Day 1a of Event #7: $2,000 Warm Up Is a Wrap; 27 Remain, Including Steve O'Dwyer
Day 1a of Event #7: $2,000 Warm Up from the Luxon Pay Mediterranean Poker Party has concluded.
It took just 16 levels and 13 hours for Day 1a to come to a close, with 27 players returning from Day 1a to play in Day 2. 182 entrants came to the tables today, including 41 rebuys. All players remaining are now in the money and have locked up a min-cash. It’s worth mentioning those that made Day 2 will be playing with a 30-second shot clock in Day 2, with time bank cards they can use to give them extended time.
Many renowned and established players took to the tables today, including Chino Rheem, Bruno Fitoussi and Maxim Lykov. Some well knowns bagged and tagged for Day 2, including Uri Reichenstein (155,000) and Steve O’Dwyer (113,000). They will come in as two of the shortest stacks, however.
Top 10 Chip Stacks
| Position | Name | Count | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuriy Zakharov | 871,000 | Russia |
| 2 | Khodr Manana | 727,000 | Lebanon |
| 3 | Selahaddin Bedir | 588,000 | Turkey |
| 4 | Alexander Tkatschew | 588,000 | Autria |
| 5 | Soren Vohrs | 540,000 | Austria |
| 6 | Alessio Isaia | 458,000 | Italy |
| 7 | Andrea Ricci | 445,000 | Italy |
| 8 | Vitaliy Kim | 435,000 | Russia |
| 9 | Vladislav Ivanov | 408,000 | Russia |
| 10 | Alexandre Vuilleumier | 385,000 | Switzerland |
Two of the top three that made the final table from Event #1: The Open, Selahaddin Bedir (588,000) and Alessio Isaia (445,000) come back in this event with top 10 chip stacks. Your chip leader from Day 1 is Yuriy Zakharov, coming into Day 2 with 871,000 chips.
The bubble boy from the event was Osman Midik when he ran his short stack into Boris Kolev (266,000) and didn't improve to be sent out in 28th. He and anyone who didn't make Day 2, still have the opportunity to, with three more flights, each with a rebuy available to be played over the next two days. With a $2,000,000 guarantee, it looks highly likely that will be smashed.
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