€550 Main Event
Day 1cd Started
€550 Main Event
Day 1cd Started
The magnificent Gran Via casino Madrid is ready for Day 1c of the Pokercode Festival Main Event. 103 entrants registered yesterday for Day 1a and 92 in Day 1b Fast. Plenty more, as well as re entry player, will jump into the field today for Day 1c and Day 1d Fast later on.
On Day 1A, 16 players qualified for the next stage of the tournament and German player Frederik Thiemer ended the day with the top stack of 852,000 chips from his 50,000 starting stack. In Day 1b Fast, 14 players joined them for Day 2 with Jose Osorio leading (874,000 chips).
Like yesterday, the flights will end once 15% of the field is reached, all qualified for Day 2 and in the money. Unlimited re entries are possible during the first twelve 30-minute levels. There will be 15-minute breaks after Level 4 and 8, with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 12.
Pokercode founders Fedor Holz and Matthias Eibinger are expected to be in the field today as well as many Pokercode friends and fans. This Main Event edition will set a new record field, easily breaking the 253-entrants figures reached in the first edition in Bratislava in 2021.
Stay tuned to PokerNews from 2 p.m. for all the updates throughout the day and until a new champion is crowned on Sunday night!
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Day 1c of the Main Event just started. The tournament director launched the Shuffle up and deal with 4 tables.
Each player gets 50,000 chips to begin the tournament. They will play 30-minute levels today with a 15-minute break after Level 4 and 8.
The dinner break will take place at the end of Level 12 for 60 minutes. The end of the day will be reached once 15% of the field remains.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Romelian Nedelcu
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Nelson Vasconcelos
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Kyle Lee Ashcraft
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Felix Mota Castro
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Claus Spieckermann
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Karim Benmrouche
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Sven Matthias
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Thomas Firlinger
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Thomas Noske | 50,000 |
She was the unlucky bubble person yesterday in Day 1a.
With pocket aces, Alexandra O'Brien went all-in before the flop but failed against ace jack off.
She finished 17th for 16 qualifiers in the money.
O'Brien took her seat early in this Day 1c flight to try to do better and qualify for Day 2.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexandra O'Brien |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Maria Agayag
|
50,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mantas Liachauskas | 50,000 | |
Hendrik Kwiatkowski
|
50,000 | |
John Vos
|
50,000 | |
Catalin Pop | 50,000 | |
Vasyl Laba | 50,000 | |
Owen Davies
|
50,000 | |
Jacob Taylor
|
50,000 | |
Krzysztof Polkowski | 50,000 | |
James Lee | 50,000 | |
Samuel Ju | 50,000 | |
Nizar Comaly
|
50,000 | |
Niklas Held
|
50,000 | |
Silas Germann | 50,000 |
Owen Davies and Maria Agayag already re-entered in this beginning of Day 1c.
The field is up to 60 entries at the end of the second level.
Wearing a Triton Poker shirt, Junda Zhan Zhu is back in contention today, as he failed to qualify yesterday, a few players left from the end of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Junda Zhan Zhu | 50,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600