He was one of the big stack at the end of Day 1c yesterday. James Anthony Grogan opened under the gun to 230,000 and got a call in middle position.
The flop came K♥3♦10♥ and Grogan moved all in for 470,000. He got a call.
Grogan: K♣Q♥
His opponent: A♣Q♠
The turn J♣ brought the straight to the bigger stack and the river 9♥ didn't change anything. Irish player James Anthony Grogan took the 29th place for €1,750.
Experienced player Rainer Kempe is enjoying this beginning of Day 2.
He's quite active at his table and he's winning a lot of small pots.
French player Karim Benamrouche went all in under the gun for his 300,000 stack left and got a call in middle position.
Benamrouche: A♥7♣
His opponent: J♣J♥
The board showed K♦J♠8♦8♣7♥ and Benamrouche left the poker room with €1,450.
As Alexandra O'Brien bustout, Sava Krink is the last woman standing in this Main Event.
She qualified in Day 1d Fast yesterday night. She is sharing table with Super High Roller champion Rainer Kempe.
Overall chipleader is up to a good start with more than 1,8 million chips in front of him.
In early position, Benoit Kuhn openedto 30,000 and Yiu Yi Shing in middle position went all in for 250,000.
Yiu: A♥8♠
Kuhn: 10♥10♦
The board came 9♦K♠2♠4♦4♣ and Yiu joined the rail as Kuhn continued to build his stack.
The tournament director has announced the total prizepool (€225,000) and payout with 71 players paid.
PokerNews will have access to it in a few minutes. Pokercode founder Fedor Holz launched the day and announced there will be a next Pokercode event at the end of the year.
The start of Day 2 is slightly delayed as lights are turned off in the poker room. Play will begin shortly with 25 minutes left in Level 17.
Pokercode €550 Main Event sets a new record attendance in Gran Via casino Madrid with 459 entries. This festival marks the next step for the poker training website founded by German high stakes legend Fedor Holz and Austrian player Matthias Eibinger.
71 players are reunited in Day 2, all in the money already, securing a €1,000 mincash. Benoit Kuhn, who qualified in Day 1d Fast flight, bagged the biggest stack with 1,050,000 chips after the end of the four opening flights.
From today, levels will be 45 minutes long with a a break scheduled each three levels. Day 2 will end once the final table is reached. PokerNews will be there to cover all day long from 1 p.m. so stay tuned in here to follow Day 2 and until a new champion is crowned on Sunday night!
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benoit Kuhn | Spain | 1,050,000 | |
| 2 | Adrian Rares Muresa | Spain | 895,000 | |
| 3 | Jose Osorio | 874,000 | ||
| 4 | Frederik Thiemer | Germany | 852,000 | |
| 5 | James Grogan | USA | 738,000 | |
| 6 | Emil Bise | Switzerland | 726,000 | |
| 7 | James Russell Smith | 705,000 | ||
| 8 | Giulio Spampinato | Italy | 670,000 | |
| 9 | Antonio Ponce | 620,000 | ||
| 10 | Enrico Romero | 606,000 |
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