Lithuania's "arbaarba" Rounds Off Inaugural Blowout Series with $740K Score

Jason Glatzer

Shirley Ang Global Live Events Manager

Jan 20, 2021 9 min read

The inaugural Blowout Series has concluded at PokerStars.

The festival was a huge success with a whopping $60 million guaranteed across 88 events, each boasting the customary PokerStars Low, Medium, and High tiers.

Lithuania's "arbaarba" capped off the festival on Tuesday evening by shipping the Blowout Series :$1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] for $739,976 for huge win.

Their massive haul came after agreeing to a three-way deal with Fernando "fviana" Viana and Lonnie "thx4urm0n3y" Hallett, who shipped a Blowout Series event earlier in the week.

Meanwhile, Viana earned a bit more than the winner as his runner-up performance was worth $771,416 thanks to a three-way deal made at the final table.

Check out below for the highlights of the final week of the Blowout Series at PokerStars.

Lithuania's "arbaarba" Wins the PokerStars Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] ($739,976)

After three hours of play on Day 3, Day 2 chip leader "arbaarba" was victorious in the PokerStars Blowout Series $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] after they agreed to a three-way deal with Fernando "fviana" Viana and Lonnie "thx4urm0n3y" Hallett.

"arbaarba" claimed the extra $50,000 for the winner to add $739,976 to their bank roll. The tournament attracted 5,292 unique players who reentered 1,630 times to get to a prize pool of $6,922,000 with the lion-share being handed out on the final table.

"arbaarba" has had many deep runs in several tournaments which also includes a win in the Big $55 for example. Viana held the chip lead during the deal discussion and also got to claim the biggest prize in this tournament and the series on PokerStars. Viana has won more than $5,600,000 in online tournaments with notable scores during the SCOOP but more recently in the Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - High $5,200 NLHE for $721,235.

Hallett was the third player involved in the deal and has already won a title in the past weeks but might sound familiar to the readers who follow the Sunday Million results as he has won two of them in the past. The three players were joined on the final table by "milanov888", Vlad "dariepoker" Darie, Eike "Mr. Havener" Onodera, "adkaf", "xMFPx", and "Gordon_dReid".

Blowout Series: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, The Big Blowout!] Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	"arbaarba"	Lithuania	$739,976*
2	Fernando "fviana" Viana	Brazil	$771,416*
3	Lonnie "thx4urm0n3y" Hallett	Canada	$646,189*
4	"milanov888"	Bulgaria	$339,831
5	Vlad "dariepoker" Darie	Romania	$238,483
6	Eike "Mr. Havener" Onodera	Brazil	$167,361
7	"adkaf"	Austria	$117,448
8	"xMFPx"	United Kingdom	$82,422
9	"Gordon_dReid"	Canada	$57,841

*Reflects a three-way deal

Blowout Series Recent Results

The final week featured many big names winning Blowout Series events including Mateusz "matt86ck" Warowiec, Sean "Kappustahead" Ripp, Matt "OLD TIME GIN" Stone, Konstantinos "klem@nso" Misailidis, Patrick "pads1161" Leonard, Hristivoje "All In PAV" Pavlovic, Lonnie "thx4urm0n3y" Hallett, Ami "UhhMee" Barer, Vitor "flipmm" Castro, Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak, Juanki "B4NKR0LL3R" Vecino, Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis, Shyam "G's zee" Srinivasan, Julio "jucetoor18" Torres, Ole "wizowizo" Schemion, and Christopher "lissi stinkt" Frank.

Blowout Series 61-L: $22 NLHE [8-Max, Freezeout]

Entries	8,646
Prize Pool	$179,920
Winner	Mateusz "matt86ck" Warowiec (Poland)
First-place Prize	$20,825 (heads-up deal)

Blowout Series 61-M: $215 NLHE [8-Max, Freezeout, Mini Super Tuesday SE]

Entries	1,563
Prize Pool	$312,600
Winner	Sean "Kappustahead" Ripp (Canada)
First-place Prize	$47,630

Blowout Series 61-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Freezeout, Super Tuesday SE]

Entries	193
Prize Pool	$400,000
Winner	Matt "OLD TIME GIN" Stone (Canada)
First-place Prize	$74,625 (heads-up deal)

Blowout Series 64-L: $22 NLHE [Midweek Freeze]

