{"id":74741,"date":"2019-09-10T09:43:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T09:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=74741"},"modified":"2020-03-12T14:39:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T14:39:02","slug":"30m-gtd-ko-series-day-2-matt-staples-shines-in-a-320","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/30m-gtd-ko-series-day-2-matt-staples-shines-in-a-320.html","title":{"rendered":"$30M Gtd KO Series Day 2: Matt Staples Shines in a $320"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We crowned 16 more champions on Day 2 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/ko-series\"><strong>$30 million guaranteed KO Series<\/strong><\/a> and paid out another $1,507,656. There was another near-miss for a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\">Team Online<\/a>, this time <strong>Matt Staples<\/strong> came agonisingly close to claiming a title.<\/p>\n<p>It was only yesterday that Matt\u2019s brother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/p\/team-partypoker\/jaime-staples\"><strong>Jaime Staples<\/strong><\/a> fell short of a victory. Jaime finished fifth in the <strong>KO Series #03-HR: $750K Gtd 8-Max<\/strong> for a career-best $35,276. It would have been more had it not been for Jaime\u2019s king\u2019s being cracked by ace-eight courtesy of an unlikely straight.<\/p>\n<p>This score by Matt secured him his second-best online poker tournament prize. Let\u2019s check out what he won.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Events completed: 42<\/li>\n<li>Events remaining: 241<\/li>\n<li>Prize money awarded: $6,609,574<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>$30M Gtd KO Series Day 2 Recap<\/h2>\n<h2>KO Series #08-H: $200K Gtd 6-Max<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $320<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 868<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $267,344<\/li>\n<li>ITM: 120<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <strong>KO Series #08-H: $200K Gtd 6-Max<\/strong> event saw 868 players create a prize pool weighing in at $267,344 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/team-online.html\"><strong>Matt \u201cMatthewStaples\u201d Staples<\/strong><\/a> almost walked away with the lion\u2019s share of that sum.<\/p>\n<p>Half the prize pool was put on the heads of each entrant, with the remaining 50% being shared among the top 120 finishers.<\/p>\n<p>By the time the final table was set, everyone was guaranteed $4,192 plus more than $1,200 worth of bounties. <strong>\u201cFlipsMilionario\u201d<\/strong> busted in sixth-place and scooped a combined $7,405 for their $320 investment.<\/p>\n<p>Fifth-place and $8,714 went to <strong>\u201cmostri\u201d<\/strong> before <strong>\u201cEl_Cucuy\u201d<\/strong> fell in fourth-place for $9,255 plus an additional bounty payment of $4,109. The penultimate elimination was that of <strong>\u201cMoStack\u201d<\/strong> in third-place, they walked away with $13,244 plus $1,244 worth of bounties.<\/p>\n<p>Staples found himself heads-up with the aptly named <strong>\u201cBountyBuilder\u201d<\/strong>. With blinds of 175,000\/350,000\/43,500a, BountyBuilder opened to 1,225,000. Staples reacted with an all in bet of 10,992,732 holding <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/td.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/th.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. His opponent called with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ah.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/tc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. The board ran <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ad.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/5s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kh.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> to bust Staples in second-place for a $25,773 haul, leaving BountyBuilder to collect a total of $36,562.<\/p>\n<p>Staples took the beat like a true champion, exclaiming BountyBuilder was a \u201csun runner\u201d highlighting how well they ran in the tournament. Congratulations to everyone who banked some cash from this exciting event.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounties<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>BountyBuilder<\/td>\n<td>$17,812<\/td>\n<td>$18,750<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>MatthewStaples<\/td>\n<td>$17,786<\/td>\n<td>$7,987<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>MoStack<\/td>\n<td>$13,244<\/td>\n<td>$1,244<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>El_Cucuy<\/td>\n<td>$9,255<\/td>\n<td>$4,109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>mostri<\/td>\n<td>$6,132<\/td>\n<td>$2,582<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>FlipsMilionario<\/td>\n<td>$4,192<\/td>\n<td>$3,213<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>KO Series #08-HR: $300K Gtd 6-Max<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $1,050<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 294<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $300,000<\/li>\n<li>ITM: 36<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>KO Series #08-HR: $300K Gtd 6-Max,<\/strong> which had a buy-in of $1,050, awarded some big prizes. Some 294 players took to the partypoker felt and it was <strong>\u201cTheRealRondo\u201d<\/strong> who outlasted them all.<\/p>\n<p>TheRealRondo got their hands on $59,076, made up of the $24,287 top prize and $34,789 from the bounty prize pool. It was <strong>\u201cmoooi\u201d<\/strong> who was the tournament\u2019s runner-up, a finish worth $24,257 for finishing second and $7,383 worth of bounties.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier at the final table, <strong>\u201cBrachiosaurus\u201d<\/strong> lost their tournament life in sixth-place for $9,924 in total. \u201cNo_No_No\u201d saying yes yes yes to the $15,189 they collected for a fifth-place exit. <strong>\u201cZ.BeebleBrox\u201d<\/strong> busted in fourth spot for $18,010 while <strong>\u201cSonOfPunt\u201d<\/strong> collected $20,766 after falling in third-place.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounties<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>TheRealRondo<\/td>\n<td>$24,287<\/td>\n<td>$34,789<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>moooi<\/td>\n<td>$24,257<\/td>\n<td>$7,383<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>SonOfPunt<\/td>\n<td>$17,508<\/td>\n<td>$3,258<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Z.BeebleBrox<\/td>\n<td>$12,733<\/td>\n<td>$5,277<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>No_No_No<\/td>\n<td>$8,754<\/td>\n<td>$6,435<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Brachiosaurus<\/td>\n<td>$6,366<\/td>\n<td>$3,558<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>KO Series #09-H: $15K Gtd PLO 6-Max<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $109<\/li>\n<li>Entries: 246<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $25,584<\/li>\n<li>ITM: 30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u201cMeiko87\u201d<\/strong> proved themselves to be one hell of a PLO player by taking down the <strong>KO Series #09-H: $15K Gtd PLO 6-Max<\/strong> event. This happened only one day after winning the <strong>KO Series #04-H: $75K Gtd PLO 6-Max<\/strong> for $19,348.