THMC Main Event Day 1fg | 2024 THM Winter Championship

THMC Main Event

Day 1fg Completed

02-04-2024 05:16 UTC+2

41 Qualifiers from Days 1f and 1g of THMWC Main Event

Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Days 1f and 1g of the Main Event of The Hendon Mob Winter Championships have concluded here at the Grand Casino, Liechtenstein, with 41 players surviving from a total of 168 entries.

Marko Ilicic (329,000) and Roland Oswald (291,000) bagged top 3 stacks in Day 1f, while Gordon Paterson (381,000) and Stipe Orec (315,000) topped the chip counts for Day 1g, all of whom remain some way behind overall chip leader Nicola Diaco (1,045,000).

Paterson never looked back after hitting a full house against Thomas Hofmann and continued to chip up throughout the day with an aggressive approach, taking a large pot off Dieter Pichler at the very end of the flight.

Orec was also active throughout the day and knocked out Hofmann and Franco Spichtig in the last hand to accumulate a sizeable stack for Day 2.

Players such as Tomas Pihurik and Christian Beer did not quite manage to find a bag for Day 2, but will have one final opportunity to do so in the Day 1h turbo flight.

Day 1h will take place at noon Sunday, February 4 and features 15-minute blind levels, but otherwise follows the same structure as previous flights.

Day 2 will commence at 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 4 and will feature 45-minute levels. Players who survive to Day 3 will return on Monday, February 5 at 6 p.m., also to 45-minute levels, for their tilt at the trophy.

PokerNews will be providing full live coverage of the Main Event of the Hendon Mob Winter Championships from Day 2 onwards, so stay tuned to see who ends up taking home the crown and the lion's share of the 150,000 CHF guaranteed prize pool.

Tags: Dieter Pichler Franco Spichtig Gordon Paterson Marko Ilicic Nicola Diaco Roland Oswald Stipe Orec Thomas Hofmann Tomas Pihurik

02-04-2024 04:53 UTC+2

Day 1f Qualifiers

Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

THMC Main Event Day 1f Qualifiers

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	John 33	N/A	515,000	85
2	Marko Ilicic	Switzerland	329,000	54
3	Roland Oswald	Switzerland	291,000	48
4	John 34	N/A	274,000	45
5	Luis Do Nascimento	N/A	265,000	44
6	John 35	N/A	254,000	42
7	Zoltan Bene	Hungary	246,000	41
8	Stefan Nitschke	Switzerland	223,000	37
9	Domingos Ferreira	Portugal	222,000	37
10	Harry Kim	Germany	213,000	35
11	Salvatore Salemi	Italy	198,000	33
12	Manuela Matzler	Switzerland	186,000	31
13	Mario Fausch	Switzerland	165,000	27
14	Martin Berger	Germany	154,000	25
15	Sascha Manns	Germany	145,000	24
16	John 36	N/A	121,000	20
17	Claudio Baldini	Italy	110,000	18
18	Boro Skalonja	Switzerland	91,000	15
19	Ramon Lampert	Switzerland	53,000	9

Player	Chips	Progress
John 33	515,000 515,000	515,000
Marko Ilicic	329,000 329,000	329,000
Roland Oswald	291,000 291,000	291,000
John 34	274,000 274,000	274,000
Luis Do Nascimento	265,000 265,000	265,000
John 35	254,000 254,000	254,000
Zoltan Bene	246,000 246,000	246,000
Stefan Nitschke	223,000 223,000	223,000
Domingos Ferreira	222,000 222,000	222,000
Harry Kim	213,000 213,000	213,000
Salvatore Salemi	198,000
Manuela Matzler	186,000 186,000	186,000
Mario Fausch	165,000 165,000	165,000
Martin Berger	154,000 154,000	154,000
Sascha Manns	145,000 145,000	145,000
John 36	121,000 121,000	121,000
Claudio Baldini	110,000 110,000	110,000
Boro Skalonja	91,000 91,000	91,000
Ramon Lampert	53,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Boro Skalonja Claudio Baldini Luis Do Nascimento Marko Ilicic Martin Berger Ramon Lampert Roland Oswald Sascha Manns Stefan Nitschke

02-04-2024 04:52 UTC+2

Day 1g Qualifiers (full)

Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

THMC Main Event Day 1g Qualifiers

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Gordon Paterson	South Africa	381,000	63
2	Stipe Orec	Croatia	315,000	52
3	Mark Soltesz	Hungary	295,000	49
4	Jane 3	N/A	286,000	47
5	Stefan Gycax	N/A	280,000	46
6	John 37	N/A	270,000	45
7	Michael Antener	N/A	280,000	46
8	John 38	N/A	268,000	44
9	Marius Wolf	Germany	240,000	40
10	Hao Liu	Switzerland	228,000	38
11	Daniele Polverino	Liechtenstein	211,000	35
12	Sandor Leitenroth	Germany	177,000	29
13	Sascha Messmer	Switzerland	156,000	26
14	John 39	N/A	152,000	25
15	Frank Diekmann	Germany	148,000	24
16	Artur Kucharek	N/A	131,000	21
17	Dominik Hurum	Germany	106,000	17
18	John 40	N/A	104,000	17
19	Hazir Osmani	Switzerland	75,000	12
20	John 32	N/A	55,000	9
21	Kurt Zwicky	Switzerland	50,000	8
22	Titas Kazlauskas	Lithuania	48,000	8

Player	Chips	Progress
Gordon Paterson	381,000 6,000	6,000
Stipe Orec	315,000
Mark Soltesz	295,000 295,000	295,000
John 54	286,000 286,000	286,000
Stefan Gycax	280,000 220,000	220,000
Michael Antener	280,000 153,000	153,000
John 37	270,000 270,000	270,000
John 38	268,000 268,000	268,000
Marius Wolf	240,000 38,000	38,000
Hao Liu	228,000 183,000	183,000
Daniele Polverino	211,000 -16,000	-16,000
Sandor Leitenroth	177,000 15,500	15,500
Sascha Messmer	156,000 139,000	139,000
John 39	152,000 152,000	152,000
Frank Diekmann	148,000 106,000	106,000
Artur Kucharek	131,000 69,000	69,000
Dominik Hurum	106,000 106,000	106,000
John 40	104,000 104,000	104,000
Hazir Osmani	75,000 -33,000	-33,000
John 32	55,000 -7,000	-7,000
Kurt Zwicky	50,000 50,000	50,000
Titas Kazlauskas	48,000 -8,000	-8,000

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Tags: Artur Kucharek Daniele Polverino Frank Diekmann Gordon Paterson Hao Liu Hazir Osmani Marius Wolf Michael Antener Sandor Leitenroth Sascha Messmer Stipe Orec

02-04-2024 03:13 UTC+2

Day 1g of THMWC Main Event Concludes

Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Day 1g of the Main Event has now finished, with 22 players progressing to Day 2. Full chip counts and a recap of the day will follow shortly.

02-04-2024 03:11 UTC+2

Orec Busts Spichtig

Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

On a board of 9♦K♥9♠K♣9♣ and with 25,000 in the middle, Franco Spichtig had moved all in for 71,500, sending his opponent, Stipe Orec into the tank.

Orec eventually made the call and showed A♠A♦ for a better full house than the board, and Spichtig, who had clearly been hoping to get Orec off what he thought would be a chopped pot, turned over Q♠J♦ and headed to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stipe Orec	315,000 105,000	105,000
Franco Spichtig	Busted

Tags: Franco Spichtig Stipe Orec

02-04-2024 02:54 UTC+2

Four More Hands in Day 1g of Main Event

Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The tournament director has paused the clock and announced four more hands will be played before Day 1g concludes.

02-04-2024 02:48 UTC+2

Check-Jam Works for Paterson

Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The board read 10♣5♠8♥5♦ and around 120,000 was in the middle. Gordon Paterson checked to Dieter Pichler, who fired out a bet of 30,000.

Paterson pondered his options and check-jammed all-in, putting Pichler to the test for the rest of his stack, with Paterson covering him.

After some thought, Pichler folded, sending a sizeable pot to Paterson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gordon Paterson	375,000 49,000	49,000
Dieter Pichler	75,000 -58,000	-58,000

Tags: Dieter Pichler Gordon Paterson

02-04-2024 02:41 UTC+2

Check-Raise Works for Polverino

Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Stipe Orec and Daniele Polverino had been battling against each other all day and in a button versus small blind spot, with around 50,000 in the middle, Polverino checked to Orec on the 3♥Q♥2♠ flop.

Orec fired out a bet of 21,000 and Polverino produced a check-raise to 65,000. After some thought, Orec eventually let go of his hand.