SPPC Main Event 250,000€ GTD Day 1H

The SPPC Main Event has just wrapped up its Flight 1H, which attracted a total of 391 players, with the top 39 advancing. Shay Haver finished today as the chipleader with a stack of 908,000. Flight 1I currently has 130 players remaining out of 325 and late registration is open until 00:15. A short while ago, Flight 1J – Turbo also opened its doors, welcoming 80 players, with late registration open until 1:35. During the day, the players stomped the guarantee into the dust, so we will definitely be playing for more than a quarter of a million euros. You can find Saturday’s schedule below. We look forward to seeing you!
Chipcounts 1H:
22:25 Artur Pietruk is eliminated on the bubble
Artur got his roughly 180,000 over the line with Kx Qx and one of his opponents found aces. After the Jx Jx 3x 5x Xx board, Artur says goodbye to this flight as the last player.

Level 18: 8,000 – 16,000 / 16,000, avg. 401,026, ent.: 40/391

22:10 Rapid sequence of eliminations
Within a few minutes, Pobuta, Chwilka, Sabol, Keimer and Sebelédi said goodbye to Flight 1H. We are now starting hand-for-hand play!
21:45 Franz wins it before the flop

Mateusz opened to 25,000 and Franz from the CO decided to 3-bet to 70,000. Mateusz thought briefly and folded Ax Jx face up.
Level 17: 6,000 – 12,000 / 12,000, avg. 332,766, ent.: 47/391, 1I ent.: 157/309, HR ent.: 92/229
Break 15 min

21:25 3-bet pot
Tomislav Franjic opened from MP and Milan Sabol 3-bet from the BB. Franjic called and on the Kd 8d 3d flop, Franjic put his opponent all in for about 120,000. Sabol folded shortly after.

21:10 Oto Ormandy takes a nice pot
Nugin opened from EP to 24,000, Raduta called, and Oto Ormandy joined from the button. The blinds folded and on the 8s 3s Jc flop, all three players checked. On the 7h turn, Oto bet 25,000 and only Nugin called. On the 5h river, Oto continued for 30,000 and Nugin folded his cards with a sigh.
Level 16: 5,000 – 10,000 / 10,000, avg. 325,833, ent.. 48/391, 1I ent.: 171/304, HR ent.: 107/224

20:55 Kawonczyk wins some

On the Ax 9x 7x flop and the Tx turn, the action was checked through and there was around 50,000 in the pot. On the 7d river, Gavrilovskii bet 12,000. Kawonczyk called and Gavrilovskii turned over Kx Qx. Kawonczyk held fours and took down the pot.

20:40 Unpleasant setup

Robinski got into a preflop all-in for 270,000 with Ax Kx against his Dutch opponent’s Ax Ax. After the 6x 9x 5x Tx 4x board, Robinski took this loss hard, but still had some chips left in his stack.
Level 15: 4,000 – 8,000 / 8,000, avg. 256,393, ent.: 61/391, 1I ent.: 183/270, HR ent.. 116/215
20:20 Guarantee collected!

The players already stomped the 250,000€ guarantee into the dust on Friday afternoon. How much we will actually be playing for, we will only find out during tomorrow night, but it will definitely be more than the promised 250,000€!

20:00 Roman improves his stack

On the Qx 5x 6x flop, there was around 50,000 in the pot and Roman bet 15,000. His opponent very reluctantly folded nines face up.
Level 14: 3,000 – 6,000 / 6,000, avg. 186,190, ent.: 84/391, 1I ent.: 185/245, HR ent.: 127/206
19:50 Artur doubles up
Artur got into a preflop all-in for about 100,000 with Ax Qx against his opponent’s Ax Tx. The blank board brought no surprises and Artur secured the double up.

19:40 Without resistance
Bartolomiej opened to 11,000 and four opponents called. On the 4x 5x 9x board, Bartolomiej bet 25,000 and all of his opponents slowly folded.
Level 14: 2,000 – 5,000 / 5,000, avg. 184,000, ent.: 85/391, 1I ent.: 185/239, HR ent.: 131/203
Break 30 min

18:45 Dominik says goodbye
Dominik shoved his last roughly 8 BB from the CO with Qx Jx, but Richard called with Ax 9x. After a blank board, Dominik stated that he would join Flight 1I.

18:35 Oleg adds to his stack
On the Ax Kx 5x 9x turn, there was over 50,000 in the pot and Oleg bet 32,000. Alexander needed an academic minute, but eventually folded Ax face up.
Level 12: 2,000 – 4,000 / 4,000, avg. 136,140, ent.: 114/388, 1I ent.: 170/187, HR ent.: 145/173
18:00 Flop overbet?

David opened from the button to 7,000 and both blinds called. On the 4x 8x 7x flop, David bet 45,000. None of his opponents, however, found the courage to call.

17:45 You spin, I spin, we spin

A 4-way all-in saw Artur in for 70,000 with Qx Qx, Kajetan in for 50,000 with jacks, while Szymon had about 80,000 over the line and called with nines. The biggest surprise came from the big blind, where Patryk called with Ax Jx and comfortably covered all of his opponents. An ace hit the turn without fail and three players were eliminated at the same time.
Level 11: 1,500 – 3,000 / 3,000, avg. 115,118, ent.: 133/383, 1H ent.: 142/148, HR ent.: 147/167
17:25 C-bet is enough

On the Ax 4x 8x flop, there was around 20,000 in the pot and Maciej bet 12,500. Both opponents folded immediately.

