2019 PokerNews Cup Casino Finix

Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info

2019 PokerNews Cup Casino Finix

Final Results
Winner
Prize
€18,450
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€100,000
Entries
141
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000

Panagiotis Panagiotidis Bags Day 1c Chip Lead

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Panagiotis Panagiotidis
Panagiotis Panagiotidis

After 18 levels of 30 minutes each, Greece's Panagiotis Panagiotidis bagged a chip leading stack of 636,000 on Day 1c of the PokerNews Cup Kulata €550 Main Event. This is just behind the 640,000 bagged on Day 1b by Bulgaria's Rosen Simeonov.

The flight attracted 61 entrants or more than the 52 that battled it out in Day 1a and Day 1b combined. The final turbo opening flight is still in progress. When taking into account the 28 entrants in that flight, the Main Event attracted 141 entrants.

A total of ten players advanced from the Day 1c field, which means there will be 24 players battling it out tomorrow down to a final table when taking into account the four players that bagged on Day 1a, the five players that bagged on Day 1b, and the five players that will eventually bag chips on Day 1d.

Bulgaria's Alexander Milanov and Greece's Spyridon Michailidis also bagged big stacks on Day 1c. Here is a look at the final chip counts of the day.

PlayerCountryChips
Panagiotis PanagiotidisGreece636,000
Alexander MilanovBulgaria487,000
Spyridon MichailidisGreece474,000
Achilleas NomidisGreece315,000
Dimitrios BarmpathanasisGreece278,000
Loukas KioutsoukisGreece260,000
Symeon AlexandridisGreece188,000
Antonios KandilasGreece171,000
Hristo BogdanovBulgaria124,000
Damyan BotsevGreece117,000

Stay tuned for the final recap of the day which will come after the conclusion of Day 1d.

Tags: PokerNews CupRosen SimeonovSpyridon MichailidisPanagiotis PanagiotidisAlexander Milanov

Day 1d Chip Counts

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Day 1d is in the books. Here is a look at the five players that advanced to Day 1d and are already guaranteed a mincash.

PokerNews Cup Kulata Day 1d Final Five
PokerNews Cup Kulata Day 1d Final Five
Player Chips Progress
Dimitrios Michailidis gr
Dimitrios Michailidis
510,000
510,000
510,000
Day 1D Chip Leader
Konstantin Aykov bg
Konstantin Aykov
340,000
340,000
340,000
Blago Alexandrov bg
Blago Alexandrov
265,000
265,000
265,000
Ivan Ivanov bg
Ivan Ivanov
153,000
153,000
153,000
Pavel Pavlov bg
Pavel Pavlov
132,000
132,000
132,000

Day 2 Seat Draw

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
TableSeatPlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds
11Hristo BogdanovBulgaria124,00031
12Blago AlexandrovBulgaria265,00066
13Eduart EranosyanBulgaria200,00050
14Alexander MilanovBulgaria487,000122
15Pavel PavlovBulgaria132,00033
16Loukas KioutsoukisGreece260,00065
17Vasileios GkogkasGreece229,00057
18Rosen SimeonovBulgaria640,000160
      
21Marian IvanovBulgaria580,000145
22Konstantin AykovBulgaria340,00085
23Antonios KandilasGreece171,00043
24Dimitrios BarmpathanasisGreece278,00070
25Symeon AlexandridisGreece188,00047
26Christos KechagiasGreece126,00032
27Achilleas NomidisGreece315,00079
28Symeon MarvakisGreece148,00037
      
31Christina OrfanidouGreece324,00081
32Panagiotis PanagiotidisGreece636,000159
33Damyan BotsevBulgaria117,00029
34Savvas BaltirasGreece132,00033
35Andreas ChalkiadakisGreece204,00051
36Spyridon MichailidisGreece474,000119
37Dimitrios MichailidisGreece510,000128
38Ivan IvanovBulgaria153,00038

Rosen Simeonov Heads into Day 2 of the PokerNews Cup Kulata Main Event with the Chip Lead

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Rosen Simeonov
Rosen Simeonov

The four opening flights of the PokerNews Cup Kulata €550 Main Event are in the books. A total of 141 entrants including 61 on today's Day 1c and 28 on Day 1d battled it out in hopes of advancing to Day 2 where players are already in the money with each opening flight playing down to 15 percent of the field.

Panagiotis Panagiotidis bagged a Day 1c chip leading stack of 636,000 and is second in the chip counts only a big blind behind Day 1b chip leader Rosen Simeonov with 640,000.

Panagiotis Panagiotidis
Panagiotis Panagiotidis bags the Day 1c chip lead.

Panagiotidis had the chip lead midway through the day before he expanded it much further when he won a massive three-way pot when his aces held against his opponent's ace-king and ace-jack.

Also finishing with top five chip stacks on Day 1c were Alexander Milanov (second - 487,000), Spyridon Michailidis (third - 474,000), Achilleas Nomidis (fourth - 315,000), and Dimitrios Barmpathanasis (fifth - 278,000).

Day 1d began midway through Day 1c. Five players advanced led by Greece's Dimitrios Michailidis. Regardless of how things end for Michailidis on Day 2 and beyond, he already had an amazing PokerNews Cup as he shipped the High Roller on Thursday for €23,025 $25,873 after agreeing to a heads-up deal with Marios Tzakos.

Dimitrios Michailidis
Dimitrios Michailidis wins the PokerNews Cup Kulata High Roller.

To add to the fun, Dimitrios Michailidis will be sitting next to his brother Spyridon Michailidis after a random draw with both players holding top five chip stacks heading into the day.

Both Panagiotidis and Michailidis will head into Day 2 near the top of the leaderboard. Here is a look at the top five starting stacks to start the day.

PlayerCountyDay QualifiedChipsBig Blinds
Rosen SimeonovBulgariaDay 1b640,000160
Panagiotis PanagiotidisGreeceDay 1c636,000159
Marian IvanovBulgariaDay 1a580,000145
Dimitrios MichailidisGreeceDay 1d510,000128
Spyridon MichailidisGreeceDay 1c474,000119

Day 2 will begin on Saturday, May 18 at 1 p.m. EEST with blinds at 2,000/4,000 and a big blind ante of 4,000. Each level will be 40 minutes in length and the action will play down to a final table.

Payouts will be announced tomorrow. Stay tuned at PokerNews as we bring you the biggest highlights and hands at the PokerNews Cup Kulata Main Event.

PokerNews Cup Kulata
PokerNews Cup Kulata

Photos courtesy of Katerina Lukina.

Tags: Alexander MilanovDimitrios BarmpathanasisDimitrios MichailidisPanagiotis PanagiotidisPokerNews CupRosen SimeonovSpyridon Michailidis

Main Event

Day 1cd Completed