The poker tables at Banco Casino Bratislava can take a holiday. The Poker Belgique Masters hasn't attracted enough players to this point, and the €41,000 collected from the quarter of a million guarantee is like a grain in the sand. However, the organiser is not giving up and hopes that the weekend flights will bear the desired fruit and the quarter of a million guarantee will be at least approached.
Two Main Event flighters were on the schedule yesterday. First, Flight 1D kicked off at 15:00, with 81 entries and 8 players advancing to Day 2. The evening turbo, 1E, saw 31 entries and contributed three more players to Sunday's Day 2. This brings the total number of entries registered in the Main Event to 205, with 21 players in Day 2. The first "millionaire" is local Miroslav Lelek, who took home 1,122,000 in chips heading into Day 2.
Poker Belgique Masters €250,000 GTD - 1D:
81 entries
Poker Belgique Masters €250,000 GTD - 1E Turbo:
31 entries.
Players can alleviate the huge surcharge currently plaguing the Poker Belgique Masters during today's two flights. The 1F Main Event flight is scheduled for 15:00 and the 1H Turbo at 22:00. In addition, the €20,000 Highroller will also be played today, which has a buy-in of €550. Each player will receive 100,000 chips for their buy-in and the tournament starts at 17:00. There will also be a Friday Deepstack tournament with a €15,000 guarantee and an €85 buy-in.