{"id":65939,"date":"2018-11-26T14:25:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T14:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=65939"},"modified":"2018-11-26T14:25:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T14:25:42","slug":"10-million-ko-series-day-8-gruissem-caps-off-a-superb-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/10-million-ko-series-day-8-gruissem-caps-off-a-superb-day.html","title":{"rendered":"$10 Million KO Series Day 8: Gruissem Caps Off a Superb Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KO Series Day 8<\/strong>, the final day\u2019s play, saw $2,642,504 paid out across 28 events, including a big chunk of change to Team partypoker\u2019s <strong>Philipp \u201cPhil_Gruissem\u201d Gruissem<\/strong> who finished second in a $1,050 buy-in event before going on to lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/millions-online-day-1a-biggest-ever-prize-pool-for-a-single-flight-gruissem-leads.html\"><strong>MILLIONS Online after Day 1A<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n<h1>$10 Million KO Series So Far<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Events played: 244<\/li>\n<li>Event remaining: 0<\/li>\n<li>Prize money awarded: $11,409,448<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>$10 Million KO Series Day 8 Recap<\/h2>\n<h2>KO Series #38-HR: $300K Gtd [8-Max]<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $530<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 815<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $417,687<\/li>\n<li>Place paid: 104<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 815-strong crowd who turned out for the <strong>KO Series #38-HR: $300K Gtd [8-Max]<\/strong> event created a prize pool with $117,687 more than the advertised $300,000 guarantee meaning there were some huge scores enjoyed by those reaching the final table.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody won more than <strong>\u201cmetallist535\u201d<\/strong> who came out on top after a heads-up battle with <strong>\u201cPhilMcIvey1\u201d<\/strong>. The champion was awarded $36,369 for their first-place finish, an impressive haul boosted by the $35,374 worth of bounties they got their hands on. Our runner-up walked away with $131 worth of bounties in addition to their $25,876 second-place prize.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone who finished sixth or above banked a five-figure cash, including fifth-place finisher <strong>Chris \u201cTherealmoorm\u201d Moorman<\/strong> who netted $8,313 prize money plus $2,091 from the bounty prize pool.<\/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>metallist535<\/td>\n<td>$36,369<\/td>\n<td>$35,374<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>PhilMcIvey1<\/td>\n<td>$25,876<\/td>\n<td>$131<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>YumsYums<\/td>\n<td>$17,379<\/td>\n<td>$5,241<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>ebisumaru87<\/td>\n<td>$11,776<\/td>\n<td>$5,916<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Therealmoorm<\/td>\n<td>$8,313<\/td>\n<td>$2,091<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Astralncognita<\/td>\n<td>$5,990<\/td>\n<td>$4,466<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>donkcallfold<\/td>\n<td>$4,278<\/td>\n<td>$5,061<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Swagg3r123<\/td>\n<td>$2,974<\/td>\n<td>$1,804<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>KO Series #38-H: $300K Gtd [8-Max]<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $109<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 3,059<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $318,136<\/li>\n<li>Place paid: 408<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The aptly named <strong>\u201cWWWpartyCOM\u201d<\/strong> was the biggest winner in the <strong>KO Series #38-H: $300K Gtd [8-Max]<\/strong> after the triumphed over 3,058-opponents to be crowned a KO Series champion.<\/p>\n<p>WWWpartyCOM won $24,001 for their first-place finish and $13,932 from the bounty prize pool after defeating <strong>\u201cHallgier72\u201d<\/strong> heads-up for the title. The runner-up scooped $16,900 plus $4,952.<\/p>\n<p>Regular high stakes grinder at partypoker, <strong>\u201cChelsea72\u201d<\/strong>, was the event\u2019s sixth-place finisher, a position worth $3,418 plus an additional $2,308 from the bounty prize pool.<\/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>WWWpartyCOM<\/td>\n<td>$24,001<\/td>\n<td>$13,932<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Hallgeir72<\/td>\n<td>$16,900<\/td>\n<td>$4,952<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>StorasSushis<\/td>\n<td>$10,920<\/td>\n<td>$2,871<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>yabetledadad<\/td>\n<td>$7,219<\/td>\n<td>$2,660<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>RockyWins85<\/td>\n<td>$5,001<\/td>\n<td>$1,107<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Chelsea72<\/td>\n<td>$3,418<\/td>\n<td>$2,308<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Really_Bad_Reg<\/td>\n<td>$2,370<\/td>\n<td>$1,069<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>yoloswagger1<\/td>\n<td>$1,511<\/td>\n<td>$970<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>KO Series #39-HR: $300K Gtd [Mix-Max Fast]<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $1,050<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 370<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $377,400<\/li>\n<li>Place paid: 48<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Team partypoker\u2019s <strong>Philipp \u201cPhil_Gruissem\u201d Gruissem<\/strong> almost became a KO Series champion but fell at the final hurdle in the <strong>KO Series #39-HR: $300K Gtd [Mix-Max Fast]<\/strong> event.<\/p>\n<p>The six-handed final table was also the home to the Swedish superstar <strong>\u201cDrulitooo\u201d<\/strong> who eventually busted in third-place for a combined score in excess of $25,000. Drulitoo\u2019s exit left Gruissem and <strong>\u201cATM_Mage\u201d<\/strong> to lock horns heads-up for the title, a battle the latter went on to win.<\/p>\n<p>This meant Gruissem won $27,380 plus an impressive $19,421 worth of bounties and ATM_Mage locked up $37,000 and $24,784 worth of bounties.<\/p>\n<p>Gruissem rounded off the day by becoming the chip leader of MILLIONS Online after Day 1A and is now on course for a $2.5 million prize!<\/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>ATM_Mage<\/td>\n<td>$37,000<\/td>\n<td>$24,784<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Phil_Gruissem<\/td>\n<td>$27,380<\/td>\n<td>$19,421<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Drulitooo<\/td>\n<td>$19,887<\/td>\n<td>$5,374<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Batdog666<\/td>\n<td>$14,019<\/td>\n<td>$6,142<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>MoNddLeR<\/td>\n<td>$10,175<\/td>\n<td>$6,363<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>jizonhisniz<\/td>\n<td>$7,030<\/td>\n<td>$2,145<\/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>KO Series Day 8, the final day\u2019s play, saw $2,642,504 paid out across 28 events, including a big chunk of change to Team partypoker\u2019s Philipp \u201cPhil_Gruissem\u201d Gruissem who finished second in a $1,050 buy-in event before going on to lead the MILLIONS Online after Day 1A! $10 Million KO Series So Far Events played: 244<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/10-million-ko-series-day-8-gruissem-caps-off-a-superb-day.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":65805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300],"tags":[1649,1874,184,187,200,50837],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65939"}],"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\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65940,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65939\/revisions\/65940"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65939"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=65939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}