<\/p>\n<p>This latest victory saw Meiko87 become our first double winner of the series and came with a combined prize weighing in at $5,597. Meiko87 defeated <strong>\u201cddccc\u201d<\/strong> heads-up for their second title in as many days, the runner-up having to settle for $2,904.<\/p>\n<p>The first casualty of the final table was <strong>\u201csafehands73\u201d<\/strong> who scooped $557 plus $320 from the bounty prize pool. They were joined on the rail by <strong>\u201cu23hs88\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>\u201cluckyriver23\u201d<\/strong> who padded their partypoker bankrolls with scores of $1,154 and $1,453 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Third-place went to <strong>\u201cGarryGoodcalson\u201d<\/strong> who won $1,535 from the main prize pool and $580 worth of bounty payments.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Player<\/th>\n<th>Prize<\/th>\n<th>Bounties<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Meiko87<\/td>\n<td>$2,161<\/td>\n<td>$3,436<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>ddccc<\/td>\n<td>$2,159<\/td>\n<td>$745<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>GarryGoodvalson<\/td>\n<td>$1,535<\/td>\n<td>$580<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>luckyriver23<\/td>\n<td>$1,122<\/td>\n<td>$331<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>ut23hs88<\/td>\n<td>$836<\/td>\n<td>$318<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>safehands73<\/td>\n<td>$557<\/td>\n<td>$320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>$30M Gtd KO Series Day 2 Results<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Event<\/th>\n<th>Champion<\/th>\n<th>Total prize<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #07-HR: $200K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>Lavrentiy11116<\/td>\n<td>$35,416<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #07-H: $150K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>honig_im_haar<\/td>\n<td>$19,269<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #07-M: $50K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>HumbleAsPuck<\/td>\n<td>$8,220<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #07-L: $10K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>Lypsilon<\/td>\n<td>$1,586<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #08-HR: $300K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>TheRealRondo<\/td>\n<td>$59,076<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #08-H: $200K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>BountyBuilder<\/td>\n<td>$36,562<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #08-M: $100K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>Siewas1<\/td>\n<td>$12,314<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #08-L: $25K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>NoHudNoMoney<\/td>\n<td>$2,439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #08-Mi: $5K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>Eses55<\/td>\n<td>$542<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #09-HR: $400K Gtd PLO 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>SonOfDad<\/td>\n<td>$16,255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #09-H: $15K Gtd PLO 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>Meiko87<\/td>\n<td>$5,624<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #09-L: $3K Gtd PLO 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>JeanRoberts53s<\/td>\n<td>$837<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #10-HR: $100K Gtd PKO Battle Fast<\/td>\n<td>El_Cucuy<\/td>\n<td>$23,293<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #10-H: $75K Gtd PKO Battle Fast<\/td>\n<td>m0rd1sc0<\/td>\n<td>$11,942<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #10-M: $30K Gtd PKO Battle Fast<\/td>\n<td>FiNAL BOSS<\/td>\n<td>$5,359<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>KO Series #10-L: $7.5K Gtd PKO Battle Fast<\/td>\n<td>svereri<\/td>\n<td>$1,013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>$30M Gtd KO Series Day 3 Schedule<\/h2>\n<p>Day 3 of the $30 million guaranteed KO Series kicks off at 18:00 CEST on Tuesday 10th September. Eighteen events with combined guarantees of $1,977,500 await.<\/p>\n<p>Huge value awaits in the <strong>$320 buy-in KO Series #12-H: $250K Gtd 8-Max<\/strong> at 20:00 CEST. Win your way into this massive event by playing out <strong>$5 KO Series SPINS<\/strong> or via the many satellites that start at only $0.22. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/win-your-way-into-ko-series-event-from-only-0-22.html\">Find more details of those satellites here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Time (CET)<\/th>\n<th>Event<\/th>\n<th>Buy-in<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #11-HR: $250K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #11-H: $2000K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #11-M: $50K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #11-L: $10K Gtd 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #12-HR: $500K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$2,100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #12-H: $250K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #12-M: $100K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #12-L: $25K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #12-Mi: $5K Gtd 8-Max<\/td>\n<td>$2.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #13-HR: $75K Gtd PLO 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$1,050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #13-H: $40K Gtd PLO 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$215<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #13-M: $10K Gtd PLO 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20:30<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #13-L: $2.5K Gtd PLO 6-Max<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #14-HR: $200K Gtd 8-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #14-H: $100K Gtd 8-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>$109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #14-M: $50K Gtd 8-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>$33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #14-L: $10K Gtd 8-Max Fast<\/td>\n<td>$5.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>00:00<\/td>\n<td>KO Series #15-HR: $100K Gtd 8-Max Turbo<\/td>\n<td>$530<\/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 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>We crowned 16 more champions on Day 2 of the $30 million guaranteed KO Series and paid out another $1,507,656. There was another near-miss for a member of Team Online, this time Matt Staples came agonisingly close to claiming a title. It was only yesterday that Matt\u2019s brother Jaime Staples fell short of a victory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/30m-gtd-ko-series-day-2-matt-staples-shines-in-a-320.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":74742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300],"tags":[1973,1649,1932,184,187,200,1652,50837,360],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74741"}],"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=74741"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81402,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74741\/revisions\/81402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74741"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=74741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}