In a few hours, one player will be crowned as the winner of the €560 EAPT Bratislava Main Event at Banco Casino. But who will be this player?
After Day 2, only 16 runners of a field of 389 entrants are still in the race to win the first-place prize of €37,630. They are led by Slovakia's Mario Alina, who built a massive stack of 2,435,000 chips after he had a "crazy run" in the last moments of Day 2.
But even with Alina in the lead, it is still way too far to predict the name of the winner, as six players come back on Day 3 with more than 50 blinds, including Day 1s overall chip leader Miklos Zsuffa (1,760,000), Avraham Sisso (1,330,000), or Rostyslav Sabishchenko (1,050,000). Lukasz Fraczek (355,000) and Adrian Filip (345,000) are also in the race, even if they hold the two shortest stacks of the field.
EAPT Bratislava Main Event Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Mario Alina | Slovakia | 2,435,000 | 122 |
| 2 | Miklos Zsuffa | Hungary | 1,760,000 | 88 |
| 3 | Avraham Sisso | Israel | 1,330,000 | 67 |
| 4 | Antal Mezei | Hungary | 1,145,000 | 57 |
| 5 | Ivo Zeravica | Croatia | 1,060,000 | 53 |
| 6 | Rostyslav Sabishchenko | Ukraine | 1,050,000 | 53 |
| 7 | Laszlo Vaczy | Hungary | 945,000 | 47 |
| 8 | Lukas Stopka | Slovakia | 825,000 | 41 |
| 9 | Vili Päivärinta | Finland | 820,000 | 41 |
| 10 | Ioannis Giannakopoulos | Greece | 820,000 | 41 |
Play will resume at 2:00 p.m. local time with 35 minutes remaining on Level 20 (blinds of 10,000/20,000 and a 20,000 big blind ante). Then, levels will increase every 60 minutes, and every 20 hands on the final table until we have a winner.
EAPT Bratislava Main Event Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize (in EUR) | Place | Prize (in EUR) |
|---|
| 1 | €32,630 + €5,000 Package | 8 | €3,950 |
| 2 | €22,450 + €5,000 Package | 9 | €3,250 |
| 3 | €15,600 + €5,000 Package | 10-11 | €2,730 |
| 4 | €10,420 + €5,000 Package | 12-13 | €2,350 |
| 5 | €8,530 | 14-15 | €2,050 |
| 6 | €6,200 | 16 | €1,800 |
| 7 | €4,930 | | |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be covering all of the action on the way to crowning an EAPT champion.
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Adrian FilipAntal MezeiAvraham SissoIoannis GiannakopoulosIvo ZeravicaLaszlo VaczyLukas StopkaLukasz FraczekMario AlinaMiklos ZsuffaRostyslav SabishchenkoVili Päivärinta
