Winamax Poker Open’s €500 Main Event Day 1d in Bratislava Kicks Off at 12 P.M.
The €500 Main Event of the Winamax Poker Open (WPO) in Banco Casino, here in Bratislava, continues today with Day 1d, which is set to kick off today at 12 p.m. local time.
As Day 1b drew to a close last night, a total of 483 entries amassed by the conclusion of late registration, of which 83 players bagged and tagged for the Day 2 restart on Saturday. It was Adrien Guyon who bagged the overall chip lead, taking through a massive 1,048,000 for the Day 2 restart. Guyon is the first player to eclipse the one million chip mark.
Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrien Guyon | France | 1,048,000 | 131 |
| 2 | Romain Lewis | France | 815,000 | 102 |
| 3 | Toma Von Bergen | Switzerland | 729,000 | 91 |
| 4 | Aliaksandr Abadouski | Belarus | 665,000 | 83 |
| 5 | David Sayago Trueba | Spain | 654,000 | 82 |
| 6 | Dominik Desset | Slovakia | 635,000 | 79 |
| 7 | Thomas Sacquet | France | 606,000 | 76 |
| 8 | Jérémy Chemarin | France | 597,000 | 75 |
| 9 | Anton Sonora Mendez | 561,000 | 70 | |
| 10 | Clément Muller | France | 536,000 | 67 |
The Day 1c turbo also concluded last night with Andrii Nikitin taking through the chip lead within that respective flight, with a stack of 557,000.
Alongside Nikitin, ten other players found a bag and will progress to the next stage of the tournament, like French streamers Hadrien "zChance44" Gallois (375,000) and Sacha "PyroSC" Cohen (315,000).
Alongside Day 1d, players can register for the Day 1e turbo flight starting at 7 p.m. In addition, all attendees are welcome to a cocktail dinner for guests between 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. as well as the Blind Test which kicks off at 9 p.m.
Those participating in the main event on Days 1d will play through levels of 30 minutes, while those participating in the turbo flights on Days 1e will play through levels of 15 minutes. Those to advance to Day 2 and Day 3 will benefit from a clock of 35 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. Each Day 1 will conclude when approximately 16.6% of the field remains; all advancing players will be in the money.
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