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Lex Veldhuis is on Fire in the PokerStars New Year Series

January 3, 2024
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The $35 million guaranteed PokerStars New Year Series kicked off on December 24 with the first events from a 350-tournament schedule. Stellar names have packed the 63 completed events so far, and PokerStars ambassador Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis has been mixing it up with the best of them.

Veldhuis is spending the next four months in New Zealand, meaning most of the PokerStars New Year Series tournaments shuffle up and deal during the morning for him. Poker players are not usually known for their punctuality or their willingness to rise and shine early doors, but the red-eye start times seem to be working in Veldhuis’ favor.

On Christmas Eve, Veldhuis came out on top of the $1,050 NLHE 8-Max PKO event, and walked away with $24,220, including bounties. As Veldhuis was riding that tournament home across the finishing line, he triumphed in the $320 NLHE 8-Max PKO, boosting his bankroll by an additional $12,863.

Two wins straight off the bat set the tone for Veldhuis, and the popular Dutch streamer seems to be going deep in more than his fair share of New Year Series events. Veldhuis found himself third in chips going into Day 2 of the $2,024 NLHE 8-Max New Year Special, and with a legitimate chance of bagging the $79,374 top prize. However, the Poker Gods had other ideas, and things didn’t plan out for Veldhuis. He crashed out in 15th from 211 entrants, a finish good for $6,389.

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Alejandro “Papo MC” Lococo

Alejandro “Papo MC” Lococo, Veldhuis’ teammate, navigated his way to the final table, but ultimately had to make do with a fifth-place finish worth $26,804. This event was eventually won by Ukraine’s “drew.derzh” who defeated Jonathan “x_zola25” Skovsen heads-up, securing a $79,374 payday in the process.

Biggest Payout of the Series Thus Far

One of the other New Year Specials, the $202.40 buy-in edition, awarded the largest payout of the New Year Series so far. Some 3,392 players fought it out for the lion’s share of a $750,000 prize pool. First place should have paid out $107,767, but a three-way chop changed that.

“cardinals970” finished third for $74,969, a few bucks more than “99dm84” collected for their runner-up finish. Mexico-based Felix “TheDegendFund” Van De Put scooped a $90,095 top prize.

Van De Put’s impressive haul will only stay the largest New Year Series score for a few days because some massive events are on the horizon.

Four Seven-Figure Prize Pools Up for Grabs

New Year Series

In addition the $5,200 buy-in $350,000 guaranteed Titans Event on January 7, and the $10,300 buy-in, $600,000 guaranteed Super Tuesday High Roller on January 9, there are four upcoming tournaments each with a $1 million+ guarantee on their prize pool.

This Sunday, January 7, marks the first-ever mystery bounty event PokerStars has hosted, and what better way to get off the mark than by making the Sunday Million a mystery bounty edition? $109 is the buy-in, and $1 million is the guarantee; expect some incredible mystery bounties.

January 14 sees three No-Limit Hold’em Main Events commence at 5:30 p.m. GMT. They come with buy-ins of $109, $1,050, and $5,200, with guarantees weighing in at $1 million, $1.25 million, and $1.5 million, respectively. It would not be a surprise to see Veldhuis putting together a deep run in any of the aforementioned tournaments.

