Welcome to Day 1b of the PokerNews Cup Kulata Main Event
Welcome to Day 1b of the PokerNews Cup Main Event at Finix Casino. The action kicks off at 4 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 1b, 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 |
Marian Ivanov bagged 580,000 chips on Day 1a for almost half the chips of the first opening flight. Also bagging chips were Christina Orfanidou with 324,000, Symeon Marvakis with 148,000, and Savvas Baltiras with 132,000.
The PokerNews Cup €1,100 High Roller will also play down to a winner starting at 3 p.m. EEST. A total of six players of the original 80 entrant field returned.
Marios Tzakos kicked off the action in the chip lead after bagging 2,126,000 in chips. On his heals are Dimitrios Michailidis with 1,986,000 in chips and Day 1b chip leader Marcel Galustov with 1,973,000 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.
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came on the flop. Andreas Chalkidakis raised to 4,500 before Ignatov three-bet to 8,500. Chalkidakis four-bet jammed for around 59,000 and Ignatov who was slightly covered made the call.
on the turn was a safe card for the Bulgarian. However, he was the first player sent to the rail on Day 1b after the 
spiked the river to give Chalkidakis a flush,
gave him the straight and a double up.
for second pair, while Simeonov was drawing to two overcards and a gutshot straight draw with 
. The 
completed the board on the river to give Simeonov a better pair than his opponent to win the hand.
flop hit the board to give Kechagias the hand before more cards were dealt.
on the turn and the 
on the river completed the board and both Bogdanov and Pominas hit the rail.
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on the turn gave Koutoupas some hope but he was eliminated short of the money after the 
on the flop. Rosen Simeonov called and the other two players folded.
