€500 WPO Main Event Dia 1b | 2022 Winamax Poker Open Bratislava

2022-09-29 12:00 UTC+3

Welcome to Day 1b of The Winamax Poker Open Bratislava €500 Main Event

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Yesterday's action from the Winamax Poker Open Bratislava €500 Main Event at Banco Casino saw 427 hopeful entries take their shot at achieving WPO Glory, however only 71 players made it through the first starting flight. Yohan Gornadha had made it through from Day 1a but declared his short stack in the hopes of spinning up something bigger in the other Day 1 flights.

France's Benjamin Gros (822,000) topped the counts from Day 1a and was the only player to bag a stack over 800,000. Notable names joining him in Day 2 include Winamax Team Pro Pierre Calamusa (270,000) and Nicolas Vayssieres (122,000).

Calamusa was the only Winamax Team Pro to make it through as the likes of Romain Lewis, Bruno Lopes, Gaelle Baumann, Alejandro Romero, Guillaume Diaz, Alexane Najchaus and Loic Debregeas were unable to bag and tag a stack for the Main Event's second stage.

Each of players who advanced from Day 1a locked up the min-cash, which will be announced when Day 2 begins.

Today's entries for the Main Event will start with a 50,000 starting stack, with levels going up every 30-minutes. Players are allowed one reentry per Day 1, with late registration closing at the end of Level 13 (approx. 6:50 p.m. CEST). Player breaks will take place every 4 levels and all of the starting flights will close when players are in the money. Day 2 will get underway on the level after the earliest Day 1 finish.

WPO Bratislava €500 Main Event Schedule

DATE	TIME (CEST)	EVENT #	EVENT	BUY-IN	STARTING STACK	LEVELS	END OF REG (cest)
Sep-29	12:00	11	WPO Main Event - Day 1B	€500	50,000	30 min.	18:50
Sep-30	12:00	11	WPO Main Event - Day 1C	€500	50,000	30 min.	18:50
Sep-30	19:00	11	WPO Main Event - Day 1D Turbo	€500	50,000	15 min.	22:30
Oct-01	12:00	11	WPO Main Event - Day 2	-	-	35 min.	-
Oct-02	12:30	11	WPO Main Event - Day 3	-	-	40 min.	-

PokerNews will have boots on the ground for entirety of the Main Event, so be sure to stick with the live updates to keep up with all the action.

2022-09-29 13:33 UTC+3

More Events Planned at WPO Bratislava

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Nível 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

As mentioned, there's a packed tournament schedule at WPO Bratislava and the action doesn't let up today.

Event #16 €150 Tornado KO promises to be a fast and furious affair and kicks off at 4 p.m. CEST.

A €100 satellite to the Main Event plays out at 7 p.m.. while the highly anticipated Winamax Beer Pong Open event starts at 8 p.m.

Night Owls will also be pleased to know that Event #18 €100 Sprint gets underway at 9 p.m. and the poker party game Midnight Duolingo begins as 12 a.m.

2022-09-29 13:50 UTC+3

Straight Flush Over Straight Flush Benefits Pardoux

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Nível 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

A huge pot just played out on Table 83, and saw 100,000 chips head to Roland Pardoux.

With the board reading , Pardoux got in his stack against Michel Dousteyssier on the river.

Dousteyssier held the for a steel wheel while Pardoux flipped over his for a straight flush to the six.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Roland Pardoux	100,000 100,000	100,000

2022-09-29 14:13 UTC+3

Debregeas Enters Day 1b

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Nível 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Loic Debregeas is one of the fresher faces in Team Pro Winamax and has just started his journey in live poker after finding success on the virtual felt.

The 2022 Top Shark Academy winner has six recorded cashes for 2022 which includes three in the money finishes at the 2022 WSOP and pocketed €11,730 after finishing in 222nd place in the EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event. The five-figure score is his largest recorded live cash to date.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Loic Debregeas	50,000 50,000	50,000

2022-09-29 14:57 UTC+3

Royal Flush for Romero

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Nível 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Alejandro Romero opened to 1,200 from under the gun and was only called by Nicolas Filipe from the big blind.

