PokerStars Thursday Thrill: Key Hands from August 29, 2024 Tournament

The PokerStars Thursday Thrill tournament on August 29, 2024, had 63 entries and 9 players made it to the prize pool. The first and second places were paid equally at $7,433.79 each. The ninth place prize was $1,009.85, almost equal to the buy-in.

At the final table, Renan “Internett93o” Bruski from Brazil had 170.3 big blinds, Yanis “Graftekkel” Arends from Austria had 53.8 big blinds, Alexey “avr0ra” Borovkov from Argentina had 48.9 big blinds, the player |gammi|€120 from Belarus had 46.5 big blinds, Edelschimmel from Austria had 33.7 big blinds, Sxmon from Austria had 31.4 big blinds, FouEnculePL from Poland had 28.6 big blinds, Roman “Gogac sniper” Grabec from Austria had 18.2 big blinds, and Samuel “€urop€an” Wusden from Finland had 16.1 big blinds.

In the first hand, Sxmon raised with T8o from the small blind, and Edelschimmel defended with K8o. On the flop, Sxmon bet 1.2 big blinds into a pot of 8 big blinds, and Edelschimmel raised to 3.31 big blinds, winning the hand. Bruski opened with from the first position, and |gammi|€120 responded with a 3-bet from the middle with KQo. On the flop, |gammi|€120 checked, and on the turn, Bruski bet 9.67 big blinds into a pot of 14.7 big blinds. On the river, Bruski checked, and |gammi|€120 also checked.