{"id":72013,"date":"2019-05-27T11:23:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T11:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=72013"},"modified":"2019-05-27T11:23:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-27T11:23:23","slug":"30-million-gtd-ko-series-day-15-359k-score-for-counciltax41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/30-million-gtd-ko-series-day-15-359k-score-for-counciltax41.html","title":{"rendered":"$30 Million Gtd KO Series Day 15: $359K Score For COunCILtAX41"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Day 15 of the KO Series, the final day\u2019s action, saw a staggering $7,843,383 paid out to take the total prize money awarded to almost $37.7 million, an incredible figure that would not have been possible without your incredible support.<\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom\u2019s<strong> \u201cCOunCILtAX41\u201d<\/strong> was the day\u2019s biggest winner, securing a payout of more than $359,000. How? Let\u2019s find out.<\/p>\n<h2>$30M Gtd KO Series: The Story So Far<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Events completed: 226<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Events remaining: 0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Total prize money awarded: $37,696,297<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>$30M Gtd KO Series Day 15 Recap<\/h2>\n<p><strong>KO Series #52-SHR: $2M Gtd Championship Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Buy-in: $5,200<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Entries: 411<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Prize pool: $2,096100<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Places paid: 56<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>KO Series #52-SHR: $2M Gtd Championship Event<\/strong> saw 411 players exchange $5,200 for the chance to become a KO Series champion. That champion was none other than the UK\u2019s <strong>COunCILtAX41<\/strong> who won a massive $154,502 from the main prize pool and $204,790 worth of bounty payments.<\/p>\n<p>It was <strong>Kenny \u201cSpacey1891\u201d Hallaert<\/strong> who finished as the tournament\u2019s runner-up. The popular UK-based Belgian took to Twitter to announce the combined prize of $193,378 was the largest online cash of his career to date. Well done, sir.<\/p>\n<p>Two other players walked away with a six-figure prize when bounties were included. Third placed <strong>\u201cgood-bye-PS\u201d<\/strong> netted $105,938 plus $25,187 worth of bounties with fourth placed <strong>\u201cAS Leshiy\u201d<\/strong> of Estonia banking $74,382 plus $31,200 from the bounty prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>Fifth placed <strong>\u201cBlackswordsman\u201d<\/strong> almost won $100,000, banking a combined prize weighing in at $99,222.<\/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>Bounties<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>COunCILtAX41<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$154,502<\/td>\n<td>$204,790<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Spacey1891<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$154,297<\/td>\n<td>$39,081<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>good-bye-PS<\/td>\n<td>Uzbekistan<\/td>\n<td>$105,938<\/td>\n<td>$25,187<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>AS Leshiy<\/td>\n<td>Estonia<\/td>\n<td>$74,382<\/td>\n<td>$31,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Blackswordsman<\/td>\n<td>Japan<\/td>\n<td>$53,194<\/td>\n<td>$46,028<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>eet_smakelijk<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>$38,769<\/td>\n<td>$24,456<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>ConstanceHarm<\/td>\n<td>Russia<\/td>\n<td>$27,386<\/td>\n<td>$28,275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Kaiser6878<\/td>\n<td>Austria<\/td>\n<td>$19,948<\/td>\n<td>$5,525<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>KO Series #53-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Buy-in: $2,100<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Entries: 529<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Prize pool: $1,084,450<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Places paid: 72<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A field of 529 turned out for the $2,100 buy-in <strong>KO Series #53-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max<\/strong> and it was Latvia\u2019s <strong>\u201crudiqa1\u201d<\/strong> who emerged victorious. The Latvian had been knocking on the door of a massive score for the last few days of the series and now has one worth a total of $175,729.<\/p>\n<p>Rudiqa1 defeated <strong>\u201cCaptainB\u201d<\/strong> of the UK heads-up to resign the runner-up to a $77,129 second place prize bolstered by $19,211 worth of bounty payments. Nobody at the final table won less than $21,000 when bounties were taken into consideration, including the third place finisher <strong>\u201cVolZoK_\u201d<\/strong> who scooped a combined prize worth $56,143.<\/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>Bounties<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>rudiqa1<\/td>\n<td>Latvia<\/td>\n<td>$77,234<\/td>\n<td>$98,495<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>CaptainB<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$77,129<\/td>\n<td>$19,211<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>VolZoK_<\/td>\n<td>Mexico<\/td>\n<td>$52,600<\/td>\n<td>$3,543<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>good player<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>$36,406<\/td>\n<td>$19,523<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>MOTHERSMATTERS<\/td>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<td>$25,630<\/td>\n<td>$12,862<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>ilushan<\/td>\n<td>Russia<\/td>\n<td>$18,523<\/td>\n<td>$6,496<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>WhoIsICM<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$13,339<\/td>\n<td>$8,892<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>ACHSO8000<\/td>\n<td>Germany<\/td>\n<td>$9,553<\/td>\n<td>$12,796<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>KO Series #52-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Buy-in: $1,050<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Entries: 1,202<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Prize pool: $1,226,040<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Places paid: 152<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some 