€1,100 Main Event Day 1ab | 2025 PokerStars Open Campione

03-13-2025 02:54 UTC+1

Radani Receives Late-Night Double

Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Karim Radani checked in early position on a turn of 8♦Q♥4♣3♣. Button Andreas Blaskov then bet 18,000 into a pot of 23,500, which Radani called.

The river fell the 6♠ and saw Blaskov move all in after another check by Radani. Radani needed only a few seconds before calling off his stack of 40,700.

Blaskov could only show jack-high with J♦9♦, while Radani was awarded the six-figure pot with his A♥Q♦ for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karim Radani	108,200
Andreas Blaskov	70,000

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03-13-2025 02:56 UTC+1

The End of Day 1a

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The players are bagging up as Day 1a has reached its conclusion.

Stay tuned for full chip counts for Both Day 1a and Day 1b, as well as a recap of the first two opening flights.

03-13-2025 03:31 UTC+1

End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Darius Neagoe	417,000 302,200	302,200

Terrance Reid	413,500 254,500	254,500
Sebastian Kotowicz	398,600 168,600	168,600
Ioannis Salonikis	295,900 30,900	30,900
Ettore Cuzzone	251,600 6,400	6,400
Alice Sicconi	249,200 3,800	3,800
Benyamin Canatan	230,600 230,600	230,600
Pascal Pflock	218,100 170,200	170,200
Luigi Guida	217,700 155,700	155,700
Marcin Kacprzak	213,900 213,900	213,900
David Wintersberger	212,500 27,500	27,500
Jacques Bellity	208,500 84,000	84,000
Gianluca Irpino	208,000 48,000	48,000
Eros Calderone	198,600 108,600	108,600
Villiel Kordonskiy	194,000 21,000	21,000
Claudio Piceci	192,300 192,300	192,300
Tiziano Di Romualdo	190,000 190,000	190,000
Erasmo Piccoli	189,000 189,000	189,000
Andro Scarpa	188,500 3,500	3,500
Jaroslaw Sikora	188,000 3,000	3,000
Dimitrios Anastasakis	186,700 16,900	16,900
Eugenio Peralta	186,400 80,400	80,400
Claudio Muller	183,500 183,500	183,500
El Mostafa Lahami	183,200 183,200	183,200
Laszlo Papai	182,900 66,300	66,300

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03-13-2025 03:38 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
David Nir	347,400 347,400	347,400

Antonio Bernaudo	176,100 176,100	176,100
Paola Cibelli	154,300 154,300	154,300
Alex Ferragina	148,200 148,200	148,200
Francesco Delfoco	144,000 144,000	144,000
Xia Lin	139,800 139,800	139,800
Balazs Ujvari	133,400 133,400	133,400
Igor Ripamoti	129,800 129,800	129,800
George Iota	128,400 128,400	128,400
Thomas Hofmann	121,700 121,700	121,700
Giuseppe Cristaudo	121,600 121,600	121,600
Alexander Ivarsson	112,100 112,100	112,100
Luca Bartolacci	108,900 108,900	108,900
Giancarlo Borghi	108,700 108,700	108,700
Daniel Bussmann	106,900 106,900	106,900
Mattia Sabatini	104,900 104,900	104,900
Andrea Cortellazzi	101,400 101,400	101,400
Axel Tambolla	97,200 97,200	97,200
Matteo Sbrana	96,400 96,400	96,400
Tamas Konya	94,600 94,600	94,600
Gergely Bartos	90,000 90,000	90,000
Min Ji	83,000 83,000	83,000
Catalin-Iulian Ciocan	80,600
Presiyan Tsvetanov	80,500 80,500	80,500
Krasen Pendov	76,000 76,000	76,000

Darius Neagoe Leads After Massive Turnout on Day 1a and Day 1b of PokerStars Open Campione

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The first two starting flights of the PokerStars Open (PSO) Campione €1,100 Main Event provided a busy day at Casino di Campione. The start of Day 1a was delayed by 30 minutes as dozens of people were still in line at registration, eager to jump in from the very start. Due to the huge interest, an extra level was added to the starting days as well, resulting in a later-night finish at 3 a.m. local time.

