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€1,100 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2024 WPT Prime Sanremo
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2024 WPT Prime Sanremo
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€734,140
Total Entries
781
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
85
Players Left
11
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Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Day 1a of the €1,100 WPT Prime Sanremo Championship Event has concluded here at Casino Sanremo, with 11 players progressing to Day 2 from the field of 85.
Roberto Armato of Italy holds the chip lead, bagging up an impressive stack of 873,000, and is closely followed by fellow countrymen Michael Uguccioni (745,000) and Lorenzo Arduini (576,000).
Armato surged towards the chip lead when he picked off a bluff by Chris Dowling, and will be hoping to surpass his biggest recorded live cash of just shy of $7,000 in the coming days. Uguccioni will be aiming to exceed $200,000 in recorded results with a deep run here, while Arduini will seek to boost his impressive live earnings of over $700,000.
End of Day 1a Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roberto Armato | Italy | 873,000 |
| 2 | Michael Uguccioni | Italy | 745,000 |
| 3 | Lorenzo Arduini | Italy | 576,000 |
| 4 | Dominik Ostrowski | Poland | 510,000 |
| 5 | Marcel Lerbs | Germany | 318,000 |
| 6 | Bartosz Wesolek | Poland | 228,000 |
| 7 | Bradley Moore | South Africa | 227,000 |
| 8 | Iryna Tsikhanskaya | Belarus | 207,000 |
| 9 | Marco Regonaschi | Italy | 202,000 |
| 10 | Tomasz Kardas | Poland | 195,000 |
| 11 | Maxime Tantaro | France | 121,000 |
Notable names who did not manage to find a bag include David Kozma, Fabio Peluso and Romain Le Dantec, all of whom are expected to try their luck at another of the starting flights.
In what is expected to be a busy weekend, Day 1b will take place on Friday June 7 at noon local time, and will follow the same structure as Day 1a.
Days 1c and Day 1d are scheduled for Saturday June 8 at noon and 8:00 p.m. local time respectively. Day 1c will follow the same structure as Days 1a-1b, while Day 1d is is a turbo flight featuring 20-minute levels, but otherwise following the same structure as previous flights.
Days 2 and 3 are due to take place on June 9 and June 10 respectively at 1:00 p.m. local time, and will feature 60-minute levels.
Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews to see who will be crowned champion at WPT Prime Sanremo 2024.
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Day 1a of the WPT Prime Sanremo Championship Event has concluded, with 11 players progressing to Day 2. Updated chip counts and a recap of the day will follow shortly.
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Bartosz Wesolek moved all in from the button and Adrian Chua called off for his remaining 50,000 in the big blind.
Adrian Chua: A♠5♦ 
Bartosz Wesolek: K♦9♦
Chua was ahead, but that didn't last long after the 9♣2♠10♣ flop put Wesolek into the lead with a pair of nines. Unfortunately for Chua, the 5♥ turn and J♣ river did not provide him with the help he needed, and he exited on the bubble.
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Bradley Moore moved all in from the button for 100,000, and Dustin Kuipers called off in the big blind for his remaining 65,000.
Dustin Kuipers: K♣6♠
Bradley Moore: K♥Q♥
Kuipers was in trouble with his king dominated, and the J♣10♣2♥10♦7♣ runout confirmed his exit. We are now on the bubble.
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Around 100,000 was in the middle on a board of 7♣Q♠2♠4♣ in a hand between Dominik Ostrowski on the button and Marco Regonaschi in the big blind. Regonaschi check-called a bet of 50,000 from his opponent.
On the 4♠ river, Regonaschi check-called versus a bet of 65,000 from Ostrowski. Ostrowski showed K♥Q♣ for a pair of queens and Regonaschi mucked.
Level 16
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Dominik Ostrowski opened to 20,000 in early position, and Iryna Tsikhanskaya defended the big blind.
On the A♠Q♥J♥ flop, Tsikhanskaya check-called a bet of 10,000 from her opponent.
The 5♦ turn was checked through.
On the J♦ river, Tsikhanskaya led out with a bet of 30,000 and Ostrowski called.
Tsikhanskaya showed K♥8♦ for the king-high bluff, while Ostrowski had A♦10♣ for a pair of aces.
Level: 16
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
Level 15
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The 13 players remaining have just been sent on a 15-minute break.