1,202 players bought into the $1,050 buy-in <strong>KO Series #52-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max<\/strong> and created a $1,226,040 prize pool that was shared among the top 152 finishers and anyone who sent an opponent to the showers during the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>It will be a tournament fondly remembered by <strong>\u201cjammermaat\u201d<\/strong> of the Netherlands whose first place finish banked him $80,886 plus an additional payment of $75,061 worth of bounties. The Dutch player sent <strong>\u201ckrouton13\u201d<\/strong> of the UK home in second place for a finish worth a combined $110,083, 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>Bounties<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>jammermaat<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>$80,886<\/td>\n<td>$75,061<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>krouton13<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$80,765<\/td>\n<td>$29,318<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Olorion.<\/td>\n<td>Poland<\/td>\n<td>$53,066<\/td>\n<td>$18,346<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>TJXOLOSFAN1<\/td>\n<td>Mexico<\/td>\n<td>$35,510<\/td>\n<td>$2,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>ItsOK<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$25,175<\/td>\n<td>$13,625<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>daskalos20<\/td>\n<td>Cyprus<\/td>\n<td>$17,755<\/td>\n<td>$6,223<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>butihasneeds<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$12,455<\/td>\n<td>$10,300<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>mczhang<\/td>\n<td>United Kingdom<\/td>\n<td>$8,347<\/td>\n<td>$6,317<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>$30M Gtd KO Series Day 15 Results<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Event<\/th>\n<th>Champion<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounties<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #51-H: $200K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>u3MeHa<\/td>\n<td>$15,867<\/td>\n<td>$14,400<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #51-M: $100K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>Vadimedv<\/td>\n<td>$8,150<\/td>\n<td>$5,190<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #51-L: $20K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>smlab<\/td>\n<td>$1,599<\/td>\n<td>$1,391<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #51-Mi: $5K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>Leptodon<\/td>\n<td>$412<\/td>\n<td>$189<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #52-SHR: $2M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>COunCILtAX41<\/td>\n<td>$154,502<\/td>\n<td>$204,790<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #52-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>jammermaat<\/td>\n<td>$80,886<\/td>\n<td>$75,061<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #52-H: $500K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>runrunrunrun<\/td>\n<td>$31,901<\/td>\n<td>$23,972<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #52-M: $150K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>tomezarasso<\/td>\n<td>$8,580<\/td>\n<td>$6,059<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #52-L: $20K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>depsakha<\/td>\n<td>$1,170<\/td>\n<td>$1,020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #53-HR: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>rudiqa1<\/td>\n<td>$77,234<\/td>\n<td>$98,495<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #53-H: $1M Gtd Championship Event 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>Jessica5218<\/td>\n<td>$63,220<\/td>\n<td>$66,127<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #53-M: $200K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>Lh2teee<\/td>\n<td>$13,382<\/td>\n<td>$7,410<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #53-L: $50K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>campola<\/td>\n<td>$2,865<\/td>\n<td>$1,462<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #53-Mi: $10K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>LloydBanksss<\/td>\n<td>$834<\/td>\n<td>$409<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #54-HR: $300K Gtd 8-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>WeisYis<\/td>\n<td>$29,185<\/td>\n<td>$40,379<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #54-H: $150K Gtd 8-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>wanyama32<\/td>\n<td>$13,582<\/td>\n<td>$12,363<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #54-M: $75K Gtd 8-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>Cloughy987<\/td>\n<td>$5,584<\/td>\n<td>$3,020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #54-L: $15K Gtd 8-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>bscrpsop<\/td>\n<td>$962<\/td>\n<td>$812<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #55-HR: $150K Gtd 8-Max Hyper<\/td>\n<td>MrMoneeer<\/td>\n<td>$12,424<\/td>\n<td>$16,746<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #55-H: $50K Gtd 8-Max Hyper<\/td>\n<td>bonr2be69<\/td>\n<td>$4,438<\/td>\n<td>$4,656<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #55-M: $25K Gtd 8-Max Hyper<\/td>\n<td>Call_Me_Midas<\/td>\n<td>$1,875<\/td>\n<td>$1,811<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #55-L: $5K Gtd 8-Max Hyper<\/td>\n<td>Evgeniy641<\/td>\n<td>$331<\/td>\n<td>$255<\/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>Day 15 of the KO Series, the final day\u2019s action, saw a staggering $7,843,383 paid out to take the total prize money awarded to almost $37.7 million, an incredible figure that would not have been possible without your incredible support. The United Kingdom\u2019s \u201cCOunCILtAX41\u201d was the day\u2019s biggest winner, securing a payout of more than<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/30-million-gtd-ko-series-day-15-359k-score-for-counciltax41.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":71485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300],"tags":[1750,1649,184,187,200,360],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72013"}],"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=72013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72014,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72013\/revisions\/72014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72013"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=72013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}