The Winamax Poker Open at the Banco Casino, here in Bratislava, continues today with Day 3 of the €500 Main Event. Of the 1,516 entries that were made, only 17 will be returning to the felt this morning as the tournament is played down to a winner.
Of the finalists, it is Benjamin Hammann who bagged the all-important chip lead and will be taking through a stack of 10,070,000 for the Day 3 restart this afternoon, at 12:30 p.m. Hammann is over two million chips clear of his closest opponent Dylan Cechowski who managed to amass 7,925,000.
Rounding out the podium positions is Matthieu Lamagnere with 7,200,000. Lamagnere final tabled the largest six-max event ever held when he came 6th in the 5,500 MAD Main Event at the 2024 Winamax SISMIX in Marrakech, and he will be sure to want to add a win to he’s already impressive poker resume.
2024 WPO Bratislava Main Event Day 3 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip count | Big blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Hammann | France | 10,070,000 | 101 |
| 2 | Dylan Cechowski | France | 7,925,000 | 79 |
| 3 | Matthieu Lamagnere | France | 7,200,000 | 72 |
| 4 | Nicolas Plantin | France | 6,960,000 | 70 |
| 5 | Jonathan Pastore | France | 6,385,000 | 64 |
| 6 | Aliosha Staes | Belgium | 4,730,000 | 47 |
| 7 | Oscar Peleg | Sweden | 4,390,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Anton Markachev | Russian Federation | 3,790,000 | 38 |
| 9 | Clement Albert | France | 3,680,000 | 37 |
| 10 | Timothe Labassa | France | 3,575,000 | 36 |
| 11 | Valentin Imperatore | France | 3,480,000 | 35 |
| 12 | Americ Stiller | Germany | 2,980,000 | 30 |
| 13 | Victor Hoogstoel | France | 2,820,000 | 28 |
| 14 | Johnny Andreassen | Denmark | 2,420,000 | 24 |
| 15 | Hugo Menant | France | 1,970,000 | 20 |
| 16 | Alvaro Aparicio | Spain | 1,885,000 | 19 |
| 17 | Arthur Lacroix | France | 1,730,000 | 17 |
The remaining finalists have all secured a minimum cash of €4,400, but attention firmly remains on the first-place prize of €90,000 that awaits the eventual winner.
The tournament will resume at 12:30 p.m. local time and will return to blinds of 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 big blind ante. Play will continue through 40-minute levels until a winner is crowned. This final day will be streamed with a 30-minute delay.
In addition, there will be a closing party at Manifest Bohema which will broadcast the coverage of the Main Event, as well as a welcome entrance for the eventual winner.
PokerNews will have boots on the ground for the entirety of the day, so be sure to stick with the live updates as we crown a champion here in Slovakia.
