At 6:05 p.m. GMT, Day 3 of the PokerStars Blowout Series: $530 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] will resume with 16 players out of 12,938 entries coming back to face each other for a bigger share of the burly $6,469,000 prize pool. They have all secured at least $19,765 but will all be focusing on that first-place prize of $818,484.
Narrowly leading the pack today is Poland's "DrawindDead" with 41,507,102 which is worth 69 big blinds with "Gwolde" from the Netherlands with 41,155,298 following them. If you then look at the top five, you can find two familiar names joining them: Mathias "mdf92" Duarte (35,414,899) and Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro (25,504,194) finished in third and fourth place yesterday with "Uivelo88" (25,344,164) in fifth with an above-average stack.
"Uivelo88", "end2end17", Andrew "dawhiteninja" Wool, "Kudgel", "Escapemissio", "sp3edy14", "Pharmo81", "taartjekomt", "Aalexxs", Andras "probirs" Nemeth, "FivebetGAMER", and Marc-Andre "FrenchDawg" Ladouceur will also be back in the fray for Day 3.
Blowout Series: $530 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "DrawindDead" | Poland | 41,507,102 | 69 |
| 2 | "Gwolde" | Netherlands | 41,155,298 | 69 |
| 3 | Mathias "mdf92" Duarte | Uruguay | 35,414,899 | 59 |
| 4 | Sami "Lrslzk" Kelopuro | Finland | 25,504,194 | 43 |
| 5 | "Uivelo88" | Finland | 25,344,164 | 42 |
| 6 | "end2end17" | Canada | 20,103,700 | 34 |
| 7 | Andrew "dawhiteninja" Wool | United Kingdom | 17,795,264 | 30 |
| 8 | "Kudgel" | Germany | 16,115,984 | 27 |
| 9 | "Escapemissio" | United Kingdom | 15,305,852 | 26 |
| 10 | "sp3edy14" | Ireland | 14,990,223 | 25 |
When play resumes, the 16 remaining players will finish Level 51 which features a small blind of 300,000, a big blind of 600,000, and a running ante of 75,000. Once that is done, the level duration will increase to 25-minutes each and play will continue until a new champion has been crowned.
The PokerStars Twitch Stream will be live too to bring you cards-up coverage with commentary provided by James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton with a 30-minute security delay.
PokerNews will be here to bring you all the live updates of all the action so make sure to follow along until one player is left.
This is what they are all still playing for:
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $818,484 |
| 2 | $583,438 |
| 3 | $415,895 |
| 4 | $296,465 |
| 5 | $211,331 |
| 6 | $150,644 |
| 7 | $107,385 |
| 8 | $76,548 |
| 9 | $54,566 |
| 10-12 | $38,899 |
| 13-15 | $38,899 |
| 16 | $27,727 |