As promised, this was hell of a ride. 1,271 entries created prizepool of massive 603,750€ and after tough battles and almost fourteen hours we got to know final sixteen. Actual chipleader is Michel Molenaar with stack of 5,775,000. Final Day starts tommorow at 14:00 and we will be there !

Complete Day 2 payout :

17. Nene Sandeep - 3,805€
18. Lykouris Dimitrios - 3,805€
19. Mende Mario - 3,805€
20. Ntamaris Konstantinos - 3,805€
21. Kharman Adam - 3,805€
22. Ugland Are - 3,805€
23. Onnestam Alf - 3,805€
24.   Hans Erlandsson   3,080€
25.   Luka Bojovic   3,080€
26.   Giovanni Piccione   3,080€
27.   Robert Laskowski   3,080€
28.   Ori Elul   3,080€
29.   Paul Hoefer   3,080€
30.   Attila Kuna   3,080€
31.   Michael Sklenicka   3,080€
32.   Johan Sundgren   2,775€
33.   Giorgi Gogoladze   2,775€
34.   Frank Visser   2,775€
35.   Miroslav Juris   2,775€
36.   Karl Sundin   2,775€
37.   Peter Zolnai   2,775€
38.   Marc Muller   2,775€
39.   Riccardo De Rubais   2,775€
40.   Michael Wehner   2,295€
41.   Elod Zsombok   2,295€
42.   Zsolt Lassu   2,295€
43.   Vladimir Bartko   2,295€
44.   Richard Miklosovic   2,295€
45.   Istvan Toth   2,295€
46.   Markku Tammisto   2,295€
47.   Dmitri Dudakov   2,295€
48.   Sergejs Cugainovs   1,900€
49.   Thomas Naess   1,900€
50.   Erik Seffer   1,900€
51.   Nils Linden   1,900€
52.   Sebastian Schulze   1,900€
53.   Carsten Larsen   1,900€
54.   Grangel Fortea   1,900€
55.   David Kurbel   1,900€
56.   Kenneth Aspestrand   1,570€
57.   Nils Doverklint   1,570€
58.   Robert Komlodi   1,570€
59.   Ergo Rohi   1,570€
60.   Ayrton Turudic   1,570€
61.   Leif Iversen   1,570€
62.   Marius Hoegtun   1,570€
63.   Raymond Forsland   1,570€
64.   Savvas Papadopoulos   1,300€
65.   Domenik Schlesinger   1,300€
66.   Mateusz Moolhuizen   1,300€
67.   Daniel Jackson   1,300€
68.   Jakub Matusiak   1,300€
69.   Siegfried Rath   1,300€
70.   Viktor Eriksson   1,300€
71.   Paul Maguire   1,300€
72.   Szerhij Danasevszkij   1,085€
73.   Yaron Amsalem   1,085€
74.   Peder Behr   1,085€
75.   Gyoergy Laszlo   1,085€
76.   Erik Zackrisson   1,085€
77.   Patrik Kuník   1,085€
78.   Matúš Kučera   1,085€
79.   Johannes Huisman   1,085€
80.   Alexander Moser   935€
81.   Karlo Finka   935€
82.   Iraklis Manikaros   935€
83.   Daniyel Destici   935€
84.   Alexander Van Dijk   935€
85.   Kristiyan Spasov   935€
86.   Jozsef Dobos   935€
87.   Zdenko Slavik   935€
88.   Krzysztof Nowakowski   815€
89.   Holger Brueck   815€
90.   Cole Maguire   815€
91.   Kyrill Leutwyler   815€
92.   Dragos Negrii   815€
93.   Michael Zauner   815€
94.   Roberts Krigers   815€
95.   Štefan Bugár   815€
96.   Miroslav Zitka   815€
97.   Dominik Desset   815€
98.   Damian Marcinkowski   815€
99.   Ivan Barczi   815€
100.   Emmanouil Zacharakis   815€
101.   Matyas Kende   815€
102.   Richard Aotaeht   815€
103.   Daniel Schausberger   815€
104.   Tibor Benko   725€
105.   Ervin Kuglis   725€
106.   Andreas Pavli   725€
107.   Tamas Braun   725€
108.   Adam Jindra   725€
109.   Aalst Van   725€
110.   Plamen Yakimov   725€
111.   Dominik Znášik   725€
112.   Johan Amren   725€
113.   Sebastian Kotowicz   725€
114.   Espen Gundersen   725€
115.   Miroslav Druga   725€
116.   David Courselles   725€
117.   Robinho -    725€
118.   Simon Ye   725€
119.   Symeon Marvakis   725€
120.   Christos Vettas   665€
121.   Eden Azulay   665€
122.   Onkioa Ankava   665€
123.   Aurelie Dassi   665€
124.   Attila Tarko   665€
125.   Feng Li   665€
126.   Chen Keren   665€
127.   Konstantinos Nanos   665€
128.   Emmanuel Leghait   665€
129.   Wang Lu   665€
130.   Kwan Lau   665€
131.   Patrik Ciklamini   665€
132.   Alain Berth   665€
133.   Almir Koljenovic   665€
134.   Filip Sramka   665€
135.   Andras Matrai   665€
136.   Robin Cornet   605€
137.   Natanel Mamis   605€
138.   Yordan Dichev   605€
139.   Emir Jusuframic   605€
140.   Slimane Mameche   605€
141.   Ole Wasenius   605€
142.   Sivan Mirani   605€
143.   Per Lindstroem   605€
144.   Jozef Bartalos   605€
145.   Joel Salmirinne   605€
146.   Richard Msall   605€
147.   Rene Vonwald   605€
148.   Morten Bremseth   605€
149.   Robert Perelman   605€
150.   Vojtech Paxian   605€
151.   Jon Kyte   605€
152.   Wessam Bitar   605€
153.   Jenny Westerlund   605€
154.   Andrej Kocian   605€
155.   Dimitrios Nanos   605€
156.   Alexandros Fixmer   605€
157.   Dalil Masaud   605€
158.   Branislav Ondrus   605€
159.   Teodor Popovič   605€
160.   Zoltan Kovacs   605€

