Main Event
Day 1cd Started
Main Event
Day 1cd Started
Welcome to the final two opening flights of the PokerNews Cup Main Event at Finix Casino. The action for Day 1c kicks off at 1 p.m. EEST followed by the turbo-charged Day 1d six hours later at 7 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. One of the players that qualified via a live satellite is PokerNews Global Live Reporting Manager Yori Epskamp from the Netherlands.
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 1c, feature 30-minute blind levels. The final Day 1d flight will be fast-paced 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 |
Rosen Simeonov bagged a tournament-leading 640,000 in chips on Day 1a, just ahead of Marian Ivanov, who bagged 580,000 chips on Day 1a. On there heels are Christina Orfanidou (Day 1a - 324,000), Vasileios Gkogkas (Day 2 - 229,000), and Andreas Chalkiadakis (Day 1b - 204,000).
Stay tuned at PokerNews as we bring you the biggest hands and highlights of the PokerNews Cup at Finix Casino.
*Images courtesy of Katerina Lukina
There will be a short delay before the kickoff of Day 1c of the PokerNews Cup Main Event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
PokerNews Cup Tournament Director Thomas Lamatsch has announced the start of play for Day 1b.
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Here is a look at the 15 players to join the action early on Day 1c.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marcel Galustov | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Leonidas Mavidis | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Ivaylo Yordanov
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Dimitrios Kanellopoulos
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Toni Statev
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Emil Trenkov
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Georgios Katratzakas
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Efstathios Mathanailidis
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Nikolaos Liavas
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Dimitrios Milidis
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Nikolaos Pouliezos
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Momchil Vutev
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Savvas Iliadis
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Antonios Kandilas | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Dimitrios Dimitros | 50,000 | 50,000 |
The Day 1c Field has grown to 19 entrants.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexander Milanov | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Sofoklis Chasiotis
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Georgios Gkampintasvili
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Nikolaos Tsitos
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Georgios Gkampintasvili bet 3,700 into a pot of a little more with the on the board and got a call from Toni Statev.
Statev check-folded a bet of 7,000 after the paired the board on the river and slammed down his cards on the table showing he had .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Georgios Gkampintasvili
|
56,000 | 6,000 |
Toni Statev
|
45,000 | -5,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0