€550 Main Event | 2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid

04-16-2023 20:05 UTC+2

Sylwester Fortuna Wins Pokercode Festival Madrid 2023

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Level 32 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Two years after the first edition in Bratislava, Pokercode Festival was at Gran Casino via in Madrid for an exclusive tournament. After three days of competition, the €550 Main Event crowned Polish player Sylwester Fortuna as the champion after he defeated Samuel Mullur in a short time heads up.

Fortuna took home the huge trophy and a nice prize of €40,000 in addition to a €1,200 Pokercode Festival package. A total of 459 entrants registered the tournament and the field generated a prizepool of €225,000.

2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Sylwester Fortuna	Poland	€40,000
2	Samuel Mullur	Austria	€22,000
3	Sebastian Schulze	Germany	€16,860
4	Benoit Kuhn	France	€13,000
5	Tom-Aksel Bedell	Norway	€9,500
6	Antonio Ponce	Spain	€7,000
7	Marcos Fernandez	Spain	€5,530
8	Oleksandr Krasnov	Ukraine	€4,450

Final Day Action

The right finalists came back at 1 p.m. for the final day, all of them guaranteed €4,450. French player Benoit Kuhn was leading the finalists, as he was for the beginning of Day 2. Ukrainian player Oleksandr Krasnov was the first out with two pairs against two better pairs. Spanish players Marcos Fernandez (7th, €5,530) and Antonio Ponce (6th, €7,000) were the next to bust, leaving the field empty from local players.

High Stakes player Tom-Aksel Bedell was shortstack for a long time and he finally finished in fifth position (€9,500) before former chipleader Benoit Kuhn exited (4th, €13,000).

Pokercode Grindhouse members Sebastian Schulze and Samuel Mullur were favorites but Spanish resident Sylwester Fortuna intended to keep the trophy home. Three handed play lasted for a while before German player Sebastian Schulze was the victim of a bad beat, with jacks against king jack suited. Therefore, Sylwester Fortuna started the heads up with the biggest stack. Samuel Mullur could'nt do anything and Fortuna triumphed quite quickly when his ace queen stayed ahead of Mullur's ace jack.

Fun atmosphere and friendly community were present. Pokercode founder Fedor Holz was proud and even annouced that, considering this edition success, another Pokercode festival will take place later this year.

That wraps up coverage of the Pokercode Festival in Madrid. Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team for live updates from all of your favorite tournaments from around the world.

Tags: Antonio Ponce Benoit Kuhn Fedor Holz Marcos Fernandez Oleksandr Krasnov Samuel Mullur Sebastian Schulze Sylwester Fortuna Tom-Aksel Bedell

04-16-2023 19:55 UTC+2

Samuel Mullur Eliminated in 2nd Place for €22,000

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Level 32 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Shortstack, Samuel Mullur had no choice and went all in at risk. Sylwester Fortuna quickly called.

Samuel Mullur: A♦J♠
Sylwester Fortuna: A♣Q♦

The board ran 8♦4♠5♦5♠9♥ and Mullur didn't find any help. He took home €22,000 and a €1,200 Pokercode Festival package.

Full recap and winner pictures will follow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylwester Fortuna	23,000,000 7,000,000	7,000,000
Samuel Mullur	Busted

Tags: Samuel Mullur Sylwester Fortuna

04-16-2023 19:09 UTC+2

Sebastian Schulze Eliminated in 3rd Place for €16,860

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Level 32 : Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante

Samuel Mullur opened Q♣J♥ for 1,000,000 and Sebastian Schulze was the shortstack with 3,000,000. He decided to shove from the small blind and Sylwester Fortuna called in the big blind. Mullur folded.

Sebastian Schulze: J♣J♦
Sylwester Fortuna: K♠J♠

The board A♠10♣5♦3♠7♠ gave Fortuna a flush and Grindhouse member Sebastian Schulze finished his tournament in third place for €16,860 and a €1,200 Pokercode festival package.

Heads up will begin shortly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylwester Fortuna	16,500,000 8,075,000	8,075,000
Samuel Mullur	6,500,000 -2,250,000	-2,250,000

Sebastian Schulze	Busted

Tags: Samuel Mullur Sebastian Schulze Sylwester Fortuna

04-16-2023 17:08 UTC+2

Benoit Kuhn Eliminated in 4th Place for €13,000

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Level 29 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

On the button, Benoit Kuhn opened for 400,000 with Q♦Q♣ and Sylwester Fortuna called from the small blind with 3♥3♣. The flop revealed 3♠K♣8♦ and Fortuna check raised to 700,000 a 300,000 continuation-bet.