1:25 Last two bustouts of day 2 !
Lykouris got it in with Ax 9x against Rakovan who held Ax Jx. Board Kx Kx 3x 7x 6x was no surprise and Lykouris is busted in 17th place. Sandeep Nene got it in with Qx 9x and Leo Sigurdsson found Qx Qx. Board was blank aswell and remaining players are bagging their chips for final battles !

Level 26: 40,000 - 80,000 / 80,000, avg. 2,242,941, ent.: 17/1,271

1:05 Andrew Hanak aj Adam Kharman do final day nejdú.
Hanak dostal svoje Kx Tx za čiaru proti Bermannovi s Kx Qx. Runout Ax 8x 7x 3x 8x znamenal jasnú elimináciu pre Hanaka. Na druhom stole Kharman otvára na 120,000 a Zapantis 3-betuje na 290,000. Kharman dorovnal a na flope Td 8h 5h check calloval bet 250,000 od Zapantisa. Turn 2c Zapantis nacenil na 325,000 a po hodnej chvíli Kharman poslal svojich 800,000 s deviatkami. Zapantis snapcalloval so setom desiatok a river bol len formalitou.

1:00 Roland Zapantis double up
Zapantis opens to 100,000 and Kamaras raises to 285,000. Zapantis jams for 1,100,000 and Kamaras with pocket kings snapcalls. Zapantis shows up with Ac 4c and after board 6x 5x Tx Ax Qx Zapantis spikes his ace and doubles up. Kamaras however is still left with 4,500,000.

00:50 During day 2 Thirty grand side event took place
Buy in was set to 125€ and guarantee was set to 30,000€. Tournament recorded 415 entries and players are battling for prizepool of 45,650€. First place will take home 9,750€ !

Level 25: 30,000 - 60,000 / 60,000, avg. 1,657,826, ent.: 23/1,271

00:25 Kamaras takes chiplead
On the turn 5h 4h 7c 6d Erlandsson jams for about one million and there is much less in the pot. Kamaras thought about it for some time and calls with pocket queens. Erlandson show up with Jc Th and after river 2s Peter Kamaras take over chiplead with about five million.

00:10 Luka Bojovic eliminated
Bojovic moved his 20bb from sb with Ax 6x and Sigurdsson insta called with pocket kings. Board 9x 8x 2x 4x 2x was no help for Luka and we are merging to last three tables.

