button in SafariFinal Chances to Hop Into €5M Guaranteed King's Million EPC Super Main Event
The inaugural King's Million European Poker Championship has been a hit with European poker players. Smashed guarantees, huge prize pools, and a chock-full poker room have become an everyday occurrence at King's Resort, but the biggest day will come today, as the two penultimate starting flights of the €1,150 EPC Super Main Event, will get underway.
Day 1e will get underway at 11 a.m. local time, and will in all likelihood become the biggest starting flight of all. Day 1f is its speedy counterpart with 30-minute levels, and it will kick off at 6 p.m. local time. Meanwhile, Day 1g, taking place on October 4 at 11 a.m., just hours before Day 2, presents a final chance to qualify for one of Europe's biggest mid-stakes tournaments and get a share of the massive €5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. All flights will play down to 12,5 percent of their fields, while 15 percent of players will receive a payout.
So far, 2,816 entries have been made in the Super Main Event, putting a big dent in the guarantee already. So far, Romanian player Nik has been the only one to amass more than 30 starting stacks, grabbing the chip lead on Day 1a with 1,554,000. Day 1b chipleader Mourad Tounnouti follows at 1,404,000, while WPT champion Konstantinos Nanos (1,250,000) and bracelet winner Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu (1,218,000) have also battled their way into the top ten.
Day 1abcd Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nik | Romania | 1,554,000 |
| 2 | Mourad Tounnouti | Netherlands | 1,404,000 |
| 3 | GrinderOG | Germany | 1,400,000 |
| 4 | Navide Felíciano | Lithuania | 1,388,000 |
| 5 | Karim Mzoughi | France | 1,300,000 |
| 6 | Konstantinos Nanos | Greece | 1,250,000 |
| 7 | Tomasz Kruglinski | Poland | 1,238,000 |
| 8 | Xiaojie Ye | Italy | 1,237,000 |
| 9 | Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu | Romania | 1,218,000 |
| 10 | Emmanouil Chalkiotis | Greece | 1,144,000 |
Other big names who have already qualified for Day 2 include two-time bracelet winners Lukas Zaskodny (999,000) and Tobias Peters (508,000), EPC Mystery Bounty champion Vasilis Nikolas (614,000), EPC Mini Main Event winner Viorel Gavrila (423,000), EPT champion Jan Bendik (280,000), and poker streamer Andrei Cosmin (251,000).
As stated, Day 1d will get underway at 11 a.m. local time. Each registrant will receive 50,000 in chips, and the first level of the day is 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante. Each level will be 40 minutes long, with a small break after every three levels. Late registration and unlimited reentries will be available for ten levels, and the day will end when an eighth of the field remains. Meanwhile, 15 percent will be paid, with the minimum payout being €2,300.
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PokerNews will be on the floor, providing a full live report of Day 1e. Meanwhile, Day 1f's and Day 1g's chip counts will be posted before the start of Day 2. Stay tuned as massive poker action will get underway shortly in Rozvadov.