Hyper Turbo Almost Home
There are just nine players left on the last table of the 1030pm hyper-turbo. They're looking to lose three more players before they reach the money, and bag up for Day 2 on Sunday.
There are just nine players left on the last table of the 1030pm hyper-turbo. They're looking to lose three more players before they reach the money, and bag up for Day 2 on Sunday.
It was clear we were looking at two big hands, as the button and big blind on table 32 went to war. It took a few bets, but the pair managed to get all-in pre, with both players turning over pocket kings. The was an eruption of audible surprise from tablemates and spectators alike, and a look of relief on both players' faces born from not running into aces.
It suddenly all got a little dicey for the player on the button, as the dealer spread an flop, giving the player in the big blind a flush draw. Another groan eminated from the table, this time one of anticipation.
The dealer burned and turned the and the crowd went crazy. The player on the button, unsurprisingly, did not see the funny side, as the majority of his chips were cut down and shipped across the table. Not the ideal scenario when you're three from the money!
The player who had his kings cracked in the last post found himself all-in again, this time at risk, with kings again, this time versus two queens. He held on an runout to double up his 111,000 stack and stay alive on the bubble.
The bubble has burst in both the second flight and the hyper-turbo flight!
One of the many short stacked players in the second flight moved all-in for his last 120,000 with , running into Friedrich Pfalzer's . The whole room was funking for Pfalzer, hoping he faded an eight. It was a great start for all those hoping to make the cash, as Pfalzer flopped top set on the flop. The turn secured a €250 min-cash for our 34 remaining players, with the completing the board and concluding the day's action.
The tournament officials are now busy bagging up the chips, and distributing the payouts, with all of the remaining players having earned themselves a good night's sleep, and a whole day off before play resumes on Sunday.
We will have chip counts for you shortly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mirel Pfaffenrath
|
1,138,000 | |
Vladimir Cocis |
1,058,000
388,000
|
388,000 |
Alex Halmenschlager | 988,000 | |
Jaroslav Pech | 975,000 | |
Thomas Brandtner | 925,000 | |
Ela Kubincova | 886,000 | |
Peter Horvath | 726,000 | |
Friedrich Pfalzer | 718,000 | |
Steven Falk | 716,000 | |
Daniel Studor
|
713,000 | |
Rene Binder | 700,000 | |
Simon Teubenbacher | 697,000 | |
Agoston Potz-Nagy | 680,000 | |
Tamas Balogh | 618,000 | |
Alojz Bachar | 593,000 | |
Andreas Westner | 572,000 | |
Walter Hrubesch | 525,000 | |
Christian Georgescu | 466,000 | |
Zsolt Horvath | 402,000 | |
Daniel Biclea | 393,000 | |
Walter Matura | 358,000 | |
Thomas Leeb | 346,000 | |
Vi Pham
|
346,000 | |
Alex Brandl
|
317,000 | |
Perica Pavic Nikolic | 279,000 |
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.
Main Event
Day 1b Completed