Day 2 Concludes With Final Table Set

Photo: The Final Table, WPT Prime Slovakia 2024, Card Casino, Bratislava

A thrilling day of poker has just drawn to a close here at Card Casino, Bratislava.

From a field of 95 Day 2 players, only nine remain for Day 3 after a marathon 13-hour session. Andras Matrai of Hungary leads the way on 7,200,000 (72 bb), closely followed by Maor Zaharaghi (6,150,000) and Fabian Gumz (4,400,000)

The final table will reconvene at 2 p.m. local time Monday 15 April and play to a winner, with first place good for €108, 210 plus a €10,400 WPT World Championship package.  All players at the final table are guaranteed a minimum payout of €10,800.

Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts

Seat 1 -Emil Bise – 950,000 (9 bb)

Seat 2 – Lukasz Adamczewski – 925,000 (9 bb)

Seat 3 – Alexey Mishuk – 2,650,000 (26 bb)

Seat 4 – Jozef Cibicek – 2,700,000 (27 bb)

Seat 5 -Andras Matrai – 7,200,000 (72 bb)

Seat 6 – Iulian Tataru – 2,725,000 (27 bb)

Seat 7 -Dennis Gerschengoren -1,575,000 (15 bb)

Seat 8 – Maor Zaharaghi – 6,150,000 (61 bb) 

Seat 9 – Fabian Gumz – 4,400,000 (44 bb)

Day 2 Action

95 players returned for Day 2,  all guaranteed a minimum cash of €1,920.  The first player to fall was Daniel Hegyes, and he joined other players such as Michel Molenaar, Ran Shahar and Claas Stoob who made the money, but will have hoped for a deeper run.

The knockouts came fast until the three-table redraw, with the average stack around 40 big blinds, when matters began to slow down. Players such as Alex Isen and Ohad Freund bowed out at this stage.

Jenny Westerlund managed another deep run in Slovakia, while George Sandford was the last British player standing, bowing out in 15th. Jozef Komorny was the last player to depart before the close of play in 10th.

Be sure to join us tomorrow at WPT.com from 2.30 pm local time Monday, April 15 for all your coverage of Day 3, until we play to a winner  (live reporting will be on a 30-minute delay to match stream coverage).