€500 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2024 Winamax Poker Open Bratislava
€500 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2024 Winamax Poker Open Bratislava
Buy-in
€500
Prize Pool
€667,040
Entries
1,516
Level
46
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Entries
212
Players Left
35
Level 19
: Blinds 3,000/7,000, 7,000 ante
The first out of four flights of the 2024 Winamax Poker Open Bratislava Main Event came to an end moments before the clock strikes midnight, here at Banco Casino in Bratislava.
A total of 212 entrants were registered in Day 1a, with 35 players reaching the money at the end of the night. Qualifying for Day 2 seemed like an easy task for Italy's Eugenio Sanchioni, who ended up as the chip leader with 932,000 chips. He is the only player approaching one million chips so far, only followed by Ion Juravliov (840,000).
2024 WPO Bratislava Main Event Day 1a Top 10
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eugenio Sanchioni | Italy | 932,000 | 133 |
| 2 | Ion Juravliov | Moldova | 840,000 | 120 |
| 3 | Arthur Lacroix | France | 573,000 | 82 |
| 4 | Antoine Malle | France | 536,000 | 77 |
| 5 | Timothe Labassa | France | 521,000 | 74 |
| 6 | Dylan Cechowski | France | 498,000 | 71 |
| 7 | Maxime Manzone | France | 486,000 | 69 |
| 8 | Kiryl Vatayeu | Belarus | 483,000 | 69 |
| 9 | Victor Fryda | France | 479,000 | 68 |
| 10 | Tobias Traussnig | Austria | 443,000 | 63 |
Out of the five Winamax Team Pros who took part in this flight, three of them managed to find a bag. With 127,000 chips, Leo Margets has the largest stack of the team, but she's been on the edge of elimination a few times during the last minutes of the day. She first doubled up through her teammate Alexane Najchaus, then played a 110,000 chip-pot on the bubble against Arthur Lacroix (573,000) but made a good fold. Najchaus ended the day with 105,000, while Julien Sitbon completes the trio with 121,000. Pierre Calamusa and Bruno Lopes also played today but will have to come back.
Last year's finalists Victor Fryda and Victor Hoogstoel both managed to find a bag, with 479,000 and 114,000 respectively. Former Winamax Top Shark Maxime Manzone (486,000) also made his way to Day 2 with a big stack, as well as Daniel Koloszar (373,000) and Winamax Stream Gang streamer Benjamin "ClassedeManu" Tessier (116,000).
However today was not a good day for players like Mathieu Choffardet who ran into kings, 2024 WSOP Main Event finalist Malo Latinois, Sismix winner Anthony Dasbourg, Nicolas Vayssieres, Moundir Zoughari or streamer Hadrien "zChance44" Gallois who were all eliminated out of the money.
The same goes for Robin "ChoveKiPeu" Gerard who didn't avoid queens, and Abel Pruchon, who saw his opponent hit a one-outter turn to be eliminated just a few minutes before the bubble burst.
The 2024 WPO Bratislava Main Event continues tomorrow, Thursday, September 26 at noon local time with Day 1b. The structure will be the exact same one as in Day 1a, with a 50,000 chip starting stack and 30 minute levels.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as we follow all the action through the next flights until a winner is crowned.
Level 19
: Blinds 3,000/7,000, 7,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
932,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
|
840,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
|
573,000
423,000
|
423,000 |
|
|
536,000
341,000
|
341,000 |
|
521,000
211,000
|
211,000 |
|
498,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
486,000
246,000
|
246,000 |
|
483,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
479,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
|
443,000
291,000
|
291,000 |
|
|
425,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
391,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
373,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
367,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
344,000
-116,000
|
-116,000 |
|
312,000
-108,000
|
-108,000 |
|
244,000
-81,000
|
-81,000 |
|
236,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
228,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
171,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
166,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
155,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
127,000
-98,000
|
-98,000 |
|
||
|
|
121,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
121,000
-79,000
|
-79,000 |
|
|
||
Level 19
: Blinds 3,000/7,000, 7,000 ante
The remaining 35 are now in the money and will progress to Day 2. Play has concluded and those to progress have bagged and tagged their chips.
Level 19
: Blinds 3,000/7,000, 7,000 ante
Kiryl Vatayeu raised to 14,000 from under the gun. Guy Overmann, in the big blind, had already commit almost all his stack by posting the blinds and the big blind ante. Overmann committed his last 4,000 chips behind the line and the hand went to a showdown.
Guy Overmann: 7♠4♣ 
Kiryl Vatayeu: Q♦10♣
Overmann needed some help and the 3♥8♣A♦8♥K♣ runout changed nothing; Vatayeu's queen high held to send Overmann to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
480,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 19
: Blinds 3,000/7,000, 7,000 ante
Thirty-six players remain; with 35 progressing to Day 2 and making the money, hand-for-hand play has commenced.
Level 19
: Blinds 3,000/7,000, 7,000 ante
After Victor Fryda opened to 13,000 from under the gun, Guy Overmann to his left moved all-in for 62,000. All the other players folded to Fryda who called.
Guy Overmann: 10♥10♠
Victor Fryda: A♥J♠
Overmann won the flip on 3♦6♠Q♦4♦7♥ and secured a double up.
A few hands later his cards went on their backs again against Athanasios Kechagias. This time, he had the biggest stack.
Athanasios Kechagias: Q♠Q♥
Guy Overmann: A♠K♦
Overmann was not as lucky as in the previous hand in this pot as on 7♠5♥3♦10♣Q♦, Kechagias doubled up, leaving Overmann with only 18,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
360,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
230,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
|
18,000
-122,000
|
-122,000 |
Level 19
: Blinds 3,000/7,000, 7,000 ante
Yauheni Rudzianok raised to 14,000 from under the gun and Alexane Najchaus defended in the big blind.
The 5♦4♦10♣ flop checked through to the 7♣ turn and the 8♠ river. Najchaus was the first to make a play for this pot, leading for 20,000. Rudzianok made a quick fold.
Najchaus allowed her opponent to table one of her cards, revealing the K♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
142,000
-58,000
|
-58,000 |
|
90,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
|
||
Level 19
: Blinds 3,000/7,000, 7,000 ante
Eugenio Sanchioni raised to 14,000 from the button and Pierangelo Seri defended in the big blind.
The A♥Q♦4♣ flop saw Seri check-call a bet of 7,000 from Sanchioni.
The 3♦ turn and 2♦ river checked to a showdown. Seri tabled Q♣9♣ for a pair of queens, earning him this pot. Despite this loss, Sanchioni retains his status as the largest stack in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
910,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
90,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
Level 19
: Blinds 3,000/7,000, 7,000 ante
Former Winamax Team Pro Maxime Manzone raised to 12,000 from under the gun, but Leo Margets to his left three-bet all-in for 97,000.
Alexane Najchaus on the button then four-bet to 210,000, and she made Manzone fold.
Leo Margets: 7♠7♦
Alexane Najchaus: A♣K♠
Marget's sevens held on 2♣2♦Q♥J♥6♦ and she secured a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
225,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
128,000
-112,000
|
-112,000 |
|
|
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