BANCO CASINO THIRTY GRAND 30,000€ GTD: TOURNAMENT WITH PRIZE POOL 41,720€ CONTROLLED BY KAROL MASAROVIČ!
The Banco Casino Thirty Grand recorded four opening days at Banco Casino Bratislava, six flights, 596 entries and 82 advancing players. The guarantee was set at thirty thousand, but the poker community collected a huge 41,720 Euros prize pool, while the winner was rewarded with a brutal 8,013€, and only for an entrance fee of 77€!
Yesterday's last hyper turbo flight recorded 43 entries and another 9 players won the "seat" to the final day, where a total of 82 players presented themselves. Banco Casino has announced a payout structure where 64 players left with a cash prize, starting at 142€. The champion took home a beautiful 8,013€ from the prize pool of 41,720€ (-3% on staff) and as well a trophy for the champion.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the finalists sat behind their promotional envelopes, unwrapped their chips, and you could hear a jingle of chips everywhere in the Banco Casino. Eighteen of the finalists had to say goodbye to the tournament without compensation, while it didn't take long for the hand to hand play. The last player to leave empty-handed was the well-known player Roland, when his ace-ten combination failed to beat Rišek's ace-king combination.
After eliminating Roland from the game, each participant received a financial reward from Banco Casino Thirty Grand including Ján Bobák (58th place - 142€), Karol Salay (56th place - 142€), Mini Masters champion Csilla Molnár (55th place - 142€), István „Stefano“ Németh (54th place - 142€), Kokso (48th place - 142€), Juraj Šošovička (32nd place - 162€), Ľuboš Polakovič (30th place - 202€) , Pavol Melichar (29th place - 202€), and Ľubo Žakovič (26th place - 243€). The chip leader of the third opening day Peter Zolnai finished in front of the gates of the final table, taking 12th place for 486€.
Banco Casino Thirty Grand final table chipcount:
- Seat 1: Nikolic Philipp - 1,095,000
- Seat 2: Ciprus TOmáš - 2,700,000
- Seat 3: Igor Panák - 3,340,000
- Seat 4: Tomáš Bugár - 925,000
- Seat 5: Lakatoš Milan - 920,000
- Seat 6: Karol Masarovič - 4,160,000
- Seat 7: Ondrej Milaberský - 2,125,000
- Seat 8: Eghbalzad Ali - 1,280,000
- Seat 9: Niko Kvasai - 2,655,000
After the formation of the final table, there were three fast seat openings performed by Milan Lakatoš, Philipp Nikolic (AA <KK) and Ondrej Milaberský.
Ali Eghbalzad, the chip leader of the opening day, finished in sixth place for 1,781€, when he lost QJ to KT Masarovič. Tomáš Bugár took fifth place for 2,428€ and the starting days chip leader Igor "Démon" Panák finished on 4th place, when his K3 was not enough of Karols K9.
It didn't take long and after the elimination of Tomáš Ciprus in third place, for which he collected a prize of 4,408€, home players Karol Masarovič and Nikolas Kvasai faced each other in a heads-up.
The heads-up started and its actors Kvasai and Masarovič had almost the same stacks. In less than an hour called both players all-in, with T (heart) 9 (heart) and 3 (diamond) on the flopp. Karol Masarovič held QJ in hearts and Niko Kvasai 73 in hearts. After 6 hearts landed on turn, it was clear, that Nikolas Kvasai would finish in second place for 5,822€.
The champion of Banco Casino Thirty Grand became Karol Masarovič, who took home 8,013€ and another valuable triumph from Banco Casino Bratislava. Congratulations!
Banco Casino Thirty Grand 30,000€ GTD – Final Day:
- Karol Masarovič - 8,013€
- Nikolas Kvasai - 5,822€
- Tomáš Ciprus – 4,408€
- Igor Panák – 3,237€
- Tomáš Bugár – 2,428€
- Ali Eghbalzad – 1,781€
- Ondro Milabersky – 1,295€
- Philipp Nikolic – 890€
- Milan Lakatoš – 627€
