There is €153,000 missing from the Main Event guarantee ahead of Saturday's play, which means that the current advancers are still battling against a small field of players for €250,000. A triple chance to advance awaits us today, in which the names of the other advancers will be decided.

 

Day 1G – 12:00 / 30 min. blinds

Day 1H – 17:00 / 30 min. blinds

Day 1I Turbo – 22:00 / 15 min. blinds

Friday's attractive action attracted the attention of the poker community, which was already engaged in satellites on the high roller and Main Event from the noon hours and of course, there was no shortage of people at the cash game tables. Yesterday's day brought two opportunities to advance - one kicked off from three o'clock in the afternoon and brought 203 entries, from which 20 players advanced. Bernd Eschrich amassed the largest stack in the afternoon flighter. The tenth hour of the evening brought the turbo and with it more contenders for the advancement spots - together they made 72 entries, securing their participation in Day 2.

SOPC Main Event 250.000€ GTD – 1E

Entries: 203

20 players qualified to Day 2

 

SOPC Main Event 250.000€ GTD – 1F Turbo

Entries: 72

7 players qualified to Day 2

 

The Scandinavian Open Poker Championship also had a Highroller included in the tournament schedule, which guaranteed €25,000 with a buy-in of €550. All entrants were given 100,000 chips and half-hour levels to show what they had in their poker arsenal at the start. The poker community registered 55 times, breaking the guarantee, and players forked over €26,000. A reward of €9,655 awaited the champion. Results from the Highroller can be found on Banco Casino's social media!

 

Banco Casino will be bringing some serious "summer" action consisting of big events - coming soon to your favourite poker casino is the €150,000 GTD Banco Casino Championship, the €250,000 GTD Poker Belgium, the Swedish Poker Championship and the €250,000 GTD Polish Poker Summer Cup.