{"id":67478,"date":"2019-02-06T11:15:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T11:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=67478"},"modified":"2019-02-06T11:15:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T11:15:20","slug":"15m-gtd-ko-series-day-3-finnish-pro-banks-31k-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/15m-gtd-ko-series-day-3-finnish-pro-banks-31k-score.html","title":{"rendered":"$15M Gtd KO Series Day 3: Finnish Pro Banks $31K Score"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The $15 million guaranteed KO Series continued on February 5th with another 28 events that awarded a mind-boggling $1,102,420 across them, taking the total prize money paid out to $4,604,256.<\/p>\n<p>It was a Finnish grinder who secured the largest payout on KO Series Day 3, taking home more than $31,000 and the title of KO Series champion. Let\u2019s discover who that big winner was.<\/p>\n<h2>KO Series Story So Far<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Events completed: 85<\/li>\n<li>Events remaining: 352<\/li>\n<li>Prize money awarded: $4,604,256<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>KO Series Day 3 Recap<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>KO Series #13-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max Fast<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $1,050<\/li>\n<li>Entrants: 145<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $147,900<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A field of 145 players battled to finish in the top 20 of the <strong>KO Series #13-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max Fast<\/strong> event so they could get their hands on the lion\u2019s share of the $147,900 prize pool, picking up bounty payments along the way.<\/p>\n<p>By the time the eight-handed final table was set, nobody would walk away with less than $2,325 from the main prize pool, and at least $1,625 worth of bounties to boot.<\/p>\n<p>Only two players collected more bounties than the eventual champion. <strong>\u201cPaulnew07\u201d<\/strong> of Malta got their hands on $5,923 from the bounty prize pool in addition to their $9,303 third-place prize.<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up <strong>\u201cJimyTransaction\u201d<\/strong> of Costa Rica was the other big bounty winner, scooping $7,056 worth of scalps in addition to their $12,785 second-place prize.<\/p>\n<p>The champion was Finland\u2019s <strong>\u201crdcrsnn\u201d<\/strong> who walked away with the $12,800 top prize plus a cool $18,236 worth of bounties, a figure so high thanks to them securing their own bounty by being the last player standing. $31,036 for a few hours playing poker is not bad work if you can get it.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Country<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounty prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>rdcrsnn<\/td>\n<td>Finland<\/td>\n<td>$12,800<\/td>\n<td>$18,236<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>JimyTransaction<\/td>\n<td>Costa Rica<\/td>\n<td>$12,785<\/td>\n<td>$7,056<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Paul07new<\/td>\n<td>Malta<\/td>\n<td>$9,303<\/td>\n<td>$5,923<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Partyyycular<\/td>\n<td>Mexico<\/td>\n<td>$6,590<\/td>\n<td>$2,161<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Graftekkel<\/td>\n<td>Ireland<\/td>\n<td>$4,651<\/td>\n<td>$3,152<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>slayerv1fan<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$3,682<\/td>\n<td>$4,647<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Maddonaa<\/td>\n<td>Croatia<\/td>\n<td>$2,930<\/td>\n<td>$1,820<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>stu8ornCnt<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$2,325<\/td>\n<td>$1,625<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>KO Series #12-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $530<\/li>\n<li>Entrants: 301<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $154,262<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 40<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>KO Series #12-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max<\/strong> event saw a heads-up battle between two players who appear to have left their fingers on their keyboards too long when creating their usernames!<\/p>\n<p>Second-place eventually went to <strong>\u201cBeeeeetelgeuse\u201d<\/strong> from Denmark, a finish worth $11,280 plus $2,723 from the bounty prize pool. The Dane lost to Dutch player <strong>\u201cSHHHHHHHHHH77\u201d<\/strong> (that\u2019s 10x H) in the final battle of the tournament to lock up an $11,835 first-place prize that was boosted by $19,285 from the bounty prize pool.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Country<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounty prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>SHHHHHHHHHH77<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>$11,835<\/td>\n<td>$19,285<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Beeeeetelgeuse<\/td>\n<td>Denmark<\/td>\n<td>$11,820<\/td>\n<td>$2,723<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>ALLYOURLOOT<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$8,295<\/td>\n<td>$1,935<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>blackaces93<\/td>\n<td>Poland<\/td>\n<td>$6,037<\/td>\n<td>$4,544<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>SanityWaterline<\/td>\n<td>Ukraine<\/td>\n<td>$4,271<\/td>\n<td>$3,043<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>whresmymind<\/td>\n<td>Brazil<\/td>\n<td>$3,203<\/td>\n<td>$1,427<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>cliffaltolusso<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$2,258<\/td>\n<td>$787<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Barsukeen<\/td>\n<td>Lithuania<\/td>\n<td>$1,642<\/td>\n<td>$1,328<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>KO Series #12-H: $100K Gtd 8-Max<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $109<\/li>\n<li>Entrants: 1,211<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $125,944<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 152<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After <strong>\u201cSHHHHHHHHHH77\u201d<\/strong> took down the KO Series #12-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max event, another Dutch player was crowned a KO Series champion in the <strong>KO Series #12-H: $100K Gtd 8-Max<\/strong> tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cElPatron90\u201d<\/strong> outlasted a field of 1,211 players in the $109 buy-in event to secure an $8,149 first-place prize plus $9,726 worth of bounties, including that previously on the head of Poland\u2019s <strong>\u201cginger_master\u201d<\/strong> who finished second for $8,137 and $2,702 worth of scalps.