€550 Main Event Pokercode Festival finally attracted 459 entrants on the four opening flights in Gran Via casino Madrid. It's a new record field, easily breaking the 253-entrants figures reached in the first edition in Bratislava in 2021. After Day 1a and b, Day 1c flight kicked off this Friday attracted a nice field of 128 entrants.
Among them, 20 players managed to bag for Day 2, all in the money, joining the first 30 qualifiers. Romanian player Adrian Rares Muresa is the chipleader with a stack of 895,000 after more than eighteen 30-minute levels. He is ahead of James Grogan (738,000) and Giulio Spampinato (670,000)
Pokercode Madrid Main Event Day 1c Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Rares Muresa | Romania | 895,000 | |
| 2 | James Grogan | USA | 738,000 | |
| 3 | Giulio Spampinato | Italy | 670,000 | |
| 4 | Eduard Rau | 519,000 | ||
| 5 | Samuel Mullur | Austria | 480,000 | |
| 6 | Samuel Ju | Germany | 466,000 | |
| 7 | Karim Benamrouche | France | 401,000 | |
| 8 | Glenn Davies | 378,000 | ||
| 9 | Roberto Agus | Italy | 369,000 | |
| 10 | Marcel Lopko | 368,000 |
Among the other players to qualify for Day 2 were Austrian player Samuel Mullur (480,000), Samuel Ju (466,000), Karim Benamrouche (401,000), day 1a bubble woman Alexandra O'Brien (149,000), Jan Wagner (74,000) and Stefan Peukert (42,000).
Several regulars players took their chance in Day 1c but were unable to qualify for Day 2, including Pokercode founder Fedor Holz. But he has a last chance in Day 1d Fast. Actually, Day 1d Fast attracted the largest number of entrants (136) and they are playing until 21 players left. Benoit Kuhn managed to bag a huge stack of 1,050,000 chips, becoming the overall chipleader for Day 2.
Day 1a: 16 left/103 entrants
Day 1b Fast: 14 left/92 entrants
Day 1c: 20 left/128 entrants
Day 1d Fast: 21 left/136 entrants
Day 2: 71 left/459 entrants
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team on Saturday at 1 p.m. local time for Day 2 to see the first bustouts in the money and the chipleaders battling to reach final table!
