Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The remaining players have been sent on another 20-minute break. Here are some highlights:
2024 Winamax Poker Open Bratislava
€500 Main Event
Day: 1cd
Event Info
2024 Winamax Poker Open Bratislava
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1cd
Buy-in
€500
Prize Pool
€667,040
Entries
1,516
Level
46
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
795
Players Left
134
Players Left 1 / 1,516
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Level 19
: Blinds 3,000/7,000, 7,000 ante
Late registration has closed for the fourth and final flight of the Winamax Poker Open Bratislava. Day 1d saw 160 runners, bringing the total number of entrants for the 2024 edition to 1,516. This is slightly fewer than last year’s 1,577 entrants, but 2023 featured one additional flight.
252 players are expected to return for Day 2 in the money, unless multiple players are eliminated during the Day 1c and Day 1d bubbles tonight. Payouts will be announced at the start of Day 2.
Level 21
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Valentin Imperatore moved all in from the hijack for 132,000 and was called by Robin Fournez, on the button.
Valentin Imperatore: K♦K♥ 
Robin Fournez: 10♣10♦
The board ran out 7♠5♣4♥5♥4♦; Imperatore's kings held when they needed to most. Imperatore doubled on the stone bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
175,000
175,000
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175,000 |
Level 21
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Nemo Israel raised from the button and Joao Vieira, in the small blind, three-bet to 130,000, leaving himself 58,000 behind the line. Israel moved all in and Vieira called off the bet for his effective stack of 188,000.
Joao Vieira: A♥4♥
Nemo Israel: J♣J♠
The 5♦6♦6♥ flop proved no help for Vieira, however, the 4♠ turn breathed some life into his prospects, The 7♠ river changed nothing and ensured Vieira was today's bubble boy.
The remaining 107 will progress to Day 2, having all made the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
513,000
367,000
|
367,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Level 21
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
After 2023’s 1,577 entrants, the 2024 Winamax Poker Open Bratislava Main Event attracted a total of 1,516 players, here at Banco Casino in Bratislava. 635 players have been recorded only on Day 1c, the third and largest flight of the tournament. But out of this field, only 252 managed to find a bag tonight.
All eyes were on Adrian Mateos on the bubble to know if he was going to be eliminated out of the money. Under the spotlights of the feature table, he managed to qualify for Day 2 with only 34,000… but not his teammate Joao Vieira. The Portuguese player is Day 1c’s bubble-boy, running into jacks with ace-four suited.
Gino Cardenia was more focused on building a big stack than on his tournament’s life today, because he ended up as the chip leader with 943,000 chips. He is followed by Benoit Kozubski, while Jordan Dumas takes third place with 851,000.
2024 WPO Bratislava Main Event Day 1c Top 10
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gino Cardenia | France | 943,000 | 94 |
| 2 | Benoit Kozubski | France | 854,000 | 85 |
| 3 | Jordan Dumas | France | 851,000 | 85 |
| 4 | Zoltan Szarka | Hungary | 797,000 | 80 |
| 5 | Torben Goettler | Denmark | 780,000 | 78 |
| 6 | Frederic Chau | France | 778,000 | 78 |
| 7 | Tomas Svoboda | Czech Republic | 774,000 | 77 |
| 8 | Antoine Larpin | France | 717,000 | 72 |
| 9 | Alvaro Aparicio | Spain | 606,000 | 61 |
| 10 | Itai Peleg | Sweden | 584,000 | 58 |
French actor Frédéric Chau was running hot today, cracking kings with a full house for example. Thanks to this good run, he bagged the sixth stack of Day 1c (778,000). Three times Winamax event finalist Matthieu Lamagnere also holds a big stack (550,000), along with Nicolas Plantin (532,000), Nemo Israel (513,000) who burst the bubble and streamer Christopher Marcadet (381,000).
Mikael “Shishi” Berrio “had a good day on the feature table”, qualifying with 381,000, more than the average stack. Day 1b’s bubble-boy Eduardo Riego (226,000), Abel Pruchon (212,000), Camille Lemardeley (209,000) and Timur Margolin (114,000) have smaller stacks, but nothing compared to Mateos and his tablemate Guy Lavon (21,000).
While the bubble was bursting on Day 1c, Day 1d Turbo came to an end with 27 remaining players out of 160 entrants. Among these players, Dylan Patanchon has the biggest stack with 849,000 chips, way ahead of Jakub Bosko (513,000) and Tamer Ibrahim (480,000).
Kevin Dedner (467,000), Jonathan Pastore (446,000), Mohamed Henni (318,000), Malcolm Franchi (289,000), 2024 WSOP Main Event finalist Malo Latinois (288,000) also made their ways to Day 2 thanks to this final flight, along with 2023 Winamax Poker Tour winner Sébastien Lesoif (112,000).
However this last opportunity didn’t allow Gus Hansen, Davidi Kitai, Pierre Calamusa, Michael Rodrigues or Nicolas Vayssieres to qualify for Day 2.
2024 WPO Bratislava Main Event Day 1d Top 10
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dylan Patanchon | France | 849,000 | 85 |
| 2 | Jakub Bosko | Slovaquie | 513,000 | 51 |
| 3 | Tamer Ibrahim | Egypte | 480,000 | 48 |
| 4 | Dominykas Ruskys | Lituanie | 478,000 | 48 |
| 5 | Kevin Dedner | France | 467,000 | 47 |
| 6 | Jonathan Pastore | France | 446,000 | 45 |
| 7 | Joris Norvaisas | Lituanie | 421,000 | 42 |
| 8 | Clément Albert | France | 396,000 | 40 |
| 9 | Konrad Waszkiewicz | Pologne | 340,000 | 34 |
| 10 | Mohamed Henni | France | 318,000 | 32 |
The 252 remaining players will gather tomorrow, Saturday, September 28 at noon local time for Day 2 of the 2024 WPO Bratislava. All of them already secured a minimum cash-prize of €1,000, but only one of them will lift the trophy and win €90,000. The full payout will be revealed at the beginning of the day.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding the WPO Bratislava Main Event.
