{"id":64526,"date":"2018-06-11T09:37:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T09:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=64526"},"modified":"2020-03-16T10:22:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T10:22:57","slug":"ko-series-day-8-huge-scores-in-the-championship-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/ko-series-day-8-huge-scores-in-the-championship-events.html","title":{"rendered":"KO Series Day 8: Huge Scores in the Championship Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 8, the final day\u2019s action, of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/ko-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>$10 million guaranteed KO Series<\/strong><\/a> saw another 29 champions crowned and <strong>$2,606,136<\/strong> of prize money awarded to those finishing in the money places.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLordPuasonG\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cAspartam1967\u201d<\/strong> were crowned champions in the two <strong>$500,000 Championship Events<\/strong> and walked away with huge scores. Let\u2019s take a look at some of the highlights of the eighth day\u2019s action.<\/p>\n<h1>The $10 Million Guaranteed KO Series So Far<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Events played<\/strong>: 226<br \/>\n<strong>Events remaining<\/strong>: 0<br \/>\n<strong>Prize money awarded<\/strong>: $10,758,112<\/p>\n<h1>KO Series #37-HR: $500K Gtd Championship Event 6-Max<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>: 841<\/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>The first Championship Event of the KO Series\u2019 final day saw 841 players take to the felt and play for a share of $500,000.<\/p>\n<p>Team partypoker members <strong>Adam \u201cIT5PAYDAY\u201d Neal<\/strong> 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> both made it into the money, falling in 95th and 86th place respectively for total scores of $870 and $1,212.<\/p>\n<p>The six players who reached the final table were guaranteed more than $8,000 for their efforts, plus at least $3,500 worth of bounty payments. <strong>\u201cPatKlebs\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cprebzzz\u201d<\/strong> helped themselves to 10 and 11 bounties each, but it was \u201cLordPuasonG\u201d who outshone them all with 17 bounties worth $31,841 plus $47,470 for taking down the tournament.<\/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>LordPuasonG<\/td>\n<td>$47,470<\/td>\n<td>$31,841<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>PALb1CH<\/td>\n<td>$34,904<\/td>\n<td>$7,770<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>P0L4R1C3<\/td>\n<td>$25,976<\/td>\n<td>$3,999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>AMRAK.<\/td>\n<td>$18,150<\/td>\n<td>$7,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>prebzzz<\/td>\n<td>$11,867<\/td>\n<td>$4,101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>PatKlebs<\/td>\n<td>$8,377<\/td>\n<td>$3,562<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1>KO Series #38-HR: $500K Gtd Championship Event Smooth<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>: 455<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: $1,050<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: $500,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>ITM<\/strong>: 64<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another $500,000 was played for in the <strong>KO Series #38-HR: $500K Gtd Championship Event Smooth<\/strong>, a tournament that saw <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> 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> finish in 57th and 34th place.<\/p>\n<p>The lion\u2019s share of the prize pool, a total of $89,905 went to <strong>\u201cAspartam1967\u201d<\/strong> who topped the field of 455 entrants to be crowned a KO Series champion. Aspartam1967 defeated <strong>\u201cNetto135\u201d<\/strong> heads-up to secure the title, leaving the runner-up to add $35,348 plus $7,930 to their partypoker bankroll.<\/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>Aspartam1967<\/td>\n<td>$49,650<\/td>\n<td>$40,255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Netto135<\/td>\n<td>$35,348<\/td>\n<td>$7,930<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Jojo_Bebeto<\/td>\n<td>$24,232<\/td>\n<td>$5,785<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>WGretzky_9999<\/td>\n<td>$16,857<\/td>\n<td>$5,045<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>kellerassel0<\/td>\n<td>$11,958<\/td>\n<td>$9,274<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Malapisk<\/td>\n<td>$8,692<\/td>\n<td>$5,362<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>DunavuPacov<\/td>\n<td>$6,189<\/td>\n<td>$5,224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Tomateeee<\/td>\n<td>$4,477<\/td>\n<td>$5,232<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h1>KO Series #38-H: $300K Gtd Smooth<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Entrants<\/strong>: 1,443<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buy-in<\/strong>: $215<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prize pool<\/strong>: $300,000<\/li>\n<li><strong>ITM<\/strong>: 184<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>KO Series #38-H: $300K Gtd Smooth<\/strong> saw 1,443 players take to the partypoker tables and $300,000 shared among the top 184 finishers. It was a frustrating day for both <strong>Roberto \u201cWelshWizard\u201d Romanello<\/strong> and <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> of Team partypoker because they finished in 187th and 189th to narrowly miss out on a cash.<\/p>\n<p>Four players who didn\u2019t miss out on a substantial cash were the final quartet who decided to strike a deal for the remaining $61,802 prize pool. <strong>\u201cYerere\u201d<\/strong> is credited with being the tournament\u2019s champion and banked $20,726 plus $12,267 in bounty payments, while <strong>\u201cThanks-Dude\u201d<\/strong>, <strong>\u201cSandaiKitetsu\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cYoullDoNothin\u201d<\/strong> all walked away with five-figure scores.<\/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>yerere<\/td>\n<td>$20,726*<\/td>\n<td>$12,267*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Thanks-Dude<\/td>\n<td>$16,329*<\/td>\n<td>$5,291*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>SandaiKitetsu<\/td>\n<td>$14,440*<\/td>\n<td>$8,380*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>YoullDoNothin<\/td>\n<td>$10,306*<\/td>\n<td>$5,699*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>SiClaro123<\/td>\n<td>$5,469<\/td>\n<td>$2,608<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Mamaderatacheia<\/td>\n<td>$3,852<\/td>\n<td>$2,671<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>LoSientoGrace<\/td>\n<td>$2,676<\/td>\n<td>$2,608<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Bryan Paris<\/td>\n<td>$1,779<\/td>\n<td>$1,265<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>*reflects a four-way deal<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The $25,000 Leaderboards<\/strong> are almost over and it is still <strong>\u201cNHONHOj6\u201d<\/strong> who is in pole position having bust an incredible 476 opponents in the events they have played. <strong>\u201cRagVoen\u201d<\/strong> is in second-place with 426 scalps with <strong>\u201cSoloisticChain\u201d<\/strong> in third-place with 395 knockouts.<\/p>\n<p>The final standings will be revealed on June 12th, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/ko-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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 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 8, the final day\u2019s action, of the $10 million guaranteed KO Series saw another 29 champions crowned and $2,606,136 of prize money awarded to those finishing in the money places. \u201cLordPuasonG\u201d and \u201cAspartam1967\u201d were crowned champions in the two $500,000 Championship Events and walked away with huge scores. Let\u2019s take a look at some<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/ko-series-day-8-huge-scores-in-the-championship-events.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":64480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300],"tags":[1754,1649,187,200],"yst_prominent_words":[6476,6472,6466,6477,6463,6467,4987,6473,6479,2635,6474,6468,6470,6464,4454,6478,6475,6469,6471,6465],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64526"}],"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=64526"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81627,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64526\/revisions\/81627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64526"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=64526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}