€550 Main Event
Day 1ab Started
2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid
€550 Main Event
Day: 1ab
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1ab
2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€225,000
Entries
459
Level
32
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
195
Players Left
30
Welcome to the Pokercode Madrid Festival at Casino Gran Via
Following a successful event in Bratislava in September 2021, Pokercode is back live but this time in Spain, at Gran Via casino in the city center of Madrid. The poker training website was founded by German high stakes legend Fedor Holz and Austrian player Matthias Eibinger to train a new generation of poker fans.
With this live event, Pokercode gives their community the opportunity to interact with and meet the coaches as well as the founders in a friendly atmosphere. The Pokercode Festival Madrid already started on Monday with some side events (€330 Cup and €350 Mystery Bounty). It will continue until Sunday April 16 with the €550 Main Event and its boosted guarantee from €125,000 up to €225,000! The festival will end with a €220 Bounty King, a €1,100 Masters (€70,000 guarantee), a €250 Closer, and a €5,300 High Roller (€50,000 guarantee).
PokerNews will be covering the Main Event which features four opening flights with today’s Day 1a kicking off at 2 p.m. Day 1b is planned to start at 7 p.m. before Day 1c tomorrow at 2 p.m., and Day 1d as the final flight at 7 p.m. All players will start with 50 000 chips on 30-minute levels (25 minutes on Day 1c and 1d ). Each flight plays until 15% of the field is reached and late registration is possible during the first twelve levels with unlimited re-entries..
The Pokercode Festival wishes to provide a poker holiday for both recreational and professional players alike. The community has the opportunity to meet many of the members of the popular Grindhouse but will also be able to speak and play with one of the most successful poker players of all time, Holz. A players party will entertain people on April 15th from 9.30 p.m. while those present on the Main Event final table enjoy a pre-final breakfast with Holz.
PokerNews will be on the tournament floor bringing exclusive coverage from the moment the dealer pitches the first cards to when the champion of the €550 buy-in €225,000 guaranteed Main Event is crowned. Who’s in?
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
The tournament director just announced the beginning of Day 1a with three tables in play.
He explained the flight will end once 15% of the field is reached and all remaining players will be in the money.
Unlimited re-entries are possible until end of level 12.
Chips in Play
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Each player started with 50,000 chips.
Let's have a look at the value of the chips in play today:
- 5,000 chips are blue
- 1,000 chips are yellow
- 500 chips are red
- 100 chips are black
First Players in the Field
Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
A lot of local players took their seats already. In the mean time, Pokercode founder Fedor Holz just arrived in the poker room. He will probably play later in the afternoon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
First Chip Leader
Level 2
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
PokerNews caught some action in a three-bet pot. Nico Pohl, in the big blind, squeezed to 7,000 after an early open and several calls.
Only the initial raiser called and the flop came Q♠J♦J♥. Pohl continuation-bet to 3,000 and got a call.
On the turn Q♦, both players checked.
On the river 3♥, the opening raiser bet 10,500 and Pohl thought for a while before calling with A♠A♥.
His opponent mucked and Pohl became the first chip leader of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
New Players In
Level 2
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Marrakech regular Javier Tsunamy just arrived in the field. Six tables are now in play, in eight-handed play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600