Level 1
: Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Cards are in the air here on Day 1b of the WPT Prime Sanremo Championship Event, stay tuned to PokerNews for all your coverage of the action.
2024 WPT Prime Sanremo
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2024 WPT Prime Sanremo
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€734,140
Entries
781
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
204
Players Left
26
Players Left 1 / 781
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Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
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We are onto the second day of the €1,100 WPT Prime Sanremo Championship Event, here at the stunning Casino Sanremo, featuring Day 1b, kicking off today, June 7, at noon local time.
Day 1a took place yesterday and attracted 85 entries, with 11 players progressing to Day 2. Roberto Armato (873,000) of Italy bagged the chip lead, closely followed by fellow countrymen Michael Uguccioni (745,000) and Lorenzo Arduini (576,000).
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 |
Adrian Chua was the unlucky player to bust on the bubble, after he called off in the big blind preflop for his remaining 5 big blinds with ace-high, but could not hold versus Bartosz Wesolek's king-high.
Day 1b features 40-minute levels. Players begin with a 50,000 starting stack at blinds of 100/200, with a 200 big blind ante. Play will continue until 12.5% of the field remains, with all players through to Day 2 guaranteed to be in the money.
Late registration closes at the start of Level 10, with a 30-second shot clock in play from Level 15. Each player will receive four time extensions at the start of Level 15, with a further four provided to players who progress to Day 2.
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 for your coverage of all the action in what is sure to be an exciting weekend of poker.
€1,100 Main Event
Day 1b Started
