2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid

€550 Main Event
Day: 1ab
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Event Info

2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♣q♦
Prize
€40,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€225,000
Entries
459
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1ab
Entries
195
Players Left
30
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Chip Counts from Day 1a and 1b (full)

Florence Mazet
Florence Mazet
Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jose Osorio
Jose Osorio 		874,000
Frederik Thiemer de
Frederik Thiemer 		852,000
852,000
 852,000
Emil Bise ch
Emil Bise 		726,000
WSOP 2X Winner
James Russell Smith
James Russell Smith 		705,000
655,000
 655,000
Antonio Ponce es
Antonio Ponce 		620,000
Nikola Gasevic at
Nikola Gasevic 		556,000
506,000
 506,000
Jascha Bonacic de
Jascha Bonacic 		465,000
465,000
 465,000
Angel Canto
Angel Canto 		458,000
Ajay Chugani
Ajay Chugani 		439,000
Christian Bernau de
Christian Bernau 		378,000
-92,000
 -92,000
David Kaufmann de
David Kaufmann 		313,000
263,000
 263,000
Sebastian Schulze de
Sebastian Schulze 		284,000
34,000
 34,000
Javier Sanjuan
Javier Sanjuan 		280,000
280,000
 280,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe 		270,000
270,000
 270,000
Victor Ciubotaru ro
Victor Ciubotaru 		267,000
217,000
 217,000
Carlos Juan Martin
Carlos Juan Martin 		262,000
Quirin Heinz de
Quirin Heinz 		258,000
208,000
 208,000
Fabian Niederreiter de
Fabian Niederreiter 		213,000
213,000
 213,000
Ivan Domingues Merino
Ivan Domingues Merino 		209,000
Yiu Yi Shing
Yiu Yi Shing 		202,000
-48,000
 -48,000
Nico Pohl
Nico Pohl 		176,000
-84,000
 -84,000
Dominik Bohm
Dominik Bohm 		173,000
123,000
 123,000
Manuel Ledesma es
Manuel Ledesma 		170,000
170,000
 170,000
Nils Memmi fr
Nils Memmi 		159,000
159,000
 159,000
Oleksandr Krasnov
Oleksandr Krasnov 		140,000
90,000
 90,000

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Frederik Thiemer Leads 16 Surviving Players After Day 1a of Pokercode Festival Madrid

Florence Mazet
Florence Mazet
Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Frederik Thiemer
Frederik Thiemer

Two years after inaugural event in Bratislava, Pokercode Festival and his €550 Main Event returned to Europe, this time in Gran Via casino Madrid in Spain. Day 1a flight kicked off this Thursday attracted a nice field of 103 entrants.

Among them, 16 players managed to bag for Day 2, all in the money. German player Frederik Thiemer is the chipleader with a stack of 852,000 after 17 30-minute levels. James Russell Smith bagged 705,000 followed by Nikola Gasevic (556,000).

Pokercode Madrid Main Event Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count 
1Frederik ThiemerGermany852,000 
2James Russell Smith 705,000 
3Nikola GasevicAustria556,000 
4Jascha BonacicGermany465,000 
5Christian BernauGermany378,000 
6Sebastian SchulzeGermany284,000 
7Javier SanjuanSpain280,000 
8Victor CiubotaruRomania267,000 
9Quirin HeinzGermany258,000 
10Yiu Yi Shing 202,000 

Among the other players to qualify for Day 2 were Christian Bernau (378,000), Sebastian Schulze (284,000), Victor Ciubotaru (267,000), Quirin Heinz (258,000), Yiu Yi Shing (202,000) and Nico Pohl (176,000).

Several regulars players took their chance in Day 1a but were unable to qualify for Day 2, including Pokercode founder Fedor Holz, Spanish player Javier Tsunamy and Tom-Aksel Bedell.

They all have a new chance in Day 1c or Day 1d Fast tomorrow. Meanwhile, Day 1b Fast attracted 92 entrants and they played until 14 players left. Jose Osorio took the chiplead with 874,000 chips. SHR Champion Rainer Kempe (270,000), Swiss player Emil Bise (726,000) and Grind House member Fabian Niederreiter (213,000) also qualified.

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team on Friday at 2 p.m. local time for Day 1c and Day 1d to see who else can make it through to Day 2!

Tags: Christian BernauEmil BiseFabian NiederreiterJames Russell SmithJascha BonacicJavier SanjuanNico PohlNikola GasevicQuirin HeinzRainer KempeSebastian SchulzeVictor CiubotaruYiu Yi Shing

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Day 1ab Completed

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