€550 Main Event Day 1b | 2021 The Festival Series Bratislava

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

09-22-2021 13:25 UTC

Various Chip Counts

Jaxon

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Halasi	80,000 80,000	80,000
Tim Forsberg	71,000 71,000	71,000
Andrej Cintula	64,000 64,000	64,000
Daniel Prior	63,000 28,000	28,000
Christian Sykora	49,000 49,000	49,000

09-22-2021 13:55 UTC

"Almost Folded"

Jaxon

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Michael Uguccioni opened for 1,200 from under the gun. Charalampos Chatzithoma three-bet to 4,400 from the cutoff and Uguccioni called.

Uguccioni checked the flop. Chatzithoma bet 4,600 and Uguccioni jammed for more than the 22,500 his opponent had behind.

Chatzithoma went into the tank for several minutes checking his cards many times before he finally made the call.

Charalampos Chatzithoma:
Michael Uguccioni:

Players began to take back their chips as the turn and river completed the board for a chop.

"I almost folded," said Chatzithoma after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Uguccioni	35,000 35,000	35,000
Charalampos Chatzithoma	30,000

09-22-2021 14:01 UTC

Set of Ladies for Ojasoo

Jaxon

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Toivo Ojasoo doubled through Petr Kubenka. It looked like the chips all went in on the flop.

Toivo Ojasoo:
Petr Kubenka:

Despite Kubenka nailing a set on the board, he lost the flip to Ojasoo who improved to a set of ladies.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toivo Ojasoo	45,000 45,000	45,000
Petr Kubenka	28,000 28,000	28,000

09-22-2021 14:03 UTC

More than 100 in the Day 1b Field

Jaxon

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

The Day 1b field has grown to 104 entries with 86 players remaining.

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 500

09-22-2021 14:15 UTC

Desset Hits the Felt

Jaxon

Level 6 : 250/500, 500 ante

Dominik Desset jammed his short-stack of 2,100 from the cutoff and was called by Martin Ilavsky from the button and Igor Mataruga from the big blind.

Mataruga and Ilavsky checked down both the flop and the turn before Mataruga checked again on the river. Ilavsky bet 2,000 and Mataruga folded.

Ilavsky showed and he eliminated Desset who came up short with . Meanwhile, at the same table, Totti Lind was noticed with a stack of 60,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Totti Lind	60,000 30,000	30,000
Igor Mataruga	35,000
Martin Ilavsky	25,000 -5,000	-5,000
Dominik Desset	Busted

09-22-2021 14:25 UTC

Big Stacks

Jaxon

Level 6 : 250/500, 500 ante

Here is a look at some of the bigger stacks from around the room a little more midway through Day 1b.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aare Haapsal	70,000
Daniel Prior	68,000 5,000	5,000
Aleksandar Tomovic	63,000
Ylva Thorsrud	60,000 10,000	10,000
Totti Lind	60,000

09-22-2021 14:47 UTC

Thoren Felts Lejon

Jaxon

Level 6 : 250/500, 500 ante

Axel Thoren checked the board on the turn. Anders Rickard Lejon jammed for 13,600 into a pot of a bit less and Thoren went into the tank before he called a few minutes later.

Anders Rickard Lejon:
Alex Thoren:

Thoren's nines were ahead but Lejon had a flush draw as well as other possibilities to improve. The didn't help Lejon and he will have to re-enter if he wants a chance to advance to Day 2.