Banco Casino Masters 250,000€ GTD Final Day

What a ride ! Banco Casino Masters number 32 attracted avalanche of players and created amazing 2,420 entries, which resulted in prizepool of gigantic 349,690€. Winner is after 3-way deal Mike Hansen for 53,673€. Year 2023 is only starting and already there is lot of poker events scheduled. You can either see them in graphic below the post or visit our social media and webpage. We are looking forward to see you !

Final Day Eliminations:

1.Hansen Mike - 53 673€
2.Vaczo Andras - 36 915€
3.Tamaškovič Vladimír - 33 251€
4.Kolarski Dalibor - 18 760€
5.Kováč Richard - 15 690€
6.Hertzog Ditlev - 11 105€
7.Walter Manfred - 8 025€
8.Kamaras Peter - 4 965€
9.Bumba Peter - 3 435€
10.Rutkowski Michal - 2 805€
11.Andric Boris - 2 805€
12.Zacharakis Emmanouil - 2 495€
13.Klemens Laszlo - 2 495€
14.Feri Zoltan - 2 235€
15.Neo - 2 235€
16.Wacha Rafael - 2 235€

All advancing players got 170€ buy in back at the end of their flights. Best sixteen players will get 200€ ticket to SPO 300,000€ GTD and these money are included in payouts already.

2:00 Second place belongs to András Vaczo for 36,915€

After few more hands Hansen was still taking slowly from Vaczo and he decided to jam last 21,000,000 with Kd 2c. Hansen found pocket queens and of course made the call. BOard 4x 8x Jx 5x 3x eliminated Andras in second place and completes long story of Banco Casino Masters number 32 !

1:45 Chips moving from side to side

Hansen gained few bigblinds but we saw no big change in stacksizes recently.

1:20 Heads up stacks:

Vaczo – 36,600,000

Hansen – 60,200,000

1:15 Vlado Tamaškovič eliminated in third place for 33,251€

Vlado got his 19,000,000 in with Kc Qs against Ad Qd held by Hansen. Board Ah 4h 4s 5h 5s eliminated last slovakian player in tournament and we are moving into headsup.

1:05 Well, that´s some stunt for sure

Tamaškovič opens to 2,500,000 with 7x 5x and Hansen 3-bets to 5,500,000 with Tx 7x. Tamaškovič calls and on the flop 4x 6x 5x fires without hesitation all in of 17,000,000. Hansen calls and turn 6x with river 3x brought straight to both players.

During the break players made following deal:

Mike - 41.400€

Andras - 36.915€

Vladimír - 33.251€

Left to play for : 12,273€

Level 37: 500,000 – 1,000,000 / 1,000,000, avg. 32,266,667, ent.: 3/2,420

Break 20 min

00:10 Tamaškovič jams

On the flop As 4c 7d Vaczo bets 2,500,000 and Tamaškovič snapshoves his 14,000,000. Vaczo was thinking a little about it, but folded his gutshot.

23:55 Game has slowed down a bit

Remaining three players are moving chips from side to side but we need to wait for some significant action.

23:40 Dalibor Kolarski finishes fourth for 18,760€

Kolarski got his 20,000,000 in game with pocket nines against Jh Jx held by Hansen. Board Th 8h 6h 2d 9h was a big needle and Kolarski fell to his last bigblind. In next hand Dalibor is in forced all in with 6x 3x against Th 3h held by Vaczo and after board 2c 2h 9h Qd 6h Dalibor is finished.

23:25 Tournament will continue

Break

Level 36: 400,000 – 800,000 / 800,000, avg. 24,200,000, ent.: 4/2,420

23:10 Rišo Kováč done in fifth place for 15,690€

Kováč got into preflop all in for remaining six millions with Ax Kx against Hansen with 5x 4x. Runout Ax 4x 2x Jx 3x was bad bad news for slovakian rail.

22:45 Ditlev Hertzog eliminated

Ditlev Hertzog opens to 1,500,000 with Ac 9c, Tamaškovič rejams lot more with Qx Qx and Ditlev calls. Board 5x 9x 4x 2x Qx eliminated Ditlev Hertzog in sixth place for 11,105€

22:30 Well this was.... weird

Hansen opens to 1,800,000 with pocket sevens. Hertzog behind him rejams 5,300,000 with pocket fives. Hansen took some time to think and.... folds. Wow.