<\/p>\n<p>The difference in bounty payments between first and second-place shows how important working on your heads-up game is if you play PKO tournaments regularly. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/how-to-play\/my-game-explained\"><strong>The new MyGame feature<\/strong><\/a> in the partypoker lobby will soon be able to help you with this!<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Country<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounty prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>ElPatron90<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>$8,149<\/td>\n<td>$9,726<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>ginger_master<\/td>\n<td>Poland<\/td>\n<td>$8,137<\/td>\n<td>$2,702<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>PicassoToo<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$5,346<\/td>\n<td>$1,449<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>elysport87<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$3,577<\/td>\n<td>$1,196<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>DIDIER_TAPIS<\/td>\n<td>Hungary<\/td>\n<td>$2,536<\/td>\n<td>$855<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Love_DTD<\/td>\n<td>Poland<\/td>\n<td>$1,788<\/td>\n<td>$739<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>ExploitedurMOM<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$1,254<\/td>\n<td>$685<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Keyla1003<\/td>\n<td>Colombia<\/td>\n<td>$841<\/td>\n<td>$546<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>KO Series Day 4 Schedule<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Another 27 KO Series events<\/strong> are scheduled for Day 4 and they have combined guaranteed prize pools worth <strong>$702,500<\/strong>. With the exception of the PLO PKO events, all of today\u2019s KO Series events are <strong>Mix-Max<\/strong>, meaning the start eight-handed before switching to six-handed later in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the table below to see which events you can get involved in today.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Time (CET)<\/th>\n<th>Tournament<\/th>\n<th>Buy-in<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #16-H: $50K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #16-M: $40K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #16-M: $30K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #16-L: $10K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #16-Mi: $3K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$2.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #17-HR: $100K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #17-H: $100K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #17-M: $50K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #17-L: $30K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #17-Mi: $10K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:30<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #17A-H: $15K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:30<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #17A-M: $5K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:30<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #17A-L: $3K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:30<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #17A-Mi: $1.5K Gtd 6-Max PLO PKO<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #18-HR: $50K Gtd Mix-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>$1,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #18-H: $40K Gtd Mix-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #18-M: $30K Gtd Mix-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #18-L: $20K Gtd Mix-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #18-Mi: $5K Gtd Mix-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #19-H: $30K Gtd Mix-Max Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #19-M: $20K Gtd Mix-Max Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #19-L: $10K Gtd Mix-Max Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #19-Mi: $3K Gtd Mix-Max Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>01:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #20-H: $20K Gtd Mix-Max Hyper<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>01:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #20-M: $15K Gtd Mix-Max Hyper<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>01:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #20&#8211;L: $10K Gtd Mix-Max Hyper<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>01:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #20-Mi: $2K Gtd Mix-Max Hyper<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>KO Series Promotions<\/h2>\n<p>Qualify for the higher buy-in KO Series events via our Added satellites where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/ko-series\"><strong>we\u2019re adding more than $350,000 worth of KO Series seats!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans of SPINS can get involved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/ko-series\"><strong>KO Series special edition SPINS<\/strong><\/a> tournaments and potentially turn $2.50 into KO Series tickets worth up to $1,050!<\/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>The $15 million guaranteed KO Series continued on February 5th with another 28 events that awarded a mind-boggling $1,102,420 across them, taking the total prize money paid out to $4,604,256. It was a Finnish grinder who secured the largest payout on KO Series Day 3, taking home more than $31,000 and the title of KO<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/15m-gtd-ko-series-day-3-finnish-pro-banks-31k-score.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":67432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300],"tags":[1649,184,187,200],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67478"}],"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=67478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67479,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67478\/revisions\/67479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67478"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=67478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}