Level: 9
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
2021 Pokercode Festival Bratislava
€550 Main Event, €125,000 GTD
Day: 1a
Broadway Doesn't Get the Job Done for Worthington-Leese
Level 8
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Leo Worthington-Leese open-jammed for 22,100 from the cutoff and was called Nikolaus Kaubek called from the button.
Leo Worthington-Leese: 
Nikolaus Kaubek: 
Worthington-Leese was in trouble and things got worse after Kaubek nailed a set on the 
flop. The 
paired the board and Worthington-Leese was drawing dead to Kaubek's full house and was out of chips despite improving to Broadway on the 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
Busted |
Mega Satellite to Pokercode Festival Main Event
Level 8
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Listen up if you are near Banco Casino Bratislava at the moment as the Pokercode Festival and the casino are offering some huge value in an event that just kicked off.
Players will be battling in the €100 Mega Satellite to Pokercode Festival Main Event with 20 seats guaranteed to the €550 Main Event. The action just kicked off at 6 p.m. local time with plenty of time for players to get in on this high-value event.
Eskandari Sent to the Rail by Weisz
Level 8
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Milan Bajmoczi and Andrej Horvath limped from middle position as did Walter Weisz from the small blind before Navid Eskandari jammed for 23,700. Bajmoczi and Horvath folded and Weisz called.
Walter Weisz: 
Navid Eskandari: 
Weisz took a huge advantage after improving to two pair on the 
flop and eliminated Eskandari after the 
turn and 
river completed the board. Stefan Peukert and Sebastian Langrock also hit the rail to bring the Day 1a field down to 33 players out of the 73 entries and counting.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000 | 65,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Silz Busts Sosa
Level 8
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Sasa Lalos three-bet jammed for 55,000 on the 
flop and was called by Maximilian Silz.
Sasa Lalos: 
Maximilian Silz: 
Lalos was drawing dead after the 
turn improved Silz further to trips. The river completed the board to officially send Lalos to the rail.
Meanwhile, Carlos Chang also was seen leaving his table just after Lalos lost his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 130,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
"I Owe You a Beer"
Level 7
: 700/1,500, 1,400 ante
Kurtis Knight checked the 
board before Dominik Boehm bet 3,000 into a pot of around 8,000. Knight raised to 11,500. Boehm jammed and Knight called off for about 46,000.
Kurtis Knight: 
Dominik Boehm: 
Neither the turn nor the 
river helped Boehm beat a set and he doubled up Knight's stack.
"Nice hand," said Boehm.
"Very unlucky," responded Knight. "I owe you a beer."
Van Loo Ousts Zehetleitner
Level 7
: 700/1,500, 1,400 ante
Grindhouse 2 member Paul Zehetleitner just busted his second and final Day 1a bullet as follows.
Zehetleitner three-bet jammed for around 40,000 over the 3,300 open by Tim Van Loo.
Paul Zehetleitner: 
Tim Van Loo:
Van Loo's queens held as the 
rolled out on the board and Zehetleitner will have to try again on one of the other opening flights or before the first level ends on Day 2 if he wants to have a chance to lift the inaugural Pokercode Festival Main Event trophy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | 25,000 |
|
Busted |
Ladies Good for Hajdari
Level 7
: 700/1,500, 1,400 ante
Fehim Hajdari opened for 3,500 from early position and a player called from middle position before Bradley Dudeck squeezed to 17,000 from the big blind. Hajdari four-bet jammed for 64,700, the player from middle position folded before Dudeck called.
Fehim Hajdari: 
Bradley Dudeck: 
The 
board wasn't good enough for ace-jack to get past queens and Hajdari doubled through Dudeck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | |
|
60,000 | -80,000 |
Shelukhin Doubles Through Bajmoczi
Level 7
: 700/1,500, 1,400 ante
Alexander Shelukhin bet 18,000 into a pot of a bit more on the 
flop. Milan Bajmoczi jammed and Shelukhin called off for about 50,000.
Alexander Shelukhin:
Milan Bajmoczi:
The 
turn followed by the river gave both players a full house. Shelukhin's full house was better to double through Bajmoczi.
Meanwhile, Christian Steindel and Stefan Peukert were among the players to recently hit the rail to leave 42 players remaining out of the 73 entries to enter thus far on Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
60,000 | -70,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Busted |