€500 WPO Main Event
Dia 1c Concluído
€500 WPO Main Event
Dia 1c Concluído
The penultimate starting flight of the Winamax Poker Open Bratislava €500 Main Event has come to a close at the wonderful Banco Casino.
Today's action saw 929 more hopeful entries, to take the final total to a record-breaking 2,221. However much of the field left Day 1c empty handed as only 155 players progressed to Day 2.
Across all the starting flights, just 371 players qualified and they have locked up a min-cash of the €977,240 prize pool.
Payouts have yet to be determined but will be announced when Day 2 gets underway at 12 p.m. CEST on Saturday October 1.
None of the Winamax Team Pros survived Day 1c, but several fared better in Day 1d, which you can find in our latest blog post.
Georgi Abuladze ended Day 1c as chip leader and bagged the biggest stack so far of 1,105,000. Patrik Ciklamini and Maxime Large finished the session with 1,065,000 and 981,000 respectively.
Alexandre Husset was the player to the burst the bubble. His ace-jack could not beat the nine-six held by Georgi Abuladze. There were other key hands today, but none more spectacular than the aces vs. kings vs. queens that boosted Romain Semler through to Day 2.
Player | Country | Chip Count |
---|---|---|
Georgi Abdulaze | Estonia | 1,105,000 |
Patrik Ciklamini | Slovakia | 1,065,000 |
Maxime Large | France | 981,000 |
Paul Haquin | France | 959,000 |
Romain Semler | France | 928,000 |
Deividas Daubaris | Lithuania | 885,000 |
Peter Zolnai | Slovakia | 841,000 |
Nicolas Hameau | France | 817,000 |
Alban Juen | France | 800,000 |
Benjamin Ahrens | France | 784,000 |
Day 2 will begin at Level 21 with the blinds at 5,000/10,000/10,000 bba. PokerNews will be on the ground for more Main Event action which begins at 12 p.m. CEST on Saturday October 1.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Georgi Abuladze
|
1,105,000 | 5,000 |
Patrik Ciklamini | 1,065,000 | 700,000 |
Maxime Large | 981,000 | 426,000 |
Paul Haquin | 959,000 | 359,000 |
Romain Semler | 928,000 | 328,000 |
Deividas Daubaris | 885,000 | 885,000 |
Loic Debregeas
|
854,000 | 854,000 |
Peter Zolnai | 841,000 | 841,000 |
Nicolas Hameau | 817,000 | 817,000 |
Alban Juen | 800,000 | 660,000 |
Benjamin Ahrens
|
784,000 | 784,000 |
David Urban | 753,000 | 97,000 |
Samuel Bovy | 736,000 | 736,000 |
Benjamin Hammann | 720,000 | 370,000 |
Romain Hirt | 712,000 | 712,000 |
Adrien Guyon | 707,000 | 457,000 |
Julien Fleury | 704,000 | 704,000 |
Tony Bouchet | 703,000 | 143,000 |
Nacho Barbero
|
689,000 | 689,000 |
Brandon Sheils | 686,000 | 686,000 |
Victor Fryda | 668,000 | 668,000 |
Benoit Kozubski | 653,000 | |
Guillaume Perrine | 632,000 | |
Francois Gozzelino | 610,000 | |
Alexandre Chomel | 604,000 | 604,000 |
After eight bullets across four starting flights, Winamax Team Pro Loic Debregeas finally made it through to Day 2 of the Winamax Poker Open Bratislava Main Event. The Frenchman did it in style as well, bagging best from the flight and ended up with a stack of 854,000.
Fellow Team Pro Members Bruno Lopes (206,000) and Mustapha Kanit (154,000) also managed survive Day 1d. However, Joao Vieira, Francois Pirault and Alexane Najchaus were eliminated, with the latter just missing out on making Day 2 and bowed out in 41st place.
Day 1d saw 234 entries, with 39 players making it through to the next stage. Day 1c recap and chip counts will follow shortly.
Player | cOUNTRY | CHIP COUNTS |
---|---|---|
Loic Debregeas | France | 854,000 |
Romain Hirt | France | 712,000 |
Brandon Sheils | United Kingdom | 686,000 |
Alexandre Chomel | France | 604,000 |
Abel Pruchon | France | 578,000 |
Nicholas Galion | France | 536,000 |
Denis Kurek | Slovakia | 534,000 |
Patrik Kunik | Slovakia | 460,000 |
Quentin Brenier | France | 454,000 |
Rafi Balabanian | France | 388,000 |
Alexandre Husset was all-in and at risk for crumbs and was up against Georgi Abuladze.
Alexandre Husset:
Georgi Abuladze:
Abuladze paired his six on the flop and held to eliminate Husset on the turn and river.
Day 1c has now closed with 155 players going through to Day 2.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Georgi Abuladze
|
1,100,000 | |
Alexandre Husset
|
Eliminado |
Bubble Action is taking place and three players were all in and at risk but all three managed to survive. Day 1c continues while Day 1d finished with 39 players.
Team Winamax Pro Alexane Najchaus was ousted in 41st place while Stefan Reisner was the bubble in 40th place.
Maxime Fraudin was forced all-in from the big blind. Guillaume Pastoret jammed from middle position to isolate, which prompted the table to fold.
Maxime Fraudin:
Guillaume Pastoret:
Pastoret would flush out his opponent following the [qgtd5d4d8c] runout.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Guillaume Pastoret | 200,000 | |
Maxime Fraudin
|
Eliminado |
Nível: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
William Da Silva, the chip leader on Table 53, jammed his 700,000 stack from under the gun blind. Action folded around to the big Mehdi El Meray who called off his 78,000 stack.
El Meray showed first and rolled over his . Da Silva then turned over his to see he had . There would be no surprises however, as the kings stayed ahead on the runout.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
William Da Silva | 620,000 | |
Mehdi El Meray | 200,000 |
Maxime De Juniac opened in the small blind before Paul Haquin three-bet, De Juniac then made it 90,000. Haquin, the bigger stack, then moved all in.
De Juniac went deep into the tank before open folding pocket kings! Haquin then rolled over the to amazement of everyone.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Paul Haquin | 600,000 | |
Maxime De Juniac | 275,000 |