Welcome to Day 1c of the THMC Liechtenstein Main Event
It is time for Day 1c of the 2023 The Hendon Mob Championship (THMC) Liechtenstein Main Event held at Grand Casino Liechtenstein, located smack in the middle of the breathtaking Alps. The THMC tournaments have been organized since 2018 and have become a global phenomenon in the meantime. The last edition was held in May as part of The Festival Malta and saw Norway’s Jonas Engedal turn his €250 buy-in into €6,100 and walk away with the trophy.
This time around, the THMC Main Event is part of its own series, with side events galore. The buy-in is set at CHF 300 ($332) and the Main Event boasts a guaranteed prize pool of at least CHF 200,000. There will be no less than seven starting flights, from May 31st to June 4th, each of which has an option for double re-entry per player. PokerNews will provide a live report of the flights being held during the day, as well as Day 2 and the final Day 3 of the event. The evening flights will be mentioned in passing, next to their chip counts being updated before the next flight.
PokerNews Live Reporting Schedule THMC Liechtenstein Main Event
| Date | Time (CEST) | Day |
|---|---|---|
| June 2nd | 1 p.m. | 1c |
| June 3rd | 1 p.m. | 1e |
| June 4th | 4 p.m. | 2 |
| June 5th | 6 p.m. | 3 (Final) |
As one might have deducted, two flights have been played to completion already. Day 1a saw 56 entries, all receiving the starting stack of 50,000 chips. Switzerlands’ Daniel Schwitter would eventually lead 11 survivors to Day 2 with a bag containing 585,000 chips, good for nearly 100 big blinds at the start of the second day. Meanwhile, the player nicknamed “Johnylero” topped the 21-person leaderboard on Day 1b. They gathered a stack of 575,000 chips throughout the day, coming out ahead in the field of 85 players.
Top ten Chip Counts THMC Liechtenstein Day 1a and Day 1b
| Rank | Player | Country | Day | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Schwitter | Switzerland | 1a | 585,000 | 98 |
| 2 | "Johnnylero" | 1b | 575,000 | 96 | |
| 3 | Salvatore Scanu | Italy | 1a | 433,000 | 72 |
| 4 | David Wintersberger | Germany | 1a | 429,000 | 72 |
| 5 | Simon Burri | Switzerland | 1a | 305,000 | 51 |
| 6 | "Kaspar Schmid" | Switzerland | 1a | 302,000 | 50 |
| 7 | "lalelileylo" | Germany | 1b | 299,000 | 50 |
| 8 | Giovanni Ciani | Italy | 1b | 297,000 | 50 |
| 9 | Flavio Casutt | Switzerland | 1b | 296,000 | 49 |
| 10 | Florian Harms | 1a | 292,000 | 49 |
Festivities will kick off at 1 p.m. local time for Day 1c, and 14 levels of 30 minutes will be played. A break lies in store every three to four levels, with a 40-minute dinner break scheduled around 4:45 p.m. Players will have 500 big blinds to play with when blinds start at 100/100 with a big blind ante of 100. Late registration will be open for 10 levels, at which point the starting stack will be worth 25 big blinds. Play will then continue for four more levels, ending in the level of 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante.
PokerNews will be providing you with all the poker action from the THMC Main event being held in the heart of the European mountain range, so stay tuned to not miss a thing.