The opening flight of the Balkan Poker Championship #3 Main Event attracted 71 entries plus 11 re-entries, forming a competitive starting field . When the bags came out, only eleven players survived the flight — all of them securing a Day 2 seat and locking up a guaranteed cash, in a prize pool that has already climbed to €26,240.
Leading the way is Panagiotis Zevgaras, who closed out the day strongly and topped the leaderboard with 726,000 chips. Not far behind, Grigoris Pougaridis (713,000) and Spyros Tonikidis (694,000) round out a competitive top three.
Day 1A Survivors & Chip Counts
- Panagiotis Zevgaras — 726,000
- Grigoris Pougaridis — 713,000
- Spyros Tonikidis — 694,000
- Stefanos Giannakopoulos — 561,000
- Anastasios Nakoulas — 425,000
- Joker — 294,000
- Vasilis Papoutsis — 261,000
- Stavros Karakantas — 148,000
- Giorgos Anthopoulos — 136,000
- Stavros Pyrakis — 122,000
- Dimitris Messaritakis — 106,000
Thursday, November 27, the schedule is as follows:
- 11:00 local time — €55 Main Satellite with 5 tickets guaranteed
- 13:00 local time — Day 1B of the €350 Main Event with €150,000 GTD
- 19:00 local time — €770 High Roller Progressive with €20,000 GTD
