{"id":64444,"date":"2018-06-04T12:11:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T12:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=64444"},"modified":"2020-03-16T10:52:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T10:52:13","slug":"ko-series-day-1-patrick-leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/ko-series-day-1-patrick-leonard.html","title":{"rendered":"KO Series Day 1: Patrick Leonard narrowly misses out on winning two events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 of the <strong>$10 million guaranteed KO Series<\/strong> saw 29 PKO tournaments, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/partypoker-remove-rake-on-the-bounty-element-of-all-pko-mtts-from-may-6th-day-1-of-the-40m-powerfest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no rake on the bounty element<\/a>, take place an a cool $2,649,955 awarded to those lucky and skilful enough to navigate their way through to the money places of those events.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-nine champions were crowned and partypoker ambassador <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/patrick-leonard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Patrick \u201cPatrick_Leonard\u201d Leonard<\/strong><\/a> narrowly missed out on glory in one of the <strong>$500,000 guaranteed Championship Events<\/strong>, although he was crowned a champion on Day 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The $10 Million Guaranteed KO Series So Far<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Events played<\/strong>: 29<br \/>\n<strong>Events remaining<\/strong>: 197<br \/>\n<strong>Prize money awarded<\/strong>: $2,649,955<\/p>\n<h1>KO Series #03-HR: $500K Gtd Championship Event Smooth NL Hold\u2019em<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>: 447<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: $1,050<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: $500,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>ITM<\/strong>: 56<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u201cnolet20\u201d<\/strong> walked away with more than $100,000 thanks to outlasting a field of 447 entrants in the <strong>KO Series #03-HR: $500K Gtd Championship Event Smooth NL Hold\u2019em<\/strong>. The Canadian banked $51,104 for their victory plus an additional $54,449 in bounty payments.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Leonard missed out on winning this event by a narrow margin. Our ambassador finished in third-place to scoop $25,150 from the standard prize pool and $3,217 worth of bounties.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick made up for this near miss later in the evening by taking down the <strong>KO Series #04-HR: $100K Gtd 6-Max Turbo<\/strong> for $13,042 and an additional $14,515 worth of bounties.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounty payment<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>nolet20<\/td>\n<td>$51,104<\/td>\n<td>$54,449<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>teachmesir<\/td>\n<td>$36,655<\/td>\n<td>$9,120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Patrick \u201cPatrick_Leonard\u201d Leonard<\/td>\n<td>$25,150<\/td>\n<td>$3,217<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>mczhang<\/td>\n<td>$17,658<\/td>\n<td>$8,165<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>fokennatur<\/td>\n<td>$12,628<\/td>\n<td>$4,655<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Ilove2fish<\/td>\n<td>$9,204<\/td>\n<td>$5,606<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>StillTrying<\/td>\n<td>$6,501<\/td>\n<td>$10,172<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>DaviAugusto<\/td>\n<td>$4,735<\/td>\n<td>$3,185<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1>KO Series #03-H: $300K Gtd Smooth NL Hold\u2019em<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>: 1,516<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: $215<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: $312,296<\/li>\n<li><strong>ITM<\/strong>: 200<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>KO Series #03-H: $300K Gtd Smooth NL Hold\u2019em<\/strong> saw 200 players share $312,296 in prizes, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Team partypoker<\/a>\u2019s <strong>Day \u201cdaykotoviezy\u201d Kotoviezy<\/strong> who finished in 169th for $242 and $238, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/roberto-romanello\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong><\/a> (135th for $288 and $231 in bounties).<\/p>\n<p>Claiming the lion\u2019s share of the prize pool was the eventual champion <strong>\u201cbfzhang\u201d<\/strong> who secured $25,620 in prize money and $18,849 in bounty payments thanks to sending nine opponents to the rail on their way to emerging triumphant.<\/p>\n<p>Shoutout to <strong>\u201cjchristo88\u201d<\/strong> who bust 17 opponents on their way to a seventh-place finish.