The €550 Main Event is now in level 6 and now has 99 entries, which means it i still 901 players away from hitting the guarantee. Obviously the guarantee won’t be hit for several more starting days, if at all. There have been a few overlays here this week already, most notably The Hendon Mob Championship, which missed its €200,000 guarantee by over €20,000. Could the Main Event post an even bigger one and give all players a bit of great value to get their teeth into?
Amongst the players who started their tournament today is Seven Card Stud winner Siarhei Narozhny, who is one of the players in contention for the Player of the Series award.
The unofficial front runner for that title, Sascha Manns has already fired one bullet and missed. He cashed in 39th place in the Mystery Bounty, his third score of the series and then loaded his gun for his first tilt at the Main Event. However the barrel jammed, backfired and sent him to rail within 90 mins of taking his seat. He can easily afford a few more bullets though, having already cashed for over €15,000 this week, including a €3,000 bounty in the Mystery.
Other players in their seats today include the godfather of the Maltese Mixed Games scene (heck, the godfather of all poker in Malta) Antoine Degiorgio, plus Party Poker online qualifier Michael Sowale from London, who hasn’t used his online seat yet, as he won his way in today via an €80 satellite.
Late registration remains open until the end of level nine and they will play 13 levels in total.
