Partypoker launched a new KO Series just before the Christmas season that will span through to the New Year. There are 23 events in this series, which started on December 25 and will go on till January 19. The unique feature about the series is that it accommodates both low and high rollers. All events in the series have a mini and micro version.

The head of poker room management, Chris Donnachie, said that this year’s series will focus more on quality than quantity. In a statement, he said, “This time around, we wanted to focus less on volume and even more in quality, hence, why the number of key events has reduced significantly compared to past editions.”

The tournament will follow a progressive knockout format (PKO), having a winner secure half of the eliminated player’s bounty, with the other half adding to the winner’s bounty. It is a fun twist to a typical bounty tournament and is more popular with recreational players.

Highlights of the KO Series

As earlier stated, the series is open to all types of players, with buy-ins ranging from $2 to $2,100. Most of the high roller events all come with mini and micro versions that have smaller buy-ins. The $215 high buy-in features a $250,000 guarantee with mini and micro-events of $2.20 and $22 buy-ins respectively.

Top Ten Chip Count in the $215 Buy-in Christmas Opener

After two of the three flights in the Christmas opener, “sunrunn3r” leads the race with the highest number of chips. He is not miles ahead of his opponents but has been able to go into Day 2 leading the pack. Out of the 863 players that made up the field for this event, only 129 made it to Day 2. Of the $250,000 guaranteed prize pool, $172,600 has been collected.

Even as “sunrunn3r has the most chips, he is sixth in bounty payments collected going into Day 2.

Here is a list of the top ten players (chip based) going into Day 2:

Player || Chips || Bounties

sunrunn3r || 2,510,279 || $443.75

Fabrice Soulier || 2,253,278 || $150.00

SalvadorShkryab || 2,129,366 || $450.00

SirShake || 2,086,539 || $637.50

Dvingminator || 1,432,332 || $550.00

GyazoReplayer88 || 1,402,547 || $612.50

fofty || 1,310,788 || $350.00

AegonTargaryen || 1,301,376 || $543.75

JacquesChips || 1,250,825 || $150.00

parisoo75p || 1,217,398 || $325.00

For the Mini Christmas Opener, 3,321 entrants were recorded, smashing the guarantee of $50,000. The field of 3,321 entrants generated a prize pool of $66,420, with “Palsgaard1” as the chip leader going into the next event. Unlike “sunrunn3r”, he is both chip leader and has the most bounties. His chip count stands at 3,227,305 and his bounty from the prize pool stands at $73.75. The top ten chip counts are:

Player || Chips || Bounties

Palsgaard1 || 3,227,305 || $73.75

edy14101 || 2,603,245 || $54.37

Gashi24 || 2,540,510 || $12.50

Haisa27 || 2,524,523 || $56.87

foggeratack || 2,427,717 || $38.75

Sioz21 || 2,201,334 || $51.25

copinsh || 2,112,932 || $68.75

el.paparazzi || 2,053,635 || $46.87

IamBuddhaaa || 1,992,768 || $27.50

Symphony_95 || 1,929,964 || $31.25

The Micro Christmas Opener has also smashed its guarantee with the prize pool generated by the 3,388 entrants. The chip leader “Lewiston18” has almost 4 million chips heading into the final flight of the event.Like “Palsgaard1”, the chip leder in this event also has the highest bounty – $10.54.

Player || Chips || Bounties

Lewston18 || 3,999,572 || $10.54

gigislo88 || 2,668,677 || $5.12

makaron1999 || 2,386,695 || $9.93

Reimond1099 || 2,352,571 || $3.62

BodyCount85 || 2,249,579 || $3.46

tongan.Crip || 2,235,559 || $3.25

Yordan Andreev || 2,184,858 || $2.25

h1freg || 1,942,445 || $5.22

M0NEYBYMONDAY || 1,834,878 || $2.75

Bengaltig975 || 1,810,063 || $8.55