2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid

€550 Main Event
Day: 1ab
Event Info

2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
€40,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€225,000
Entries
459
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1ab
Entries
195
Players Left
30

Frederik Thiemer Leads 16 Surviving Players After Day 1a of Pokercode Festival Madrid

Level 17 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Frederik Thiemer
Frederik Thiemer

Two years after inaugural event in Bratislava, Pokercode Festival and his €550 Main Event returned to Europe, this time in Gran Via casino Madrid in Spain. Day 1a flight kicked off this Thursday attracted a nice field of 103 entrants.

Among them, 16 players managed to bag for Day 2, all in the money. German player Frederik Thiemer is the chipleader with a stack of 852,000 after 17 30-minute levels. James Russell Smith bagged 705,000 followed by Nikola Gasevic (556,000).

Pokercode Madrid Main Event Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip Count 
1Frederik ThiemerGermany852,000 
2James Russell Smith 705,000 
3Nikola GasevicAustria556,000 
4Jascha BonacicGermany465,000 
5Christian BernauGermany378,000 
6Sebastian SchulzeGermany284,000 
7Javier SanjuanSpain280,000 
8Victor CiubotaruRomania267,000 
9Quirin HeinzGermany258,000 
10Yiu Yi Shing 202,000 

Among the other players to qualify for Day 2 were Christian Bernau (378,000), Sebastian Schulze (284,000), Victor Ciubotaru (267,000), Quirin Heinz (258,000), Yiu Yi Shing (202,000) and Nico Pohl (176,000).

Several regulars players took their chance in Day 1a but were unable to qualify for Day 2, including Pokercode founder Fedor Holz, Spanish player Javier Tsunamy and Tom-Aksel Bedell.

They all have a new chance in Day 1c or Day 1d Fast tomorrow. Meanwhile, Day 1b Fast attracted 92 entrants and they played until 14 players left. Jose Osorio took the chiplead with 874,000 chips. SHR Champion Rainer Kempe (270,000), Swiss player Emil Bise (726,000) and Grind House member Fabian Niederreiter (213,000) also qualified.

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team on Friday at 2 p.m. local time for Day 1c and Day 1d to see who else can make it through to Day 2!

Tags: Christian BernauEmil BiseFabian NiederreiterJames Russell SmithJascha BonacicJavier SanjuanNico PohlNikola GasevicQuirin HeinzRainer KempeSebastian SchulzeVictor CiubotaruYiu Yi Shing