Level 10: 1,000 – 2,500 / 2,500, avg. 101,067, ent.: 148/379,1I ent.: 119/121 HR ent.: 145/157

17:10 Jan doubles up

Jan shoved 14 BB with Kx Qx and Anthony called from the BB with sevens. However, Jan hit a Kx on the flop and doubled his stack.
Gallery:
Level 9: 1,000 – 2,000 / 2,000, avg. 85,814, ent.: 172/369, HR ent.: 126/131
Break 30 min
16:20 River bet
On the 3h Js Td 4x 7d river, there was 25,000 in the pot and Roman Fauland bet 14,000. His opponent on the BB was not exactly thrilled and folded his cards.

16:00 Nice squeeze
Artur Staszak opened to 3,500 from the HJ, Andrzej Peciak called from the CO and Theodor Popa raised to 16,600 from the BB. Both opponents silently folded.
Level 8: 800 – 1,600 / 1,600, avg. 75,973, ent.: 185/356
15:45 Uneven battle
Grzegorz got into a preflop all-in for 50,000 with Jx Jx against his Dutch opponent’s Kx Kx. After a blank board, Grzegorz takes a re-entry and sits back down in the Main Event!
15:30 The High Roller starts at 16:00!

The buy-in is set at 400€ and the HR event will carry a 40,000€ guarantee. 30 minutes before the start, 30 players are already registered and this event is going to be H U G E! If you can’t make it for the start, late registration is open until 22:00!
Level 7: 600 – 1,200 / 1,200, avg. 61,284, ent.: 218/334

15:15 Adam Sieminski takes a nice pot
Before the flop, four players agreed on the amount of 2,500 and on the As 7s 3d flop, Sieminski bet 2,500 from the CO. Motyka called and the two other players in the hand folded. On the 3c turn, Motyka led for 6,600 from the BB and Sieminski paid after a short while. On the Js river, Sieminski bet 12,000 and Motyka unhappily gave up.
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Level 6: 500 – 1,000 / 1,000, avg. 58,571, ent.: 224/328
14:40 3-bet pot

Gerritsen opened to 1,700 and Caumartin 3-bet to 4,200 a few seats behind him. Knezevic joined from the BB and on the 8s 5d 4c flop, Caumartin continued for 4,600. Both opponents quickly folded.

14:30 Lance Morris takes the pot

On the Ad 6d Jc 9d turn, there was 7,000 in the pot and Lance bet 2,600. Roy Hill called shortly after and on the Ac river, he faced a bet of 5,600. Shortly after, Roy gave up the hand.
Level 5: 400 – 800 / 800, avg. 50,735, ent.: 231/293
Break 15 min
Gallery:

14:00 Flop raise
On the Ax 7x Qx flop, there was 13,200 in the pot and Marek bet 7,500. His Israeli opponent decided to raise to 22,000. Marek, however, immediately gave up his cards.
Level 4: 300 - 600 / 600, avg. 46,695, ent.: 233/272
13:40 River push
On the Ax 5x 8x Kx Kx river, there was about 20,000 in the pot and Jacek announced all in for about 45,000. His opponent thought for several minutes, but eventually folded Ax Qx face up. Jacek laughingly turned over 8x 8x.

13:20 Dawid loses some
On the Qx 8x 7x Ax turn, there was about 15,000 in the pot and Bartosz bet 11,200. Dawid called after a short moment of thought, but on the Ax river, Bartosz bet 27,000 and Dawid folded his cards after a long tank.
Level 3: 200 – 400 / 400, avg. 41,290, ent.: 217/224
12:55 Backraise

Le Clainche limped, Stefaniak raised to 1,100 and Lukasz Borowski called. Le Clainche decided to raise to 6,000. However, the exceptionally charismatic dealer did not deal a setup interesting enough for the action to continue, and both players folded.
12:45 Tomasz Zalewski wins it
Dawid Wikariusz opened to 1,000 from the button and Zalewski 3-bet to 3,300 from the SB. Dawid called at a slow pace, but on the Ts 7h 4d flop, his opponent bet 2,700 and Dawid instantly folded.
Level 2: 100 – 300 / 300, avg. 40,476, ent.: 168/170
12:25 Szymon gets unlucky and loses some

On the Ax Kx 8x 7x Tx river, there was about 20,000 in the pot and Piotr bet 15,000. Szymon called, but his Ax Kx was not enough against his opponent’s Qx Jx.
12:10 The tournament opened with

Svein, Jasinski, Ludwinek, Gabaj, Morz and many others.
The winner of yesterday’s SHR event was Martin Ilavský, who took home 9,815€

1. Ilavsky Martin - 9,815€

2. Havavka Michal - 5,900€

3. Zieba Patrik - 3,725€

4. Jasica Lubomir - 2,400€

The SHR recorded a total of 26 entries and the prize pool climbed to 21,840€
Level 1: 100 – 200 / 200, avg. 40,000, ent.: 105/105
Friday schedule:
SPPC Main Event 250,000€ GTD
Buy-in: 150€
Starting stack: 40K
Late reg.: 12 lvls
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