{"id":64472,"date":"2018-06-06T12:10:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T12:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=64472"},"modified":"2018-06-06T12:10:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-06T12:10:20","slug":"ko-series-day-3-roberto-romanello-runner-up-in-the-200k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/ko-series-day-3-roberto-romanello-runner-up-in-the-200k.html","title":{"rendered":"KO Series Day 3: Roberto Romanello Runner-up in the $200K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 of the <strong>$10 million guaranteed KO Series<\/strong> saw another 28 champions crowned and $991,509 of prize money awarded to those finishing in the money places. This takes the total events played up to 85 and a cool $4,562,392 of prize money distributed.<\/p>\n<p>Team partypoker\u2019s <strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong> came agonisingly close to winning his first KO Series title, let\u2019s see what happened in that event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The $10 Million Guaranteed KO Series So Far<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Events played<\/strong>: 85<br \/>\n<strong>Events remaining<\/strong>: 141<br \/>\n<strong>Prize money awarded<\/strong>: $4,562,392<\/p>\n<h1>KO Series #13-HR: $200K Gtd 6-Max<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>:193<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: $1,050<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: $200,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>ITM<\/strong>: 24<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong> gave himself a confidence and bankroll boost by outlasting all but one of the 193 entrants in the <strong>KO Series #13-HR: $200K Gtd 6-Max<\/strong> on June 5th.<\/p>\n<p>Romanello navigated his way to the final table where he locked up at least $3,985 for his efforts and eventually found himself heads-up having sent four opponents for a early bath en route. These four bounties netted Romanello $5,833. Our hero, however, could not claim a fifth bounty and he bust in second-place for $15,942 in prize money.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cMalapisk\u201d<\/strong> was Romanello\u2019s nemesis. Their victory banked them a cool $24,816 plus an additional $23,302 in bounty payments.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounty prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Malapisk<\/td>\n<td>$24,816<\/td>\n<td>$23,302<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/td>\n<td>$15,942<\/td>\n<td>$5,833<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>olajosoposszum<\/td>\n<td>$11,209<\/td>\n<td>$4,696<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Drulitooo<\/td>\n<td>$8,120<\/td>\n<td>$4,550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>z-boooo<\/td>\n<td>$5,978<\/td>\n<td>$1,040<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>smilethenclick<\/td>\n<td>$3,985<\/td>\n<td>$1,430<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1>KO Series #12-HR: $100K Gtd<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>: 202<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: $530<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: $103,525<\/li>\n<li>b: 32<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Romanello made it deep in the <strong>KO Series #12-HR: $100K Gtd<\/strong> event, but saw his luck run out to finish in 20th place for $631. Surprisingly, the Team partypoker star managed to finish 20th without the need to bust an opponent.<\/p>\n<p>One player who was eliminating foes for fun was <strong>\u201cSchwartzy\u201d<\/strong> who was solely responsible for the exits of 11 players on their way to a third-place finish. This meant Schwartzy collected $5,327 from the main prize pool and the exact same amount worth of bounties!<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to <strong>\u201cspinner2255\u201d<\/strong> who was the player to emerge victorious. This win netted spinner2255 $10,296 plus an impressive $13,695 worth of bounty payments.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounty prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>spinner2255<\/td>\n<td>$10,296<\/td>\n<td>$13,695<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>MarkAVella<\/td>\n<td>$7,474<\/td>\n<td>$1,771<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Schwartzy<\/td>\n<td>$5,327<\/td>\n<td>$5,327<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Chemicl-Mind<\/td>\n<td>$3,939<\/td>\n<td>$1,607<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>unataktik<\/td>\n<td>$2,777<\/td>\n<td>$2,961<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Nuts-vs-5thNuts<\/td>\n<td>$2,121<\/td>\n<td>$1,689<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>snowroll<\/td>\n<td>$1,565<\/td>\n<td>$1,312<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>b0b_z00m<\/td>\n<td>$1,161<\/td>\n<td>$262<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1>KO Series #13-H: $100K Gtd 6-Max<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>: 483<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: $215<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: $100,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>ITM<\/strong>: 60<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>KO Series #13-H: $100K Gtd 6-Max<\/strong> saw 483 players take to the partypoker virtual felt and it was <strong>\u201cNano520\u201d<\/strong> who was the last player standing. Nano520 bust nine opponents on their way to victory, including runner-up <strong>\u201ctheworst94\u201d<\/strong> to secure $10,351 worth of bounties to go with their $9,467 first-place prize.<\/p>\n<p>theworst94 actually bust the most players on the way to their second-place finish with 11 casualties in total.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounty prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Nano520<\/td>\n<td>$9,467<\/td>\n<td>$10,351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>theworst94<\/td>\n<td>$7,027<\/td>\n<td>$2,105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>chadi6969<\/td>\n<td>$5,051<\/td>\n<td>$265<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Netto135<\/td>\n<td>$3,562<\/td>\n<td>$1,502<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>andstar555<\/td>\n<td>$2,537<\/td>\n<td>$2,367<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>ch1ck3nrobb3rr<\/td>\n<td>$1,610<\/td>\n<td>$1,575<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>What lies in store on Day 4 of the KO Series?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Another 28 KO Series events<\/strong> shuffle up between 16:00 CET and 00:00 CET on Wednesday 6th June with total <strong>combined guarantees worth $831,500<\/strong> to play for. There\u2019s a nice blend of eight-handed and six-handed events with standard and smooth blind structures and buy-ins range from only $1.10 up to $1,050.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the highlights of Day 4 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>KO Series #17-HR: $100K Gtd Smooth<\/strong> costing $530 to enter at 18:00 CET<\/li>\n<li><strong>KO Series #18-HR: $100K Gtd<\/strong> costing $1,050 to enter at 20:00 CET<\/li>\n<li><strong>KO Series #19-H: $50K Gtd 6-Max Smooth Fast<\/strong> costing $109 to enter at 22:00 CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The $25,000 Leaderboards<\/strong> are in full swing and it is <strong>\u201cNHONHOj6\u201d<\/strong> who is in pole position having bust an incredible 166 opponents in the events they have played. <strong>\u201cSoloisticChain\u201d<\/strong>, who has 160 scalps to their name, is hot on their heels. Seven other players have eliminated more than 100 players each, including <strong>\u201cNeclordDoom\u201d<\/strong> on 124 and <strong>\u201cPasmaukes\u201d<\/strong> on 120.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/ko-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out the current KO Series Leaderboard rankings here<\/a>.<\/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\"><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\"><strong>open partypoker and hit the tables!<\/strong><\/a><\/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\"><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\"><strong>open partypoker and hit the tables!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 3 of the $10 million guaranteed KO Series saw another 28 champions crowned and $991,509 of prize money awarded to those finishing in the money places. This takes the total events played up to 85 and a cool $4,562,392 of prize money distributed. Team partypoker\u2019s Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello came agonisingly close to winning his<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/ko-series-day-3-roberto-romanello-runner-up-in-the-200k.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":64473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300],"tags":[1649,187,200,743,943,50837,360,1767],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64472"}],"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=64472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64478,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64472\/revisions\/64478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64472"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=64472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}