Just six of the sixteen players who participated in Day 1a of the Mixed Games Main Event progressed to Day 2. Dutch player Koen Roos holds a narrow chip lead over Nicolas Bokowski.
Roos managed to bag the chip lead, despite never having played Sviten Special before. In fact he only read the rules of the game two weeks ago. However, he didn't quite read the correct rules of Sviten Special, but watched a video on how to play the very similar variant Drawmaha and was unaware of the rule that when you discard only one card, it is dealt face up. That took him by surprise, but after playing just five hands, he'd figured out how to play.
Replying to a question about whether he liked playing the Sviten Special part of the rotation, Koen was decisive, saying "Yes, I love it, but maybe because I won a lot of my chips on those hands."
Antoine Degiorgio, Malta's mixed games ambassador also made it through the day. He noted that nobody on his table today seemed to know the game, but noted that this was probably because of the €250 Sviten Special tournament, which also took place tonight, attracting a field of 48 players. He expects more Sviten Special players will take their seats for the remaining starting flights on Saturday and Sunday.
POS | NAME | CHIP COUNT | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | ![]() | KOEN ROOS | 151,000 |
2. | ![]() | NICOLAS BOKOWSKI | 140,500 |
3. | ![]() | SCOTT "Pokerbrahs" KENYON | 131,500 |
4. | ![]() | ANONYMOUS | 88,500 |
5. | ![]() | ANTOINE DEGIORGIO | 70,000 |
6. | ![]() | BENJAMIN MAXIMIL BAUERMEISTER | 58,500 |