Welcome to Day 2
In 40 minutes, Day 2 of the $200,000 guaranteed Main Event of the Live Events International and Noah's Poker poker festival on the beautiful island of Cyprus will start. There's still a lot of players in contention, a total of 131 players will start their quest for gold at 1 p.m. local time. There can even be more players joining them, as entering and re entering is possible for the first three levels.
Leading the charge is Bulgarian player Nedelcho Karakolev, who brings 184,200 (184 big blinds) to the table when play starts. Viacheslav Igin (171,500) and EPT Vienna winner Oleksii Khoroshenin (167,400) follow not too far behind.
There are more familiar faces in the field today. Dutchman Jorn Walthaus is still in contention, Russian Super High Roller Vladimir Troyanovskiy still has chips, and Sergey Bagirov is in the field.
PokerNews will bring you coverage from start to finish, though it's not confirmed yet how many 60 minute levels the tournament will play today. The plan is to play either 9 or 10 levels, but it depends on the pace of eliminations when play actually finishes tonight.
| Level | Ante | Small Blind | Big Blind | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 100 | 500 | 1000 | 60 minutes |
| 11 | 200 | 600 | 1200 | 60 minutes |
| 12 | 200 | 800 | 1600 | 60 minutes |
| 13 | 300 | 1000 | 2000 | 60 minutes |
| 14 | 300 | 1200 | 2400 | 60 minutes |
| 15 | 400 | 1500 | 3000 | 60 minutes |
| 16 | 500 | 2000 | 4000 | 60 minutes |
| 17 | 500 | 2500 | 5000 | 60 minutes |
| 18 | 1000 | 3000 | 6000 | 60 minutes |
| 19 | 1000 | 4000 | 8000 | 60 minutes |