Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is expanding its Season XXII schedule with a brand-new festival taking place in Cyprus this fall. The WPT Prime Cyprus festival, running Aug. 15-26 at the Chamada Prestige Hotel & Spa, will include a $1,100 buy-in Prime Championship event with a $1 million guarantee.
“As we continue our globetrotting mission to spread poker around the world, we’re proud to introduce Cyprus to the 2024 schedule,” WPT CEO Adam Pliska said in a press release. “The great Chamada Prestige will host the first-ever WPT venture in the beautiful island country.”
The WPT Prime Cyprus Championship will take place Aug. 22-26, while the rest of the series will feature various side events.
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The final starting flights of the €1,100 WPT Prime Sanremo Championship Event are due to kick off today, Saturday June 8, at the beautiful Casino Sanremo.
The tournament has so far attracted a total of 289 entrants, generating a current prize pool of €271,660, which is sure to swell further, with an extremely busy day expected.
37 players have progressed to Day 2 so far. The home nation have performed strongly, with the current top three being an all-Italian affair, comprising Mario Adinolfi (985,000), Roberto Armato (873,000) and Michael Uguccioni (745,000), all of whom would no doubt dearly love to triumph in a major tournament on home soil.
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Adinolfi | Italy | 985,000 |
| 2 | Roberto Armato | Italy | 873,000 |
| 3 | Michael Uguccioni | Italy | 745,000 |
| 4 | Marcin Puczylowski | Poland | 743,000 |
| 5 | Fabrice Ferrando | France | 705,000 |
| 6 | Shlomi Malka | Israel | 648,000 |
| 7 | Lorenzo Arduini | Italy | 576,000 |
| 8 | Laurent Michot | France | 561,000 |
| 9 | Kym Nguyen | France | 521,000 |
| 10 | Dominik Ostrowski | Poland | 510,000 |
Day 1c features 40-minute levels and kicks off at noon local time. 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.
Day 1d is is a turbo flight featuring 20-minute levels, beginning at 8:00 p.m. local time, 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.
PokerNews will be focusing its coverage on Day 1c, while full chip counts will be confirmed for the players who progress from Day 1d, so stay with us for all your coverage of an exciting day of poker.
€1,100 Main Event
Day 1cd Started