Mateusz Sikora Chip Leader; Pierre Basile Among Big Stacks After Day 1a of WSOP-C Sanremo Main Event

Maxime Taldir

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Another WSOP ring chase started today at the Casino Sanremo with Day 1a of the 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit �1,000 Main Event.

A total of 172 entrants joined this first flight of the tournament, and the day ended with 43 remaining players who qualified for Day 2. Among these players, Mateusz Sikora leads with a stack of 498,000 chips. Dominating the chip count almost from start to finish, Sikora aims to capture his second WSOP ring, having won his first in May in the Netherlands.

Second in chips is Manuel Valduga (406,000), followed by experienced Swedish player Peter Kvisthammar with 394,500.

WSOP-C Sanremo Main Event Day 1a Top 10

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Mateusz Sikora	Poland	498,000	166
2	Manuel Valduga	Italy	406,000	135
3	Peter Kvisthammar	Sweden	394,500	132
4	Pierre Basile	France	371,500	124
5	Michael Perez	France	370,000	123
6	Brice Guido	France	363,000	121
7	Stephano S	-	300,000	100
8	Maciel De Oliveira	France	292,000	97
9	Juuso Oksanen	Finland	289,000	96
10	Herve Gouzil	France	280,000	93

Thanks to a hand where he eliminated two players at once, Pierre Basile amassed a stack of 371,500, while Brice Guido (363,000) built his stack steadily. In the same time, Herve Gouzil secured a big double-up in the last level of the day to finish in the top ten with 280,000.

EPT champion Arnaud Mattern made it to Day 2 with 262,000 chips, unlike another EPT winner, Giuliano Bendinelli, who was among the last players eliminated.

Blaise Bourgeois was pleased to qualify on Day 1a, giving him a few days off before returning on Day 2 with 229,000 chips, around 75 big blinds. Alban Beysson (161,000) also qualified, along with Fabio Damaso and Bruno Fitoussi (142,500), who eliminated the last player of the day. Finally, Nils Mallon sits at the bottom of the chip count with 37,500, slightly over 10 big blinds.