2023 Pokercode Festival Madrid

€550 Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
71
Players Left
8

Benoit Kuhn Leads Finalists at Pokercode Festival Madrid

Level 25 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Benoit Kuhn
Benoit Kuhn

Day 2 of Pokercode Festival €550 Main Event came to an end just after 8 p.m. on this saturday evening at Gran Casino via in Madrid. The official final table is settled with 8 players left. French player Benoit Kuhn is leading the 8 finalists with almost 7 million chips. He was already the chipleader when play started this afternoon.

71 players were in contention on a field of 459 entrants and they were all in the money when they came back for Day 2. The prizepool offered €225,000 to share with a €1,000 mincash and €40,000 for the winner. Tomorrow from 1 p.m. final table of this Main Event will be live streaming on Pokercode Twitch channel.

SEATPLAYERCOUNTRYCHIPSBIG BLINDS
1Sebastian SchulzeGermany5,270,00066
2Oleksandr KrasnovUkraine2,805,00035
3Benoit KuhnFrance6,695,00084
4Antonio PonceSpain950,00012
5Sylwester FortunaSpain3,055,00038
6Tom-Aksel BedellNorway1,850,00023
7Marcos FernandezSpain1,230,00015
8Samuel MullurAustria1,170,00015

Notable players joining the Final Table are Norwegian Tom-Aksel Bedell (1,850,000), Pokercode Study Ambassador Sebastian Schulze (5,270,000) and Grindhouse member Samuel Mullur (1,170,000).

Day 2 was quick with a lot of shortstacks to start the day. Players that did make the money but not the end of the day include Rainer Kempe (12th, €2,900), Nikola Gasevic (15th, €2,610), Emil Bise (16th, €2,370), Giulio Spampinato (22nd, €1,940), James Grogan (29th, €1,750), Frederik Thiemer (32nd, €1,590), Samuel Ju (33rd, €1,590) or Karim Benamrouche (40th, €1,450).

The eight finalists will return on Sunday, April 16th, for Day 3 of the Main Event. Play resumes at 1 p.m. local time in end of level 25, which has a small blind of 40,000, big blind of 80,000 and a running big blind ante of 80,000. Levels will stay 45 minutes.

Come back tomorrow to see who will be crowned the winner and take home the huge trophy and €40,000 for first place. PokerNews will provide start-to-finish coverage of the final day.

Tags: Antonio PonceBenoit KuhnMarcos FernandezOleksandr KrasnovSamuel MullurSylwester FortunaTom-Aksel Bedell