THMC Main Event
Day 1fg Started
THMC Main Event
Day 1fg Started
PokerNews is at the impressive Grand Casino, Liechtenstein in Bendern, set against a beautiful backdrop of the Alps, with two more starting flights taking place today for the 350 CHF buy-in Main Event of The Hendon Mob Winter Championships by Unibet Deepstack Open, featuring a 150,000 CHF guarantee.
Day 1f began at 1 p.m. local time, and at the time of writing has 68 entrants, while Day 1g kicks off at 6 p.m. local time.
Players in Day 1f and Day 1g begin with a 50,000 starting stack at blind level 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante, and will have to survive fourteen 30-minute levels to reach Day 2. Late registration is open until the end of level 10 and players are permitted unlimited reentries.
Full details of the qualifiers from Day 1f will follow after the conclusion of the flight.
Days 1a-1e have already been completed, attracting a total of 248 entries. 49 players have qualified for Day 2 thus far, with Nicola Diaco (1,045,000) leading the way with a significant chip lead, followed by Hermann Schweiger (785,000), Stefan Fink (702,000) and Christian Roberts (577,000).
The final opportunity for players to qualify for Day 2 will be Day 1h, which is a turbo flight taking place at noon on Sunday, 4 February. Day 1h will feature 15-minute blind levels but will otherwise follow the same structure as the previous flights.
Day 2 will commence at 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 4, and features 45-minute blind levels, while the players who are lucky enough to make Day 3 will return at 6 p.m. on Monday, February 5, again to 45-minute levels.
PokerNews will be providing full live coverage of Day 1g, and from Day 2 onwards, so stay tuned as we move towards the business end of The Hendon Mob Winter Championship Main Event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Cards are in the air here on Day 1g of the Main Event, with 16 players currently seated. Stay tuned to PokerNews for your coverage of all the action.
Stefan Gygax opened to 300 under the gun and was called by Titas Kazlauskas in the small blind.
Kazlauskas check-called a bet of 600 from Gygax on a flop of K♠5♥Q♠.
The 9♥ turn and 4♥ river were checked through by both players.
Gycax showed A♣Q♣ for a pair of queens, which was good versus the J♦J♥ of Kazlauskas.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stefan Gygax
|
50,900
50,900
|
50,900 |
Titas Kazlauskas
|
49,100
49,100
|
49,100 |
Rene Kistler defended his big blind versus a cutoff open to 400 from his opponent.
The Q♠3♣Q♥ flop was checked through by both players.
Kistler check-called a bet of 300 from his opponent on the 4♠ turn.
The 5♦ river was checked through. Kistler showed 7♦5♥ for a pair of fives, which caused his opponent to muck his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rene Kistler
|
50,600
50,600
|
50,600 |
Michael Antener limped under the gun, and was met with a raise to 600 by Titas Kazlauskas. The big blind called as did Antener.
Action was checked to Titas Kazlauskas on the A♦K♦3♠ flop and he continued with a bet of 600, receiving calls from both of his opponents.
The A♠ turn was checked to Kazlauskas, who again slid out a bet of 600, and was again called by both opponents.
The 6♥ river was checked through by all players. Kazlauskas showed K♥Q♦ for a pair of kings, Antener mucked his hand and the big blind showed 6♠6♣ for a rivered full house.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John 32
|
62,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
Titas Kazlauskas
|
53,000
3,900
|
3,900 |
Michael Antener |
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Boris Pranjes opened to 600 from early position and was called by an opponent, before Frank Diekmann produced a three-bet to 1,700 on the button. Both his opponents called.
Action was checked to Diekmann on the Q♠K♠K♣ flop, and he put out a bet of 2,000, which was sufficient to earn swift folds from both of his opponents.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Boris Pranjes
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
Frank Diekmann |
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
Picking the action up on a flop of 8♠3♠4♥ with around 8,000 in the middle, Ljubodrag Milojevic check-called a bet of 4,800 from his opponent, Tom Looser.
The 8♣ turn was checked through by both players.
On the A♠ river, Milojevic led out with a bet of 10,000 and Looser swiftly folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ljubodrag Milojevic |
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Tom Looser
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |