Final day of Pokercode Festival at Gran Via casino Madrid will start at 1 p.m. with sides events and the end of the €550 Main Event. €1,100 Masters attracted 61 entrants (23 players left). In the Main Event, all 8 finalists secured €4,450 and will look on the top prize €40,000 for the winner.
French player Benoit Kuhn is leading the 8 finalists into Day 3 with almost 7 million chips. He is ahead of Pokercode Study Ambassador Sebastian Schulze (5,270,000) and Spanish player Sylwester Fortuna (3,055,000). Notable players joining the Final Table are Norwegian Tom-Aksel Bedell (1,850,000) and Grindhouse member Samuel Mullur (1,170,000).
| SEAT | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIPS | BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Schulze | Germany | 5,270,000 | 66 |
| 2 | Oleksandr Krasnov | Ukraine | 2,805,000 | 35 |
| 3 | Benoit Kuhn | France | 6,695,000 | 84 |
| 4 | Antonio Ponce | Spain | 950,000 | 12 |
| 5 | Sylwester Fortuna | Spain | 3,055,000 | 38 |
| 6 | Tom-Aksel Bedell | Norway | 1,850,000 | 23 |
| 7 | Marcos Fernandez | Spain | 1,230,000 | 15 |
| 8 | Samuel Mullur | Austria | 1,170,000 | 15 |
Play resumes at 1 p.m. local time in end of level 25, which has a small blind of 40,000, big blind of 80,000 and a running big blind ante of 80,000. Levels will stay 45 minutes. Live Streaming is planned from the beginning of the day, to follow final table action cards up with a slight delay.
We'll know later today who will be crowned the winner and take home the huge trophy and €40,000 for first place. PokerNews will provide start-to-finish coverage of the final day.