The €165 King of Balkan has completed its starting flights at Apollonia Hotel & Casino, with the tournament closing at 285 total registrations and the prize pool climbing to an impressive €42,750, comfortably surpassing the €30,000 guarantee.
A total of 37 players have secured their places in Wednesday’s Final Day, with all returning players already in the money (ITM).
After an impressive comeback, Manolis Chalkiotis emerged as the chip leader of the second flight and will also enter the Final Day as the overall chip leader, carrying a stack of 1,050,000.
He is closely followed by Day 1A chip leader Vasilis Zisis with 1,023,000, while Kostas Meliopoulos completes the top three with 950,000.
Final Day Chip Counts
- Manolis Chalkiotis – 1,050,000
- Vasilis Zisis – 1,023,000
- Kostas Meliopoulos – 950,000
- Dimitris Amplianitis – 841,000
- Giorgos Dallas – 797,000
- Makis Kadoglou – 750,000
- Giannis Lazaridis – 699,000
- Nikola Trajanov – 670,000
- Rafail Neofytou – 635,000
- Pantelis Patralis – 540,000
- Manolis Zacharakis – 455,000
- Spyros Giamouzis – 430,000
- Diamantis Anagnostou – 410,000
- Christos Chytoudis – 380,000
- “F4n4t1k” – 355,000
- Apostolos Vlachos – 304,000
- Stavros Georgoulas – 290,000
- Vasilis Liagkas – 286,000
- Gerasimos Arabatzis – 280,000
- Mark van Elsaecker – 275,000
- Ermogenis Asprogenous – 263,000 (Special Bounty)
- S.T. – 255,000
- Giorgos Kotsiras – 245,000
- Petar Saveski – 240,000
- Zacharias Perogamvrakis – 225,000 (Special Bounty)
- Andreas Vlachos – 221,000
- Iro Kasidiari – 220,000
- Stefan Shtrkov – 196,000
- Petros Lymperopoulos – 192,000
- Ilias Tsenopoulos – 166,000
- Kostas Siamitras – 150,000
- Petros Baxevanidis – 125,000
- N.S. – 113,000
- Sasho Lekoski – 100,000
- Todor Ivkovikj – 81,000
- Anestis Kostakidis – 75,000
- Philip Goncalves – 41,000
Nikolaos Simopoulos finished on the bubble and was awarded a ticket to the next BPC Main Event
12 Special Bounties Eliminated – Main Event Tickets Awarded
The Special Bounties added an extra dimension to the King of Balkan starting flights, with 14 Special Bounty players entering the field throughout Day 1.
Twelve of them were eliminated, each awarding a BPC Main Event ticket to the player responsible for knocking them out.
The Special Bounty eliminations were:
Dimitris Amplianitis eliminated Zacharias Toulis
Simon Bozhinoski eliminated Michalis Basmaris
Lebouzou eliminated Manolis Zacharakis
Dalibor Dumanikj eliminated Andreas Vlachos
John Taramas eliminated S.T.
Kostas Meliopoulos eliminated Spase Stojanovski
Andreas Mavromoustakis eliminated Spyros Nikolaou
L. Georgopoulos eliminated Thanasis Sintikos
Christina Nikolova eliminated Pavlos Petrou
Alexander Skobelev eliminated Kostas Meliopoulos
Vardalis eliminated John Taramas
Orfanidou eliminated Iro Kasidiari
Two Special Bounties remain alive heading into the Final Day: Ermogenis Asprogenous (263,000) and Zacharias Perogamvrakis (225,000). Their bounties remain active, meaning there are still two Main Event tickets up for grabs.
Wednesday: Final Day and the €220,000 GTD Main Event Begins
Wednesday promises to be one of the biggest days of the King of Balkan Festival so far.
While the final 37 return to battle for the King of Balkan title, the festival’s €350 Main Event with a €220,000 guarantee also gets underway with its first two starting flights.
Wednesday’s Schedule
11:00 local / 12:00 Greece time – €55 Main Event Satellite — 4 tickets GTD
12:00 local / 13:00 Greece time – King of Balkan Final Day (€30,000 GTD)
13:00 local / 14:00 Greece time – €350 Main Event Day 1A (€220,000 GTD)
18:00 local / 19:00 Greece time – €350 Main Event Day 1B Turbo (€220,000 GTD)