Entries	8,177
Prize Pool	$163,540
Winner	Konstantinos "klem@nso" Misailidis (Greece)
First-place Prize	$22,964

Blowout Series 64-M: $215 NLHE [Midweek Freeze]

Entries	1,146
Prize Pool	$229,200
Winner	kirdface (United Kingdom)
First-place Prize	$36,758

Blowout Series 64-H: $2,100 NLHE [Midweek Freeze]

Entries	103
Prize Pool	$206,000
Winner	Korrinho (Austria)
First-place Prize	$47,470

Blowout Series 65-L: $5.50 PLO8 [8-Max]

Entries	4,571
Prize Pool	$22,398
Winner	MK RED DEVIL (Turkmenistan)
First-place Prize	$2,810 (heads-up deal)

Blowout Series 65-M: $55 PLO8 [8-Max]

Entries	1,350
Prize Pool	$67,500
Winner	Spider91_PL (Poland)
First-place Prize	$8,253 (three-way deal)

Blowout Series 65-H: $530 PLO8 [8-Max]

Entries	188
Prize Pool	$94,000
Winner	PIPON777 (Latvia)
First-place Prize	$18,648

Blowout Series 66-L: $11 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout]

Entries	12,910
Prize Pool	$126,518
Winner	ROBAZAN (Russia)
First-place Prize	$6,738 + $3,155 in bounties

Blowout Series 66-M: $109 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout]

Entries	3,062
Prize Pool	$306,200
Winner	Vortzah is back (United Kingdom)
First-place Prize	$18,932 + $15,557 in bounties

Blowout Series 66-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO]

Entries	310
Prize Pool	$310,000
Winner	Patrick "pads1161" Leonard (United Kingdom)
First-place Prize	$25,517 + $23,121 in bounties

Blowout Series 67-L: $5.50 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, Freezeout]

Entries	8,077
Prize Pool	$39,577
Winner	Samuel13korn (Brazil)
First-place Prize	$5,564

Blowout Series 67-M: $55 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, Freezeout]

Entries	2,929
Prize Pool	$146,450
Winner	IClickIBrick (Romania)
First-place Prize	$21,200

Blowout Series 67-H: $530 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo]

Entries	395
Prize Pool	$197,500
Winner	13nutcracker13 (Greece)
First-place Prize	$36,254

Blowout Series 68-L: $11 NLHE [Progressive KO, Freezeout]

Entries	16,377
Prize Pool	$160,495
Winner	CayJay1802 (Canada)
First-place Prize	$7,427 + $3,856 in bounties

Blowout Series 68-M: $109 NLHE [Progressive KO, Freezeout, Mini Thursday Thrill SE]

Entries	4,440
Prize Pool	$440,400
Winner	The Borsh (Russia)
First-place Prize	$27,025 + $14,618 in bounties

Blowout Series 68-H: $1,050 NLHE [Progressive KO, Thursday Thrill SE]

Entries	539
Prize Pool	$539,000
Winner	Old brock (Austria)
First-place Prize	$41,737 + $28,417 in bounties

Blowout Series 69-L: $11 HORSE

Entries	2,573
Prize Pool	$25,215
Winner	Value858Vn (Vietnam)
First-place Prize	$3,727 (heads-up deal)

Blowout Series 69-M: $109 HORSE

Entries	502
Prize Pool	$50,200
Winner	Camilancefieldg (Canada)
First-place Prize	$9,488

Blowout Series 69-H: $1,050 HORSE

Entries	58
Prize Pool	$58,000
Winner	rompsa (Finland)
First-place Prize	$18,850

Blowout Series 70-L: $2.20 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, Progressive Total KO]

Entries	16,377
Prize Pool	$19,000
Winner	Boshnika (Russia)
First-place Prize	$1,267

Blowout Series 70-M: $22 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, Progressive Total KO]

Entries	11,441
Prize Pool	$228,820
Winner	bizool (Belgium)
First-place Prize	$11,677

Blowout Series 70-H: $215 NLHE [6-Max, Turbo, Progressive Total KO]

Entries	1,445
Prize Pool	$289,000
Winner	Hristivoje "All In PAV" Pavlovic (New Zealand)
First-place Prize	$32,904

Blowout Series 71-L: $5.50 NLHE [8-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Freezeout]

