€550 Main Event Day 2 | 2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid

04-15-2023 15:36 UTC+2

Without Benamrouche

Florence Mazet

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benoit Kuhn	3,000,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Oleksandr Krasnov	800,000 660,000	660,000
Giulio Spampinato	800,000 130,000	130,000
Frederik Thiemer	255,000 -395,000	-395,000
Karim Benamrouche	Busted
Sava Krink	Busted

Tags: Karim Benamrouche

04-15-2023 15:42 UTC+2

Eliminated Between 36th and 41st place

Florence Mazet

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

They all cashed for €1,450.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Gar	Busted
Glenn Davies	Busted
Inigo Naveiro	Busted
Andrei Ionut Gabriel	Busted
Karim Benamrouche	Busted
Sava Krink	Busted

04-15-2023 15:59 UTC+2

Perfect Start for Kempe

Florence Mazet

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	1,500,000 800,000	800,000

Tags: Rainer Kempe

Level: 21

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

04-15-2023 16:04 UTC+2

Romero Strikes Thiemer and Ju

Florence Mazet

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

What a start for Javier Romero. He started the day with less than ten big blinds and he has now 1,5 million chips!

He just knockout two players in a three way all in pot.

Samuel Ju: 7♣7♥
Frederik Thiemer: K♥Q♦
Javier Romero: A♦K♠

A king and an ace hit the board to give Romero the best hand and to eliminate Thiemer and Ju.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Romero	1,200,000 980,000	980,000
Frederik Thiemer	Busted
Samuel Ju	Busted

Tags: Javier Romero Frederik Thiemer Samuel Ju

04-15-2023 16:08 UTC+2

Eliminated Between 30th and 35th Place

Florence Mazet

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

They all cashed for €1,590.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jascha Bonacic	Busted
Stefan Stroffek	Busted
Frederik Thiemer	Busted
Samuel Ju	Busted
Juan Sierra	Busted
Ivan Domingues Merino	Busted

04-15-2023 16:16 UTC+2

Grogran Fails

Florence Mazet

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Anthony Grogan	Busted

Tags: James Anthony Grogan

04-15-2023 16:27 UTC+2

Action Time

Florence Mazet

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The players are reunited in the last three tables of this Main Event. And in the same time, there were three all in and call in the three tables.

First, Sebastian Schulze eliminated one player with K♣Q♦ against K♠10♠.
Then, Oleksandr Krasnov double up on Giulio Spampinato with Q♣Q♥ against A♦9♠.
Finally, Tom-Aksel Bedell lost a flip 9♥9♠ against A♥Q♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Schulze	600,000 316,000	316,000
Oleksandr Krasnov	550,000 -250,000	-250,000
Giulio Spampinato	400,000 -400,000	-400,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	300,000 -550,000	-550,000