Norwegian poker beast Jon Kyte seems to find success nearly everywhere he goes. He showed today that he knows many games as he battled his way among the 20 entrants on Day 1b of Event #2: €550 Mixed Main Event HORSES after parlaying his 30,000 opening stack into 147,500 in chips to put him ahead of Day 1a chip leader Bas de Laat who managed to bag 136,000 despite previously being known as mostly a hold'em player.
Fellow Norwegian Marius Hogtun also ended Day 1b with more than 100,000 in chips with Frank Visser, Charlampos Chalkiotis, Sascha Manns, Sami Pullainen, Revo Kink, Arto Loikkanen, and 2023 WSOP Europe 8-Game bracelet winner Dainius Antanaitis all advancing with five-figure stacks.
Meanwhile, our hero Franke will need to try against tomorrow in Day 1c starting at noon for a chance to advance to Day 2 on Tuesday at 8 p.m.
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Kyte | Norway | 147,500 | 49 |
| 2 | Marius Hogtun | Norway | 106,500 | 36 |
| 3 | Frank Visser | Netherlands | 84,000 | 28 |
| 4 | Charlampos Chalkiotis | Greece | 79,000 | 26 |
| 5 | Sascha Manns | Germany | 74,000 | 25 |
| 6 | Sami Pulliainen | Finland | 36,000 | 12 |
| 7 | Revo Kink | Estonia | 26,000 | 9 |
| 8 | Arto Loikkanen | Finland | 23,500 | 8 |
| 9 | Dainius Antanaitis | Lithuania | 20,500 | 7 |
The €250 Sviten Special still has six players remaining with Matteo Crapanzano, Linus Elmes, Florian Fuchs, Harald Redl, Erik Risberg, and Karl Sundin still in contention with the Monday Texas Knockout still ongoing as well. This seems like a good time to call it a night. Good luck if you are still playing and we will update the final results of the two ongoing events along with the winners of tonight's live-streamed Cash Game Challenge sessions early on Tuesday.