At the end of the day, Day 1a reached a tally of 644 entries, covering well over half of the €1,000,000 guarantee on its own. Evening flight Day 1b added another 163 entries, bringing the total to 807 with two more flights remaining.

Topping 184 surviving players of Day 1a when play concluded after 11 levels of play was Darius Neagoe. Neagoe started to appear among the leaders halfway through the day but really found his stride in the late hours and ended up with a stack of 417,000 on the hunt for his first PokerStars trophy. Neagoe's stack equals nearly 14 starting stacks and a massive 348 big blinds at the start of Day 2.

Following Neagoe in close proximity is Terrance Reid. Reid told PokerNews that he made a last-minute decision to book a transatlantic flight and play PSO Campione. His impulse rewarded him with a stack of 413,500 as he is looking for his first cash on European soil. Meanwhile, Polish player Sebastian Kotowicz sits in third with 398,600, while regular Pascal Pflock also found his way in the top ten with a stack of 218,100.

End of Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	Darius Neagoe	Romania	417,000	348
2	Terrance Reid	United States	413,500	345
3	Sebastian Kotowicz	Poland	398,600	332
4	Ioannis Salonikis	Greece	295,900	247
5	Ettore Cuzzone	Italy	251,600	210
6	Alice Sicconi	Italy	249,200	208
7	Benyamin Canatan	Denmark	230,600	192
8	Pascal Pflock	Germany	218,100	182
9	Luigi Guida	Italy	217,700	181
10	Marcin Kacprzak	Poland	213,900	178

Other notables to make it through on Day 1a include Gabi Livshitz (170,000), Alexandre Reard (168,000), Alessandro Pichierri (130,800), Fabio Peluso (126,200), Arsenii Karmatckii (109,500), and Ivan Banic (67,200).

PokerStars Ambassador Barny Boatman was one of the players who sat down at the start of the day, but he was eliminated halfway through and opted to enter Day 1b instead. He ended among the 66 players left at the end of that day, with David Nir obtaining a huge chip lead with 347,400, bagging nearly twice as much as anyone else.

End of Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	David Nir	Israel	347,400	290
2	Antonio Bernaudo	Italy	176,100	147
3	Paola Cibelli	Italy	154,300	129
4	Alex Ferragina	Italy	148,200	124
5	Francesco Delfoco	Italy	144,000	120
6	Xia Lin	China	139,800	117
7	Balazs Ujvari	Hungary	133,400	111
8	Igor Ripamoti	Italy	129,800	108
9	George Iota	Italy	128,400	107
10	Thomas Hofmann	Switzerland	121,700	101

Other players making it through the evening flight include Slovenian superstar Blaz Zerjav (46,400) and Boatman's fellow Red Spade Julien Brecard (25,500).

The likes of Vivian Saliba, Vanessa Kade, and Team GRND streamer Felix Schneiders did not make it through to Day 2, but they can try again tomorrow, as the last two starting flights are scheduled to take place.

Day 1c will commence at 1 p.m. with 60-minute levels, while Day 1d kicks off at 8 p.m. and has levels of 20 minutes. Both days will play 11 levels, at the end of which the survivors will bag up for Day 2, which will take place Friday, March 14. Both days have the option for unlimited reentries, while the late registration will close after the first level of Day 2.

Check back in with PokerNews tomorrow for the final two starting flights as the turnout for PSO Campione continues to surpass all expectations.

Tags: Alessandro Pichierri Alex Ferragina Alexandre Reard Alice Sicconi Antonio Bernaudo Arsenii Karmatckii Balazs Ujvari Barny Boatman Benyamin Canatan Blaz Zerjav Darius Neagoe David Nir Ettore Cuzzone Fabio Peluso Felix Schneiders Francesco Delfoco Gabi Livshitz George Iota Igor Ripamoti Ioannis Salonikis Ivan Banic Julien Brecard Luigi Guida Marcin Kacprzak Paola Cibelli Pascal Pflock Sebastian Kotowicz Terrance Reid Thomas Hofmann Vanessa Kade Vivian Saliba Xia Lin