PokerStars New Year Series Results So Far

Event Entrants Prize Pool Champion Prize
#2-L: $5.50 NLHE 8-Max PKO 10,758 $52,714 mike21_4life $4,440*
#2-M: $55 NLHE 8-Max PKO 3,535 $176,750 DarkSkies21 $18,756*
#2-H: $530 NLHE 8-Max PKO 216 $108,000 dimadub93 $21,481*
#3: $109 NLHE 8-Max Big $109 Christmas Edition 993 $100,000 Foxdie999 $16,439
#4-L: $33 NLHE 8-Max PKO 4,635 $139,050 ShishuiUch1ha $12,798*
#4-M: $215 NLHE 8-Max PKO 776 $155,200 Breno2728 $22,850*
#4-H: $1,050 NLHE 8-Max PKO 120 $125,000 Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis $24,220*
#5-L: $11 PLO 6-Max PKO 2,382 $25,000 donkey7n2 $2,989*
#5-M: $109 PLO 6-Max PKO 346 $35,000 silage98 $5,255*
#5-H: $1,050 PLO 6-Max PKO 39 $40,000 ShipitFTW911 $17,503*
#6: $320 NLHE 8-Max PKO 226 $67,800 Lex “L. Veldhuis” Veldhuis $12,863*
#7-L: $5.50 NLHE 7-Max Turbo PKO 7,462 $36,563 sirtenzoe $3,480*
#7-M: $55 NLHE 7-Max Turbo PKO 2,242 $112,100 And_Blr $10,702*
#7-H: $530 NLHE 7-Max Turbo PKO 136 $68,000 Heidegger807 $15,882*
#8-L: $3.30 NLHE 6-Max Monster Stacks 11,516 $33,857 mother68 $4,430
#8-M: $33 NLHE 6-Max Monster Stacks 4,415 $132,450 08141 $18,881
#8-H: $320 NLHE 6-Max Monster Stacks 352 $105,600 Sergey260594 $19,394
#9-L: $11 NLHE 8-Max PKO 11,524 $112,935 Mcdermutt $8,266*
#9-M: $109 NLHE 8-Max PKO 2,414 $241,400 blaboub $25,176*
#9-H: $1,050 NLHE 8-Max PKO 94 $125,000 Roman “RomeOpro” Romanovsky $35,156*
#10-L: $5.50 HORSE 1,046 $5,152 GamarraFCP $936
#10-M: $55 HORSE 204 $10,200 aDrENalin710 $2,065
#10-H: $530 HORSE 38 $20,000 Ac-King00 $7,301
#11-L: $11 NLHE 5-Max Turbo PKO 8,142 $79,791 AAligator33 $6,940*
#11-M: $109 NLHE 5-Max Turbo PKO 1,062 $106,200 VincentFirst $13,446*
#11-H: $1,050 NLHE 5-Max Turbo PKO 69 $80,000 1obster $20,407*
#12: $109 NLHE 8-Max Fenomeno 691 $69,100 12371237 $11,917
#13: $55 NLHE Heads-Up Turbo Total PKO Zoom 1,555 $77,750 Log_Virus $8,478
#14: $22 NLHE 8-Max Daily Eliminator 5,458 $109,160 hatenow88 $8,951
#15-L: $5.50 NLHE 8-Max PKO 13,059 $63,989 Jojo491973 $4,698*
#15-M: $55 NLHE 8-Max PKO 4,367 $218,350 ChristianBR4 $23,087*
#15-H: $530 NLHE 8-Max PKO 268 $134,000 JackRipperJr $25,198*
#16-L: $11 NLHE 8-Max Super Tuesday 10,467 $102,576 christi1298 $13,596
#16-M: $109 NLHE 8-Max Super Tuesday 1,843 $184,300 superskill77 $27,677
#16-H: $1,050 NLHE 8-Max Super Tuesday 189 $200,000 jpsalgadocr0 $39,729
#17-L: $2.20 PL Badugi 8-Max PKO 1,575 $3,087 Serge_rf95 $397*
#17-M: $22 PL Badugi 8-Max PKO 313 $6,260 17neffetS_BR $1,262*
#17-H: $215 PL Badugi 8-Max PKO 32 $10,000 Dzmitry “Colisea” Urbanovich $3,469*
#18: $11 NLHE 5-Max Win the Button 3,086 $30,242 Carokannix $4,359
#19-L: $5.50 NLHE 6-Max Turbo PKO 9,659 $47,329 Tommescrawn $4,286*
#19-M: $55 NLHE 6-Max Turbo PKO 2,913 $145,650 olionhysaj $13,599*
#19-H: $530 NLHE 6-Max Turbo PKO 171 $85,500 mc1dot $18,222*
#20: $22 NLHE 4-Max Bounty Quads 2,486 $49,720 kistomika1990 $3,755*
#21: $33 NLHE 7-Max Hyper PKO 1,967 $61,822 No_to_peszek $6,740*
#23-L: $2.20 NLHE 8-Max 9,550 $18,718 Braidote $2,585
#23-M: $22 NLHE 8-Max 6,361 $127,220 GOT3As $18,082
#23-H: $215 NLHE 8-Max 591 $118,200 Ilewxa $20,735
#24-L: $11 NLHE 5-Max PKO 8,948 $87,690 penny1701 $6,314*
