Maxime Large raised to 500,000 from the cutoff. Léo Colin tanked for some time before moving all in on the button for 3,900,000. Large snap-called.
Maxime Large: A?A?
Léo Colin: A?J?
The board ran out 5?9?K?2?9?. Colin couldn't catch up to the aces of Large and lost a significant portion of his chips.
Hand 2:
Just a few hands later, Large, the covering stack, moved all in from the small blind, putting Colin to the test for his remaining 1,225,000, in the big blind. Colin snap-called.
Léo Colin: A?10?
Maxime Large: K?Q?
The board ran out 6?2?K?7?2?. Large pulled ahead on the flop and remained that way to the river. Colin was sent to the rail.
Adrien Guyon opened from under the gun, then Victor Fryda on the button 3-bet to 925,000. After a few seconds, Guyon 4-bet to 2,400,000. Action back to him, Fryda moved all in for 5,200,000 chips, and Guyon snap-called.
Victor Fryda : A?A?
Adrien Guyon : A?K?
Perfect spot for Fryda, who had aces at the right time. He even hit a set on A?8?3?Q?5? to secure a massive double up.
Down to 4 blinds, Guyon moved all in on the next hand from the big blind after Leo Margets opened under the gun. She quickly called.
Adrien Guyon : 10?6?
Leo Margets : A?K?
On 10?A?7?3?7?, both players hit a pair, but Margets remained in the lead. Runner-up of this even in 2022, Adrien Guyon finishes 10th This year.
Alexis Andre raised to 320,000 from the hijack, Richard Miklosovic three-bet to 1,200,000 in the cutoff and Andre four-bet jammed for approximately 4,000,000. Miklosovic called.
Alexis Andre: Q?Q?
Richard Miklosovic: A?K?
The board ran out A?5?4?9?K?. Miklosovic won this huge flip and sent Andre out in 11th place.
Thomas Legendre moved all in from the button for his last 1,800,000. Adrien Guyon, in the small blind, moved all in himself for 3,800,000 and the hand went to a showdown.
Thomas Legendre: A?3?
Adrien Guyon: 9?9?
The board ran out Q?10?9?3?J?. The pocket nines of Guyon held to the river and sent Legendre to the rail.
The Winamax Poker Open (WPO) at Banco Casino in Bratislava continues today with Day 3 of the €500 Main Event. Of the 1,577 entries that were made, only 13 will return this afternoon as the tournament plays down to a winner.
Of the finalists, it is Pierre Neuville who bagged the all-important chip lead and will be taking through a stack of 11,250,000 for the Day 3 restart, at 12:30 p.m. Neuville is the only player to have accumulated an eight-figure stack and will be eagerly looking to convert it into a score of €100,000, by the end of proceedings today.
Start of Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Blinds
1
Pierre Neuville
Belgium
11,250,000
70
2
Victor Hoogstoel
France
9,820,000
61
3
Richard Miklosovic
Slovakia
8,070,000
50
4
Victor Fryda
France
7,925,000
50
5
Davidi Kitai
Belgium
7,555,000
47
6
Martin Bartos
Slovakia
5,880,000
37
7
Leo Margets
Spain
5,420,000
34
8
Maxime Large
France
5,395,000
34
9
Leo Colin
France
5,090,000
32
10
Alexis Andre
France
4,845,000
30
Winamax Team Pro is still standing strong as both Leo Margets and Davidi Kitai have secured stacks of 5,420,000 and 7,555,000, respectively.
Last night, both players attracted some of the largest rails in the room as friends and fans alike came to support their deep runs. There is no doubt that all eyes will be on the pair as each looks for their biggest score of 2023.
Leo Margets and Davidi Kitai
Still in the mix is Adrien Guyon who finished runner-up in this very event for €88,000 in 2022. Guyon will be looking to transform his below-average Day 3 stack into a trophy and title by the end of the night, surpassing his own personal best here in Bratislava.
Payout For WPO Bratislava 2023
Place
Gain
Place
Gain
1
100 000€
7
12 300€
2
64 500€
8
9 000€
3
42 000€
9
9 000€
4
28 000€
10-11
7 000€
5
21 000€
12-13
5 560€
6
16 000€
As the main event is played to its conclusion, those who enjoyed yesterday’s Chess Master challenge and the Bongo Loco can look forward to the Winamax closing party, tonight, at Manifest Bohéma where the Main Event Final Table will be broadcast on the big screen. At the culmination of the final table, there will be a welcome entrance for the eventual winner.
Day 3 will start today, Sunday, September 24, at 12:30 p.m. The play will recommence on Level 37 with blinds at 80,000/160,000 with a 160,000 big blind ante. The length of the levels will be increased to 40 minutes as we play down to a winner.
PokerNews will have boots on the ground for the entirety of the day, so be sure to stick with the live updates as we crown a champion here in Bratislava.
