€550 Main Event
Day 2 Started
2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid
€550 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€225,000
Entries
459
Level
32
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
71
Players Left
8
2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid Main Event Day 2 Seat Draw
| TABLE | SEAT | PLAYER | CHIPS | BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | Oleksandr Krasnov | 140,000 | 12 |
| 3 | 2 | Inigo Naveiro | 384,000 | 32 |
| 3 | 3 | Michael Yu | 345,000 | 29 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrei Ionut Gabriel | 332,000 | 28 |
| 3 | 5 | Alexandra O'Brien | 149,000 | 12 |
| 3 | 6 | Manuel Ledesma | 170,000 | 14 |
| 3 | 7 | Biojaidath Partapsing | 125,000 | 10 |
| 3 | 8 | Giulio Spampinato | 670,000 | 56 |
| 3 | 9 | Luka Bojovic | 440,000 | 37 |
| 4 | 1 | Stefan Stroffek | 417,000 | 35 |
| 4 | 2 | Marcos Fernandez | 88,000 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | Jorge Alfaro | 142,000 | 12 |
| 4 | 4 | Tom-Aksel Bedell | 321,000 | 27 |
| 4 | 5 | Sergio Gar | 98,000 | 8 |
| 4 | 6 | Carlos Juan Martin | 262,000 | 22 |
| 4 | 7 | Pablo Alvear | 367,000 | 31 |
| 4 | 8 | Christian Bernau | 378,000 | 32 |
| 4 | 9 | David Kaufmann | 313,000 | 26 |
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| 5 | 1 | Mantas Liachauskas | 100,000 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | Ivan Dominguez Merino | 209,000 | 17 |
| 5 | 3 | Juan Ares | 317,000 | 26 |
| 5 | 4 | Emil Bise | 726,000 | 61 |
| 5 | 5 | Rainer Kempe | 270,000 | 23 |
| 5 | 6 | Glenn Davies | 378,000 | 32 |
| 5 | 7 | Jose Manuel Perez | 232,000 | 19 |
| 5 | 8 | Stefan Peukert | 42,000 | 4 |
| 5 | 9 | Grzegorz Kozieja | 243,000 | 20 |
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| 6 | 1 | Sebastian Schulze | 284,000 | 24 |
| 6 | 2 | Yi Shing Yiu | 202,000 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | Roberto Agus | 369,000 | 31 |
| 6 | 4 | Jose Osorio | 874,000 | 73 |
| 6 | 5 | Jan Wagner | 74,000 | 6 |
| 6 | 6 | Ajay Chugani | 439,000 | 37 |
| 6 | 7 | Jascha Bonacic | 465,000 | 39 |
| 6 | 8 | Pascual Jordi | 4,000 | 0 |
| 6 | 9 | Benoit Kuhn | 1,005,000 | 84 |
| 7 | 1 | Frederic Thiemer | 852,000 | 71 |
| 7 | 2 | Iker Bailen | 78,000 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | Fabian Niederreiter | 213,000 | 18 |
| 7 | 4 | Fehim Hajdari | 274,000 | 23 |
| 7 | 5 | Nikola Gasevic | 556,000 | 46 |
| 7 | 6 | Juan Sierra | 8,000 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | Samuel Ju | 466,000 | 39 |
| 7 | 8 | Marcel Steinhaeuser | 116,000 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Eduard Rau | 519,000 | 43 |
| 8 | 1 | Enrico Macias Romero | 606,000 | 51 |
| 8 | 2 | Nico Pohl | 176,000 | 15 |
| 8 | 3 | Quirin Heinz | 258,000 | 22 |
| 8 | 4 | Nils Memmi | 159,000 | 13 |
| 8 | 5 | Dominik Bohm | 173,000 | 14 |
| 8 | 6 | James Russell Smith | 705,000 | 59 |
| 8 | 7 | James Grogan | 738,000 | 62 |
| 8 | 8 | Javier Sanjuan | 280,000 | 23 |
| 8 | 9 | Jesus Castro | 362,000 | 30 |
| 10 | 1 | Javier Romero | 50,000 | 4 |
| 10 | 2 | Antonio Ponce | 620,000 | 52 |
| 10 | 3 | Hannes Jeshka | 75,000 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | Victor San Miguel | 108,000 | 9 |
| 10 | 5 | Daniel Curia | 183,000 | 15 |
| 10 | 6 | Sava Krink | 336,000 | 28 |
| 10 | 7 | Karim Benamrouche | 401,000 | 33 |
| 10 | 8 | Antonio Oliva | 170,000 | 14 |
| 10 | 9 | Victor Ciubotaru | 267,000 | 22 |
| 12 | 1 | Samuel Mullur | 480,000 | 40 |
| 12 | 2 | Felix Van Beuningen | 58,000 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | Craig Knouse | 111,000 | 9 |
| 12 | 4 | Adrian Rares Muresa | 895,000 | 75 |
| 12 | 5 | Angel Martin Canto | 458,000 | 38 |
| 12 | 7 | Matthias Sven | 142,000 | 12 |
| 12 | 8 | Sylwester Fortuna | 406,000 | 34 |
| 12 | 9 | Marcel Lopko | 368,000 | 31 |
Benoit Kuhn Leads 71 Players Returning In the Money to Day 2 of Pokercode Festival Madrid
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!
Pokercode Festival Madrid Main Event Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| 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 |
Prizepool and Payout Announced
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.
€40,000 for the Winner
With 459 entrants, this €550 Pokercode Festival Main Event registered a total prizepool of €225,000.
The 71 players into Day 2 are all in the money, they secured a mincash of €1,000.
The winner of this 2023 first Madrid edition will take home €40,000! Top 4 players will receive a €1,200 package for the next Pokercode event.
Detailed payout can be seen in the dedicated tab.
Level: 17
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Liachauskas Doubles Immediatly
Level 17
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
In a blind versus blind situation, Grzegorz Kozieja from the small blind put Mantas Liachauskas at risk.
Liachauskas: A♥6♣
Kozieja: 8♠9♠
The board ran 2♣3♥K♥3♦10♣ and Liachauskas doubled, leaving Kozieja with few blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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200,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
-143,000
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-143,000 |
Eliminated Just After the Start
Level 17
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
They all mincashed for €1,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Kuhn Continues to Climb
Level 18
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,800,000
750,000
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750,000 |
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Busted |