Entries	7,968
Prize Pool	$40,238
Winner	GiulyPL (Poland)
First-place Prize	$5,657

Blowout Series 71-M: $55 NLHE [8-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Freezeout]

Entries	2,925
Prize Pool	$153,212
Winner	Koook69 (Germany)
First-place Prize	$22,240

Blowout Series 71-H: $530 NLHE [8-Max, Hyper-Turbo, HRC Supersonic SE]

Entries	375
Prize Pool	$191,070
Winner	Lonnie "thx4urm0n3y" Hallett (Canada)
First-place Prize	$34,928

Blowout Series 72-L: $5.50 PLO8 [6-Max]

Entries	3,431
Prize Pool	$16,812
Winner	JackASS 005 (United Kingdom)
First-place Prize	$2,191 (heads-up deal)

Blowout Series 72-M: $55 PLO8 [6-Max]

Entries	1,089
Prize Pool	$54,450
Winner	dimadondolad (Russia)
First-place Prize	$8,786

Blowout Series 72-H: $530 PLO8 [6-Max]

Entries	164
Prize Pool	$82,000
Winner	chorizo72 (Denmark)
First-place Prize	$16,620

Blowout Series 73-L: $2.20 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout]

Entries	13,351
Prize Pool	$26,168
Winner	madmax0977 (Germany)
First-place Prize	$1,183 (three-way deal) + $586 in bounties

Blowout Series 73-M: $22 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout]

Entries	9,568
Prize Pool	$191,960
Winner	r4fuel (United Kingdom)
First-place Prize	$11,297 + $3,392 in bounties

Blowout Series 73-H: $215 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Freezeout]

Entries	1,051
Prize Pool	$210,200
Winner	Ami "UhhMee" Barer (Canada)
First-place Prize	$14,700 + $3,392 in bounties

Blowout Series 74-L: $11 NLHE

Entries	17,892
Prize Pool	$175,342
Winner	serkancan (Germany)
First-place Prize	$9,184 (six-way deal)

Blowout Series 74-M: $109 NLHE

Entries	3,681
Prize Pool	$368,100
Winner	Vitor "flipmm" Castro (Brazil)
First-place Prize	$52,696

Blowout Series 74-H: $1,050 NLHE

Entries	161
Prize Pool	$161,000
Winner	Andrey "Anjeyyy" Novak (Ukraine)
First-place Prize	$32,459

Blowout Series 75-L: $5.50 NLHE [4-Max, Turbo]

Entries	15,096
Prize Pool	$73,970
Winner	ivan00st (Croatia)
First-place Prize	$8,461

Blowout Series 75-M: $55 NLHE [4-Max, Turbo]

Entries	3,794
Prize Pool	$189,700
Winner	PaSu9090 (Ireland)
First-place Prize	$27,127

Blowout Series 75-H: $530 NLHE [4-Max, Turbo]

Entries	347
Prize Pool	$200,000
Winner	Juanki "B4NKR0LL3R" Vecino (United Kingdom)
First-place Prize	$36,884

Blowout Series 76-L: $2.20 NLHE [7-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Progressive KO, Freezeout]

Entries	9,885
Prize Pool	$19,869
Winner	777filin777 (Russia)
First-place Prize	$1,146 + $622 in bounties

Blowout Series 76-M: $22 NLHE [7-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Progressive KO, Freezeout]

Entries	7,324
Prize Pool	$153,438
Winner	Pocok85 (Hungary)
First-place Prize	$9,604 + $5,134 in bounties

Blowout Series 76-H: $215 NLHE [7-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Progressive KO, Freezeout]

Entries	974
Prize Pool	$199,436
Winner	MakeItSence? (Germany)
First-place Prize	$14,252 + $13,931 in bounties

Blowout Series 77-L: $2.20 NLHE [Freezeout]

Entries	14,405
Prize Pool	$30,000
Winner	GerSchwa (Germany)
First-place Prize	$2,886 (four-way deal)

Blowout Series 77-M: $22 NLHE [Freezeout]

Entries	8,290
Prize Pool	$165,800
Winner	fr3nne (Sweden)
First-place Prize	$15,313 (four-way deal)

Blowout Series 77-H: $215 NLHE [Freezeout]

Entries	1,281
Prize Pool	$256,200
Winner	Witalijuz (Lithuania)
First-place Prize	$40,191

