Mirel Pfaffenrath leads the way, bagging up 1,138,000
Play has concluded on the first of this weekend’s two live Day 1’s at the €500,000 guaranteed partypoker Grand Prix Austria €115 Main Event in Vienna. A total of 158 entrants joined us at the Montesino Card Casino for the 1pm flight, with a further 337 for the 7pm flight, and 60 more for 1030pm hyper-turbo.
With a queue to the door during registration of the second flight, it’s safe to assume that tomorrow will be equally busy, with hundreds of eyes on that six-figure prizepool.
Mirel Pfaffenrath leads the way at the end of Friday’s action, bagging up 1,138,000 in chips and is one of only two players to make it through with a seven-figure stack. Also bagging up over a million is Vladimir Cocis with 1,058,000. Other notable stacks include Alex Halmenschlager with 988,000, Jaroslav Pech with 975,000, and Yans Wang with 965,000.
We’re going to do the same thing tomorrow, with PokerNews providing coverage of the 1pm and 7pm flights, as well as the 1030pm hyper-turbo to finish. These will run alongside multiple day 1’s held at Concord Card Casino venues throughout Vienna.
Day 2 begins at 230pm local time on Sunday 8th, with the blind levels doubling in length to 40 minutes, while the final day takes place on Monday 9th at 1pm, with 60-minute blind levels, and the PokerNews live reporting team will be here to capture all of it.
Welcome to the partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Austria at the Montesino Casino in Vienna.
The Grand Prix Austria is being held from September 24th – October 9th online and in casinos across Austria, with the final being held at Montesino Casino on Monday, October 9th. Players could buy in for just €115 or qualify from as little as $1.10!
The second flight of three Day 1s kicks off today at 7 p.m., with many more opening flights scheduled over the course of the weekend. Surviving players will play in the two Live Day 2 events that are held on Sunday, October 8th —one at Montesino Casino, one at CCC Simmering— following on from an Online Day 2 on October 1. The final will take place on Monday, October 9th, at Montesino Casino.
Players begin the Main Event with 50,000 in chips. Day 1b will play for 18 levels with each level lasting for 20 minutes. Late registration closes after Level 8.
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The PokerNews live reporting team will bring you all the exciting action from Vienna as the partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Austria enters its deciding weekend.
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