>$2,980<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>vixkickx<\/td>\n<td>$219<\/td>\n<td>$1,591<\/td>\n<td>$1,810<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>EpicSince92<\/td>\n<td>$820<\/td>\n<td>$1,192<\/td>\n<td>$2,012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Tarekkk_<\/td>\n<td>$151<\/td>\n<td>$862<\/td>\n<td>$1,013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Sankaku Jime<\/td>\n<td>$421<\/td>\n<td>$687<\/td>\n<td>$1,108<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>PsychFox<\/td>\n<td>$247<\/td>\n<td>$533<\/td>\n<td>$780<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Raven0216 Crowned Mini Opener Champion<\/h2>\n<p>The $5.50 buy-in Mini Opener PKO also obliterated its guarantee when 3,594 entrants created <strong>a $17,970 prize pool!<\/strong> Despite only costing $5.50 to enter, the top two finishers saw four-figure sums land in their PartyPoker account, with the rest of the finalists securing payments from $137 to $812.<\/p>\n<p>When the dust settled in the Mini Opener, it was <strong>&#8220;Raven0216&#8221;<\/strong> that sat behind all of the chips. The champion captured a $1,041 score from the main prize pool plus an additional $855 from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/how-to-play\/games\/tournaments\/progressive-knockout\">the bounty prize pool<\/a> for a total haul worth $1,896. <strong>&#8220;k0rnqka&#8221;<\/strong> was the runner-up; their reward came in at a combined $1,127, which is impressive for a $5.50 investment.<\/p>\n<h2>Grand Prix Spring #02 Mini Opener PKO Final Table Results<\/h2>\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>Raven0216<\/td>\n<td>$855<\/td>\n<td>$1,041<\/td>\n<td>$1,896<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>k0rnqka<\/td>\n<td>$90<\/td>\n<td>$1,037<\/td>\n<td>$1,127<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>sn00ka6677<\/td>\n<td>$148<\/td>\n<td>$664<\/td>\n<td>$812<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>TomaBadToma<\/td>\n<td>$99<\/td>\n<td>$436<\/td>\n<td>$535<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>BruXoo.<\/td>\n<td>$23<\/td>\n<td>$294<\/td>\n<td>$317<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Paulera293<\/td>\n<td>$98<\/td>\n<td>$218<\/td>\n<td>$316<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Moneysniper<\/td>\n<td>$129<\/td>\n<td>$157<\/td>\n<td>$286<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Metalhands<\/td>\n<td>$3<\/td>\n<td>$126<\/td>\n<td>$129<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>PtitWinnie<\/td>\n<td>$39<\/td>\n<td>$98<\/td>\n<td>$137<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>PuruPasta Turns $1.10 Into $266<\/h2>\n<p>Imagine <strong>winning more than 200 times your initial investment<\/strong> and getting to call yourself a PartyPoker champion. That is precisely what happened to <strong>&#8220;PuruRasta&#8221;<\/strong> after they came out on top of the $1.10 buy-in Micro Opener PKO event, part of the PartyPoker Grand Prix Spring festival.<\/p>\n<p>A field of 2,446 entrants left a small overlay on the $2,500 guarantee, and PuruRasta took full advantage of the added value. After they defeated <strong>&#8220;Pelegossauro&#8221;<\/strong> heads-up, PuruPasta saw $266 land in their PartyPoker account, while the runner-up netted $183. Third-place finisher, <strong>&#8220;DonkerKiller,&#8221;<\/strong> collected $119, all impressive sums considering their only spent $1.10 to enter!<\/p>\n<h2>Grand Prix Spring #03 Micro Opener PKO Final Table Results<\/h2>\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>PuruRasta<\/td>\n<td>$111<\/td>\n<td>$155<\/td>\n<td>$266<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Pelegossauro<\/td>\n<td>$29<\/td>\n<td>$154<\/td>\n<td>$183<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>DonkerKiller<\/td>\n<td>$20<\/td>\n<td>$99<\/td>\n<td>$119<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Xerengo14<\/td>\n<td>$14<\/td>\n<td>$65<\/td>\n<td>$79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Gimka2L<\/td>\n<td>$18<\/td>\n<td>$44<\/td>\n<td>$62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>r77shark<\/td>\n<td>$25<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<td>$58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>the_jungledon<\/td>\n<td>$31<\/td>\n<td>$24<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>pokerganja_1<\/td>\n<td>$2<\/td>\n<td>$19<\/td>\n<td>$21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>EduDuda2022<\/td>\n<td>$5<\/td>\n<td>$14<\/td>\n<td>$19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The PartyPoker Grand Prix Spring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/tournaments\/grand-prix-spring-edition-spins-schedule\">continues until April 3<\/a>, so you still have ample opportunities to get involved in the series and follow in the footsteps of our first three champions. We can&#8217;t wait to write an article about your conquests!<\/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 Grand Prix Spring edition kicked off on March 16 and crowned its first three champions on March 20. Those trio of opening events have set a high benchmark for the Main Events, especially the $33 Opener PKO, which not only reached its $75,000 guarantee but paid out an impressive $96,720! 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