The PPC Main Event 500,000€ GTD has completed its Day 1F flight with a total of 619 players entering. From this flight, 62 players advanced to Sunday’s Day 2, and the chipleader is Steinar Dzieciol with a stack of 1,638,000. Flight 1G started at 17:00 and currently 260 out of 817 players remain, with late registration open until 00:30. Flight 1H – Turbo began at 22:00 and has so far recorded 194 entries. The Super High Roller began its first playing day today and shortly before registration closed, a total of 72 players had registered. At 20:00 the PPC Ladies Event started, and the most beautiful tournament of the series currently has 54 participants. You can find Friday’s schedule below. We look forward to seeing you!
Chipcounts 1F:
23:00 Hand for hand was short
Ali Eghbalzad shoved 135,000 with Kx Kx and Alon Dadush tanked for several minutes. He eventually called his roughly 100,000 with Ax Kx and after the board ran Jx Jx 4x 8x Ax, he secured the double up. On the neighboring table, Martin Kuran got his 120,000 all in preflop with tens against Ax 4x held by his opponent. After the board came Ax 5x 5x 5x 8x, Martin was eliminated in unfortunate fashion and flight 1F comes to an end.
Level 18: 8,000 – 16,000 /16,000, avg. 364,118, ent.: 68/619, 1G ent.: 320/800, 1H ent.. 128/133, SHR .: 34/71
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22:10 A quick sequence of eliminations
Lotrikipanidze, Ohana, Sikora, Litwinski and several others have been knocked out. We are six eliminations away from the end of flight 1F.
Level 17: 6,000 – 12,000 / 12,000, avg. 353,714, ent.: 70/619, 1G ent.: 356/794, 1H ent.: 93/95, SHR ent.: 37/71
Break 15 min
21:30 Double seat open
Pavel Mihailovski shoved 53,000 from EP with Ts 8c. Szamrej a few seats later raised to about 100,000 with Jx Jx. Tomáš behind them called with Kx Qx and after the board ran Jx 8x 5x 8x 9x, Szamrej eliminated both opponents at once.
21:15 3-bet
Tibor Gedei opened to 22,000 from the CO and Chen Dahan decided to 3-bet from the blinds to 81,000. Tibor thought for a bit but eventually folded his cards.
Level 16: 5,000 – 10,000 / 10,000, avg. 281,364, ent.: 88/619, 1G ent.:
21:00 Maciej double up
Maciej reshoved 150,000 from the small blind into the open raise of his Israeli opponent. The opponent called with eights, but Maciej held tens and after a blank board he secured an important double up.
20:45 Multiway pot for Karol
Karol opened from EP to 20,000 and received three callers. On the flop Ax 5x Jx, Karol bet 45,000 and his opponents folded their cards.
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Level 15: 4,000 – 8,000 / 8,000, avg. 240,388, ent.: 103/619, 1G ent.: 425/695, SHR ent.: 45/65
20:35 Flop bet
On the flop Jh 4h 9d there was 70,000 in the pot and Gedei bet 35,000. Ohana sighed from the big blind and folded his cards.
20:20 Jaroslaw Musial double up
Grota opened to 13,000 from MP, Sikora called from the small blind and Musial from the big blind. On the flop 3s Js Ts, Grota continued for 25,000, Sikora folded and Musial quietly called. On the turn 5d, Grota put his opponent all in for 65,000 and Musial instantly called with Qs 9s. Musial held Ac Jx and the river brought the 8s, giving Grota a straight flush.
Level 14: 3,000 – 6,000 / 6,000, avg. 204,628, ent.: 121/619, 1G ent.: 435/617, SHR.: 51/63
20:10 Long tank
On the turn Ks Ts 8c 2d there was about 100,000 in the pot and Yoav Goldfarb bet 40,000. Rafal Adamkowski shoved for 91,000 and after a long tank Yoav called with sixes. However, Rafal showed aces, and after the river 3s he secured an important double up.
19:45 Stefan Stanojevic loses a small pot
On the flop Qd 7d Qh there was around 30,000 in the pot and Stefan bet 8,000. Kapkowski called and the player behind him folded. On the turn Kd Stanojevic checked and Kapkowski bet 25,000. Stanojevic folded without a word.
Level 13: 2,000 – 5,000 / 5,000, avg. 171,944, ent.: 144/619, 1G ent.: 424/558, SHR ent.: 52/59
Break 30 min
18:55 Flop raise
On the flop Ax Ax 5x there was about 60,000 in the pot and Tamas bet 22,000 from EP. After a long stack calculation, Radoslaw raised to 70,000 and Tamas reluctantly folded his cards.
18:45 Resteal
Maciej opened from the HJ to 10,000, Fabian called from the button, and Johann shoved for around 100,000 from the small blind. Both opponents folded their cards without much enthusiasm.
Level 12: 2,000 – 4,000 / 4,000, avg. 143,059, ent.: 170/608, 1G ent.: 389/457, SHR ent.: 48/48
18:30 Quick flip
Horvath shoved his 9bb from the button with 5x 5x and his Israeli opponent called from the big blind with Kx Qx. After the board ran 2x Kx 8x Tx Tx, Horvath is eliminated.
18:20 David Malkis loses some chips
On the turn 3x 3x 2x 9x there was around 45,000 in the pot and both Malkis and Coren checked. On the river Jc, Malkis bet 20,000 and Coren thought for a while. He eventually called with tens and easily beat his opponent’s fours.
Level 11: 1,500 – 3,000 / 3,000, avg. 112,536, ent.: 209/588, 1G ent.: 333/356
18:00 Zdeněk Svoboda loses his uneven fight
Zdeněk got all in preflop with a fresh stack holding sevens, but ran into Qx Qx found by David Malkis. The board did not help Svoboda and he says goodbye for now.
17:55 Rejam
The hand began with Jaroslaw Musial opening to 5,500, Wojciech Grudzinski called, and Marcin Lepel shoved from the small blind for 82,500. Musial tanked for a long time but eventually let his cards go. Lepel folded instantly.
Level 10: 1,000 – 2,500 / 2,500, avg. 98,383, ent.: 235/578, 299/316
17:35 Ordak vs. Adamkowski
Balica opened to 4,000, Ordak 3-bet behind him to 12,000 and Adamkowski joined from the big blind. Balica wisely folded his cards. On the flop 9x 8x 4x both players checked. On the turn 4h Adamkowski bet 10,000 and Ordak called. The river Ad was checked slowly by both players. Adamkowski revealed 9x 9x with a smile, and Ordak with Jx Jx lost the pot.
17:20 Lukasz Grota succeeds in a multiway pot
On the flop Th 3h Td there was about 16,000 in the pot and Lukasz bet 8,500. Both opponents thought for a moment but folded their cards.
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Level 9: 1,000 – 2,000 / 2,000, avg. 88,594, ent.: 256/567, 1G ent.: 248/254
Break 30 min
16:20 Adrian Piszczek takes a multiway pot
On the river Kx Ax 7x 4x Tx there was 15,300 in the pot and Adrian bet 7,500. Both Dzieciol and Klosko folded slowly.
16:10 Limp/fold
Sagi Marciano limped from MP and Ohana Yehuda raised to 4,000. No one else joined. Sagi thought for a moment and eventually folded his cards.
Level 8: 800 – 1,600 / 1,600, avg. 68,515, ent.: 303/519
15:55 Small bet with a good result
On the turn 7x Tx 3x Kx there was 15,000 in the pot and Yury Aisov faced a 5,000 bet from Duchowski. After a short moment of thought, Yury folded his cards.
15:45 Alexander Miroshnik double up
On the flop 9h 2c 6c there was 19,000 in the pot and Alexander announced all in for 25,600 from position. Stefan Rodleithner thought for a while and called with sevens, but Alexander showed Ax Ax. After the turn 6x and river Tx, Alexander adds the double up to his stack.
Level 7: 600 – 1,200 / 1,200, avg. 62,767, ent.: 318/499
15:30 István is eliminated
István got all in preflop for 15bb with Ax 5x and Oscwilowski called with Ax Jx. After a blank board, István leaves his seat.
15:20 Dušan loses chips
Dušan opened to 2,500 and received five callers. On the flop Ax Jx 8x Dušan continued for 8,000 and only David called. On the turn Qx Dušan fired 20,000 and David responded with an all in for 65,000. Dušan folded Ax Qx face up and David, laughing, showed Tx 9x.
Level 6: 500 – 1,000 / 1,000, avg. 55,015, ent.: 333/458
15:00 Unfortunate setup
Artur got all in preflop for 40,000 in his second hand after re-entry. Artur held Qx Qx and his Israeli opponent held Jx Jx. The jack on the river inevitably sent Artur off for another re-entry.
14:55 Andrzej Jasinski aggressive
Jasinski opened from EP to 4,000 and Or Ezra joined from the button, with Pawel Golbiewski also defending from the big blind. On the flop 9c 2h 8s Jasinski bet 7,000 and both opponents called. On the turn 8d Jasinski continued for 15,000, and this time no one found the courage to call.
Level 5: 400 – 800 / 800, avg. 50,955, ent.: 314/400
Break 30 min
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13:20 Zurawski applies pressure
On the turn 4s 7d 8d 6c there was about 2,200 in the pot and Zurawski bet 5,000 from the small blind. Jasinski called reluctantly and on the river 3c Zurawski instantly shoved for about 30,000. Jasinski folded, and Zurawski showed him Jc 9c.
Level 4: 300 - 600 / 600, avg. 48,905, ent.: 283/246
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13:20 Zurawski applies pressure
On the turn 4s 7d 8d 6c there was about 2,200 in the pot and Zurawski bet 5,000 from the small blind. Jasinski called reluctantly and on the river 3c Zurawski instantly shoved for about 30,000. Jasinski folded, and Zurawski showed him Jc 9c.
Level 3: 200 – 400 / 400, avg. 44,615, ent.: 260/290
12:55 C-bet was enough
On the flop Kx 8x 6x, the pot was just under 2,000 and Milosz bet 1,000. His opponent had no interest in continuing.
12:45 Alan vs Michal
Alan opened from MP to 700 and a few seats over Michal 3-bet to 2,200. Alan called and both players checked the flop 5x 3x 3x. On the turn Kx, Michal bet 2,800 and Alan folded his cards.
Level 2: 100 – 300 / 300, avg. 41,010, ent.: 199/204
12:25 Andrzej picks up a nice pot to start
On the turn Qx Ax Kx 2x there was about 6,000 in the pot and Andrzej led from the small blind for 4,000. Both opponents quickly folded.
12:10 Flight 1F starts off with
Wikariusz, Previsic, Adamczewski, Rutkowski, Lempe and many others taking their seats from the first level.
Level 2: 100 – 300 / 300, avg. 41,010, ent.: 199/204
12:25 Andrzej picks up a nice pot to start
On the turn Qx Ax Kx 2x there was about 6,000 in the pot and Andrzej led from the small blind for 4,000. Both opponents quickly folded.
12:10 Flight 1F starts off with
Wikariusz, Previsic, Adamczewski, Rutkowski, Lempe and many others taking their seats from the first level.
PPC Main Event 500,000€ GTD
- Buy-in: 150€
- Starting stack: 40K
- Late reg.: 12 lvls
- 10% of the field qualify to Day 2
- 10% Fee + 5% Staff deducted from the prize pool
