€550 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2021 The Festival Series Bratislava
€550 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2021 The Festival Series Bratislava
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€294,875
Entries
621
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
280
Players Left
31
Players Left 1 / 621
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Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The Festival Series Bratislava at Banco Casino Bratislava was the first-ever stop on The Festival Series and thus far has been a massive success with players having a good time both inside and outside the casino.
The €300,000 guarantee for The Festival Series Bratislava €550 Main Event was met with 621 entries getting into the action by the time late registration closed after the second blind level of Day 2. Day 2 alone, witnessed 74 entries getting into the field.
After ten blind levels on Day 2, the action was down to just 31 players led by Fotios Ntamaris with a massive stack of 1,665,000 in chips. Michael Uguccioni, Skommar Hansson, and Igor Panak also bagged more than 1 million in chips with Adi Rajkovic rounding out the top five players.
Top Ten Chip Counts After Day 2 of The Festival Series Bratislava
| Rank | Players | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fotios Ntamaris | 1,665,000 | 83 |
| 2 | Michael Uguccioni | 1,400,000 | 70 |
| 3 | Skommar Hansson | 1,155,000 | 58 |
| 4 | Igor Panak | 1,070,000 | 54 |
| 5 | Adi Rajkovic | 890,000 | 45 |
| 6 | Bernhard Haider | 790,000 | 40 |
| 7 | Erik Seffer | 785,000 | 39 |
| 8 | Henry Mania | 740,000 | 37 |
| 9 | Peter Hanke | 685,000 | 34 |
| 10 | Filip Sramka | 680,000 | 34 |
Day 2 witnessed players getting into the money with at least 71 players being awarded at least a €1,000 min-cash for their efforts. Markus Ganglbauer was the last player to walk away empty-handed in the Main Event after he lost a flip with big slick for his final four big blinds against the tens held by Vladimir Bednar.
Remaining Payouts
The 31 returning players are each guaranteed at least a €1,800 payout with the eventual winner going home with a massive €59,000 payday for their €550 buy-in.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | €59,000 |
| 2 | €43,000 |
| 3 | €29,000 |
| 4 | €20,500 |
| 5 | €14,000 |
| 6 | €10,000 |
| 7 | €7,500 |
| 8 | €5,975 |
| 9-10 | €4,600 |
| 11-13 | €3,500 |
| 14-16 | €2,700 |
| 17-24 | €2,200 |
| 25-31 | €1,800 |
Plan for Day 3
Day 3 will kick off with blinds starting at 10,000/20,000 with a big blind ante of 20,000 and increase every 45 minutes. Tournament Director Gerrard Serra shared with PokerNews that tomorrow's ending time will depend on how soon the final table is reached. If it is reached early enough in the day, the plan is to play down to a winner. If not, then the final nine players will come back for one more day of play on Sunday.
Stay tuned at PokerNews to see who will win the €300,000 guaranteed The Festival Series Bratislava Main Event.
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,665,000
515,000
|
515,000 |
|
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|
1,400,000
830,000
|
830,000 |
|
1,155,000
1,155,000
|
1,155,000 |
|
1,070,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
890,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
790,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
785,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
740,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
|
685,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
680,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
630,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
630,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
560,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
560,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
550,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
535,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
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|
530,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
485,000
259,000
|
259,000 |
|
465,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
460,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
455,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
425,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
385,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
380,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
365,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Day 2 is in the books. PokerNews will be updating chip counts as soon as it is available.
In the meantime, The Festival Series Founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk is deep in the Open-Face Chinese event.
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
A player from under the gun raised to 40,000 and two players called. Peter Bergman three-bet jammed for about 6 big blinds. The player from under the gun jammed for much more and it was a heads-up showdown after the other two players folded.
Bergman held 
and was up against 
. Bergman whiffed the entire board which included a king on the flop to go out in 38th place.
Meanwhile, Didier Pirard and Daniel Koloszar went out around the same time to leave just 36 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Banco Casino is hopping with cash games tonight but you shouldn't have to wait long if at all to take a seat with plenty of games running. The biggest running right now is €50/€50 PLO where the player on the button can choose between four or five cards.
If that game proves to be too big for your tastes as it will for many, rest assured there are plenty of smaller stakes games with many tables running €1/€2 NLHE and PLO.
In addition, the bad beat jackpot for cash games is at nearly €29,000 and growing.
Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The final blind level of Day 2 kicked off with 39 players remaining.
Level: 20
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Pokercode Head of Play Daniele Grassi just busted the Main Event and shared with PokerNews how it all went down.
Grassi got it in first with 
against an opponent's and didn't get there in a 600,000 chip pot.
He was left with just six big blinds after the hand and got these in good with against an opponent's 
. A hit the flop and Grassi was eliminated after getting no love from either the turn or river.
Grassi lives nearby in Vienna and shared he will be heading home instead of playing cash games this evening after a long day.
Meanwhile, Pavel Chalupka also was eliminated leaving just 39 players remaining in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Here is a look at some of the recent eliminations with 41 players remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