Kuhn called and on the turn 4♣, Fortuna went immediatly all in, putting his opponent at risk. Kuhn chose to fold.

Some hands after, from under the gun, Sylwester Fortuna opened for 800,000 and Benoit Kuhn went all in for the double amount. Fortuna called.

Benoit Kuhn: K♥8♥
Sylwester Fortuna: A♦7♦

The flop showed 5♦10♠10♦, the turn Q♦ and the river 2♥ brought Fortuna a flush and Benoit Kuhn ended his run in fourth position for €13,000 and a €1,200 Pokercode Festival package.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylwester Fortuna	8,300,000 4,925,000	4,925,000
Benoit Kuhn	Busted

Tags: Benoit Kuhn Sylwester Fortuna

04-16-2023 16:35 UTC+2

Tom-Aksel Bedell Eliminated in 5th Place for €9,500

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Level 29 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Sebastian Schulze opened for 400,000 from the cut-off. On the big blind, Tom-Aksel Bedell just called.

On the flop K♣7♠3♠, Schulze continued to 200,000 and Bedell check raised all in for his million left. Schulze called.

Tom-Aksel Bedell: K♠6♦
Sebastian Schulze: K♦9♠

The turn 3♦ and the river 2♥ were no help and Tom-Aksel Bedell took the fifth place for €9,000.

All four players left secured a €1,200 Pokercode festival package in addition to the regular payout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Schulze	8,600,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	Busted

Tags: Sebastian Schulze Tom-Aksel Bedell

04-16-2023 16:06 UTC+2

First Break of the Day

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Level 28 : Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

The players are now sent to their first 15-minute break of the day. Play will resume at level 29, blinds 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 big blind ante.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Schulze	8,450,000 550,000	550,000
Samuel Mullur	7,550,000 250,000	250,000

Sylwester Fortuna	3,375,000 -725,000	-725,000
Benoit Kuhn	2,050,000 -350,000	-350,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	1,625,000 -275,000	-275,000

04-16-2023 15:14 UTC+2

Antonio Ponce Eliminated in 6th Place for €7,000

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Level 27 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

On the cut off, Tom-Aksel Bedell went all in with A♠6♥ for his last 930,000. Nobody called.

Some hands later, the shorstack Antonio Ponce was at risk from the button and his 575,000 stack. Samuel Mullur opened for 835,000 under the gun, half of his stack, and Ponce made the call.

Antonio Ponce: J♣9♣
Samuel Mullur: A♦Q♣

The board ran 7♥K♦2♠8♠7♣ and Spanish player Antonio Ponce was eliminated in sixth place for €7,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Mullur	2,600,000 1,100,000	1,100,000

Antonio Ponce	Busted

Tags: Antonio Ponce Samuel Mullur

04-16-2023 14:45 UTC+2

Marcos Fernandez Eliminated in 7th Place for €5,530

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Level 26 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

On the first hand, Samuel Mullur opened under the gun for 275,000 with A♦J♠, Schulze folded A♥J♣ in the next seat.

The hand after, everybody folded until Marcos Fernandez in the small blind. He went all in for his last 890,000. Mullur snap called from the big blind.

Marcos Fernandez: 10♦7♣
Samuel Mullur: A♠Q♦

The board ran Q♠2♠J♥4♠3♦ and Marcos Fernandez joined the rail in seventh position for €5,530.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Mullur	2,400,000 780,000	780,000

Marcos Fernandez	Busted

Tags: Marcos Fernandez Samuel Mullur

04-16-2023 14:33 UTC+2

Oleksandr Krasnov Eliminated in 8th Place for €4,450

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Level 26 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

On the small blind, Sebastian Schulze limped and Oleksandr Krasnov checked his big blind.

On the flop 5♦10♠8♦, Schulze continuation-bet to 100,000 and got a call.
On the turn 3♠, Schulze checked and Krasnov bet 325,000. Schulze raised it to 1,000,000 and Krasnov thought for a while before announcing all in for 1,900,000. Schulze snap called.

Oleksandr Krasnov: 8♣3♥
Sebastian Schulze: 10♦8♠

The river 5♠ didn't change anything and Schulze eliminated one player with better two pairs. Oleksandr Krasnov took the eight position and €4,450.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Schulze	7,700,000 2,430,000	2,430,000
Oleksandr Krasnov	Busted

Tags: Oleksandr Krasnov Sebastian Schulze

04-16-2023 13:16 UTC+2

Let's the Final Begins

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All 8 players are back in Gran Via casino Madrid to start Main Event final table.

Play will begin shortly with 7 minutes left in Level 25, which has a small blind of 40,000, big blind of 80,000 and a running big blind ante of 80,000. Levels will stay 45 minutes.

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