00:00 Next couple of months in Banco Casino Bratislava will be loaded with poker action :

Bustouts :

31.   Michael Sklenicka   2,775€
32.   Johan Sundgren   2,775€
33.   Giorgi Gogoladze   2,775€
34.   Frank Visser   2,775€
35.   Miroslav Juris   2,775€
36.   Karl Sundin   2,775€
37.   Peter Zolnai   2,775€
38.   Marc Muller   2,775€
39.   Riccardo De Rubais   2,775€
40.   Michael Wehner   2,295€
41.   Elod Zsombok   2,295€
42.   Zsolt Lassu   2,295€
43.   Vladimir Bartko   2,295€
44.   Richard Miklosovic   2,295€
45.   Istvan Toth   2,295€
46.   Markku Tammisto   2,295€
47.   Dmitri Dudakov   2,295€
48.   Sergejs Cugainovs   1,900€
49.   Thomas Naess   1,900€
50.   Erik Seffer   1,900€
51.   Nils Linden   1,900€
52.   Sebastian Schulze   1,900€
53.   Carsten Larsen   1,900€
54.   Grangel Fortea   1,900€
55.   David Kurbel   1,900€
56.   Kenneth Aspestrand   1,570€
57.   Nils Doverklint   1,570€
58.   Robert Komlodi   1,570€
59.   Ergo Rohi   1,570€
60.   Ayrton Turudic   1,570€
61.   Leif Iversen   1,570€
62.   Marius Hoegtun   1,570€
63.   Raymond Forsland   1,570€

Level 24: 25,000 - 50,000 / 50,000, avg. 1,466,538, ent.: 26/1,271

Break 20 min

23:20 Kamaras busts Sklenička

Sklenička jams his short with Ax Qx and Kamaras called with pocket fives. Board Kx Jx 6x 7x 6x was last one for Michael Sklenička.

22:45 Ntamaris busts Muller

Ntamaris got it in with Kx 9x against Jx Tx held by Muller. After no surprises on the board, Ntamaris gets to 900,000.

Level 23: 20,000 - 40,000 / 40,000, avg. 1,030,541, ent.: 37/1,271

22:30 Adi Rajkovic takes one too
Adi opens to 85,000 and Hans Erlandsson calls. Flop Qs 6s Qc is checked, on the turn Ac Adi moves 65,000 behind the line. Hans fold very quickly.

22:15 Pot for Aaron Frese
On the river 6x 4x Kx Ax 6x there was 200,000 in pot and Aaron goes with 330,000 bet. Giovanni Piccione tanks for a minute, but decided to fold in the end.

Level 22: 15,000 - 30,000 / 30,000, avg. 828,913, ent.: 46/1,271

21:55 Michael Wehner jams
Michael opens to 45,000 and Mario Mende with Karl Sundin called. Flop Th 8s 9d brought bet of 50,000 from Mende in button. Karl folded and Michael shoves for about 350,000, being the covered stack. After little while Mende folded his hand.

21:40 Eliminations:

64.   Savvas Papadopoulos   1,300€
65.   Domenik Schlesinger   1,300€
66.   Mateusz Moolhuizen   1,300€
67.   Daniel Jackson   1,300€
68.   Jakub Matusiak   1,300€
69.   Siegfried Rath   1,300€
70.   Viktor Eriksson   1,300€
71.   Paul Maguire   1,300€
72.   Szerhij Danasevszkij   1,085€
73.   Yaron Amsalem   1,085€
74.   Peder Behr   1,085€
75.   Gyoergy Laszlo   1,085€
76.   Erik Zackrisson   1,085€
77.   Patrik Kuník   1,085€
78.   Matúš Kučera   1,085€
79.   Johannes Huisman   1,085€
80.   Alexander Moser   935€
81.   Karlo Finka   935€
82.   Iraklis Manikaros   935€
83.   Daniyel Destici   935€
84.   Alexander Van Dijk   935€
85.   Kristiyan Spasov   935€
86.   Jozsef Dobos   935€
87.   Zdenko Slavik   935€

21:25 Bojovic Vs. Juriš
On the river 6s 5s Jd 2s 3d there was 200,000 in the pot and Bojovic bets out of bigblind 35,000. Juriš calls after a while and Bojovic shows Td 5d. Juriš mucks.

Gallery:

Level 21: 10,000 - 20,000 / 20,000, avg. 680,893, ent.: 56/1,271

Break 30 min

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20:15 Molenaar taking nice pot
On the flop Jh 2h Tc Amsalem bets 110,000 into the pot of about 300,000. Molenaar made the call and on turn 6c Amsalem goes with bet of 115,000. Molenaar shoves and Amsalem calls his 350,000. Molenaar held Jc 4c, Amsalem needed some help with his Kh Th. River 7c completed flush for this hungarian player and Yaron Amsalem is eliminated.

