€500 WPO Main Event
Day 1b Started
€500 WPO Main Event
Day 1b Started
Yesterday's action from the Winamax Poker Open Bratislava €500 Main Event at Banco Casino saw 427 hopeful entries take their shot at achieving WPO Glory, however only 71 players made it through the first starting flight. Yohan Gornadha had made it through from Day 1a but declared his short stack in the hopes of spinning up something bigger in the other Day 1 flights.
France's Benjamin Gros (822,000) topped the counts from Day 1a and was the only player to bag a stack over 800,000. Notable names joining him in Day 2 include Winamax Team Pro Pierre Calamusa (270,000) and Nicolas Vayssieres (122,000).
Calamusa was the only Winamax Team Pro to make it through as the likes of Romain Lewis, Bruno Lopes, Gaelle Baumann, Alejandro Romero, Guillaume Diaz, Alexane Najchaus and Loic Debregeas were unable to bag and tag a stack for the Main Event's second stage.
Each of players who advanced from Day 1a locked up the min-cash, which will be announced when Day 2 begins.
Today's entries for the Main Event will start with a 50,000 starting stack, with levels going up every 30-minutes. Players are allowed one reentry per Day 1, with late registration closing at the end of Level 13 (approx. 6:50 p.m. CEST). Player breaks will take place every 4 levels and all of the starting flights will close when players are in the money. Day 2 will get underway on the level after the earliest Day 1 finish.
DATE | TIME (CEST) | EVENT # | EVENT | BUY-IN | STARTING STACK | LEVELS | END OF REG (cest) |
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Sep-29 | 12:00 | 11 | WPO Main Event - Day 1B | €500 | 50,000 | 30 min. | 18:50 |
Sep-30 | 12:00 | 11 | WPO Main Event - Day 1C | €500 | 50,000 | 30 min. | 18:50 |
Sep-30 | 19:00 | 11 | WPO Main Event - Day 1D Turbo | €500 | 50,000 | 15 min. | 22:30 |
Oct-01 | 12:00 | 11 | WPO Main Event - Day 2 | - | - | 35 min. | - |
Oct-02 | 12:30 | 11 | WPO Main Event - Day 3 | - | - | 40 min. | - |
PokerNews will have boots on the ground for entirety of the Main Event, so be sure to stick with the live updates to keep up with all the action.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Day 1b of the WPO Bratislava Main Event has begun at Banco Casino, with 359 players already registered for the today's proceedings.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Bruno Paris
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Valentin Oberhauser |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Gytis Juskevicius |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Hadrien Gallois |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Andras Halasi |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Michal Janczarksi and Cecile Cazajus are the latest winners at WPO Bratislava with the former banking a the first five-figure score of the festival.
Janczarksi topped the 244-entry field in the €750 Battle Royale KO for €17,370. Cazajus was then the last player standing in the €150 Wanted KO and pocketed the €3,400 first-place prize.
EVENT | ENTRIES | WINNER | FIRST PLACE PRIZE | PRIZE POOL |
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#1 €200 Opener | 251 | Vilius Augutis | €9,860 | €43,295 |
#3 €100 Sprint | 199 | Luca Delerm | €3,950 | €16,915 |
#5 €150 Magnum | 263 | Hugo Zanotti | €7,045 | €34,190 |
#6 €750 Battle Royale KO | 244 | Michal Janczarksi | €17,370 | €163,480 |
#12 €150 Wanted KO | 232 | Cecile Cazajus | €3,400 | €30,160 |
Alejandro Romero and Alexane Najchaus are the first players from Team Winamax Pro to register for Day 1b. They were unsuccessful from advancing to Day 2 following yesterday's action.
Bruno Lopes, Gaelle Baumann, Guillaume Diaz and Loic Debregeas also failed to navigate Day 1a and will likely be in attendance as the heat plays out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexane Najchaus |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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Alejandro Romero |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
As mentioned, there's a packed tournament schedule at WPO Bratislava and the action doesn't let up today.
Event #16 €150 Tornado KO promises to be a fast and furious affair and kicks off at 4 p.m. CEST.
A €100 satellite to the Main Event plays out at 7 p.m.. while the highly anticipated Winamax Beer Pong Open event starts at 8 p.m.
Night Owls will also be pleased to know that Event #18 €100 Sprint gets underway at 9 p.m. and the poker party game Midnight Duolingo begins as 12 a.m.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
A huge pot just played out on Table 83, and saw 100,000 chips head to Roland Pardoux.
With the board reading , Pardoux got in his stack against Michel Dousteyssier on the river.
Dousteyssier held the for a steel wheel while Pardoux flipped over his for a straight flush to the six.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roland Pardoux |
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |