The partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Austria €115 Main Event in Vienna has turned out to be another hugely successful stop on the tour, not only meeting but smashing the €500,000 guarantee.
Day 2 began with 278 hopefuls returning from the 2,794 total entrants who participated in all of the live opening days in the Montesino Casino. By the end of the day, however, only 24 players remained. They will be joined tomorrow by the players who made it through all 14 levels in Day 2b that took place at CCC Simmering.
The top two chip stacks heading into the final day are within a single chip of one another. Rene Wolech leads the way with 10,875,000 chips, followed very closely by Harald Heigl who takes through 10,750,000 chips. Both players are representing the home nation of Austria.
Everyone who made Day 2 had already been paid out the €250 min-cash, with all players who made Day 3 picking up an additional €1,100. Tomorrow will see the remaining few players drawn onto new tables, with someone guaranteed to walk away with the trophy!
The Main Event will resume tomorrow at 1 pm local time, with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team on hand to bring you all of the action, right down until we crown a winner!
We join the action on table 35, with Michael Abaev shoving for 2,400,000 into four players having taken a flop.
Harald Heigl made the call, committing just over a third of his stack to do so, with Wolfgang Reither calling next to act, committing a great deal more than a third of his stack. The fourth player in the pot didn't fold immadiately, but never looked like calling.
As the slapped the turn, Heigl instantly moved all-in, easily covering Reither's 875,000-chip stack. Reither gave it a great deal of thought, before surprising everyone and folding.
"Do you have a flush?" asked Abaev, as he tabled for bottom set. Heigl said nothing, and instead excitedly tabled for the turned nut flush. Abaev needed the river to pair, but couldn't find it as the hit the river, sending him to the rail to collect his additional €750 payout.
Meanwhile, Heigl took a picture of the whole situation on his phone, before jovially dragging in the pot as he began putting together his eight-figure stack.
We join the action on table 34, with an absolute mountain of chips in the middle, looking at a board reading . Alexander Nikolic has the all-in triangle in front of him, with Yang Wang and Rene Wolech both checking a dry sidepot.
The landed on the turn, with both players checking again, before the paired on the river and both players opting to check a third time. Nikolic shrugged and turned over for ace high, with Wang's no good either, as Wolech flopped top pair top kicker with and dragged in a mammoth pot.
Walter Trimmel raised to 175,000 from the cutoff and was called by Walter Matura and Leopold Grabovsky in the blinds.
They all checked through the on the flop. The came on the turn, Matura opened to 225,000. Grabovsky folded and Trimmel called.
The came on the river, Matura checked, now the action was back on Trimmel. He decided to bet 400,000. This caused Matura to go into the tank, some of the other players at the table started looking at the tournament clock to see how long he had already been thinking. After a while, he decided to give up and fold his cards.
Just before the break, Peter Zipperer raised to 120,000 from mid-position to see that Rene Wolech, in late position, decided to three-bet to 360,000. Action folded back to Zipperer who shoved all in. Wolech snap-called and they both flipped their cards over. Their stacks were pretty even.
Rene Wolech:
Peter Zipperer:
The flop came - one of the kings that Zipperer was trying to avoid decided to show up. The on the turn didn't change much as Zipperer needed an ace to beat Wolech. The on the river that completed the board made sure that Wolech won the hand.
The dealer counted out Wolech's stack first as it seemed to be less than Zipperer's. In the end, Wolech had 1,345,000 and he doubled up as Zipperer had 25,000 more.
Dollenz drags in almost a million chips after a three-way all-in
Dirk Schumacher was first to speak on table 32, and chose this spot to shove his last 133,000 all-in. Action folded around to Milan Dunko, who started the day third in chips. He made the call, before Friedrich Dollenz moved in for a total of 403,000 from the big blind. Dunko called it off again, and we had a three-way all-in on our hands.
Schumacher
Dunko
Dollenz
There was almost immediate service for Dollenz, as the dealer slowly spread a flop. The turn brought the , no help to anyone, and the river sealed the almost one million-chip pot for Dollenz, with Schumacher heading to the cash desk to collect his €350 payout.
Adem Marjanovic has had his foot on full throttle for a while now, running over table 22. After Ioana-Diena Oprea limped in from early position, Marjanovic quickly hit the raise button, throwing out a single blue 100,000-value chip, raising to the full amount. Action folded back round to Oprea, who considered her option for a minute or so before declaring all-in.
Marjanovic's chips hit the felt before Oprea's, as he tabled , which was flipping versus . The flop afforded Marjanovic some gutshot outs to go with his overs, but the turn bricked the , and the river paired the , and the dealer shipped the pot Oprea's way.
"Brave," was all Marjanovic could mutter, as he put his shades back on.
The last of the partypoker pros, Natalia Breviglieri, has just bust Grand Prix Austria.
As her stack started to dwindle, she made her move with running into and failing to improve. She told us her plan now is to head back to the hotel and put in a long Sunday tournament session in on partypoker.
Welcome to Day 2a of the partypoker LIVE Grand Prix Austria €115 Main Event here at the Montesino Casino in Vienna, Austria. 278 out of 2794 players that started Day 1s over the past weeks will return to play 14 40-minutes levels. As all players are already in the money, they will be looking to cash even more.
The chip leader is Manuel Blaschke with 2,532,000 chips, he will be doing his best to maintain this position into Day 3. He has some experience here in the Montesino Casino as he won a tournament a few weeks ago. Trailing behind him in the chip counts are Josef Tod (1,620,000), Milan Dunko (1,598,000), Aleksandar Lugonjic (1,550,000), Afshin Fattahi (1,483,000) and Goran Delic (1,452,000).
Some other notable names to pay attention to are partypoker Pro Natalia Breviglieri, Jan Nakladal and Manuela Richter, .
Day 2 will kick off at 2.30 pm so, keep following the live updates here on PokerNews to find out who will make it to Day 3 together with the players that survived Day 2b in CCC Simmering and the online Day 2 survivors.
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flop.
slapped the turn, Heigl instantly moved all-in, easily covering Reither's 875,000-chip stack. Reither gave it a great deal of thought, before surprising everyone and folding.
for bottom set. Heigl said nothing, and instead excitedly tabled 
for the turned nut flush. Abaev needed the river to pair, but couldn't find it as the 
hit the river, sending him to the rail to collect his additional €750 payout.
landed on the turn, with both players checking again, before the 
paired on the river and both players opting to check a third time. Nikolic shrugged and turned over 
for ace high, with Wang's 
no good either, as Wolech flopped top pair top kicker with 
and dragged in a mammoth pot.
came on the turn, Matura opened to 225,000. Grabovsky folded and Trimmel called.
- one of the kings that Zipperer was trying to avoid decided to show up. The 
on the turn didn't change much as Zipperer needed an ace to beat Wolech. The 
on the river that completed the board made sure that Wolech won the hand.
. The 
running into 
and failing to improve. She told us her plan now is to head back to the hotel and put in a long Sunday tournament session in on partypoker.
