After another 19 Levels of play, the Day 2 field of 371 players has been whittled down to 14 in the Winamax Poker Open Bratislava Main Event at the fantastic Casino Banco. All of them are vying to become the winner of the biggest six-max live poker tournament in the history of the French online poker and sports betting giant.
France's Clement Bonnant is the player in pole position to get the lion's share of the biggest prize pool to take place in Slovakia. He'll be doing everything he can to capture the title and €120,000 of the €977,240 purse.
However, just ten big blinds separate the top four biggest chip stacks, with the likes of Adrien Guyon, Vincent Malet and Romain Semler just one big pot away of taking the chip lead.
All of the players who returned to the felt today locked up the €1,000 min-cash, however when all was said and done on Day 2, just three tables remained. The players who are still in contention have all secured a minimum payday of €7,500.
Of those still in with of a shot of achieving WPO glory, Nacho Barbero is the most notable name. The Argentinian poker player won his first gold bracelet this summer at the 2022 World Series of Poker. He took down the $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty event and the $587,520 first-place prize.
Chip Counts Heading into Day 3
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Clement Bonnant
France
14,725,000
49
2
Adrien Guyon
France
12,075,000
40
3
Vincent Malet
France
11,625,000
39
4
Romain Semler
France
11,575,000
39
5
Igor Mataruga
Serbia
9,350,000
31
6
Maxime Large
France
8,675,000
29
7
Nicolas Tytgat
France
7,350,000
25
8
Edvin Makic
Austria
7,250,000
24
9
Deividas Daubaris
Lithuania
6,925,000
23
10
Lionel Muggeo
France
6,525,000
22
11
Nacho Barbero
Argentina
4,950,000
17
12
Stefan Baczynskyj
France
4,500,000
15
13
Raphael Blouet
France
3,300,000
11
14
Arturo Carnicer
Spain
2,925,000
10
Winamax Team Pro Members Bow Out on Day 2
Nine members of the world famous Winamax Team Pro made it through to Day 2, with Romain Lewis going the furthest. Loic Debregeas had bagged the chip lead from Day 1d and was a top ten stack coming into today's play however, it soon evaporated in the fast and furious action that Day 2 saw.
Pierre Calamusa, Alejandro Romero, Leo Margets, Mustapha Kanit, Davidi Kitai, Bruno Lopes and Guillaume Diaz were the other stablemates to walk away with WPO Main Event cash.
Player
Country
Place
Prize
Romain Lewis
France
89th
€1,600
Pierre Calamusa
France
100th
€1,450
Loic Debregeas
France
112th
€1,450
Alejandro Romero
Spain
185th
€1,200
Leo Margets
Spain
189th
€1,200
Mustapha Kanit
Italy
200th
€1,100
Davidi Kitai
Belgium
271th
€1,000
Bruno Lopes
France
288th
€1,000
Guillaume Diaz
France
331st
€1,000
PokerNews will cover all the action from the final day of proceedings, which gets underway at 12:30 p.m. CEST on Sunday, October 2. Be sure to stick around to find out who wins this record-breaking event.