€500 WPO Main Event
Day 2 Started
€500 WPO Main Event
Day 2 Started
After four starting flights, it was confirmed that the Winamax Poker Open Bratislava €500 Main Event has broken the attendance record for a six-max live tournament with the final total being confirmed at 2,221 entries, eclipsing the WPO Madrid Main Event's total of 2,182. Those players generated a bumper €977,240 prize pool, also surpassing WPO Madrid's €960,080 purse.
Just a little over 16% of the field remain, with 371 players returning for day 2 which gets underway at 12 p.m. CEST. at the fantastic Banco Casino, Bratislava. Each of those players have locked up the min-cash, however payouts have yet to be determined.
Just two player have over 100 big blinds. The first is Georgi Abdulaze (1,105,000) and the second is hometown hero Patrik Ciklamini, who resides in Slovakia's capital city. He bagged a stack of 1,065,000 from Day 1c.
For Day 2, the level duration increases to 35 minutes each and three levels at a time will be played. Play restarts in Level 21, with the blinds set at 5,000/10,000/10,000 ante.
PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | BIG BLINDS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Georgi Abdulaze | Estonia | 1,105,000 | 111 |
2 | Patrik Ciklamini | Slovakia | 1,065,000 | 107 |
3 | Maxime Large | France | 981,000 | 98 |
4 | Paul Haquin | France | 959,000 | 96 |
5 | Marian Flesar | Slovakia | 950,000 | 95 |
6 | Romain Semler | France | 928,000 | 93 |
7 | Daniel Koloszar | Hungary | 915,000 | 92 |
8 | Deividas Daubaris | Lithuania | 885,000 | 89 |
9 | Loic Debregeas | France | 854,000 | 85 |
10 | Romain David | France | 849,000 | 85 |
Winamax Team Pro Loic Debregeas (854,000) also found himself in the top ten chip counts. He qualified from Day 1d as the chip leader. He is joined by eight other Team Winamax Pro members such as Alejandro Romero, Romain Lewis, Pierre Calamusa, Davidi Kitai, Bruno Lopes, Mustapha Kanit, Leo Margets and Guillaume Diaz.
PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP STACK | QUALIFIED FROM (RANK) |
---|---|---|---|
Loic Debreagas | France | 854,000 | Day 1d (1st) |
Alejandro Romero | Spain | 553,000 | Day 1b (12th) |
Romain Lewis | France | 460,000 | Day 1b (22nd) |
Pierre Calamusa | France | 270,000 | Day 1a (37th) |
Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 219,000 | Day 1b (62nd) |
Bruno Lopes | France | 206,000 | Day 1d (1st) |
Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 154,000 | Day 1d (29th) |
Leo Margets | Spain | 137,000 | Day 1b (75th) |
Guillaume Diaz | France | 103,000 | Day 1b (88th) |
Play is expected to end when the final 18 players remain and 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.
Day 2 of the WPO Bratislava Main Event will begin momentarily.
Day 2 begins on Level 21, with 18 minutes left on the clock. The 371 players have taken their seats and cards are now in the air.
Level: 21
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
The 371 remaining players are already in the money and have locked up the €1,000 min-cash.
The tournament has a prize pool of €977,240, which is the largest prize pool to ever take place in Slovakia. A huge €120,000 awaits the winner and you can check out the rest of the payout brackets below.
Place | Prize | Place | Prize | Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | € 120,000 | 7 | € 18,140 | 24-29 | € 3,700 | 96-119 | € 1,450 |
2 | € 88,000 | 8-9 | € 13,300 | 30-35 | € 3,000 | 120-143 | € 1,300 |
3 | € 65,000 | 10-11 | € 10,000 | 36-47 | € 2,500 | 144-191 | € 1,200 |
4 | € 47,000 | 12-14 | € 7,500 | 48-59 | € 2,150 | 192--239 | € 1,100 |
5 | € 35,000 | 15-17 | € 5,800 | 60-71 | € 1,850 | 240-371 | € 1,000 |
6 | € 25,000 | 18-23 | € 4,600 | 72-95 | € 1,600 |
Nicolas Pagua opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Arthur Boisson called on his direct left. Marc Pesalovo jammed for 63,000 from the big blind and both players called.
The flop checked through to the turn. Pagua folded after Boisson bet 50,000.
Marc Pesalovo:
Arthur Boisson:
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Pesalova was a huge favourite for a triple up and that's what happened when the board completed with the .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Arthur Boisson |
770,000
168,000
|
168,000 |
Nicolas Pagua |
640,000
640,000
|
640,000 |
Marc Pesalovo |
200,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
Patrik Kunik opened to 22,000 from under the gun before Erik Quinonero jammed for 90,000 from the button. Kunik called.
Eric Quinonero:
Patrik Kunik:
The flop had Quinonero drawing to two immediate outs but they never came on the runout and Kunik scooped.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Patrik Kunik |
525,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Eric Quinonero | Busted |
Level: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Florent Cerati had his last 117,000 chips in the middle and was all in and at risk to Romain Semler.
Florent Cerati:
Romain Semler:
There was no drama for Cerati and he scooped with a full house following the runout.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Romain Semler |
850,000
-78,000
|
-78,000 |
Florent Cerati |
255,000
255,000
|
255,000 |