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€1,100 Main Event
Day 1cd Completed
2025 PokerStars Open Campione
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info
2025 PokerStars Open Campione
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1cd
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€2,326,080
Total Entries
2,423
Level
39
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
1,332
Players Left
523
Players Left 1 / 2,423
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Level 11
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The overwhelming popularity of the first-ever PokerStars Open (PSO) Campione knew no bounds on Day 1c of the €1,100 Main Event. Over 300 players had registered before the kickoff, which meant that the €1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool was surpassed before the cards were in the air.
Over the next 13 hours, tables were opened out of thin air, waiting lists of several hundred people were cleared, and every nook and cranny of Casino di Campione was filled with poker players. At the end of the night, Day 1c tallied a whopping 1,124 entries. Turbo flight Day 1d added 208 more, bringing the total across all starting flights to 2,139 entries, surpassing the record for the largest-ever standalone PokerStars event at this buy-in level. The prize pool stands at €2,092,800, including the Day 2 entries that have already been made.
At the end of Day 1c, 410 players still had chips. Among them were PokerStars Ambassadors Guillermo Sanz, Benjamin Bruneteaux, and Kerry-Jane Craigie. Sanz performed best and bagged 98,700, more than three starting stacks and 82 big blinds at the start of Day 2. Bruneteaux followed his colleague closely with a stack of 90,000, while Craigie battled valiantly throughout the day but ended up with less than a starting stack, 27,000.
None of them could touch chipleader Tommaso Marangi, however, as the Italian player bagged a big lead with 360,000 chips. Frenchman Samuel Mayet came closest to Marangi with a bag of 271,700, while Swiss player Michael Simeon completed the podium with 271,000 chips. Also in the top ten at the end of the night were regulars Mykhailo Demydenko (234,700) and Nuno Duarte (227,000).
End of Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommaso Marangi | Italy | 360,000 | 300 |
| 2 | Samuel Mayet | France | 271,700 | 226 |
| 3 | Michael Simeon | Switzerland | 271,000 | 226 |
| 4 | Artem Komarov | Ukraine | 256,100 | 213 |
| 5 | Davide Cojaniz | Italy | 255,600 | 213 |
| 6 | Vincenzo Di Coste | Italy | 239,200 | 199 |
| 7 | William Mancini | Italy | 237,000 | 198 |
| 8 | Mykhailo Demydenko | Ukraine | 234,700 | 196 |
| 9 | Marco Perra | Italy | 234,200 | 195 |
| 10 | Nuno Duarte | Portugal | 227,000 | 189 |
Other notables making it through on Day 1c include EPT winners Antonio Buonanno (166,300), Giuliano Bendinelli (132,800), Grzegorz Glowny (63,000), and Dominik Panka (19,000).
Meanwhile, Day 1d saw 113 players progress, led by Italian Giacomo Geracitano, who amassed 146,800. Gregory Grech squeeked into the top ten of Day 1d with 107,600, while Ermanno Di Nicola (52,800) and Jamie Walden (36,200) were among the other notables in the turbo flight.
End of Day 1d Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giacomo Geracitano | Italy | 146,800 | 122 |
| 2 | Esteban Ismailov | Switzerland | 144,100 | 120 |
| 3 | Franco Polidori | Italy | 133,500 | 111 |
| 4 | Joaquim Da Costa | Portugal | 130,000 | 108 |
| 5 | Feliciano Rosano | Italy | 119,100 | 99 |
| 6 | Martino Pozzi | Italy | 115,000 | 96 |
| 7 | Francesco Pirondini | Italy | 109,800 | 92 |
| 8 | Gregory Grech | France | 107,600 | 90 |
| 9 | Franco Bini | Italy | 106,000 | 88 |
| 10 | Tayfun Rodoplu | Turkey | 101,100 | 84 |
As for who did not find a bag, Adam McKola had his aces cracked by quads and could not recover, falling shortly after his fellow podcast host Rory Jennings. Sam Grafton and Alex Romero did not have any success either, but these Red Spades will have more chances at glory as the late registration will remain open for the first level of Day 2.
Day 2 will get underway tomorrow, March 14, at 1 p.m. local time. Blinds will restart in Level 12: 600/1,200 (1,200), which is also the last level for entries and reentries. The length of the levels will be increased to 75 minutes, and a break is scheduled after every two levels.
Tune back in to PokerNews tomorrow to find out just how big PSO Campione will grow on Day 2 of the Main Event.
Level 11
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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Level 11
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Level 11
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Level 11
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Most tables have bagged up or are in the process of doing so, meaning Day 1c has concluded.
Stay tuned for full Day 1c and Day 1d chip counts, as well as a recap of another hugely successful day.
Level 11
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Johan Eklind pushed in his stack of 38,000 from the big blind and was looked up by Federico Fulciniti in middle position, who had him covered.
Johan Eklind: A♠8♠ 
Federico Fulciniti: 10♥10♦
Eklind flopped a flush draw on 2♠5♦7♠ for some extra outs, but it was not to be as the Q♦ turn and 2♥ river provided no further help. The Swede said his goodbyes just as play was about to conlcude on Day 1c.
Level 11
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The clock has been paused, and all tables will play five more hands before Day 1c concludes.
Level 11
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Andrea Volpi had gone all in for 18,300 from the cutoff. Gaspare Sposato called in the small blind before Marco Gemma called all-in for 17,500 in the big blind as well.
Marco Gemma: A♥K♠
Andrea Volpi: 3♠3♦
Gaspare Sposato : 9♥9♦
Sposato was looking for a double knockout, and the 10♠4♠7♥ flop and 8♥ turn helped neither of his opponents. The K♦ river saw Gemma make a higher pair, however, and he tripled up while Volpi was sent home.
Level 11
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Stefan Kiwisch had pushed in his stack of 17,700 from the cutoff and had been looked up by Andrea Volpi on the button.
Stefan Kiwisch: A♦8♦
Andrea Volpi: 10♠10♥
Volpi's tens remained in the lead on the 7♥K♠4♥7♦ flop and turn, but the A♠ river saw Kiwisch hit his three-outer. Kiwisch celebrated his double-up while Volpi was left with 20 big blinds.