Filipe check-called a bet of 900 on the flop and did the same when Romero bet 5,000 on the turn.

The same action took place when Romero sized up to 16,000 river.

"I win mate," said Romero as he turned over his for a Royal Flush. The table all whipped their phones out to take some pictures while the pot headed to the Winamax Team Pro.

Also at Romero's table is stablemate Alexane Najchaus who has a below starting stack. Loic Debregeas is on an adjacent table and his seen short stack shrink even further.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Alejandro Romero	65,000 15,000	15,000
Alexane Najchaus	33,000 -17,000	-17,000

Loic Debregeas	10,000 -25,000	-25,000

2022-09-29 18:28 UTC+3

ANOTHER Straight Flush!

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Nível 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

There's already been a straight flush over straight flush, as well as a Royal Flush on Day 1b.

Well, another straight flush has just taken place on Winamax Team Pro Bruno Lopes' table.

An 80,000 chip pot was pushed towards the way of Kazuma Fujiyama. The Japanese poker player had not long reentered the event and found an early double up while on his second bullet.

With the board showing , Fujiyama and Benjamin Millian got all of their chips into the middle, with the former at risk of elimination.

The cards turned over and both players had a flush. Millian had the and was ahead while Fujiyama held the . The spiked the river to give Fujiyama the winner.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Bruno Lopes	122,000 67,000	67,000

Kazuma Fujiyama	80,000 80,000	80,000

2022-09-29 19:24 UTC+3

Vieira Enters WPO Bratislava Main Event

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Nível 11 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Team Winamax Pro Joao Vieira has just entered the WPO Bratislava Main Event and was seen dragging in a pot to take him to a stack of 57,000.

The Portuguese poker player has been on fire this year on both the live and virtual felt. In the summer, Vieira won his second WSOP bracelet in the after taking down Event #83: $50,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold’em for $ 1,384,413.

He then saw three more WCOOP titles head his way to take his overall total to NINE WCOOP wins and he has even bagged a SUPER MILLION$ victory as well this year.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Joao Vieira	57,000 57,000	57,000

2022-09-29 22:07 UTC+3

Day 1b Late Registration Closes

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Nível 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,500, 3,500 ante

Late registration for Day 1b of the WPO Bratislava Main Event has come to close. Today's action has seen 631 entries to bring the overall total too 1,058.

Just 223 players remain in the second starting heat and it has been confirmed that Day 1b will close when 106 players remain. For players to make the money and advance to Day 2, they must physically bag and tag a stack tonight.

2022-09-29 23:09 UTC+3

Winamax Team Pro Soaring Through Day 1b

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Nível 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

One-time WSOP winner Romain Lewis is on the WPO Bratislava Main Event feature table which you can watch in our live stream tab. So far, he's amassed a stack of 556,000 and is one of the chip leaders from today.

Lewis won his WSOP bracelet in 2012, and picked up a $463,885 payday after winning Event #76: Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em.

The Frenchman overcame a final table that consisted of Aditya Agarwal, Stephen Chidwick, Dario Sammartino and Rainer Kempe.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Romain Lewis	556,000 231,000	231,000

2022-09-30 01:48 UTC+3

Gytis Juskevicius Bubbles Day 1b of WPO Bratislava Main Event

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Nível 21 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Baptiste Scorsone opened to 20,000 from middle position before Gytis Juskevicius committed his last 100,000 chips from the big blind. Scorsone called and the room all raced over to watch the hand play out.

Gytis Juskevicius:
Baptiste Scorsone:

It was a classic flip and tens remained ahead on the flop. However, the turn left the at risk player drawing to two outs. The completed the board and there were loud cheers as Juskevicius' elimination ensured that everyone else made the money and Day 2.

Day 1b has now finished. Chip counts and recap to follow shortly.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Baptiste Scorsone	530,000 188,000	188,000
Gytis Juskevicius	Eliminado