Fehim Hajdari jammed the button for a little more than 200,000. Isuf Hoxha had a little more from the big blind and made the call.
Fehim Hadjari:
Isuf Hoxha:
It was looking like a great spot for Hadjari, especially after Hoxha got nowhere on the flop. However, Hoxha's ace found a friend on the turn and he eliminated Hadjari in 11th place after the completed the board.
Maximilian Silz jammed from the button. Steffen Sontheimer called off his stack of about 400,000 before Vladimir Bednar tank-folded.
Steffen Sontheimer:
Maximilian Silz:
Sontheimer was ahead on the flip after the flop but fell way behind after Silz paired up on the turn. Sontheimer was ousted on the final table bubble in 10th place for €2,295 after the completed the board on the river.
Players are bagging up their chips for tomorrow's final table which will kick off on Sunday at 12 p.m. with Alexander Baier as the table captain. Stay tuned at PokerNews for the final table seat draw along with a recap of Day 2 of the Pokercode Bratislava Main Event.
The inaugural €125,000 guaranteed Pokercode Main Event has reached a final table of nine players with Alexander Baier heading into the final day with the chip lead.
Baier is an active member of the Pokercode community and held the lead throughout most of Day 2. He already had a small chip lead when he won a massive pot where he nailed a full house with tens full to eliminate Sebastian Schulze with a full house with eights with another player also in the hand.
Meanwhile, Leonard Hermann, Maximilian Silz, and Tim Van Loo also bagged above-average stacks with Konstantin Hammermueller, Filip Jurga, Isuf Hoxha, Fabian Bernhauser, and Day 1a chip leader Vladimir Bednar also still in contention for the title.
Final Table Seat Draw
Table
Seat
Player
Chip Count
Big Blinds
14
1
Vladimir Bednar
205,000
7
14
2
Fabian Bernhauser
675,000
23
14
3
Alexander Baier
3,370,000
169
14
4
Leonard Hermann
2,560,000
128
14
5
Tim Van Loo
1,435,000
72
14
6
Isuf Hoxha
680,000
34
14
7
Filip Jurga
765,000
38
14
8
Konstantin Hammermueller
820,000
41
14
9
Maximilian Silz
2,125,000
106
Action of the Day
The Day began with 233 entries and 71 survivors. The field grew by 20 entries to 253 entries by the time late registration closed after the conclusion of the first blind level of the day.
Players were hitting the rail at a fast and furious pace until the bubble was reached. Steffen Sontheimer was short on chips and managed two doubles on the bubble broke when Raffael Crose couldn't get there with ace-ten against Van Loo's ace-queen.
Although Sontheimer continued to roll after the money bubble broke, he did suffer a different bubble as he was the final player eliminated on Day 2 in 10th place for €2,295.
Final Table Payouts
The nine returning players are guaranteed at least €3,005 with tomorrow's winner slated to win a top prize of €25,115.
Place
Prize
1
€25,115
2
€17,450
3
€11,950
4
€9,735
5
€7,270
6
€6,010
7
€4,805
8
€3,785
9
€3,005
The final table will begin on Sunday, Sept. 12 at 12 p.m. PokerNews will be reporting on a 30-minute delay to not give away any spoilers from the live stream on the PokercodeOfficial Twitch channel.
The action will resume with 37:16 left in Level 22 (15,000/30,000/30,000a) and blind levels will continue to increase every 40 minutes as was the case on Day 2.
Stay tuned to see who will win the inaugural Pokercode Festival Main Event.