€550 Main Event Day 2 | 2021 The Festival Series Bratislava

09-24-2021 12:20 UTC

Hazan Going to the Spa

Jaxon

Level 13 : 1,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

JJ Hazan dropped by the media desk saying he is off to the spa.

Poker asked what happened to his once healthy stack and he shared that he got all his chips in with and didn't get there against . Another player was also in the pot with .

Hazan said he is down but not out. After he makes reservations for the spa, he plans to play in the open-face Chinese poker side event later today.

Player	Chips	Progress
JJ Hazan	Busted

09-24-2021 12:27 UTC

Sevens no Good for Larssen

Jaxon

Level 13 : 1,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Greger Larsson jammed what appeared to be near an opening stack of 30,000 from the button and was called by Tomche Spaseski from the big blind.

Greger Larsson:
Tomche Spaseski:

Larsson lost the flip and his stack after Spaseski paired his ace on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomche Spaseski	240,000 139,500	139,500
Greger Larsson	Busted

09-24-2021 12:38 UTC

Worthington-Leese Over 300K; James on Fumes

Jaxon

Level 13 : 1,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Leo Worthington-Leese opened for 6,000 from early position before he was called by the player from the button and Bobby James from the big blind.

The action checked to the player on the button who bet 10,000 on the flop. James folded and Worthington-Leese called.

Worthington-Leese check-called for 25,000 on the turn before check-jammed from 25,000 to around 150,000 the river.

Worthington Leese turned over a flush with to take his stack north of 300,000.

Shortly after, James was low on chips as follows after he got it in with top pair with on the flop and didn't improve further to get ahead of his opponent's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Worthington-Leese	320,000 259,800	259,800
Bobby James	25,000 -125,000	-125,000
Peter Bumba	Busted
Timothy Harold	Busted

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

09-24-2021 13:10 UTC

Random 15 Minute Break

Jaxon

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The internet is down at the casino and hotel. The tournament director just announced players are on an unscheduled 15 minute break due to technical issues.

09-24-2021 13:42 UTC

71 Paid

Jaxon

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The tournament is back up and running. Payouts are being finalized but the tournament director informed PokerNews that 71 players will get paid.

09-24-2021 13:43 UTC

Big Stacks Around the Room

Jaxon

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dushko Bogoevski	410,000 140,000	140,000
Filip Sramka	400,000 250,000	250,000
Henry Mania	350,000 305,000	305,000
Patrik Ciklamini	345,000 196,500	196,500
Thomas DeRooij	340,000 178,000	178,000
Pavol Melichar	320,000 97,000	97,000

Leo Worthington-Leese	315,000 -5,000	-5,000
Michael Uguccioni	310,000 160,900	160,900
Jozef Krajan	310,000 185,800	185,800
Miroslav Lelek	260,000 111,000	111,000

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

09-24-2021 13:57 UTC

€59K to the Winner

Jaxon

Level 15 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The payouts have been announced with the top 71 players getting paid at least a min-cash of €1,000 with all players having their eyes on the €59,000 top prize.

Here is a look at all of the payouts:

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
25-32	€1,800
33-40	€1,500
41-56	€1,200
57-71	€1,000

09-24-2021 14:03 UTC

Eight-Handed Rest of the Way

Jaxon

Level 15 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The tournament director has just announced that the action will be eight-max the rest of the tournament. The only exception will be the final table, which will begin with nine players.

Today is confirmed to feature 10 levels regardless of how many players are remaining. Tomorrow's Day 3 will play down to a final table, which will be played out to a winner on Sunday.