{"id":67544,"date":"2019-02-08T11:42:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T11:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=67544"},"modified":"2020-09-28T06:22:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T06:22:04","slug":"15m-gtd-ko-series-day-5-beeeetelgeuse-scares-away-the-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/15m-gtd-ko-series-day-5-beeeetelgeuse-scares-away-the-opposition.html","title":{"rendered":"$15M Gtd KO Series Day 5: Beeeetelgeuse Scares Away the Opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Burton\u2019s 1988 fantasy\/horror classic <em><strong>Beetlejuice<\/strong><\/em> featured a ghost trying to scare away the occupants of a house but partypoker players had their own horror story in <strong>KO Series Event 23-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max Fast<\/strong> because <strong>\u201cBeeeetlegeuse\u201d<\/strong> took part in it, scared away their opponents and walked away with the tournament\u2019s top prize.<\/p>\n<p>We paid out another $1,018,714 on KO Series Day 5, a big chunk of that going to Beeeetlegeuse, but how much? Let\u2019s find out.<\/p>\n<h2>KO Series Story So Far<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Events completed: 141<\/li>\n<li>Events remaining: 296<\/li>\n<li>Prize money awarded: $6,443,156<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>KO Series Day 5 Recap<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>KO Series #23-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><strong>KO Series #23-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max Fast<\/strong> saw its guaranteed smashed by almost 50 percent after 145 players parted company with $1,050 to create a $147,900 prize pool. This high buy-in affair created some juicy bounties that were bigger than other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/\">online poker sites<\/a> as we don\u2019t charge rake on the bounty element of our PKO tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>Some excellent players navigated their way to the eight-handed final table and any of them would have been a worthy champion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cTartaruga13\u201d<\/strong> busted in eighth-place and was joined on the rail by the United Kingdom\u2019s <strong>\u201cslayerv1fan\u201d<\/strong>, Malta\u2019s <strong>\u201cPaul07new\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cGewoonBoef\u201d<\/strong> of the Netherlands, before the exit of flying Finn <strong>\u201cLarzLuzak1\u201d<\/strong> left the tournament three-handed.<\/p>\n<p>Latvia\u2019s <strong>\u201crudiqa1\u201d<\/strong> busted in third-place for a combined score worth $14,454 to leave <strong>\u201cgtcha\u201d<\/strong> and Beeeetlegeuse to fight heads-up for the title. The man named after the horror classic eliminated gtcha in second-place to lock up $12,800 from the main prize pool plus a colossal $17,680 worth of bounty payments.<\/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>Beeeetelgeuse<\/td>\n<td>Denmark<\/td>\n<td>$12,800<\/td>\n<td>$17,680<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>gtcha<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$12,785<\/td>\n<td>$7,588<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>rudiqa1<\/td>\n<td>Latvia<\/td>\n<td>$9,303<\/td>\n<td>$5,151<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>LarsLuzak1<\/td>\n<td>Finland<\/td>\n<td>$6,590<\/td>\n<td>$1,690<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>GewoonBoef<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>$4,651<\/td>\n<td>$2,665<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Paul07new<\/td>\n<td>Malta<\/td>\n<td>$3,682<\/td>\n<td>$4,127<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>slayerv1fan<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$2,930<\/td>\n<td>$650<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Tartaruga13<\/td>\n<td>Austria<\/td>\n<td>$2,325<\/td>\n<td>$1,625<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>KO Series #22-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $530<\/li>\n<li>Entrants: 300<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $153,750<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 40<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>KO Series #22-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max<\/strong> event produced another guarantee-busting prize pool of $153,750 and it was Canada\u2019s <strong>\u201cMagicMan11111\u201d<\/strong> who took full advantage and scooped the biggest prize.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian collected $11,795 from the main prize pool plus $14,732 from the bounty prize pool after defeating fellow Canadian <strong>\u201cTorTor2012\u201d<\/strong> heads-up. TorTor2012 banked a combined prize worth $15,756, not a bad prize for a runner-up.<\/p>\n<p>Netherland\u2019s <strong>\u201cdean23pricel\u201d<\/strong> won a KO Series earlier in the week, fell short of glory in this tournament busting in seventh-place for $2,251 and $3,613, the latter being bounty payments.<\/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>MagicMan11111<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$11,795<\/td>\n<td>$14,732<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>TorTor2012<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$11,780<\/td>\n<td>$3,976<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>frokennatur<\/td>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<td>$8,268<\/td>\n<td>$3,096<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Maddonaa<\/td>\n<td>Croatia<\/td>\n<td>$6,016<\/td>\n<td>$5,063<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>sweet_dreammm<\/td>\n<td>Russia<\/td>\n<td>$4,256<\/td>\n<td>$1,935<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Dark_Poker<\/td>\n<td>Malta<\/td>\n<td>$3,192<\/td>\n<td>$1,837<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>dean23pricel<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>$2,251<\/td>\n<td>$3,613<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>skippyskip5<\/td>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<td>$1,637<\/td>\n<td>$1,607<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>KO