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The €350 BPC Main Event at the Apollonia Poker Room has officially smashed its €220,000 guarantee, with one final starting flight still remaining.

After the completion of Day 1D and Day 1E Turbo, the tournament has reached 814 total registrations (558 entries + 256 re-entries), with the prize pool already standing at €245,375+.

So far, 105 players have secured a place in Day 2 ITM, meaning every player advancing from the starting flights is already guaranteed a payout.

And the numbers are not final yet. The last opportunity to join the action comes on Saturday morning with the Day 1F Hyper, before Day 2 gets underway later in the afternoon.

Main Event Numbers So Far

Special Flight: 105 entries + 54 re-entries – 21 advanced
Day 1A: 81 entries + 29 re-entries – 14 advanced
Day 1B: 19 entries + 1 re-entry – 3 advanced
Day 1C: 107 entries + 40 re-entries – 18 advanced
Day 1D: 170 entries + 93 re-entries – 34 advanced
Day 1E: 76 entries + 39 re-entries – 15 advanced
Day 1F: Saturday at 11:00 local / 12:00 Greece time – Hyper

Total so far: 814 registrations (558 entries + 256 re-entries)
Day 2 qualifiers: 105
Prize pool: €245,375+….

Boyan Toshev Tops a Huge Day 1D

Day 1D produced the biggest field of the regular starting flights so far, recording 263 registrations (170 entries + 93 re-entries) and sending another 34 players through to Day 2 ITM.

The flight ended with Boyan Toshev at the top of the counts after bagging an impressive 2,165,000, while Leonidas Georgopoulos finished second with 1,855,000 and “Desperado” followed closely behind with 1,820,000.

The bubble proved considerably longer than in the previous flights, with several short stacks finding doubles and even a split pot with pocket eights against pocket eights extending the hand-for-hand action.

Eventually, Alexandros Lamprou became the Day 1D bubble in 35th place. His K-J picked up additional outs on the flop but failed to improve against Miroslav Kolev’s pocket nines. Lamprou was awarded a free ticket to the next BPC Main Event.

Day 1D Chip Counts

  1. Boyan Toshev – 2,165,000
  2. Leonidas Georgopoulos – 1,855,000
  3. “Desperado” – 1,820,000
  4. Phi Nguyen – 1,710,000
  5. Zacharias Toulis – 1,660,000
  6. Vladimir Kirev – 1,445,000
  7. Ermogenis Asprogenous – 1,250,000
  8. Robertus Willbrodu – 1,185,000
  9. Miroslav Kolev – 1,055,000
  10. Spyros Nikolaou – 1,050,000
  11. Danail Balkanski – 1,050,000
  12. Atanas Todorov – 1,010,000
  13. Konstantinos Asrian – 905,000
  14. Miroslav Fidanovski – 770,000
  15. Boris Belitts – 620,000
  16. Iordan Georgiev – 615,000
  17. Ivelin Yonchev – 585,000
  18. Stelios Orfanidis – 575,000
  19. Vladislav Nikolov – 520,000
  20. Stelios Matsentidis – 520,000
  21. Andreas Pavli – 500,000
  22. Krasimir Lozanov – 485,000
  23. Vangelis Chatzis – 425,000
  24. Dimitris Stamboultzis – 370,000
  25. Vangelis Solakoudis – 330,000
  26. Marios Thasos – 275,000
  27. Nikolaev Belitts – 270,000
  28. Eric Luka – 260,000
  29. Nikos Tsinas – 240,000
  30. Konstantinos Markou – 230,000
  31. Gjorgji Chuchuk – 225,000
  32. Aleksandar Stoychev – 190,000
  33. Alexandar Milanov – 165,000
  34. Thanasis Michalopoulos – 90,000

Xhuljo Agolli Leads the Day 1E Turbo Qualifiers

The Day 1E Turbo added another 115 registrations (76 entries + 39 re-entries) to the Main Event field, with 15 players advancing to Day 2 ITM.

Xhuljo Agolli dominated the final counts with 2,140,000, comfortably ahead of Aleksandar Kosarovski on 1,345,000 and Goran Roshkoski with 1,155,000.

Stelios Drosos finished on the bubble of the Turbo flight and received a ticket to the next BPC Main Event.

Day 1E Chip Counts

  1. Xhuljo Agolli – 2,140,000
  2. Aleksandar Kosarovski – 1,345,000
  3. Goran Roshkoski – 1,155,000
  4. Vaios Pechlivanis – 920,000
  5. Fotis Damaris – 890,000
  6. B.L. – 785,000
  7. Trajan Petkukjeski – 705,000
  8. Janne Rantala – 700,000
  9. Tsvetan Venelinov – 660,000
  10. Rafail Papadopoulos – 600,000
  11. Kristian Karavasileiadis – 410,000
  12. Savvas Sechlidis – 400,000
  13. Kristiyan Manchev – 375,000
  14. E.K. – 240,000
  15. Kostas Meliopoulos – 145,000

Qualified Players Can Still Chase a Bigger Stack

Players who have already qualified for Day 2 are still allowed to enter the remaining Day 1 flight.

Should a player qualify more than once, only their biggest stack will be carried forward to Day 2. This gives already-qualified players one final opportunity to improve their position in Saturday morning’s Hyper flight.

Saturday: Final Hyper Flight and Day 2

Saturday will determine the final Main Event numbers before the surviving field returns for Day 2.

11:00 local / 12:00 Greece timeDay 1F Hyper – €350 BPC Main Event (€220,000 GTD)

17:30 local / 18:30 Greece timeDay 2 – €350 BPC Main Event (€220,000 GTD)

With the €220,000 guarantee already well behind it and €245,375+ in the prize pool, all eyes now turn to the final Hyper flight to see just how high the numbers will climb before the Main Event moves into Day 2.