Starting Flights Close for Mini Main Event; 211 Players Advance to Day 2
Day 1c of Event #3: €1,350 NLH Mini Main Event wrapped up in the early hours of the morning on Thursday, November 25 at King's Resort, Rozvadov
There were a total of 679 entries with only 102 players finding a bag for Day 2. Across the three starting flights there was a record breaking 1,397 entries, with only 211 advancing to Day 2. The event's €600,000 guarantee was obliterated with the final prizepool being a whopping €1,592,580.
All players who have progressed have secured a min-cash, payouts have yet to be finalised although it has been confirmed that the winner will be walking away with a six-figure payday as well as a ticket to the €10,350 WSOPE Main Event.
Amit Yacov topped the chip counts at the end of the day with a stack of 2,720,000 and goes into Day 2 as the overall chip leader. Notable names who survived Day 1c include EPT Winner Salvatore Bonavena, WSOPE 2019 Main Event Winner Jack Sinclair, Michal Mrakes, Narcis Nedelcu and Emil Bise.
All 211 players who made it through to Day 2 will take their seats at 2 p.m. CET on Thursday, November 25 where they we will be battling it out for a spot at the final table. Action for the second stage of the event will close when 9 players remain.
Those who make it through to Friday's, November 26 Day 3 will then take their seat at the feature table at 6 p.m. CET.
As always, PokerNews will be providing all the updates as the action unfolds so stay tuned so you don't miss a beat.
Day 1c Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amit Yacov | Israel | 2,720,000 |
| 2 | Emil Bise | Switzerland | 2,032,000 |
| 3 | Bljerim Imeri | North Macedonia | 1,942,000 |
| 4 | Ugo Faggioli | France | 1,700,000 |
| 5 | Symeon Alexandridis | Greece | 1,620,000 |
| 6 | Kourka Vlantouts | Greece | 1,583,000 |
| 7 | Kacper Swiderski | Poland | 1,569,000 |
| 8 | Anders Auset | Norway | 1,504,000 |
| 9 | Tim Schmitt | Germany | 1,477,000 |
| 10 | Dawid Smolka | Poland | 1,469,000 |
runout. It was then relayed to Tach that Rodrigues was the 104th bust out, much to his annoyance, and that he was the 103rd meaning he was the unfortunate bubble boy.
to give the pot to Toth who remained alive.
flop. Ugo Faggioli raised to 150,000 after Vadzim Lipauka had bet 50,000. 
and after two checks, Genilloud bet 36,000. Davul folded but not Sinclair.
and both players checked.
river Sinclair checked again. His opponent bet 50,000 which Sinclair called.
and Shalom bet 22,000. Bogoevski shoved for 110,000 and Shalom snap-called putting Bogoevski at risk.
and Alexandridis continued for 10,000. Ivgi called.
and Alexandridis didn't hold back as he placed a 75,000 bet which earned him a call.
and won this big pot.
and the pot went to Vasta.
