€550 Main Event, €125,000 GTD Day 1a | 2021 Pokercode Festival Bratislava

09-09-2021 15:43 UTC+2

Ladies Good for Hammermueller

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Level 5 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Konstantin Hammermueller opened for 2,200 from the hijack and was called by Leo Worthington-Leese from the big blind.

Worthington-Leese check-called for 4,000 on the flop before leading out for 5,200 on the turn. Hammermueller called and Worthington-Leese checked the river. Hammermueller bet 9,500 and Worthington-Leese tanked for a minute before he called.

Hammermuelller turned over for a full house to win the hand after Worthington Leese folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantin Hammermueller	125,000	-15,000
Leo Worthington-Leese	70,000	70,000
Jordan Woodall	Busted
Luka Bojovic	Busted

09-09-2021 15:31 UTC+2

Early Day 1a Photos

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Photos courtesy of Pokercode / Tomas Stacha.

Pokercode Festival Bratislava Main Event Day 1a

Level: 5

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

09-09-2021 15:20 UTC+2

Big Stacks from Around the Room

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Level 4 : 400/800, 800 ante

Konstantin Hammermueller, Leo Worthington Leese, and Milan Bajmoczi have all amassed big stacks early on with 55 entries and 44 players remaining on Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bradley Dudeck	160,000
Konstantin Hammermueller	140,000	140,000
Milan Bajmoczi	130,000	105,000
Clemens Posselt	Busted

09-09-2021 15:18 UTC+2

Set of Four for Van Loo

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Level 4 : 400/800, 800 ante

Carlos Chang opened for 1,700 from under the gun and was called by Vincent Kaubek from the hijack, Matthew Madanat from the cutoff, and Tim Van Loo from the big blind.

Two players checked before Kaubek fired out for 2,700 on the flop. Madanat raised to 8,000. Van Loo cold-called and the other two players folded.

Van Loo checked the turn and Kaubek bet 12,000.

"How much?" asked Van Loo to Kaubek who moved his hands away from his stack so his opponent could get a visual look at his chip stack.

Van Loo eventually called before both players checked the river.

Madanat had for top pair but Van Loo won the hand with a set turning over .

Player	Chips	Progress
Tim Van Loo	85,000
Nikolaus Kaubek	50,000
Carlos Chang	45,000	-20,000
Matthew Madanat	30,000

09-09-2021 15:06 UTC+2

Lucky River for Nietsch

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Level 4 : 400/800, 800 ante

Alexander Nietsch opened from the button before he called a three-bet to 5,100 by Goran Hristovski from the small blind.

Hristovski bet 6,100 on the flop and Nietsch called. A similar pattern emerged on the turn with Nietsch calling a bet of 10,100.

The river completed the board. Hristovski bet 2,000 with about 14,000 left behind. Nietsch paused for a minute before he jammed for about 20,000. Hristovski snap-called only to get some bad news.

Nietsch rivered a straight with to crack Hristovski's cowboys and send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Nietsch	80,000	40,000
Goran Hristovski	Busted

09-09-2021 14:53 UTC+2

Set of Snowmen for Langer to Oust Franke

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Level 4 : 400/800, 800 ante

Tammo Franke opened for 1,400 from the lojack and was called by Kate Scisel from the cutoff. Simon Langer made it 5,800 from the big blind and Franke four-bet shoved for 16,000. Scisel folded and Langer called.

Tammo Franke:
Simon Langer:

Franke paired his king on the flop but was far behind the set Langer nailed. Franke was still alive with two pair on the turn but the river sealed his fate.

"Good luck," said Franke as he walked away from the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Langer	130,000	130,000
Kate Scisel	55,000
Tammo Franke	Busted

Tags: Katarzyna Scisel Simon Langer Tammo Frankę

Level: 4

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

09-09-2021 14:35 UTC+2

First Break

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Level 3 : 300/600, 600 ante

The Main Event is on its first 10-minute break. The Day 1a field grew to 48 entries with 42 players remaining just before the break.

09-09-2021 14:33 UTC+2

Peukert Busts Dorfinger

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Level 3 : 300/600, 600 ante

Andreas Dorfinger checked on the board before Stefan Peukert bet 11,600 into a pot of around 16,000. Dorfinger tanked before he opted to jam for a little more. Peukert snap-called and the players showed their cards.