#24-M: $109 NLHE 5-Max PKO 1,881 $188,100 Martboyo $18,578*
#24-H: $1,050 NLHE 5-Max PKO 105 $105,000 Luis “luis_faria” Faria $29,035*
#25-L: $5.50 PLO 6-Max PKO 3,111 $15,243 luizbode $1,719*
#25-M: $55 PLO 6-Max PKO 723 $36,150 GHOSTFACE9.8 5,818*
#25-H: $530 PLO 6-Max PKO 86 $43,000 MaTitheone $11,954*
#26-L: $3.30 NLHE 6-Max Turbo PKO 9,071 $26,668 enjoyka771 $2,191*
#26-M: $33 NLHE 6-Max Turbo PKO 4,322 $129,660 shanesc $12,424*
#26-H: $320 NLHE 6-Max Turbo PKO 275 $82,500 gnetaren $12,891*
#27: $55 NLHE 7-Max Hyper PKO 1,382 $72,389 jambo669 $11,106*
#28: $27 NLO8 Heads-Up Turbo Total KO Zoom 914 $22,438 belyi9 $3,338*
#29-L: $3.30 NLHE 8-Max 9,598 $28,218 Kv3l3rt4k $3,892
#29-M: $33 NLHE 8-Max 3,667 $110,010 babyb00mer $15,765
#29-H: $320 NLHE 8-Max 369 $110,700 Inflaatio $15,199
#30-L: $22 NLE 8-Max PKO Thursday Thrill 9,070 $181,400 IamTABASCO $15,629*
#30-M: $215 NLHE 8-Max PKO Thursday Thrill 1,107 $221,400 Cbotacin $31,673*
#30-H: $2,100 NLHE 8-Max PKO Thursday Thrill 113 $226,000 Shark180599 $50,990*
#31-L: $3.30 Stud 932 $2,740 MiStErZYX $507
#31-M: $33 Stud 195 $7,500 Leon_Javur $1,340
#32: $55 NLHE Heads-Up Total KO 1,398 $69,900 Peshka1991 $6,975*
#33-L: $11 NLHE 6-Max Turbo PKO 9,586 $93,942 RenanLaPola $8,361*
#33-M: $109 NLHE 6-Max Turbo PKO 1,457 $145,700 Lanket $16,116*
#33-H: $1,050 NLHE 6-Max Turbo PKO 107 $107,000 mamamamama70 $24,866*
#34: $55 NLHE 8-Max Turbo PKO 1,283 $65,000 Zanos_Goda $7,546*
#35: $109 NLO8 6-Max Turbo PKO 289 $30,000 Robin “Robinho” Ylitalo $6,133*
#36-L: $2.20 NLHE 8-Max Deep Stack 10,414 $20,411 Zugolaro $2,709
#36-M: $22 NLHE 8-Max Deep Stack 6,941 $138,820 vulturu13 $19,721
#36-H: $215 NLHE 8-Max Deep Stack 471 $94,200 PyThaGoLiX $12,895
#37-L: $5.50 NLHE 6-Max PKO The Acai 9,894 $48,480 Moutatack2222 $4,253*
#37-M: $55 NLHE 6-Max PKO The Acai 3,720 $186,000 pushstyle777 $20,520*
#37-H: $530 NLHE 6-Max PKO The Acai 235 $117,500 iBreakU_U $23,899*
#38-L: $2.20 8-Game 6-Max 1,838 $4,000 AlessandroBJ $438
#38-M: $22 8-Gme 6-Max 780 $15,600 Gaisska $2,648
#38-H: $215 8-Game 6-Max 125 $30,000 Leon_Javur $6,744
#39-L: $5.50 NLHE The Rounder 7,241 $35,480 Ketamine2801 $5,054
#39-M: $55 NLHE The Rounder 1,285 $64,250 TarzanThorben $10,015
#39-H: $530 NLHE The Rounder 231 $46,200 carta25 $8,913
#40: $109 NLHE 8-Max Fenomeno 693 $69,300 AngerFish425 $11,798
#41: $109 NLHE Heads-Up Turbo Total KO Zoom 878 $87,800 sanychamid $9,001*
#42: $33 NLHE 8-Max Hyper PKO 1,557 $48,936 dholanda283 $5,989*
#43: $55 NLHE 8-Max PKO 3,400 $170,000 Tarcidio $19,669*
#44-L: $2.20 NLHE 8-Max PKO 12,011 $23,541 DonZordon $2,126*
#44-M: $22 NLHE 8-Max PKO 6,830 $136,600 Deobandi $12,271*
#44-H: $215 NLHE 8-Max PKO 592 $118,400 Assad91 $16,411*
#45-L: $11 NLHE 7-Max PKO Big KO 13,517 $132,466 Jacks_Ten $7,534*
#45-M: $109 NLHE 7-Max PKO Big KO 1,977 $197,700 starswins 🙂 $20,061*
#45-H: $1,050 NLHE 7-Max PKO Big KO 139 $139,000 Joker1002 $32,225*
#46-L: $11 Razz 8-Max PKO 784 $10,000 Sz4t4n $1,358*
#46-M: $109 Razz 8-Max PKO 130 $15,000 chaka-G $3,660*
#46-H: $1,050 Razz 8-Max PKO 30 $30,000 CMoosepower $13,258*
#47-L: $5.50 NLHE 8-Max Turbo Copacabana 7,179 $35,177 gomsipjorn $4,999
