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

09-24-2021 12:38 UTC

Worthington-Leese Over 300K; James on Fumes

Jason Glatzer

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

09-24-2021 12:27 UTC

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

Player	Chips	Progress
JJ Hazan	Busted

"That's Offensive"

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Jason Glatzer

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

Nicolas Steils opened for 10,000 from the cutof before Juho Heiska jammed for 32,000 from the button. Steils went into the tank for about two minutes before he made the call.

Juho Heiska:
Nicolas Steils:

"That's offensive!" said Heiska to Steils after he tanked to a short-stacked jam with his tens.

Heiska got up from the table after his opponent nailed a set on the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Steils	120,000 32,500	32,500
Juho Heiska	Busted

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

09-24-2021 12:02 UTC

621 Entries!

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Jason Glatzer

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The Main Event has attracted 621 entries. The Festival Series founder Martin "Franke" von Zweigbergk is making some announcements to the players before Level 13 kicks off.

Late registration is closed and after figures and payouts will be published as soon as they are confirmed by the tournament staff.

09-24-2021 11:44 UTC

First Break

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Jason Glatzer

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Players are on their first break of Day 2. Late registration will close after the break.

Bobby James shared during the break that he chipped up with against to eliminate an opponent, while Argo Garamaga shared also during the break that he was card dead for three orbits before hitting the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bobby James	150,000 69,500	69,500
Argo Garamaga	Busted

09-24-2021 11:43 UTC

Grassi With Cowboys

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Jason Glatzer

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Pokercode Head of Play Daniele Grassi was sitting on a big stack of 260,000 just before the break and shared with PokerNews what went down.

A player opened for 5,000 from under the gun and was called by a player from two seats over. Grassi three-bet to 20,000 from the small blind and was called by the player from under the gun. The other player in the hand jammed for 75,000. Grassi rejammed for a bit more and the player from under the gun, who had both his opponents covered, made the call.

Grassi held and was up against the held by the player from under the gun and from the third player in the hand.

The board was good enough for cowboys to hold and Grassi headed to break with one of the biggest stacks in play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniele Grassi	260,000 89,900	89,900

09-24-2021 11:20 UTC

Streamed SNG at 3:30 p.m.

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Jason Glatzer

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Mauritz Altikardes & Martin Von Zweigbergk

The Festival Series organizer Mauritz Altikardis has just informed the media that there will be a special live-streamed sit & go for the team at PokerListings at 3:30 p.m.

You can check out the action at TheFestivalOG Twitch channel.

09-24-2021 11:16 UTC

Lizanets Ousts Hazan

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Jason Glatzer

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

JJ Hazan had a healthy stack to start the day but things didn't go well early on and he was down to just 25,000. According to Hazan, he jammed and was up against and was up against Oleksandr Lizanets and Carlos Pezzia.

Lizanets still had chips behind and moved all-in on a flop for 35,000 more. Pezzia had both players covered and made the call.

JJ Hazan:
Oleksandr Lizanets:
Carlos Pezzia:

Lizanets had both his opponents drawing dead after improving to a full house on the turn. Pezzia also improved to a full house on the river but this didn't help him win the hand.