22:15 Kováč flipping

Kováč opens to 1,400,000 from Ep with Kx Qx, Tamaškovič few seats later folds pocket sevens and Hansen jams 5,500,000 with pocket threes. Kováč calls but after board 8x 2x 5x 7x Jx has to give up about half of his stack.

Stacks after the break:

Seat 1: Hertzog Ditlev - 5,600,000
Seat 2: Vaczo Andras - 35,900,000
Seat 3: Kováč Richard - 15,100,000
Seat 4: Kolarski Dalibor - 23,600,000
Seat 5: Tamaškovič Vladimír - 9,900,000
Seat 8: Hansen Mike - 7,700,000

Level 35: 300,000 – 600,000 / 600,000, avg. 16,133,333, ent.: 6/2,420

Break 15 min

21:25 Hansen speeding up

Hansen´s card run significantly improved over last ocuple of minutes. In last hand he found pocket nines and decided to shove his almost 8,000,000. Nobody found hand to call though, but Hansen took blinds and ante.

21:05 Battle of shorts

Hansen after couple of bad hands for him fell to about 3,000,000 and he jammed with Jc Tc. Manfred in bb called with Ad 4c and had only like 400,000 more. Board Kc 4d 7s 3c Js crippled Walter on the river and last 400,000 went in with Qc 5d from sb into a Hansen that found 8x 3x. Board Qx 8x 9x 3x 7x eliminated Walter in 7th place for 8,025€

20:40 Kováč double up

Hertzog opens to 1,100,000 from button and Kováč calls from bb. On the flop 3x 4x 5x Kováč jams his around 8,000,000 and Hertzog calls with Ax 5x and Kováč shows Kx 6x. Turn Jx is no help for Rišo, River 7d brought him a straight and Rišo will continue to battle.

Level 34: 200,000 - 500,000 / 500,000, avg. 13,828,000, ent.: 7/2,420

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20:20 Peter Kamaras out in eight place for 4,965€

Kamaras got his 13,000,000 in with Ac 5c, but Vaczo unfortunately held pocket kings. Board Qc Tc 4s Qd Kd gave Kamaras flushdraw and some hope on the flop, but turn and river was not so kind. After this hand Peter was left with last 100,000 that he lost with 9x 4x against Ax Qx. That´s where story of Yoda´s classmate ends in this Banco Casino Masters and Peter will take 4,965€.

20:00 Huge setup with happy end for Tamaškovič

Tamaškovič opens to 900,000, Kováč calls from sb and Kolarski 3-bets to 2,500,000. Tamaškovič calls and Kováč after some thinking calls too. On the flop Qx Qx 8x Kolarski bets 1,500,000 and Tamaškovič raises to 3,500,000. Kováč folds quickly and Kolarski shoves for remaining 8,800,000. Tamaškovič with Kx Qx snapcalls and Kolarsi tables Ax Qx. Turn 8x however gave double up for both players and river 2x wasn´t imporatant.

Chipcounts and seating of final table:

Seat 1: Hertzog Ditlev - 15,900,000
Seat 2: Vaczo Andras - 13,600,000
Seat 3: Kováč Richard - 12,900,000
Seat 4: Kolarski Dalibor - 8,800,000
Seat 5: Tamaškovič Vladimír - 15,400,000
Seat 6: Walter Manfred - 8,700,000
Seat 7: Kamaras Peter - 15,000,000
Seat 8: Hansen Mike - 6,900,000

Level 32: 200,000 – 400,000 / 400,000, avg. 10,755,556, ent.: 8/2,420

Final Table payouts:

1   61 810€
2   37 150€
3   24 880€
4   18 760€
5   15 690€
6   11 105€
7   8 025€
8   4 965€

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Break 10 min

18:50 And we are moving to official final table now

One minute after clock started again, Peter Bumba jammed around 10bb from sb with Kx 5x and Tamaškovič in bb called with pocket eights. Board 8x 2x 4x 2x Ax eliminated Peter in 9th place for 3,435€

Level 32: 200,000 – 400,000 / 400,000, avg. 10,755,556, ent.: 8/2,420

Stacky a seating neoficiálneho finálového stola:

Break 15 min

18:10 Another victim for Hertzog

Rutkowski jammed his shortstack with pocket fours and Hertzog found Ax Qx. Board Ax Qx Jx 7x 7x moves us to unofficial final table and Rutkowski will take home 2,805€ for 10th place.

