The Balkan Poker Championship Main Event at Apollonia Casino kicked off with a strong start, drawing a total of 91 unique entries and 36 re-entries, generating a prize pool of €40,640.
From the opening flight, only 17 players (13%) secured their seat into Day 2 ITM, setting the tone for an exciting continuation of the tournament.
The average stack stands at 373,000, with Kostas Dimadis emerging as chip leader on 861,000 chips.
Day 1a Chip Counts
- Kostas Dimadis – 861,000
- Panagiotis Oikonomidis – 803,000
- Simon Bozhinovski – 771,000
- Ionut Lagureanou – 674,000
- Lars Gregerss – 634,000
- Olav Greland – 414,000
- Giorgos Alistratinos – 356,000
- Vasilis Papoutsis – 346,000
- Skalska Bozena – 296,000
- Miltos Tomboulidis – 285,000
- Symeon Stergiopoulos – 271,000
- Apostolos Meintis – 207,000
- Miroslav Fidanovski – 163,000
- Blom Soerensen – 131,000
- Petar Savevski – 102,000
- Koki Atanasov – 87,000
- Artemis Fournaris – 58,000
Tomorrow’s Schedule of Events
- 11:00 – €40 Satellite awarding 7 guaranteed seats to the Main Event
- 13:00 – Day 1b of the €350 Main Event featuring a €225,000 guaranteed prize pool
- 19:00 – €600 High Roller with a €20,000 guaranteed prize pool
