A Swedish poker player in his mid-20s became partypoker's biggest online winner on May 19, taking home more than $215,000 after around 12 hours of play.
$30M Gtd KO Series
- KO Series #27-Super High Roller: $1M Gtd Championship Event
- Schedule: May 19, 2019 (Sunday) at 6pm CEST
- Buy-in: $5,200
- Entrants: 198
- ITM: 32
Simon Eric Mattsson, who goes by the online moniker "HellmuthTheGr8", entered partypoker's KO Series #27 Super High Roller: $1M Gtd Championship Event, shelling out a buy-in worth $5,200 and managed to knock out everybody in a field of 198 entrants. The prize pool built was at $1,009,800 - half of this amount went to the bounty prize pool while the other half was distributed amongst the top 32 players.
Mattsson took home a total of $215,410 ($79,804 for reaching first place + $135,606 on bounties).
Final Results
|
Player
|
Country
|
Prize
|
Bounties
|
1
|
HellmuthTheGr8
|
Sweden
|
$79,804
|
$135,606
|
2
|
Haddoken
|
Sweden
|
$79,705
|
$13,000
|
3
|
DamianLillard
|
UK
|
$56,852
|
$10,075
|
4
|
STORTjavlaGL
|
Sweden
|
$42,033
|
$12,025
|
5
|
dartazz
|
Lithuania
|
$29,368
|
$17,468
|
6
|
ImagineKing
|
Austria
|
$22,633
|
$29,656
|
7
|
AKQ_POCKETS
|
UK
|
$16,705
|
$2,600
|
8
|
Dork Pork
|
UK
|
$12,394
|
$9,100
|
The $30M Gtd KO Series is still ongoing until May 26 (Sunday), so you still have a chance to join in!
- Dates: Sunday, 12th May until Sunday, 26th May
- Series Gtd: $30M
- Buy-in range: $2.20 - $5200
- Tournaments: 226
- Event tiers: Micro/Low/Mid/High/High Roller/Super High Roller
- Formats: NLH PKO only
Grab a KO Series satellite ticket when you reload your account
For a limited time only, you can grab a KO Series satellite ticket when you reload your account using the following codes:
- KOSERIES11 - Deposit $10 and receive a KO Series Phase Feeder ticket worth $11
- KOSERIES22 - Deposit $20 and receive a KO Series satellite ticket worth $22
- KOSERIES44 - Deposit $40 and receive a KO Series satellite ticket worth $44
KO Series SPINS
You can also SPINS your way to KO Series tickets aside from playing KO Series satellites. These 3-handed hyper-structured tournaments only has a $5 buy-in and pay out $10 or $20 in cash for the lower prize pool multipliers before gifting KO Series tickets worth between $33 and $5,200.
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Source:
https://poker.partypoker242.com/en/blog/30-million-gtd-ko-series-day-8-three-more-huge-championship-events.html