Live report

SPPC Main Event 250,000€ GTD Final Day

After a tough battle at the final table, the SPPC Main Event with a prize pool of 355,334€ concluded with Alexey Mishuk's triumph, who took home 50,444€ after a heads-up deal. Alexey managed to navigate through a massive field of 2,986 players. From June 10 to 15, the S.O.P.C Battle of Vikings series, featuring a range of one-day tournaments, will take place, culminating in a one-day tournament with a buy-in of 150€ and a guarantee of 100,000€. The full schedule can be found below. At the end of June, the Pokerstars series Lex Live will also be coming to Bratislava, with the Main Event carrying a guarantee of 200,000€. We look forward to seeing you!

FT payouts:

1. Mishuk Alexey - 50,444€
2. Goose Steven - 41,250€
3. Jaroszuk Marcin - 25,000€
4. Kotowicz Sebastian Andrzej - 17,070€
5. Sellei Tamas - 12,080€
6. Macreen Yuval - 9,070€
7. Sobczak Tomasz - 6,060€
8. Ronshyn Maksym - 4,100€

The heads-up was short.

On the flop Qh 2d 3d, Steven bet 4,000,000, and Alexey responded with a raise to 11,000,000. Steven folded. In the following hand, on the river 3x Kx 7x Kx 3x, with around 9,000,000 in the pot, Alexey bet 7,000,000. Steven, holding Ax Tx, decided to call, but again, he couldn't beat Alexey's hand.

In the final hand, Steven had about 40,000,000 and Alexey had 75. They got into an all-in pre-flop, with Steven holding 5h 5c and Alexey holding As Ks. The final board of the tournament was 4d 8d 7c Th Kd. Steven took home 41,250€ for second place.
Looking at the headsup:

The deal looks like this:

Both players will take the same amount, 41,250€ each, and will play for 9,194€.

A short break and a discussion about the deal.

18:15 Marcin Jaroszuk finishes in 3rd place for 25,000€

Marcin was on the shorter stack in the final three, but he didn't give up. In his last hand, he decided to push for 11,000,000 with sevens into an open-raise from Steven. Steven called with nines, and after the board came 8x 6x Kx Tx 3x, it was clear that the SPPC will not have a Polish winner.
18:00 Sebastian Kotowicz finishes in 4th place for 17,070€

Alexey opened for 3,200,000, Sebastian re-raised to 15,000,000 with As Jh. Alexey snap-called with Ah Ks, and after the board came 7s 6c Ad Qs 2c, this Polish player has to say goodbye to the tournament.

Level 38: 800,000 – 1,600,000 / 1,600,000, avg. 29,708,250, ent.: 4/2,986

17:50 Sebastian is losing some chips

Sebastian completed from the sb and Jaroszuk checked. On the flop 6h 6c 2, Sebastian bet 1,600,000, and Jaroszuk pushed 5,300,000 all in. Sebastian quickly folded.

17:35 For a moment, we're just shifting chips from one side to the other

Steven Goose has patiently taken the lead.

17:17 Tamas Sellei is eliminated in 5th place for 12,080€
Sellei pushed his last six million from the button with 9d 5c. Kotowicz from bb called with Ac 8d. The board Ah Qh 4d 2d 8h was the final one for this Hungarian player.
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16:55 Yuval Macreen is eliminated in 6th place for 9,070€

Macreen was card dead throughout the entire final table and, except for a few spots, nothing significant went his way. Eventually, he fell short, and Mishuk from sb sized up his opponent's stack and decided to raise to 4,000,000. Macreen only had 2,400,000 behind and decided to call with 6s 3s. Mishuk held 7h 5d and after the board 7x 4x 6x 8x Jx, Yuval Macreen is eliminated in 6th place for 9,070€.
16:40 Tomasz Sobczak takes 7th place for 6,060€

Sobczak from Hj decided to push for 6,400,000 with Kh Th and everyone folded. A few hands later, Sobczak opened for 2,000,000 with Ac Js, Sellei called, and Steven Goose 3-bet to 8,500,000. Both Sobczak and Sellei folded their cards. In the next hand, Mishuk pushed all in from sb, and Sobczak called 5,900,000 with As 6s. Alexey held Ac Kd and after the board 9s 7s 2c Jd 2d, Sobczak's last hope for the SPPC title faded.
Level 36: 500,000 – 1,000,000 / 1,000,000, avg. 16,976,142, ent.: 7/2,986
Break 30 min

16:10 Maksym Ronshyn finishes in 8th place for 4,100€

Maksym pushed 9,800,000 from Co with Jd Ts. Goose behind him found As Qh, and after the board 7d 2d 6s 9d Kh, Maksym finishes in 8th place.
15:50 Macreen all in
Macreen decided to push from Hj for 6,400,000. However, no one found the right cards to call.
15:35 Maksym all in

Alexey opened from EP, and Maksym, who had fallen to a short stack, invested his 6,200,000 with Ax Kx. However, Alexey disciplinedly folded.
Level 35: 400,000 – 800,000 / 800,000, avg. 14,854,125, ent.: 8/ 2,986

15:25 Pot for Sebastian

Ronshyn opened to 1,400,000, Kotowicz called from the button, and Mishuk from the bb also wanted to see the flop 9d 7h 3h. Maksym decided to bet 2,100,000. Kotowicz raised to 5,300,000, and both Alexey and Maksym immediately folded their cards.
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15:15 Sobczak vs Mishuk

Mishuk opened to 1,200,000 from EP, Sobczak responded with a 3-bet to 2,500,000, and Kotowicz from the sb folded Ax Qx. Mishuk called, and on the flop 7c 6c 5d, he faced a bet of 2,900,000, which he called. On the turn 2c, Sobczak slowed down, and after two checks, the river came 3d, which Alexey bet 5,500,000, and Sobczak immediately folded.
Level 34: 300,000 – 600,000 / 600,000, avg. 14,854,125, ent.: 8/ 2,986

We had a minute and a half left to play from the previous level. Sellei shoved his 7bb behind the line but there was no call. All remaining levels today will last 40 minutes.
Final day payouts:
1. 55,314€
2. 36,380€
3. 25,000€
4. 17,070€
5. 12,080€
6. 9,070€
7. 6,060€
8. 4,100€
Chipcounts Final Day:

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SPPC Main Event 250,000€ GTD
Buy-in: 140€
Starting stack: 40K
Late reg.: 12 lvls
10% of the field qualify to Day 2
10% Fee + 5% Staff deducted from the prize pool