#47-M: $55 NLHE 8-Max Turbo Copacabana 1,445 $72,250 dougmd83 $11,085
#47-H: $530 NLHE 8-Max Turbo Copacabana 175 $87,500 Chris “ImDaNuts” Oliver $17,628
#48-L: $2.20 NLHE 6-Max Turbo 6,752 $13,233 coucou27 $1,884
#48-M: $22 NLHE 6-Max Turbo 4,059 $81,180 Bernardo807 $11,604
#48-H: $215 NLHE 6-Max Turbo 368 $73,600 twardy666 $13,517
#49: $2 NLHE Heads-Up Turbo Total KO Zoom 2,013 $40,260 victhereaper99 $3,662*
#50-L: $5.50 NLHE 6-Max Deep Stack 11,598 $56,830 Slavik_54rus $7,431
#50-M: $55 NLHE 6-Max Deep Stack 3,719 $185,950 Teddygram902 $22,581
#50-H: $530 NLHE 6-Max Deep Stack 320 $160,000 Jesper8 $24,241
#51-L: $20.24 NLHE 8-Max New Year Special 15,796 $300,000 Runne1 $31,385
#51-M: $202.40 NLHE 8-Max New Year Special 3,392 $750,000 Felix “TheDegendFund” Van De Put $90,095
#51-H: $2,024 NLHE 8-Max New Year Special 211 $406,729 drew.derzh $79,374
#52-L: $11 PLO 6-Max 2,389 $25,000 Michael Keys $3,143
#52-M: $109 PLO 6-Max 397 $39,700 Coldiiik $6,164
#52-H: $1,050 PLO 6-Max 78 $78,000 Nadhob $16,760
#53-L: $5.50 NLHE 5-Max Turbo PKO 10,517 $51,533 578346 $3,961*
#53-M: $55 NLHE 5-Max Turbo PKO 3,005 $150,250 tycu112 $15,888*
#53-H: $530 NLHE 5-Max Turbo PKO 224 $112,000 chiefofxocolatl $16,462*
#54: $109 NLHE 8-Max Turbo PKO 856 $85,600 capper95 $11,487*
#55: $22 NLHE 7-Max Hyper PKO 3,401 $71,250 Alada222 $5,240*
#56: $27 NLHE 8-Max PKO 5,335 $130,974 0wnr00 $12,763*
#57-L: $2.20 8-Max PKO 12,297 $24,102 brian pot153 $2,003*
#57-M: $22 NLHE 8-Max PKO 8,931 $178,620 b1o0m4r1n32 $16,969*
#57-H: $215 NLHE 8-Max PKO 1,033 $206,600 mindgamer $26,845*
#58-L: $11 NLHE 8-Max Super Tuesday 10,553 $103,419 TBD  
#58-M: $109 NLHE 8-Max Super Tuesday 2,197 $219,700 TBD  
#58-H: $1,050 NLHE 8-Max Super Tuesday 214 $214,000 TBD  
#59-L: $2.20 NL 2-7 Single Draw PKO 1,301 $2,549 Chudy_089 $319
#59-M: $22 NL 2-7 Single Draw PKO 370 $7,400 grigoriy9 $1,503*
#59-H: $215 NL 2-7 Single Draw 49 $10,000 Yuri “theNERDguy” Dzivielevski $3,809*
#60: $109 NLHE 8-Max PKO Big KO 1,388 $138,800 magrao13 $14,266*
#61-L: $5.50 NLHE 6-max Turbo PKO 9,985 $48,926 prosky12 $4,481*
#61-M: $55 NLHE 6-Max Turbo PKO 2,973 $148,650 Seanlazdi $14,648*
#61-H: $530 NLHE 6-Max Turbo PKO 236 $118,000 Sintoras $27,164*
#62: NLHE 8-Max Hyper PKO 2,662 $55,768 oKiNeK $6,522*
#63: $55 NLHE 7-Max Turbo PKO 1,552 $77,600 idar0365 $9,791*

*includes bounty payments

Head Down the Power Path to the New Year Series Main Events

Power Path

Satellite for the New Year Series Main Events run around the clock, but you can also bag yourself a sweet package by heading down the PokerStars Power Path. You can redeem your Silver Pass for a $2,500 ticket bundle, and your Gold Pass for a $10,300 ticket bundle.

Exchange a Silver Pass for two $1,050 New Year Series Main Event tickets, two $19 New Year Series Main Event tickets, eight $22 New Year Series tickets, and $6 worth of tournament dollars.

Redeeming a Gold Pass grants you an awesome package of a $5,200 New Year Series Main Event tickets, four shots at the $1,050 buy-in Main Event, four $109 New Year Series Main Event tickets, six $55 New Year Series tickets, plus $134 worth of tournament dollars!

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