19:45 Another batch of eliminations:

88.   Krzysztof Nowakowski   815€
89.   Holger Brueck   815€
90.   Cole Maguire   815€
91.   Kyrill Leutwyler   815€
92.   Dragos Negrii   815€
93.   Michael Zauner   815€
94.   Roberts Krigers   815€
95.   Štefan Bugár   815€
96.   Miroslav Zitka   815€
97.   Dominik Desset   815€
98.   Damian Marcinkowski   815€
99.   Ivan Barczi   815€
100.   Emmanouil Zacharakis   815€
101.   Matyas Kende   815€
102.   Richard Aotaeht   815€
103.   Daniel Schausberger   815€
104.   Tibor Benko   725€
105.   Ervin Kuglis   725€
106.   Andreas Pavli   725€
107.   Tamas Braun   725€
108.   Adam Jindra   725€
109.   Aalst Van   725€
110.   Plamen Yakimov   725€
111.   Dominik Znášik   725€
112.   Johan Amren   725€
113.   Sebastian Kotowicz   725€
114.   Espen Gundersen   725€
115.   Miroslav Druga   725€
116.   David Courselles   725€
117.   Robinho -    725€
118.   Simon Ye   725€
119.   Symeon Marvakis   725€

Level 20: 8,000 - 16,000 / 16,000, avg. 501,711, ent.: 76/1,271

19:40 Kamaras wins one
On the river 6s 3d 9h 5s As there was about 90,000 in the pot and Kamaras checks from bb. Viktor Eriksson checks from Ep and Kamaras tables Jd 5d. Eriksson mucks his hand.

19:20 First two payjumps:

120.   Christos Vettas   665€
121.   Eden Azulay   665€
122.   Onkioa Ankava   665€
123.   Aurelie Dassi   665€
124.   Attila Tarko   665€
125.   Feng Li   665€
126.   Chen Keren   665€
127.   Konstantinos Nanos   665€
128.   Emmanuel Leghait   665€
129.   Wang Lu   665€
130.   Kwan Lau   665€
131.   Patrik Ciklamini   665€
132.   Alain Berth   665€
133.   Almir Koljenovic   665€
134.   Filip Sramka   665€
135.   Andras Matrai   665€
136.   Robin Cornet   605€
137.   Natanel Mamis   605€
138.   Yordan Dichev   605€
139.   Emir Jusuframic   605€
140.   Slimane Mameche   605€
141.   Ole Wasenius   605€
142.   Sivan Mirani   605€
143.   Per Lindstroem   605€
144.   Jozef Bartalos   605€
145.   Joel Salmirinne   605€
146.   Richard Msall   605€
147.   Rene Vonwald   605€
148.   Morten Bremseth   605€
149.   Robert Perelman   605€
150.   Vojtech Paxian   605€
151.   Jon Kyte   605€
152.   Wessam Bitar   605€
153.   Jenny Westerlund   605€
154.   Andrej Kocian   605€
155.   Dimitrios Nanos   605€
156.   Alexandros Fixmer   605€
157.   Dalil Masaud   605€
158.   Branislav Ondrus   605€
159.   Teodor Popovič   605€
160.   Zoltan Kovacs   605€

19:00 Aotaeht eliminated
Richard Aotaeht got into preflop all in with Ax Jx against Ac 9c held by Riccardo De Rubeis. Runout Kx 6x 6x 5x 9x sends Richard Aoteaht to cashdesk for his reward.

Level 19: 6,000 - 12,000 / 12,000, avg. 397,188, ent.: 96/1,271

The Hendon Mob Championship Grand Final 200,000€ GTD in Banco Casino Bratislava :

18:45 Peter Kamaras in long tank
On the river 3s Tc 9d 6c 9s there was about 200,000 in pot and Kamaras checks from bb after some thinking. Michael Sklenička bets 250,000 and since Kamaras had bit less, he was facing an all in. Peter thought about this spot for six minutes before he decided to fold.

18:25 Day 2 livestream :

18:15 Wave of seat opens

Many players got eliminated in wave of seat opens. Details to come.

Level 18: 5,000 - 10,000 / 10,000, avg. 264,792, ent.: 144/1,271

Tournament will continue with last 5 minutes of level 17 !

