After a long bubble, Day 1b of the EAPT Bratislava Main Event ended with 13 players remaining, here at Banco Casino. They are the last survivors of a field of 84 entrants, and they all secured a spot on Day 2 and in the money.
During the last minutes of the day, Benjamin Lakatos, Adrian Filip, and Christoph Hillinger all became the chip leader one after the other. But at the end of the day, Filip is the one who filled his bag with the most chips (630,000). Lakatos follows closely behind with 602,000 chips, while Christoph Hillinger takes the third place (546,000).
Day 1b Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Filip | Romania | 630,000 | 79 |
| 2 | Benjamin Lakatos | Hungary | 602,000 | 75 |
| 3 | Christoph Hillinger | Austria | 546,000 | 68 |
| 4 | Konstantinos Giannoutas | Greece | 424,000 | 53 |
| 5 | Antal Mezei | Hungary | 207,000 | 26 |
| 6 | Yurii Savin | Ukraine | 207,000 | 26 |
| 7 | Mody Rubinstein | Israel | 192,000 | 24 |
| 8 | Vili Päivärinta | Finland | 185,000 | 23 |
| 9 | Imre Lascsik | Hungary | 136,000 | 17 |
| 10 | Richard Turoczi | Hungary | 119,000 | 15 |
| 11 | Mario Eder | Austria | 107,000 | 13 |
| 12 | Christian Horvath | Austria | 89,000 | 11 |
| 13 | Gani Weiss | Israel | 87,000 | 11 |
Greece's Konstantinos Giannoutas also ended the day with more than 50 big blinds (424,000). Then the gap is quite big with the other qualified players, as Antal Mezei (207,000), Yurii Savin (207,000), Mody Rubinstein (192,000), and Vili Päivärinta (185,000) will all be back on Day 2 with approximately 25 blinds — half of Giannoutas's stack.
At the back of the pack, it's been a close call for Christian Horvath (89,000) and Gani Weiss (87,000). Both of them had to move all-in on the bubble to steal blinds, and it worked as they put 10 blinds in their bags.
While Day 1b was still playing, Day 1c Turbo ended on Level 10 (blinds of 1,000/2,000 and a 2,000 big blind ante) with only two players remaining out of a field of 10 entrants. Ukraine's Ruslan Volkov finished this flight with a big chiplead of 332,000 chips, ahead of Benjamin Svetina (68,000).
Tomorrow, Friday, January 26 will be the last day to try to qualify for Day 2. Two flights are scheduled: Day 1d at 2:00 p.m. local time with 40-minute levels starting on blinds of 100/200 and a 200 big blind ante, and Day 1e Turbo at 8:00 p.m. with 20-minute levels.
On both flights, players will have 40,000 chip-starting stacks and nine levels to enter or reenter the tournament. Only one reentry per flight is allowed, and the day will end when 15% of the field remains.
Follow along as PokerNews provides all the live updates throughout the tournament.
