{"id":65691,"date":"2018-11-05T14:54:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T14:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=65691"},"modified":"2018-11-05T14:54:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T14:54:07","slug":"3-4-million-monster-series-day-8-batraztigiev-wins-huge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/3-4-million-monster-series-day-8-batraztigiev-wins-huge.html","title":{"rendered":"$3.4 Million Monster Series Day 8: batraztigiev Wins Huge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What an incredible finale we had to Monster Series with the $659,459 won on Day 8 bringing the total prize money awarded past the $3.53 million barrier. Nobody won bigger than <strong>\u201cbatraztigiev\u201d<\/strong> on the final day, let\u2019s find out why.<\/p>\n<h1>$3.4 Million Monster Series So Far<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Events played: 144<\/li>\n<li>Event remaining: 0<\/li>\n<li>Prize money awarded: $3,530,408<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>$3.4 Million Monster Series Recap<\/h2>\n<h2>Monster #66-H: $200K Gtd [8-Max, PKO]<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $33<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 5,955<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $200,000<\/li>\n<li>Place paid: 792<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cBatraztigiev\u201d has plenty of reasons to celebrate today because he took down the <strong>$200K Gtd 8-Max PKO Monster Series<\/strong> event, which not only netted him a massive score, but also a ticket to the MILLIONS Online worth $5,300.<\/p>\n<p>This event was selected for the Monster Value promotion which meant the champion bagged a <strong>$5,300 MILLIONS Online<\/strong> seat while those finishing in positions second through eighth secured a $530 MILLIONS Online satellite ticket.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cCheckkk\u201d<\/strong> was the first player to net an extra prize, falling in eighth-place. They were joined on the outside looking in by <strong>\u201cLeviscarlos\u201d<\/strong>, <strong>\u201cBRENT_DARBY\u201d<\/strong>, <strong>\u201ccoserhan10\u201d<\/strong>, <strong>\u201cnsmirinov\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cmacaboca.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That last elimination left batraztigiev and <strong>\u201cIneedRunnAA\u201d<\/strong> to play heads-up for the title. The prize money difference was almost $5,000, more if you include the final bounty payment and more still when a seat to the $20 million guaranteed MILLIONS Online was taken into consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, batraztigiev claimed his 16th scalp of the tournament to boost his bounty payment to $6,194, plus he netted $15,463 from the main prize pool and a $5,300 seat to MILLIONS Online. Not a bad day in the office!<\/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>batraztigiev<\/td>\n<td>$15,463<\/td>\n<td>$6,194<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>IneedRunnAA<\/td>\n<td>$10,830<\/td>\n<td>$3,504<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>macaboca<\/td>\n<td>$6,954<\/td>\n<td>$451<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>nsmirnov<\/td>\n<td>$4,524<\/td>\n<td>$809<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>coserhan10<\/td>\n<td>$3,103<\/td>\n<td>$257<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>BRENT_DARBY<\/td>\n<td>$2,104<\/td>\n<td>$516<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Leviscarlos<\/td>\n<td>$1,476<\/td>\n<td>$505<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Checkkk<\/td>\n<td>$945<\/td>\n<td>$548<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Monster #67-H: $100K Gtd [8-Max]<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $33<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 3,178<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $100,000<\/li>\n<li>Place paid: 408<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Monster #67-H: $100K Gtd [8-Max]<\/strong> ended in a heads-up chop that saw the final two players walk away with more than $26,000 between them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cVirtudrama\u201d<\/strong> is the player credited with winning this event, a finish worth $13,679 after the heads-up deal with <strong>\u201cildar0365\u201d<\/strong> that saw the latter lock up a $13,061 prize.<\/p>\n<p>All but eighth-place finisher <strong>\u201cMediocreG\u201d<\/strong> secured a four-figure score and even they only missed on on that sum by $12, which goes to show the beauty of Monster Series; you don\u2019t have to invest big to win big during this festival.<\/p>\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>virtudrama<\/td>\n<td>$13,679*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>ildar0365<\/td>\n<td>$13,061*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>milennial77<\/td>\n<td>$7,140<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>SolanaStar<\/td>\n<td>$4,720<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>edgroll<\/td>\n<td>$3,270<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>HaveUForgotten<\/td>\n<td>$2,235<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>JustinMV85<\/td>\n<td>$1,550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>MediocreG<\/td>\n<td>$988<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>*reflects a heads-up deal<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Monster #64-H: $50K Gtd [8-Max, PKO]<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $22<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 3,401<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $71,421<\/li>\n<li>Place paid: 440<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another big bounty hunter event was the <strong>Monster #64-H: $50K Gtd [8-Max, PKO]<\/strong> that saw 3,401 players create a $74,421 prize pool that was shared among the top 440 finishers.<\/p>\n<p>The lion\u2019s share of this princely sum is now in the partypoker account of <strong>\u201cXablau\u201d<\/strong> courtesy of them winning $5,304 from the main prize pool plus $3,419 from the bounty prize pool. Xablau eliminated 17 opponents on their way to victory, including runner-up <strong>\u201cthy_Nightmar\u201d<\/strong> who walked away with $3,724 and $387 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 Prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Xablau<\/td>\n<td>$5,304<\/td>\n<td>$3,419<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>thy_Nightmar<\/td>\n<td>$3,724<\/td>\n<td>$387<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>DiulioFantin<\/td>\n<td>$2,401<\/td>\n<td>$415<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>ifeellucky<\/td>\n<td>$1,578<\/td>\n<td>$691<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Ra_sAlGhul<\/td>\n<td>$1,091<\/td>\n<td>$416<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>IHateBJ<\/td>\n<td>$748<\/td>\n<td>$449<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>josenegreano<\/td>\n<td>$515<\/td>\n<td>$157<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>PokerPlayer_123<\/td>\n<td>$331<\/td>\n<td>$149<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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>What an incredible finale we had to Monster Series with the $659,459 won on Day 8 bringing the total prize money awarded past the $3.53 million barrier. 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