{"id":75645,"date":"2019-10-07T19:55:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T19:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog?p=75645"},"modified":"2019-12-03T09:39:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T09:39:25","slug":"carcara-turns-0-11-into-124-94-in-the-monster-series-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/carcara-turns-0-11-into-124-94-in-the-monster-series-main-event.html","title":{"rendered":"Carcara Turns $0.11 Into $124.94 in the Monster Series Main Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday 6th October saw four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/en\/monster-series\"><strong>Monster Series Main Events<\/strong><\/a> crown their champions. Each of those players turned a small investment into a much larger score.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at \u201cCarcara\u201d who emerged victoriously from the $0.11 buy-in Monster Series Main Event. This tournament had $1,000 up for grabs and they got their hands on $124.94 for that tiny initial buy-in! Let us check out what happened in the four Monster Series Main Events.<\/p>\n<h2>Monster Series #45-L: $1K Gtd Main Event PKO<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $0.11<\/li>\n<li>Entrants: 2,027<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $1,000<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 280<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A field of 2,027 players turned out for the <strong>Monster Series #45-L: $1K Gtd Main Event PKO<\/strong> when 10,000 were needed for the guarantee to be hit, meaning we added more than $800 to the prize pool to ensure $1,000 was up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cCarcara\u201d<\/strong> took full advantage of the overlay by becoming the last player standing. Our champion netted $116.03 from the main prize pool plus $8.91 worth of bounties. The runner-up also secured a three-figure prize, <strong>\u201cValiant_M\u201d<\/strong> walked away with cash totalling $120.79 which is pretty incredible considering they only spent $0.11 to buy in!<\/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>Carcara<\/td>\n<td>$116.03<\/td>\n<td>$8.91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Valiant_M<\/td>\n<td>$114.64<\/td>\n<td>$6.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Meet Joe Black<\/td>\n<td>$74.08<\/td>\n<td>$3.56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>QuezLy-<\/td>\n<td>$49.22<\/td>\n<td>$1.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>ALANLYAN<\/td>\n<td>$34.55<\/td>\n<td>$0.90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>HOTChikaVIKA88<\/td>\n<td>$23.78<\/td>\n<td>$3.11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>ginga_ninjaAa<\/td>\n<td>$16.33<\/td>\n<td>$3.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Daite deneg<\/td>\n<td>$10.47<\/td>\n<td>$0.47<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Monster Series #45-M: $7.5K Gtd Main Event PKO<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $1.10<\/li>\n<li>Entrants: 3,233<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $7,500<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 408<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The $1.10 buy-in <strong>Monster Series #45-L: $1K Gtd Main Event PKO<\/strong> event was another with superb value after 3,233 players bought in. Despite only costing $1.10 the prize pool weighed in at $7,500 and all but one of the eight finalist won more than $120.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody won more than <strong>\u201clookin2022\u201d<\/strong> who topped the massive field. First place saw $704.40 awarded from the main prize pool plus an additional $177.04 worth of bounties. That bounty payment contained the price on <strong>\u201cdiki kot<\/strong>\u201d\u2019s head who finished in second place for a combined $739.29.<\/p>\n<p>Even the third-place finish <strong>\u201cBossman132599\u201d<\/strong> hauled in $456.97 despite only spending $1.10 for the chance of Monster Series Main Event glory.<\/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>lookin2022<\/td>\n<td>$704.40<\/td>\n<td>$177.04<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>diki kot<\/td>\n<td>$701.55<\/td>\n<td>$37.74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Bossman132599<\/td>\n<td>$453.68<\/td>\n<td>$3.29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>foolofatook<\/td>\n<td>$299.91<\/td>\n<td>$10.23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>klp09<\/td>\n<td>$207.77<\/td>\n<td>$44.