Day 1e nearly doubled the size of the €500,000 guaranteed The Festival Series €550 Main Event on Friday with 405 new entries getting into the mix to grow the field up to 815 entries with still Day 1f and the entries coming in during the first two blind levels of Saturday's Day 2.
A total of 129 players survived to more than double the previous total of 127 survivors to 256 Day 2 players thus far. Krisztian Kis with 311,000 and Christoforos Christoforou with 300,000 became the second and third players to advance with at least 300,000 in chips, albeit both players are behind Day 1c chip leader Kelly Kellner with 349,000.
The Festival Series regular JJ Hazan also had an impressive day showing he can do more than just play Omaha and mixed games with 256,000, while Raymond de Groot (168,000), Mats Orstad (108,000), Matiss Celmins (80,000), and Jon Kyte (39,000) were among some of the many other players to find a bag.
Day 1f is still ongoing and our next update will likely be either when that concludes to provide the final chip counts and hopefully the Day 2 seat draw as well if available or the results of an ending side event. In the meantime, feel free to say hello while this reporter is mingling around the casino floor.
| Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krisztian Kis | Hungary | 311,000 | 104 |
| Christoforos Christoforou | Cyprus | 300,000 | 100 |
| JJ Hazan | United Kingdom | 256,000 | 85 |
| Jan Iversen | Norway | 230,000 | 77 |
| John Forsman | Sweden | 221,000 | 74 |
| Kowalski Rajnik | Poland | 217,000 | 72 |
| Aneta Kalikova | Czech Republic | 192,000 | 64 |
| Georgios Manekas | Greece | 192,000 | 64 |
| Peter Jesko | Slovakia | 190,000 | 63 |
| Mario Galic | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 182,000 | 61 |
| Gani Weiss | Israel | 179,000 | 60 |
| Raymond de Groot | Netherlands | 168,000 | 56 |
| Thomas Harnes | Norway | 167,000 | 56 |
| Dominik Asztemborski | Poland | 151,000 | 50 |
| Edmund Karzer | Austria | 148,000 | 49 |
| David Klein | Slovakia | 147,000 | 49 |
| Nikolaos Ktenas | Greece | 147,000 | 49 |
| Bo Lindahl | Sweden | 146,000 | 49 |
| Antoine Manzellla | France | 145,000 | 48 |
| Erik Nygren | Sweden | 145,000 | 48 |
| Jari Haemaelaeinen | Finland | 144,000 | 48 |
| Rudolf Kosa | Austria | 140,000 | 47 |
| Dimitrios Stampoultzis | Greece | 140,000 | 47 |
| Grzegorz Wyraz | Poland | 138,000 | 46 |
| Michael Hawlik | Austria | 137,000 | 46 |
| Joseph Jackson | United States | 137,000 | 46 |
| Jiri Stana | Czech Republic | 134,000 | 45 |
| Martin Ilavsky | Slovakia | 133,000 | 44 |
| Mike Hansen | Denmark | 132,000 | 44 |
| Michal Janczarski | Poland | 132,000 | 44 |
| Bart Dil | Netherlands | 129,000 | 43 |
| Aleksandrs Golubevs | United Kingdom | 128,000 | 43 |
| Nicolai Ejstrud | Norway | 119,000 | 40 |
| Michail Tastanis | Greece | 119,000 | 40 |
| Ondrej Jakubcik | Czech Republic | 117,000 | 39 |
| Panagiotis Papastefanou | Greece | 117,000 | 39 |
| Revo Kink | Estonia | 114,000 | 38 |
| Matus Basa | Slovakia | 112,000 | 37 |
| Thomas Hammerl | Austria | 111,000 | 37 |
| Richard Vladar | Slovakia | 111,000 | 37 |
| Hrvoje Mitrovic | Croatia | 110,000 | 37 |
| Kamil Skawinski | Poland | 110,000 | 37 |
| Sorin Tirc | Romania | 110,000 | 37 |
| Milan Topoly | Slovakia | 110,000 | 37 |
| Sami Pulliainen | Finland | 109,000 | 36 |
| Jarkko Suokas | Finland | 109,000 | 36 |
| Mats Orstad | Norway | 108,000 | 36 |
| Ivan Rochev | Russia | 107,000 | 36 |
| Marko Zerak | Slovenia | 107,000 | 36 |
