Gear Up for the PokerStars 50/50 Main Event and its $500K Guarantee
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The latest instalment of the 50/50 Series is in full swing at PokerStars, but you still have plenty of time to get in on the action and fight it out across some excellent $50 buy-in events. The PokerStars 50/50 Series sees a schedule of 50 events, each costing $50 to enter, running from February 5-13.
Most of the 50/50 Series tournaments are played as No-Limit Hold'em, but there are a couple of Pot-Limit Omaha, PLO8, and 8-Game events mixed in. Indeed, there is even a PLO Main Event that boasts a $50,000 guarantee on its prize pool, although the actual pot will likely be greater than that.
Each day there is an 8-Max PKO Mini Bounty Builder HR with at least $150,000 guaranteed to be won, and a 6-Max Daily Supersonic rounding off the action; those hyper-turbo Supersonics come with $35,000 guaranteed.
Of course, the 50/50 Series tournament every PokerStars player wants to take down is the 46th event on the schedule, the Main Event. Played as an 8-Max PKO tournament, the 50/50 Series Main Event shuffles up and deals at 5:30 p.m. GMT on February 12 and has 3 hours 15 minutes of late registration. PokerStars guarantees at least $500,000 will be in the pot by the time late registration slams shut, meaning 11,001 entries are needed to hit the guarantee.
Up to five re-entries are permitted, and Day 1 concludes 8 hours and 50 minutes after the pitching of the first cards. Day 2 commences at 6:00 p.m. GMT on February 13 and continues until one player has all of the chips in play in their stack.
PokerStars 50/50 Series Schedule
*variant is No-Limit Hold'em unless specified
PokerStars 50/50 Series Results So Far
A handful of 50/50 Series events are already done and dusted, with Hungarian legend Peter "Belabacsi" Traply taking down the Series Opener. Traply topped a 2,247-strong field to turn his $50 investment into a $15,202 payday.
"Jakub_Odvar" is the biggest winner of the series so far after receiving $34,810 for his victory in the #03 8-Max PKO Mini Bounty Builder event on the opening night.
| Event | Entrants | Prize Pool | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #01 Series Opener | 2,247 | $102,126 | Peter "Belabacsi" Traply | $15,202 |
| #02 Heads-Up Total KO Zoom | 1,202 | $54,630 | TinyCities | $7,510 |
| #03 8-Max PKO Mini Bounty Builder | 9,037 | $410,731 | Jakub_Odvar | $34,810* |
| #04 PLO 6-Max | 698 | $31,724 | cAzimiR69 | $5,395 |
| #05 8-Max Semi-Turbo | 3,232 | $146,894 | yolokipo23 | $21,153 |
| #06 6-Max Turbo PKO | 2,462 | $111,897 | GioPN | $12,813* |
| #07 8-Max Hyper Sunday Finisher | 1,466 | $69,810 | LIKE A G6 | $10,698 |
*includes bounty payments