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>ItsBritneyB1tch<\/td>\n<td>$142.01<\/td>\n<td>$36.92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Geldi40<\/td>\n<td>$98.48<\/td>\n<td>$26.77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>BARONZO<\/td>\n<td>$62.77<\/td>\n<td>$14.72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Monster Series #45-M: $30K Gtd Main Event PKO<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $5.50<\/li>\n<li>Entrants: 5,139<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $30,000<\/li>\n<li>Places paid: 664<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Even larger prizes were won in the <strong>Monster Series #45-M: $30K Gtd Main Event PKO<\/strong> event which had a $5.50 buy-in but a huge $30,000 prize pool. The lion\u2019s share of this princely sum went to <strong>\u201cRandom Play\u201d<\/strong> who won an impressive combined prize weighing in at $2,512.64.<\/p>\n<p>Random Play defeated <strong>\u201cdra8on8\u201d<\/strong> heads-up for the title, but the runner-up had $2,361.15 reasons to be happy with outlasting all but one of the 5,139 entrants.<\/p>\n<p>Both the third-place and fourth-place finishers also netted a four-figure prize. <strong>\u201cSBVru77\u201d<\/strong> busted in third-place and won $1,446.80 while <strong>\u201cfinaaal\u201d<\/strong> scooped $1,120.95 for their mere $5.50 entry.<\/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>Random Play<\/td>\n<td>$1,894.75<\/td>\n<td>$617.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>dra8on8<\/td>\n<td>$1,887.79<\/td>\n<td>$473.36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>SBVru77<\/td>\n<td>$1,211.82<\/td>\n<td>$234.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>finaaal<\/td>\n<td>$789.01<\/td>\n<td>$331.94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Petibacsi<\/td>\n<td>$541.86<\/td>\n<td>$142.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Poucas Trancas<\/td>\n<td>$367.61<\/td>\n<td>$120.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Benny Blanco<\/td>\n<td>$258.46<\/td>\n<td>$65.48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>myoMax<\/td>\n<td>$166.29<\/td>\n<td>$136.73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Monster Series #45-H: $100K Gtd Main Event PKO<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Buy-in: $22<\/li>\n<li>Entrants: 6,456<\/li>\n<li>Prize pool: $135,576<\/li>\n<li>Place paid: 856<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>$100,000 was guaranteed in the <strong>Monster Series #45-H: $100K Gtd Main Event PKO<\/strong> ut thanks to 6,456 players exchanging $22 for the chance of glory, a $135,576 prize pool was created. The Monster-sized prize pool was shared half among the top 856 finishers and the other half on the heads of each of the entrants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cRickyBoy1990\u201d<\/strong> was the player who came out from the battle unscathed, doing so with a cool $11,243.20 for their $22 buy-in. They busted <strong>\u201cLiskamKanata&#8221;<\/strong> heads-up to resign the runner-up to a $10,205.73 consolation prize.<\/p>\n<p>The prize pool was so vast that it saw all eight finalists secure at least $1,398.92, showing you everyone can win big at partypoker.<\/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>RickyBoy1990<\/td>\n<td>$7,649.74<\/td>\n<td>$3,593.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>LiskamKanata<\/td>\n<td>$7,632.78<\/td>\n<td>$2,572.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Gianthead<\/td>\n<td>$4,900.81<\/td>\n<td>$824.40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Hessel9to5Nuts<\/td>\n<td>$3,184.99<\/td>\n<td>$743.73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>OMG_i_WIN<\/td>\n<td>$2,181.81<\/td>\n<td>$1,201.76<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>picpocker99<\/td>\n<td>$1,477.07<\/td>\n<td>$570.52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>ZeFlopinh0<\/td>\n<td>$1,034.81<\/td>\n<td>$889.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>drunk1-<\/td>\n<td>$660.87<\/td>\n<td>$738.05<\/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>Sunday 6th October saw four Monster Series Main Events crown their champions. Each of those players turned a small investment into a much larger score. Take a look at \u201cCarcara\u201d who emerged victoriously from the $0.11 buy-in Monster Series Main Event. This tournament had $1,000 up for grabs and they got their hands on $124.94<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/carcara-turns-0-11-into-124-94-in-the-monster-series-main-event.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":75646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[300],"tags":[895,1327,184,187,200],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75645"}],"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\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75652,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75645\/revisions\/75652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75645"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=75645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}