Blowout Series 78-L: $11 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Mini Saturday KO SE]

Entries	31,590
Prize Pool	$309,582
Winner	BoyVn99 (Czech Republic)
First-place Prize	$12,911 + $6,527 in bounties

Blowout Series 78-M: $109 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Saturday KO SE]

Entries	6,341
Prize Pool	$634,100
Winner	efkinis24 (Lithuania)
First-place Prize	$38,338 + $26,941 in bounties

Blowout Series 78-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, HRC Saturday KO SE]

Entries	338
Prize Pool	$338,000
Winner	Audrius "Stakelis24" Stakelis (Lithuania)
First-place Prize	$27,551 + $35,812 in bounties

Blowout Series 79-L: $11 6+ Hold'em [6-Max]

Entries	3,152
Prize Pool	$30,890
Winner	weeman235 (United Kingdom)
First-place Prize	$3,759 (heads-up deal)

Blowout Series 79-M: $109 6+ Hold'em [6-Max]

Entries	412
Prize Pool	$50,000
Winner	Shyam "G's zee" Srinivasan (Canada)
First-place Prize	$9,106

Blowout Series 79-H: $1,050 6+ Hold'em [6-Max]

Entries	86
Prize Pool	$86,000
Winner	LeROYal 09 (Ireland)
First-place Prize	$20,551

Blowout Series 80-L: $5.50 NLHE [Turbo, Progressive KO, Freezeout]

Entries	16,701
Prize Pool	$81,835
Winner	salavat00 (Russia)
First-place Prize	$3,746 + $1,585 in bounties

Blowout Series 80-M: $55 NLHE [Turbo, Progressive KO, Freezeout]

Entries	5,759
Prize Pool	$287,950
Winner	yuhei33 (Japan)
First-place Prize	$17,231 + $10,258 in bounties

Blowout Series 80-H: $530 NLHE [Turbo, Progressive KO]

Entries	487
Prize Pool	$243,500
Winner	Julio "jucetoor18" Torres (Mexico)
First-place Prize	$18,885 + $13,645 in bounties

Blowout Series 81-L: $5.50 NLHE [6-Max, Freezeout, Mini Sunday Kickoff SE]

Entries	9,455
Prize Pool	$46,330
Winner	export8585 (Sweden)
First-place Prize	$6,392

Blowout Series 81-M: $55 NLHE [6-Max, Freezeout, Sunday Kickoff SE]

Entries	3,730
Prize Pool	$186,500
Winner	mjeg1410 (United Kingdom)
First-place Prize	$26,675

Blowout Series 81-H: $530 NLHE [6-Max]

Entries	624
Prize Pool	$312,000
Winner	Tom_Poker_NL (Netherlands)
First-place Prize	$54,856

Blowout Series 82-L: $22 NLHE [Progressive KO]

Entries	20,618
Prize Pool	$412,360
Winner	Maty25 (Argentina)
First-place Prize	$18,326 + $6,570 in bounties

Blowout Series 82-M: $215 NLHE [Progressive KO, Sunday Warm-Up SE]

Entries	4,405
Prize Pool	$881,000
Winner	dasslo007 (Luxembourg)
First-place Prize	$53,620 + $34,107 in bounties

Blowout Series 82-H: $2,100 NLHE [Progressive KO, 8-Max]

Entries	281
Prize Pool	$562,000
Winner	Ole "wizowizo" Schemion (Austria)
First-place Prize	$46,911 + $67,906 in bounties

Blowout Series 83-L: $11 PLO [6-Max]

Entries	8,062
Prize Pool	$100,000
Winner	anouchka.v (Belgium)
First-place Prize	$10,062 (four-way deal)

Blowout Series 83-M: $109 PLO [6-Max]

Entries	1,850
Prize Pool	$185,000
Winner	GET IN IN !! (Ireland)
First-place Prize	$23,148 (three-way deal)

Blowout Series 83-H: $1,050 PLO [6-Max]

Entries	318
Prize Pool	$318,000
Winner	Christopher "lissi stinkt" Frank (Austria)
First-place Prize	$59,582

Blowout Series Side Event: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller]

The Blowout Series Side Event featured a $5,200 buy-in, along with a $1 million guarantee, to make it one of the biggest events on the schedule. A total of 225 entrants brought the prize pool up to $1,125,000.