Series #22-H: $100K Gtd 8-Max<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $109<\/li>\n<li>Entrants: 1,187<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $123,448<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 152<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Deals have been quite rare during the current KO Series but <strong>KO Series #22-H: $100K Gtd 8-Max<\/strong> ended in a three-handed chop that saw the trio share $21,204 from the main prize pool and an additional $12,540 from the bounty prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>The deal was struck when <strong>\u201cVemProMeuMundo\u201d<\/strong> busted in fourth-place to claim $3,506 plus $2,723. It was a deal that saw Brazilian <strong>\u201cVoceSabeQuem\u201d<\/strong> net $6,597 for their third-place finish, a figure boosted by $4,225 worth of bounties.<\/p>\n<p>Second-place went to <strong>\u201cbuxyta\u201d<\/strong> from the Netherlands who walked away with $3,581 from the bounty prize pool and $6,980 cash. Our champion was Poland\u2019s <strong>\u201cOlorion.\u201d<\/strong> who saw their bankroll boosted by $7,625 plus $4,734 worth of scalps.<\/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>Olorion.<\/td>\n<td>Poland<\/td>\n<td>$7,625<\/td>\n<td>$4,734<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>buxyta<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>$6,980<\/td>\n<td>$3,581<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>VoceSabeQuem<\/td>\n<td>Brazil<\/td>\n<td>$6,597<\/td>\n<td>$4,225<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>VemProMeuMundo<\/td>\n<td>Brazil<\/td>\n<td>$3,506<\/td>\n<td>$2,723<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>solukybaby<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>$2,486<\/td>\n<td>$792<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>PacifierKID<\/td>\n<td>Austria<\/td>\n<td>$1,753<\/td>\n<td>$980<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>petdet3ctive<\/td>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<td>$1,229<\/td>\n<td>$243<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>spinner2255<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$824<\/td>\n<td>$327<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>KO Series Day 5 Schedule<\/h2>\n<p>Another 25 KO Series events are scheduled for Day 5 and they have combined guaranteed prize pools worth $537,500. With the exception of the PLO PKO events and the opening five tournaments,, all of today\u2019s KO Series events are Mix-Max meaning they start on eight-handed tables before switching to six-max in the latter stages.<\/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 #26-H: $30K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #26-M: $30K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #26-M: $30K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #26-L: $10K Gtd 86Max<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #26-Mi: $3K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$2.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #27-HR: $75K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #27-H: $75K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #27-M: $50K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #27-L: $30K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #27-Mi: $10K Gtd Mix-Max<\/td>\n<td>$3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19:30<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #27A-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 #27A-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 #27A-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 #28-H: $30K Gtd Mix-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #28-M: $25K Gtd Mix-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #28-L: $20K Gtd Mix-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #28-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 #29-H: $25K Gtd Mix-Max Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #29-M: $20K Gtd Mix-Max Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #29-L: $10K Gtd Mix-Max Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #29-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 #30-H: $20K Gtd Mix-Max Hyper<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>01:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #30-M: $15K Gtd Mix-Max Hyper<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>01:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #30-L: $10K Gtd Mix-Max Hyper<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>01:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #30-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 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>Tim Burton\u2019s 1988 fantasy\/horror classic Beetlejuice featured a ghost trying to scare away the occupants of a house but partypoker players had their own horror story in KO Series Event 23-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max Fast because \u201cBeeeetlegeuse\u201d took part in it, scared away their opponents and walked away with the tournament\u2019s top prize. We paid<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/15m-gtd-ko-series-day-5-beeeetelgeuse-scares-away-the-opposition.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":[1921,1649,187,1674,200,360],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67544"}],"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=67544"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94874,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67544\/revisions\/94874"}],"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=67544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67544"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=67544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}