Break 20 min

17:40 Bubbleboy is Andrew Puglisi
Andrew got into all in with Ax 2x against Tx 7x and Ax Kx. Board wasn´t interesting and Puglisi is bubbleboy.

17:30 Still no change !
We had several all in and call situation in last 30 minutes but all of them ended up by doubling up for a short stacks. We are still waiting !

16:55 Shortstacks doubling up
On the river 4h Qd 2d 6s 4c there was 120,000 in pot and Bugár as a short bets for 30,000. Michel Molenaar puts him all in for 70,000 and Štefan calls with 4x 5x. Molenaar held Jd 3d. On next table Aurelie Dassi got stack in with pocket queens against Ax Kx of her opponent. Blank board brought another double up to a smaller stack. We lost a player on upper floor and that means one to go !

16:40 Tresa Clark out close to the money
Teresa got 110,000 in with Ax Qx against pocket tens held by Maguire. Maguire held and Teresa was left with less then one big blind that got in with 4x 3x in the bb and Teresa lost against Kx Tx. We still need two more eliminations in order to resume normal play.

16:20 We are playing hand for hand
There is 164 players remaining in tournament and 160 being paid. Hand for hand is starting now.

Gallery:

Level 17: 4,000 - 8,000 / 8,000, avg. 226,964, ent.: 168/1,271

Payouts look following:

1.     126,650€
2.     77,450€
3.     50,550€
4.     36,975€
5.     27,900€
6.     20,375€
7.     14,350€
8.     9,870€
9.     6,820€
10-12.     5,795€
13-16.     4,710€
17-23.     3,805€
24-31.     3,080€
32-39.     2,775€
40-47.     2,295€
48-55.     1,900€
56-56.     1,570€
64-71.     1,300€
72-79.     1,085€
80-87.     935€
88-103.    815€
104-119.   725€
120-135.   665€
136-160. 605€
Main Event attracted epic 1,271 players and 160 players will be ITM. Poker comunities created together wonderful prizepool of 603,725€ !

15:35 Bugár loosing something
Giovanni Piccione jammed river 7h Ks 3s Jx 2x for 125,000 and pot was about 120,000. Bugár tanked for about two minutes before floorman with clock was called. During the countdown Štefan decides to call with As Js, but couldn´t beat Kx Jx held by his opponent.

Tournament started again !

Short break

15:15 Sandvik busto
Espen Sandvik got his last 44,000 inside with 3x 3x and Morten Bremseth held pocket deuces. River was deuce and that was end of Main Event for Espen Sandvik.

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Level 16: 3,000 - 6,000 / 6,000, avg. 191,608, ent.: 198/1,271

14:45 Adi Rajkovic all in
On the turn Ax 5x 3x Jx there was about 100,000 inside and Adi moved his stack of 85,000 inside. Eden Azulay took his time but in the end he talked out himself to fold.

14:30 Šeffer in game !
On the river Ax Ax 4x 5x 4x Erik goes with a bet of 50,000 into a pot of about 60,000. Matyas Kende took his time thinking, but he decided to fold in the end.

Level 15: 2,000 - 5,000 / 5,000, avg. 152,520, ent.: 250/1,271

Break 20 min

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13:10 Antala out in two hits
In first game he lost pocket nines against pocket kings. Last 12bb Antala jammed with As 2s from EP and Riemenschneider called from bb with Ax 6x. Six on the board was last important card for Antala in this tournament.

Level 14: 2,000 - 4,000 / 4?000, avg. 117,911, ent.: 316/1,242

Last level for registration and reentry !

12:45 Flešár busto
Start of story was good, but part 2 is just sad. Marián got his 105,000 in with pocket queens against Zacharakis that found pocket aces. Board didn´t change anything and Marián is gone.
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12:40 Jiří Noga out
Noga got his short inside with pocket sixes against Maguire that found jacks. Board Ax 8x 9x 7x Qx was no help for this czech player.

12:25 Story of Marián Flešár so far...
Marián got in yesterday´s flight last 400 chips after lost all in. In the end of flight 1D he bagged 105,000. Sounds like a beggining of very good story !

Level 13: 1,000 - 3,000 / 3,000, avg. 96,446, ent.: 378/1,212

Late registration is open for first two levels of day 2! All levels in Day 2 will be 45 minutes long.

Chipcounts 1A: