Three-way on a flop of 4♦2♦A♦, everybody checked to find the 3♦ turn where the button bet 1,000. Maxime Obscur check-folded from the small blind, but Sophie "FunnySophie" Petrides check-called from the big blind.
The 6♣ completed the board and Petrides flipped over J♥9♦ for a flush. It was good enough to take the pot.
The pot had grown to approximately 9,000 with two players looking at a full board of 8♥Q♥8♦7♥9♥.
Astar Hazan, in the small blind, checked the action to Johnny Andreassen, on the button. Andreassen bet out a sizable 7,500 and Hazan made a quick call.
Andreassen tabled 7♣7♠ having turned a full house. Hazan mucked A♦8♣ face up, showing she was ahead on the flop with trips.
Jakub Bosko opened to 500 from the button, but Bjoern Sand in the small blind raised to 2,100. Michel Colombero called from the big blind, and so did Bosko.
All three of them checked the 5♠3♣6♦ flop leading to the Q♦ turn where Sand bet 1,200. Colombo folded but Bosko called.
The A♦ river brought no action and Sand won the pot with A♠K♣.
The €500 Main Event of the Winamax Poker Open at the Banco Casino, here in Bratislava, continues today with Day 1b. This is the second of four starting flights and is set to kick off today at noon local time.
As Day 1a drew to a close last night, a total of 212 entries amassed by the conclusion of late registration, of which 35 players bagged and tagged for the Day 2 restart on Saturday. It was Eugenio Sanchioni who bagged the overall chip lead, taking through a total of 932,000 after putting on a dominating performance throughout this Day 1 flight.
Sanchioni is the only player to be within touching distance of the one million chip mark with his closest competitor, Ion Juravliov, having accumulated 840,000 by the conclusion of play.
2024 WPO Bratislava Main Event Day 1a Top 10
Rank
Player
Country
Chip count
Big Blinds
1
Eugenio Sanchioni
Italy
932,000
133
2
Ion Juravliov
Moldova
840,000
120
3
Arthur Lacroix
France
573,000
82
4
Antoine Malle
France
536,000
77
5
Timothe Labassa
France
521,000
74
6
Dylan Cechowski
France
498,000
71
7
Maxime Manzone
France
486,000
69
8
Kiryl Vatayeu
Belarus
483,000
69
9
Victor Fryda
France
479,000
68
10
Tobias Traussnig
Austria
443,000
63
Winamax Team Pro had a strong showing with three of the five professionals to compete on Day 1a managing to materialise a stack for Saturday’s restart; Leo Margets (127,000), Julien Sitbon (121,000) and Alexane Najchaus (105,000). Meanwhile, the likes of Pierre Calamusa and Bruno Lopes will be sure to fire some more bullets before they give up on joining their colleges for Day 2.
Alexane Najchaus
Those participating in the main event on Days 1b will play through levels of 30 minutes with 13 levels of late registration. Those to advance to Day 2 and Day 3 will benefit from a clock of 35 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. Each Day 1 will conclude when approximately 16.6% of the field remains; all advancing players will be in the money.
But it’s not just poker that the players can sink their teeth into; today’s schedule boasts the Winamax Beer Pong Open, kicking off at 7 p.m. where, perhaps, the most important trophy of the series will be on offer. As well as the infamous €10 buy-in Midnight Deglingo happening daily.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as we follow all the action through the next flights until a winner is crowned.
