PokerStars 50/50 Series Awards $4.1 Million; Vupe Takes Down Main Event

The PokerStars 50/50 Series is complete, with all 50 events crowning their worthy champions. PokerStars promised $3 million in guaranteed prize pools, but awarded over $4.1 million after a strong turnout by mid-stakes grinders. The biggest prize pool, as you would expect, belonged to the $50 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Main Event. It carried a $400,000 guarantee but a crowd of 8,904 entrants resulted in a $404,686 pot.

Several members of the Team PokerStars stable bought into the 50/50 Series Main Event, although none of them managed to walk away with a slice of the prize pool. Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis, Benjamin “Spraggy” Spragg, Sebastian “peace&love” Huber, and soccer sensation Neymar “Neymar-jr” Jr added to the prize pool but not their coffers.

PokerStars 50/50 Series Main Event Final Table Results

Rank Player Country Prize
1 Vupe Belarus $56,558
2 Dan “NukeTheFish!” Wilson United Kingdom $40,313
3 andreyvolkan Brazil $28,737
4 Fernando “ferkonishi” Konishi Brazil $20,484
5 Jon “luckyfish89” Clark United Kingdom $14,602
6 AKgringoAK Brazil $10,408
7 ViniVera Brazil $7,419
8 markan991 Croatia $5,289
9 ChibediRO Romania $3,770

Everyone who reached the nine-handed final table locked in at least $3,770 for their efforts, with the top six finishers seeing their $50 investment swell to a five-figure sum.

Romanian “ChibediRO” was the first finalist to bow out; they collected the previously mentioned $3,770. Croatia’s “markan99” was the next to fall, their eighth-place finish coming with a $5,289 boost to their bankroll.

Four Brazilians had navigated their way to the final table, but two busted quickly. First, “ViniVera” saw their tournament come to an abrupt end in seventh, a finish worth $7,419, then “AKgringoAK” found themselves void of chips but in possession of the $10,408 sixth-place prize.

The pay jumps were now substantial, especially considering the $50 buy-in. British star Jon “luckyfish89” Clark, a player with almost $5.9 million in online poker tournament winnings, finished his latest deep run in fifth-place, and banked $14,602.

Fifth place and $20,484 went to Brazilian Fernando “ferkonishi” Konishi before the elimination of “andreyvolkan,” also of Brazil, sent the 50/50 Series Main Event into the heads-up stage. Third place came with a $28,737 payday.

Heads-up pitted the 2016 Irish Open championDan “NukeTheFish” Wilson against Belarusian “Vupe.” The difference in prize money was a significant $16,200, yet the heads-up duo neglected to strike a deal to lessen the jump. The lack of a deal meant Wilson had to make do with a $40,313 payout when he fell at the final hurdle, with the same lack of a deal resulting in an impressive $56,558 payday for “Vupe,” the 2023 PokerStars 50/50 Series Main Event champion.

Full PokerStars 50/50 Series Results

Event Entrants Prize Pool Champion Prize
#01 NLHE Series Opener 2,448 $111,261 thechronic10 $14,406
#02 NLHE PKO Turbo 2,666 $121,169 Rebozeio $13,798*
#03 NLHE 6-Max PKO 2,105 $95,672 wanderer_pro $11,102*
#04 NLHE PKO Mini Bounty Builder 6,933 $315,104 Kryptic TReG $25,304*
#05 NLHE 2,639 $119,942 vovkrasava $16,704
#06 PLO PKO 606 $27,542 calvin7v $4,857*
#07 NLHE Turbo PKO 40BB 1,336 $75,000 pulsar83tw $10,585*
#08 NLHE 7-Max PKO 1,154 $54,983 kauotoni $16,699*
#09 NLHE Monster Stack 1,432 $65,084 sann_leonardo_ $9,472
#10 NLHE 6-Max PKO 1,474 $66,993 jucetoor8 $6,946*
#11 NLHE PKO Mini Bounty Builder 3,196 $145,258 powerpokerBR $13,622*
#12 NLHE 1,350 $61,357 slmzrj $9,010
#13 HORSE 154 $6,999 Saage $1,419
#14 NLHE Heads-Up Total KO 1,064 $50,667 BluFF T0 Me $3,868
#15 NLHE Big KOs 1,515 $68,856 babybyba $6,640*
#16 NLHE 6-Max PKO 1,130 $51,358 kardash1972 $5,890*
#17 NLHE PKO Mini Bounty Builder 2,882 $130,986 kelevra1583 $12,935*
#18 NLHE 1,097 $50,000 estebangocu $7,634
#19 PLO8 PKO 379 $17,225 matchbox150 $3,327*
#20 NLHE 6-Max Turbo PKO 40BB 758 $40,000 lexabenny $5,868*
#21 NLHE 6-Max PKO 1,349 $61,312 Leomil190989 $7,773*
#22 NLHE PKO Mini Bounty Builder 3,006 $136,622 Flyawayfraca $13,213*
#23 NLHE 1,151 $52,312 lferreira13 $7,842
#24 FL 2-7 Triple Draw 84 $3,817 allivanin $817
#25 NLHE Hyper PKO 25BB 696 $33,143 MatzeB1995 $5,349*
#26 NLHE Big Knockouts 1,563 $71,038 kutraDima $7,495*
#27 NLHE 6-Max PKO 1,222 $55,539 diamondsir $8,090*
#28 NLHE PKO Mini Bounty Builder 2,957 $134,395 MartinAltman $13,624*
#29 NLHE 1,207 $54,858 xOnenOx $8,223
#30 NLO8 6-Max Turbo PKO 325 $14,771 bamina $2,481*
#31 NLHE 4-Max Bounty Quads Damian(L)

#7 | $3,879* | | | | #32 NLHE 6-Max PKO | 1,239 | $56,312 | Rikaflaren | $7,005* | | #33 NLHE PKO Mini Bounty Builder | 3,013 | $136,940 | CRACIUN04 | $14,042* | | #34 NLHE | 968 | $50,000 | pj0901 | $7,828 | | #35 8-Game | 222 | $10,089 | WaterSt0rm | $1,981 | | #36 NLHE Turbo PKO | 1,444 | $75,000 | FatGodPoker | $9,258* | | #37 NLHE PKO | 1,589 | $72,220 | Int3lligentman | $9,020* | | #38 NLHE 6-Max PKO | 1,182 | $53,721 | monmons | $5,835* | | #39 NLHE PKO Mini Bounty Builder | 3,376 | $153,439 | Fromage2schneck | $15,363* | | #40 NLHE | 1,049 | $50,000 | jusciusss | $7,761 | | #41 6+ Hold’em 6-Max | 84 | $3,817 | fakyrx | $798 | | #42 NLHE Turbo PKO | 897 | $40,768 | jambo669 | $6,352* | | #43 NLHE 5-Max PKO | 1,540 | $69,993 | fegerson | $7,916* | | #44 NLHE Turbo PKO Deep Stack | 2,677 | $121,669 | Bugenhagen76 | $13,551* | | #45 NLHE 6-Max PKO | 2,818 | $128,078 | KolianKopper | $11,535* | | #46 NLHE Main Event | 8,904 | $404,686 | Vupe | $56,558 | | #47 NLHE PKO | 3,729 | $169,483 | Danjowen1 | $18,723* | | #48 PLO Main Event | 914 | $41,541 | Dethlefsen | $6,827 | | #49 NLHE Turbo PKO | 1,882 | $85,536 | danield09 | $10,866* | | #50 NLHE 7-Max Hyper PKO | 1,178 | $56,096 | Honey.Goaat | $7,590* |

*includes bounty payments

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