€550 Main Event, €125,000 GTD Day 2 | 2021 Pokercode Festival Bratislava

€550 Main Event, €125,000 GTD

Day 2 Completed

09-11-2021 21:00 UTC+1

Pokercode Member Alexander Baier Leads Final Nine in the Pokercode Festival Bratislava Main Event

Jaxon

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The inaugural €125,000 guaranteed Pokercode Main Event has reached a final table of nine players with Alexander Baier heading into the final day with the chip lead.

Baier is an active member of the Pokercode community and held the lead throughout most of Day 2. He already had a small chip lead when he won a massive pot where he nailed a full house with tens full to eliminate Sebastian Schulze with a full house with eights with another player also in the hand.

Meanwhile, Leonard Hermann, Maximilian Silz, and Tim Van Loo also bagged above-average stacks with Konstantin Hammermueller, Filip Jurga, Isuf Hoxha, Fabian Bernhauser, and Day 1a chip leader Vladimir Bednar also still in contention for the title.

Final Table Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
14	1	Vladimir Bednar	205,000	7
14	2	Fabian Bernhauser	675,000	23
14	3	Alexander Baier	3,370,000	169
14	4	Leonard Hermann	2,560,000	128
14	5	Tim Van Loo	1,435,000	72
14	6	Isuf Hoxha	680,000	34
14	7	Filip Jurga	765,000	38
14	8	Konstantin Hammermueller	820,000	41
14	9	Maximilian Silz	2,125,000	106

Action of the Day

The Day began with 233 entries and 71 survivors. The field grew by 20 entries to 253 entries by the time late registration closed after the conclusion of the first blind level of the day.

Players were hitting the rail at a fast and furious pace until the bubble was reached. Steffen Sontheimer was short on chips and managed two doubles on the bubble broke when Raffael Crose couldn't get there with ace-ten against Van Loo's ace-queen.

Although Sontheimer continued to roll after the money bubble broke, he did suffer a different bubble as he was the final player eliminated on Day 2 in 10th place for €2,295.

Final Table Payouts

The nine returning players are guaranteed at least €3,005 with tomorrow's winner slated to win a top prize of €25,115.

Place	Prize
1	€25,115
2	€17,450
3	€11,950
4	€9,735
5	€7,270
6	€6,010
7	€4,805
8	€3,785
9	€3,005

The final table will begin on Sunday, Sept. 12 at 12 p.m. PokerNews will be reporting on a 30-minute delay to not give away any spoilers from the live stream on the PokercodeOfficial Twitch channel.

The action will resume with 37:16 left in Level 22 (15,000/30,000/30,000a) and blind levels will continue to increase every 40 minutes as was the case on Day 2.

Stay tuned to see who will win the inaugural Pokercode Festival Main Event.

_{*Photos courtesy of Tomas Stacha / Pokercode}

Tags: Alexander Baier Fabian Bernhauser Filip Jurga Leonard Hermann Maximilian Silz Raffael Crose Sebastian Schulze Steffen Sontheimer Tim Van Loo Vladimir Bednar

09-11-2021 20:11 UTC+1

Final Table Seat Draw

Jaxon

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
14	1	Vladimir Bednar	205,000	7
14	2	Fabian Bernhauser	675,000	23
14	3	Alexander Baier	3,370,000	169
14	4	Leonard Hermann	2,560,000	128
14	5	Tim Van Loo	1,435,000	72
14	6	Isuf Hoxha	680,000	34
14	7	Filip Jurga	765,000	38
14	8	Konstantin Hammermueller	820,000	41
14	9	Maximilian Silz	2,125,000	106

09-11-2021 19:04 UTC+1

Steffen Sontheimer Eliminated in 10th Place (€2,295)

Jaxon

Level 22 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Maximilian Silz jammed from the button. Steffen Sontheimer called off his stack of about 400,000 before Vladimir Bednar tank-folded.

Steffen Sontheimer:
Maximilian Silz:

Sontheimer was ahead on the flip after the flop but fell way behind after Silz paired up on the turn. Sontheimer was ousted on the final table bubble in 10th place for €2,295 after the completed the board on the river.

Players are bagging up their chips for tomorrow's final table which will kick off on Sunday at 12 p.m. with Alexander Baier as the table captain. Stay tuned at PokerNews for the final table seat draw along with a recap of Day 2 of the Pokercode Bratislava Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Baier	3,370,000 885,000	885,000

Leonard Hermann	2,560,000 -140,000	-140,000
Maximilian Silz	2,125,000 125,000	125,000
Tim Van Loo	1,435,000 -65,000	-65,000
Konstantin Hammermueller	820,000 -780,000	-780,000
Filip Jurga	765,000 390,000	390,000
Isuf Hoxha	680,000 80,000	80,000
Fabian Bernhauser	675,000 55,000	55,000
Vladimir Bednar	205,000 -295,000	-295,000

Steffen Sontheimer	Busted

Tags: Maximilian Silz Steffen Sontheimer Vladimir Bednar

Level: 22

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

09-11-2021 18:59 UTC+1

Fehim Hajdari Eliminated in 11th Place (€2,295)

Jaxon

Level 21 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Fehim Hajdari jammed the button for a little more than 200,000. Isuf Hoxha had a little more from the big blind and made the call.

Fehim Hadjari:
Isuf Hoxha:

It was looking like a great spot for Hadjari, especially after Hoxha got nowhere on the flop. However, Hoxha's ace found a friend on the turn and he eliminated Hadjari in 11th place after the completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isuf Hoxha	600,000 250,000	250,000
Fehim Hajdari	Busted

09-11-2021 18:48 UTC+1

Flush for Bernhauser

Jaxon

Level 21 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Fehim Hajdari open-jammed from the small blind and Fabian Bernhauser called off his stack of 300,000 from the big blind.

Fabian Bernhauser:
Fehim Hajdari:

Hajdari took a big lead in the hand after his queen paired the flop. The turn gave Bernhauser both an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw.

The flush draw completed for Bernhauser to double his stack after the river completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Bernhauser	620,000 235,000	235,000
Fehim Hajdari	280,000 -310,000	-310,000

Tags: Fabian Bernhauser Fehim Hajdari

09-11-2021 18:41 UTC+1

Frank Hanisch Eliminated in 12th Place (€2,295)

Jaxon

Level 21 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Frank Hanisch jammed from early position and was called by Konstantin Hammermueller from the button.

Frank Hanisch:
Konstantin Hammermueller:

The flop gave Hanisch top pair but despite this Hammermueller was far ahead with a set. The turn and river improved Hammermueller further to a full house and Hanisch hit the showers short of the final table.