Main Event
Day 1a Started
Main Event
Day 1a Started
The thirteenth edition of the PokerNews Cup Main Event is about to kick off at Finix Casino with the first of its four opening flights at 6 p.m. EEST.
Players will be competing for at least a share of €100,000 guaranteed for a €550 buy-in or less if they qualified online or through one of the many €60 live satellites running at Finix Casino.
There will be plenty of opportunities for players to build a monster stack starting off with 50,000 in chips and unlimited reentries permitted during each of the four opening flights on May 15-17. The first three flights, including today's Day 1a, feature 30-minute blind levels while the final opening flight is a turbo affair with 15-minute blind levels.
The action for each opening flight continues until just 15 percent of the field remains, at which time all players will already be in the money. Players that successfully bag chips on Day 1 will battle it out in a deeper structure of 40-minute blind levels on May 18-19 until is crowned.
Here is a look at today's structure with breaks taking place after every four blind levels.
Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 50 | 100 | |
2 | 75 | 150 | |
3 | 100 | 200 | |
4 | 150 | 300 | 300 |
5 | 200 | 400 | 400 |
6 | 200 | 500 | 500 |
7 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
8 | 400 | 800 | 800 |
9 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
10 | 600 | 1,200 | 1,200 |
11 | 800 | 1,600 | 1,600 |
12 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
13 | 1,000 | 2,500 | 2,500 |
14 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
15 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
16 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
17 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
18 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
19 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
20 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
The Main Event has a long and storied tradition dating back to October 2007 when the festival kicked off in Melbourne, Australia at the Crown Casino. Australia's Dory Zayneh defeated countrymate Kenny Ng heads up to claim the A$300,000 ($266,959) top prize.
At the last PokerNews Cup at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic in 2017, Germany's Holger Bansner shipped the Main Event after agreeing to a four-way deal to collect €24,098 ($28,277).
Also taking place today is the penultimate day of the PokerNews Cup €1,100 High Roller. A total of 37 players of the original 80 entrant field returned. That figure will grow with re-entries permitted during the first two blind levels of Day 2.
Ivan Ivanov kicked off the action in the chip lead after bagging 631,500 in chips. On his heals are Day 1b chip leader Marcel Galustov with 614,500 in chips. PokerNews will be live reporting the High Roller until its conclusion and you can follow the coverage here.
Stay tuned at PokerNews as we bring you the biggest hands and highlights of the PokerNews Cup at Finix Casino.
The PokerNews Cup Tournament Director Thomas Lamatsch shared that the Main Event will start a little bit late.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
PokerNews Cup Tournament Director has just kicked off the tournament with the iconic "shuffle up and deal" announcement. The tournament is a deep-stacked affair with players 500 big blinds deep.
The action began with 11 players. Here is a look at some of the field.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Georgi Ignatov
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Christina Orfanidou | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Petar Minkov
|
50,000 | |
J.S.
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Georgios Kamas
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
S.A.
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Savvas Baltiras | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Marian Ivanov
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Nikolaos Pouliezos
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
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A few more players have just joined the action.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vasil Bachvarov
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Vadood Namvar
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Gkotsa Tseisvili
|
50,000 | |
Momchil Vutev
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Pavel Pavlov | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Momchil Vutev bet 3,500 into a pot of around 11,000 with the on the board. Nikolaos Pouliezos quickly raised to 15,000.
Vutev let out a groan before he tossed his cards in the muck. Pouliezos turned over before the dealer pushed the pot over to him.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nikolaos Pouliezos
|
67,000 | 17,000 |
Momchil Vutev
|
36,000 | -14,000 |
Georgios Farmakis led out for 1,200 into a pot of about the same after the came on the flop before he called a raise from Georgi Ignatov to 3,000.
Farmakis led out for 4,500 after the came on the turn. Ignatov raised to 10,000 and Farmakis called.
The paired the board on the river. Farmakis checked before Ignatov bet 20,000. Farmakis paused for about 30 second before he made the call.
Ignatov turned over for quads to scoop up a big early pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Georgi Ignatov
|
80,000 | 30,000 |
Georgios Farmakis
|
18,000 | 18,000 |