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounty payment<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>bfzhang<\/td>\n<td>$25,620<\/td>\n<td>$18,849<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>ClickItBack<\/td>\n<td>$18,192<\/td>\n<td>$4,129<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Gutt3rBar0n<\/td>\n<td>$11,824<\/td>\n<td>$4,631<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Luis_Schneider<\/td>\n<td>$7,898<\/td>\n<td>$5,032<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>BernadoJF<\/td>\n<td>$5,609<\/td>\n<td>$4,815<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>GiGioDoNNa99<\/td>\n<td>$3,941<\/td>\n<td>$483<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>jchristo88<\/td>\n<td>$2,728<\/td>\n<td>$3,502<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>hiphop1957<\/td>\n<td>$1,804<\/td>\n<td>$1,301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1>KO Series #02-HR: $500K Gtd Championship Event 6-Max NL Hold\u2019em<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>: 848<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: $530<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: $500,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>ITM<\/strong>: 120<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A trio of Team partypoker players cashed in <strong>KO Series #02-HR: $500K Gtd Championship Event 6-Max NL Hold\u2019em<\/strong>. <strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong> (88th for $748 plus $885 in bounties), <strong>Patrick \u201cPatrick_Leonard\u201d Leonard<\/strong> (84th for $762 and $951 in bounties) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/philipp-gruissem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Philipp \u201cPhil_Gruissem\u201d Gruissem<\/strong><\/a> (ninth for $4,993 and $590 in bounties) being those three players.<\/p>\n<p>We must doff our cap to <strong>\u201cWhoDatt.\u201d<\/strong> Who demolished their way through this tournament, sending an astonishing 21 opponents to the rail on their way to victory thus claiming $40,357 worth of bounties to go with their $47,158 first-place prize.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounty payment<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>WhoDatt.<\/td>\n<td>$47,158<\/td>\n<td>$40,357<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>BackDoorMat<\/td>\n<td>$34,675<\/td>\n<td>$6,533<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>MozzAA<\/td>\n<td>$25,805<\/td>\n<td>$5,315<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>KONY2012<\/td>\n<td>$18,031<\/td>\n<td>$7,650<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>robdag83<\/td>\n<td>$11,789<\/td>\n<td>$1,082<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>VamosAlaPlayaR<\/td>\n<td>$8,322<\/td>\n<td>$4,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>What lies in store on Da 2 of the KO Series<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Another 28 KO Series events shuffle up and deal<\/strong> on Day 2, Monday 4th June that have combined guaranteed prize pools worth $881,500. Buy-ins range from $1.10 up to $1,050 so there is a KO Series event for everyone, regardless of the size of their bankrolls.<\/p>\n<p>The first set of KO Series events shuffle up and deal at 16:00 CET with a fresh set of events starting every two hours up to 00:00 CET. Some of the highlights of Day 2 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>KO Series #07-HR: $100K Gtd 6-Max Smooth at 18:00 CET costing $530 to enter<\/li>\n<li>KO Series #08-HR: $100K Gtd at 20:00 CET costing $1,050 to enter<\/li>\n<li>KO Series #10-H: $20K Gtd at 00:00 CET costing $109 to enter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out the full KO Series schedule by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/ko-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>clicking this link<\/strong><\/a> and learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/ko-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>KO Series Leaderboards here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/power-series-satellites-revamped-following-player-feedback.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>new Power Series satellite tournaments<\/strong><\/a> as the tickets won via these can be used to buy into KO Series events!<\/p>\n<h3>Ready to join the party?<\/h3>\n<p>If you\u2019re ready to jump into the action, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/download\" target=\"_blank\" 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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>open partypoker and hit the tables!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 of the $10 million guaranteed KO Series saw 29 PKO tournaments, with no rake on the bounty element, take place an a cool $2,649,955 awarded to those lucky and skilful enough to navigate their way through to the money places of those events. Twenty-nine champions were crowned and partypoker ambassador Patrick \u201cPatrick_Leonard\u201d Leonard<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/ko-series-day-1-patrick-leonard.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":64448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300,1219],"tags":[1649,1764,187,1647,200,943,50837,360],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64444"}],"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\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64444"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81645,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64444\/revisions\/81645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64444"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=64444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}