Field Grows to 46
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The field size will be growing throughout the day and is already up to 46 entrants with 45 remaining in their seats.
2019 The Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge
€1,500 Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 The Patrik Antonius Poker Challenge
Buy-in
€1,500
Prize Pool
€217,280
Entries
160
Level
23
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
15,000
Feras Abid in and Out
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The tournament has its first elimination with Feras Abid temporarily hitting the showers. Abid is already back in action thus also has the honor of being the first player to reenter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
Guilbert Overbets River
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Mati Pirn bet 2,100 into a pot of around 4,000 with the 
on the board and got a call from Johan Guilbert.
Pirn checked after the 
completed the board on the river. Guilbert paused for a minute before he fired out an overbet of 19,025, more than covering the 15,000 Pirn had left in his stack. Pirn went into the tank for two minutes before he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
15,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
"Would You Have Called More?"
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Jyrki Lampinen bet 700 into a pot of around 1,000 on the river with the 
on the board after the action checked around on the flop and turn.
Lars Jonsson raised to 3,000 and Lampinen quickly called. Lampinen seemed displeased and said something under his breath after Jonsson turned over 
for the nut flush.
"Would you have called for more?" asked Jonsson.
"Of course!" proclaimed Lampinen.
"For 6,000?" asked Jonsson.
"Yes, and maybe more," Lampinen answered.
Lampinen won a multi-way pot a few hands later to get some of his chips back.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Berge Picks Off Guilbert, Evans Joins the Field
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Guilbert seems ready for action. The Frenchman just fired a bet of 2,500 into a pot of around 3,500 on the river with the 
on the board.
Martin Berge thought for a minute before he made the call. Guilbert immediately turned over 
and said "nice hand" to his opponent after Berge tabled 
.
Also joining that table right before the hand started was American Lena Evans, whose women's poker group Poker League of Nations will be hosting the PAPC €110 Ladies Open on Saturday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
35,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Michaeli With Trips
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Dan Michaeli opened from the cutoff before he called a three-bet of 400 from Marvin Hannemann in the big blind.
Hannemann led out for 500 after the 
came on the flop and got a call. He then check-called a bet of 1,500 after the paired the board on the turn.
Both players checked after the 
came on the river. Michaeli turned over for trips and took down the pot after Hannemann tossed his hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
33,000 | |
|
27,000 |
Big PLO Cash Game Later Today
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
There will be a big €100/€200 PLO game streamed live on the PAPC Facebook channel and First Land of Poker Twitch channel. We will also be embedding the action in our coverage under when it goes live under the Live Stream tab.
Guilbert Wins an Early Pot from Pirn
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
France's Johan Guilbert is one of the more notable players already competing and is already off to a good start.
He three-bet to 550 from the big blind and got a call from the original raiser Mati Pirn and another player.
Guilbert fired out 800 after the 
came on the flop. Pirn called and the other player folded.
Pirn then called a bet of 2,000 after the came on the turn before calling a much larger bet of 7,500 after the 
completed the board on the river.
Guilbert turned over 
for a flopped straight and is the early chip leader with about 41,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
|
20,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Notable Names in the Field
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Some of the players that haven't arrived fashionably late and are already competing include Mati Pirn, Paul Fowler, Kasper Mellanen, Roope Tarmi, and Feras Abid.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 |