Russia's "hello_totti" shipped the two-day event for $219,546. However, the bigger news might have been that PokerStars Ambassador Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis snagged his biggest score on his Twitch stream after taking fourth place for $97,257.

Entries	225
Prize Pool	$1,125,000
Winner	"hello_totti" (Russia)
First-place Prize	$219,546

Blowout Series 84-L: $2.20 NLHE [8-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO]

Entries	21,820
Prize Pool	$50,000
Winner	ADRIANOARHS (Greece)
First-place Prize	$2,502 + $1,061 in bounties

Blowout Series 84-M: $22 NLHE [8-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO, Mini Sunday Cooldown SE]

PokerStars Ambassador Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban notched his biggest online score of his poker career on Sunday evening after shipping the Blowout Series 84-M: $22 NLHE [8-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO, Mini Sunday Cooldown SE] for $13,399 in prize money (after a three-way deal) plus $6,308 in bounties.

PokerStars Ambassadors Arlie Shaban and Lex Veldhuis Find Huge Success in Blowout Series

Entries	15,572
Prize Pool	$311,440
Winner	Arlie "Prince Pablo" Shaban (Canada)
First-place Prize	$13,399 (three-way deal) + $6,308 in bounties

Blowout Series 84-H: $215 NLHE [8-Max, Turbo, Progressive KO, Sunday Cooldown SE]

Entries	3,178
Prize Pool	$635,600
Winner	Jamil "Jamil11" Wakil (Canada)
First-place Prize	$39,175 + $33,478 in bounties

Blowout Series 85-L: $5.50 NLHE [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Mini Sunday Supersonic SE]

Entries	12,573
Prize Pool	$65,000
Winner	Gnik86 (Germany)
First-place Prize	$8,292

Blowout Series 85-M: $55 NLHE [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Sunday Supersonic SE]

Entries	5,572
Prize Pool	$291,861
Winner	mbos92 (Netherlands)
First-place Prize	$37,814 (heads-up deal)

Blowout Series 85-H: $530 NLHE [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo, HRC Sunday Supersonic SE]

Entries	812
Prize Pool	$413,730
Winner	vanEs2k11 (Netherlands)
First-place Prize	$37,814 (heads-up deal)

Blowout Series 86-L: $11 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Series Saver]

Entries	30,858
Prize Pool	$302,408
Winner	Felipe "altzera" Lobato Isaac Goncalves (Brazil)
First-place Prize	$12,683 + $3,331 in bounties

Blowout Series 86-M: $109 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Series Saver]

Entries	9,757
Prize Pool	$975,700
Winner	JustTrappedU (Austria)
First-place Prize	$56,922 + $28,190 in bounties

Blowout Series 86-H: $1,050 NLHE [8-Max, Progressive KO, Series Saver]

Entries	1,397
Prize Pool	$1,397,000
Winner	paxantho (Greece)
First-place Prize	$92,222 + $52,804 in bounties

Blowout Series 87-L: $2.20 NLHE [Turbo]

Entries	14,152
Prize Pool	$27,738
Winner	Jlep5 (Canada)
First-place Prize	$3,398

Blowout Series 87-M: $22 NLHE [Turbo]

Entries	11,621
Prize Pool	$232,420
Winner	_Miazakii_ (Brazil)
First-place Prize	$22,667 (four-way deal)

Blowout Series 87-H: $215 NLHE [Turbo]

Entries	1,606
Prize Pool	$321,200
Winner	stajmak1896 (Germany)
First-place Prize	$40,408 (heads-up deal)

Blowout Series 88-L: $5.50 NLHE [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Freezeout, Series Wrap-Up]

Entries	13,317
Prize Pool	$67,251
Winner	Felipe "Badbomen" Campins (Argentina)
First-place Prize	$6,354 (four-way deal)

Blowout Series 88-M: $55 NLHE [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Freezeout, Series Wrap-Up]

Entries	3,947
Prize Pool	$206,744
Winner	gotheapsofeh (Germany)
First-place Prize	$25,753 (heads-up deal)

Blowout Series 88-H: $530 NLHE [6-Max, Hyper-Turbo, Series Wrap-Up]

Entries	540
Prize Pool	$275,141
Winner	zinkAA (Russia)
First-place Prize	$48,597

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