Timothe Labassa opened from the cutoff and he was called by both Matthieu Lamagnere on the button and Nicolas Plantin in the big blind.
All three of them checked the 5♠5♦9♠ flop leading to the 4♥ turn where Labassa bet 650,000. Lamagnere folded, but Plantin check-raised to 1,300,000. Labassa made the call.
On the 7♠ river, Plantin decided to go all-in with 6♠3♠ for a flush. However Labassa snap-called with K♠Q♠ for a better flush and doubled his 1,835,000 chip-stack.
Johnny Andreassen raised from the button and was called by Dylan Cechowski, in the big blind.
The 9♥4♥Q♥ flop saw Cechowski play in flow. Andreassen continued for 200,000 and Cechowski check-raised to 450,000. Andreassen clicked it back to 1,200,000 and Cechowski called.
The J♦ turn saw Cechowski play in flow. Andreassen moved all in and Cechowski snap-called.
Johnny Andreassen: 6♥5♥
Dylan Cechowski: A♥J♥
Both players had flopped a flush but Cechowski had Andreasse drawing dead. The K♥ river changed nothing and Andreasse was sent to the rail.
On the feature table, Jonathan Pastore opened to 210,000 from under the gun with A♥6♥, then Arthur Lacroix in the small blind three-bet all-in for 1,730,000. Benjamin Hammann in the big blind went into the tank and call, making Pastore fold.
Arthur Lacroix: 7♣7♦
Benjamin Hammann: A♠K♦
There was no sweat for Lacroix, who hit a set on 2♣J♠6♣7♥10♦ to double up.
The cards are in the air and play has commenced for the day. There is 5 minutes and 57 seconds left on the clock in Level 34 with blinds at 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 big blind ante.
PokerNews live reporting will be operating on a 30-minute delay in line with the Winamax live stream.
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.
Benjamin Hamman
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.