| Nidal Dawoud | Denmark | 106,000 | 35 |
| Julius Kettunen | Finland | 106,000 | 35 |
| Simon Kuntz | Netherlands | 104,000 | 35 |
| Demyan Shcheglov | Austria | 103,000 | 34 |
| Nicklas Jensen | Denmark | 102,000 | 34 |
| Alexandros Tasoulis | Greece | 99,000 | 33 |
| Keito Kaljulaid | Estonia | 98,000 | 33 |
| Marjan Mitrovski | North Macedonia | 98,000 | 33 |
| Henrik Brun | Denmark | 95,000 | 32 |
| Gabriel Izo | Slovakia | 95,000 | 32 |
| Trueba Sayago | Spain | 89,000 | 30 |
| Angelos Valilis | Greece | 89,000 | 30 |
| Matas Kubilius | Lithuania | 88,000 | 29 |
| Kristine Heltveit | Norway | 86,000 | 29 |
| Elia Ferrandina | Italy | 84,000 | 28 |
| Nick Thomsen | Denmark | 84,000 | 28 |
| Hessel Breeuwsma | Netherlands | 80,000 | 27 |
| Matiss Celmins | Latvia | 80,000 | 27 |
| Lukas Pribyl | Czech Republic | 80,000 | 27 |
| Michal Hekele | Czech Republic | 78,000 | 26 |
| Nihat Muldur | Austria | 78,000 | 26 |
| Madged Aziz | Egypt | 77,000 | 26 |
| Samuel Stranak | Slovakia | 77,000 | 26 |
| Kasper Wuertz | Denmark | 76,000 | 25 |
| Adrian Ziemichod | Poland | 75,000 | 25 |
| Americ Stiller | Germany | 74,000 | 25 |
| Benjamin Binyaminov | Austria | 73,000 | 24 |
| Tibor Benko | Hungary | 72,000 | 24 |
| Niccolo Cadoni | Italy | 72,000 | 24 |
| Dalibor Dula | Czech Republic | 72,000 | 24 |
| Eymard Bonnet | France | 70,000 | 23 |
| Patrick Sykala | Austria | 70,000 | 23 |
| Ion Dragu | Romania | 69,000 | 23 |
| Ivo Lunga | Czech Republic | 69,000 | 23 |
| Simon Wilenius | Denmark | 69,000 | 23 |
| Mario Demo | Slovakia | 67,000 | 22 |
| Jozef Krajan | Slovakia | 67,000 | 22 |
| Sandor Mate | Hungary | 66,000 | 22 |
| Biniam Mesfin | Sweden | 66,000 | 22 |
| Viktor Rusnak | Slovakia | 66,000 | 22 |
| Boris Martanovic | Slovakia | 64,000 | 21 |
| Peter Hanke | Austria | 63,000 | 21 |
| Vytautas Kacerauskas | Lithuania | 62,000 | 21 |
| Tom Maiden | Sweden | 60,000 | 20 |
| Joost Melkert | Netherlands | 60,000 | 20 |
| Dimitris Giannakou | Cyprus | 59,000 | 20 |
| Bartosz Wesolek | Poland | 59,000 | 20 |
| Mile Gjorgoski | North Macedonia | 58,000 | 19 |
| Maiiia Fesia | Italy | 56,000 | 19 |
| Anargyros Loizos | Greece | 55,000 | 18 |
| Pantelis Polyzos | Greece | 54,000 | 18 |
| Tommy Eriksson | Norway | 53,000 | 18 |
| Janos Mate | Hungary | 51,000 | 17 |
| Georgios Garnelis | Greece | 48,000 | 16 |
| Walter Schwarzinger | Austria | 46,000 | 15 |
| Joel Keloneva | Finland | 45,000 | 15 |
| Lorenzo Pannunzi | Italy | 45,000 | 15 |
| Erik Weissmann | Slovakia | 44,000 | 15 |
| Daniyel Destici | Sweden | 43,000 | 14 |
| Tomas Chrobak | Czech Republic | 43,000 | 14 |
| Toivo Ojasoo | Estonia | 40,000 | 13 |
| Jon Kyte | Norway | 39,000 | 13 |
| Petr Litera | Czech Republic | 39,000 | 13 |
| Dominik Znasik | Slovakia | 37,000 | 12 |
| Gabor Kiss | Hungary | 36,000 | 12 |
| Mikko Rustanius | Finland | 35,000 | 12 |
| Leonardo Burdino | Italy | 34,000 | 11 |
| Richard Williams | United Kingdom | 34,000 | 11 |
| Anders Aashammer | Norway | 32,000 | 11 |
| Joao Goncalves de Brito | Portugal | 31,000 | 10 |
| Eduard Rau | Germany | 29,000 | 10 |
| Theodoros Ampelikiotis | Greece | 24,000 | 8 |
| Zsolt Gyuk | Hungary | 23,000 | 8 |
| Zoran Sesum | Russia | 23,000 | 8 |
| Tadeusz Raczynski | Poland | 20,000 | 7 |
| Patrick Beuter | Denmark | 19,000 | 6 |
| Cypriot Eleftherios | Cyprus | 18,000 | 6 |
| Shin Hyun-Uk | Austria | 17,000 | 6 |
| Patrik Kunik | Slovakia | 16,000 | 5 |
| Peter Hajszan | Austria | 11,000 | 4 |
