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

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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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