Benoit Kuhn Leads Finalists at Pokercode Festival Madrid
Day 2 of Pokercode Festival �550 Main Event came to an end just after 8 p.m. on this saturday evening at Gran Casino via in Madrid. The official final table is settled with 8 players left. French player Benoit Kuhn is leading the 8 finalists with almost 7 million chips. He was already the chipleader when play started this afternoon.
71 players were in contention on a field of 459 entrants and they were all in the money when they came back for Day 2. The prizepool offered �225,000 to share with a �1,000 mincash and �40,000 for the winner. Tomorrow from 1 p.m. final table of this Main Event will be live streaming on Pokercode Twitch channel.
| 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 |
Notable players joining the Final Table are Norwegian Tom-Aksel Bedell (1,850,000), Pokercode Study Ambassador Sebastian Schulze (5,270,000) and Grindhouse member Samuel Mullur (1,170,000).
Day 2 was quick with a lot of shortstacks to start the day. Players that did make the money but not the end of the day include Rainer Kempe (12th, �2,900), Nikola Gasevic (15th, �2,610), Emil Bise (16th, �2,370), Giulio Spampinato (22nd, �1,940), James Grogan (29th, �1,750), Frederik Thiemer (32nd, �1,590), Samuel Ju (33rd, �1,590) or Karim Benamrouche (40th, �1,450).
The eight finalists will return on Sunday, April 16th, for Day 3 of the Main Event. 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.
Come back tomorrow to see 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.