Jozef Komorny Bags the Day 1b Chip Lead in The Festival Series Bratislava Main Event
Day 1b of the Festival Series Bratislava €550 Main Event at Banco Casino Bratislava attracted 132 entries to bring the total field size up to 240 entries with two more opening flights to go on Thursday, Sept. 22.
Although the lofty €300,000 guarantee has yet to be met halfway, a big crowd is expected for Day 1c, and players can also get into the action or re-enter during the first two blind levels of Day 2.
After 10 blind levels of 45 minutes each, a total of 54 players bagged chips into Friday's Day 2 to bring the Day 2 field up to 90 players with many more to come.
Slovakia's Jozef Komorny bagged the biggest stack of the day of 181,800 in chips closely followed by Nemanja Milovanovic, Thomas DeRooij, Adi Rajkovic, and Andrej Cintula.
Meanwhile, Michael Uguccioni, Totti Lind, Tomas Vojtek, Aleksander Tomovic, and Peter Varga all bagged big on Day 1b.
The Festival Series Bratislava Main Event Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jozef Komorny | Slovakia | 181,800 | 114 |
| 2 | Nemanja Milovanovic | Serbia | 167,300 | 105 |
| 3 | Thomas DeRooij | Netherlands | 162,000 | 101 |
| 4 | Adi Rajkovic | Austria | 156,600 | 98 |
| 5 | Andrej Cintula | Slovakia | 153,500 | 96 |
| 6 | Michael Uguccioni | Italy | 149,100 | 93 |
| 7 | Totti Lind | Malta | 139,000 | 87 |
| 8 | Tomas Vojtek | Slovakia | 137,100 | 86 |
| 9 | Aleksandar Tomovic | Serbia | 124,000 | 78 |
| 10 | Peter Varga | Slovakia | 121,900 | 76 |
Some of the players in the Main Event immediately hopped over into another room in the conference area for their last chance to get into the €250 Roulette Main Event including Argo Garamaga, who bagged 49,800 into Day 2.
PokerNews will be back on the floor for Day 1c on Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 12 p.m. and before then will provide updates for the Blackjack and Roulette Main Events.
flop and DeRooij raised to 6,000 and Limonova called. The 
turn followed and Limonova jammed for 21,000. DeRooij found the call and players showed their cards.
completed the board. Limonova sat there in complete disbelief before leaving the tournament area to enter the €440 PKO side event that just began.
flop. Nikolaos Tsitos jammed for 25,000 on Tomovic snap-called.
turn. However, that all changed after the 
river completed the board. Although Tsitos improved further to a set, Tomovic improved to a straight to end take Tsitos stack just before the break.
