Lithuanian arbaarba Wins $739,976 In PokerStars Big Blowout Online Event
The $1,050 Buy-In No-Limit Hold em Event Attracted 6,922 Entries
by Erik Fast
| Published: Jan 20, 2021
The
PokerStars Blowout Series ‘Big Blowout’ $1,050 buy-in no-limit hold’em eight-max event drew a massive field of 6,922 total entries, blowing away the $5,000,000 guarantee to create a final prize pool of $6,922,000. In the end, it was Lithuanian-based ‘arbaarba’ who came out on top, earning $739,976 and the title after striking a deal during three-handed play.
The top 975 finishers made the money in this tournament, with a min-cash being worth $2,264. A number of notables made the money only to fall short of the final table, including Teun ‘tinnoemulder’ Mulder (37th – $9,845), Lex Veldhuis (30th – $14,029), and 2016
Day 2 of the
PokerStars Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] has come to an end after nine hours and nine players are left to play down to a winner on Tuesday, January 19 at 6:05 p.m. GMT. On Day 1, the tournament attracted 6,490 entries with 1,580 players surviving with chips for Day 2.
As the late registration and reentry period was open until just before the start of Day 2, another 432 players decided to jump in to get to 6,922 entries in total out of 5,292 unique players who reentered 1,630 times. This created a whopping
$6,922,000 prize pool for 975 players to get paid. The nine remaining players have secured at least $57,841 but will all be eyeing up that amazing
Day 2 of the
PokerStars Blowout Series: $530 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] came to an end after more than eight hectic hours of play with 16 players making it through to the final day.
Day 1 attracted 12,095 entries to the
$5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and another 843 entries were collected before the start of Day 2. With 9,986 unique players reentering 2,952 times, the total number of entries tallied up to 12,938 to get to a whopping prize pool of
$6,469,000 in the end.
Claiming the Day 2 chip lead is DrawindDead from Poland with 41,507,102 which is worth 69 big blinds when the players come back for Day 3. They are followed closely on their heels by