18:00 Boris Andric eliminated in 11th place for 2,805€

Andric got his 6,200,000 inside with As Qx against Hertzog with Ax Kx. Board 2s 5s 9s 5c 6d was so-so but still last one for Boris Andric.

17:45 Emmanouil Zacharakis busto in 12th place for 2,495€

On the flop 8h 6h Ks 4,000,000 went in both from Zacharakis and Kolarski. Zacharakis held 8x 6x for two pair, Kolarski Ah 5h for nuts flushdraw. Turn 7h and river Jd were last cards for this greek player.

Level 32: 150,000 – 300,000 / 300,000, avg. 8,066,667, ent.: 12/2,420

17:25 Laszlo Klemens double up and busto

In first hand Laszlo got his 825,000 in with Ax Qc against Kamaras with Jd 9d. Board 4x 8x 5x Ax Jx held for Laszlo. Very next hand Klemens shoves 2,000,000 with Ax 7x, Kováč calls in button and Kamaras calls from bb. Board 9s 8s 6h 7d Tc was checked to the river where Kováč bets 2,000,000. Kamaras folded and Kováč tabled Ax Jx. Klemens is eliminated in 13th place for 2,495€.

17:10 Kolarski double up

Kolarski got his 2,700,000 behind the line with Ax 6x against Zacharakis with Kx Tx. Board Ax Qx 3x 4x 3x was very kind to Kolarski.

17:00 Hertzog double up

Hertzog got his 2,650,000 in with Ax Kx against pocket jacks held by Hansen. Board 8x 8x 4x Kx Kx held Hertzog in game.

16:40 Tournament continues quick

In one of last hands Mike Hansen doubled up with Ax Jx through Peter Bumba with Ax Kx. Jack on the flop was definately a bad card for Bumba. On next table Kamaras got his stack in with pocket jacks against Zoltan Feri with pocket eights. After board Jx 4x Tx 9x Ax Feri lost his 4,325,000 and is eliminated in 14th place for 2,235€.

16:30 Neo busto in 15th place

Neo got his 1,700,000 in with Kx Jx against Ditlev Hertzog with Ax 4x. Runout 6x 8x 4x 7x 7x was last one for Neo.

Level 31: 100,000 – 250,000 / 250,000, avg. 6,453,333, ent.: 15/2,420

16:20 Rafael Wacha eliminated in 16th place

All i know is that Kováč held straight with pocket tens on board Xx Jx 8x 9x Qx and Wacha held pair of queens. Rafael is eliminated in 16th place for 2,235€

16:10 Boris Andric double up

Boris got his 2,400,000 in with pocket kings against Neo with pocket queens. Board Ax Tx 7x Jx 4x didn´t change strenght of hands and Andric is still alive.

Level 30: 100,000 – 200,000 / 200,000, avg. 6,050,000, ent.: 16/2,420

From this level we need to finish last 12 minutes. All other levels will be 60 minutes long.

16:00 Players are opening their bags !

Today players will split these prizes:

1.   61 810€
2.   37 150€
3.   24 880€
4.   18 760€
5.   15 690€
6.   11 105€
7.   8 025€
8.   4 965€
9.   3 435€
10-11.     2 805€
12-13.     2 495€
14-16.     2 235€

Chipcount a seating Final Day:

Banco Casino Masters 250.000€ GTD

Late Registration : 12 levels
10% of the field qualify to Day 2 / 170€ buy-in back after the conclusion of Day 1
All players qualified for Day 2 are ITM
Soft drinks and dinner are free of charge for all players
10% fee + 5% staff deducted from the prize pool

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