Banco: Who will win the 44th Banco Casino Masters?

With 1,863 entries and a €266,036 prize pool, the 44th edition of the €170 Banco Casino Masters in Banco Bratislava has become quite the event. The winner will take home €40,546 + a €200 SPC ticket today as the final nine players head towards the final table.Yesterday, on June 21, the last Hyperturbo flight and flips were launched. 152 and 30 more entries came here, pushing the total to 1,863 entries, easily surpassing the €250,000 prize pool guarantee. After a 10% fee and 6% staff deduction, there was €266,036 in the pot, of which 15 x €200 Slovak Poker Championship tickets were reserved, and €26,000 in chip leader bonuses were awarded across the ten flights.182 players began Day 2 in the afternoon, with each level lasting 45 minutes. Everyone was guaranteed at least €340 as min-cash. Contrary to previous formats, play continued until the final table. This is now expected to remain the case in the future (previously two tables). The initial chip leader, Sebastian Kotowicz, had a rough Day 2 and had to exit in 67th place for €590. Similarly, Belmondo was knocked out early on his quest for a third title (56th for €590).Among the final nine, there is still hope for an Austrian victory. Bastl starts as the short stack with 4,500,000 going into the final, while Thomas Hammerl is significantly better positioned in 4th place with 8,875,000. The chip leader is Pole Dominik Szuster with 11,075,000 chips. All nine are guaranteed €3,130 + a ticket, with the winner set to enjoy €40,546 + a ticket.The final table will commence at 4 PM, and from 4:30 PM, you can also watch the decision live here on Pokerexclusiv. Cash games run daily starting with blinds of €1/3 NLH or €2/2 PLO. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to marketing manager Jan Packa (English), and you can find everything else at bancocasino.sk.€170 Banco Casino Masters Prize Pool: €266,036 Entries:

Flight	1A	1B	1C	1D	1E	1F	1G	1H	11	1J	Flips	Total
Entries	143	162	206	99	333	100	292	251	95	152	30	1863
Left	14	16	21	10	33	10	29	25	10	15	3	186

Chip Counts 

Rank	Name	Nation	Chip Count	Flight
1	SZUSTER DOMINIK	Poland	11,075,000	1/E
2	HOFSETH JOHNNY	Norway	10,875,000	1/I
3	CHAULET ANDREA	France	9,950,000	1/B
4	HAMMERL THOMAS	Austria	8,875,000	1/H
5	FORRO PATRIK	Slovakia	8,350,000	1/E
6	KARMAN ANTONINO	Hungary	8,125,000	1/E
7	TOTH TAMAS	Hungary	7,100,000	1/J
8	SHUBIN DMYTRO	Ukraine	4,675,000	1/E
9	BASTL	Austria	4,500,000	1/C

Payouts: Prize pool includes 15 x €200 SPC tickets and €26,000 chip leader bonuses

Rank	Name	Prize Money	Info
1		€40,546	+  €200 SPC Ticket
2		€25,870	+  €200 SPC Ticket
3		€17,820	+  €200 SPC Ticket
4		€12,990	+  €200 SPC Ticket
5		€10,030	+  €200 SPC Ticket
6		€7,450	+  €200 SPC Ticket
7		€5,680	+  €200 SPC Ticket
8		€4,040	+  €200 SPC Ticket
9		€3,130	+  €200 SPC Ticket
10	KROUZIL FRANTISEK	€2,600	+  €200 SPC Ticket
11	LI NU	€2,600	+  €200 SPC Ticket
12	ABRAHAM ITAMAR	€2,330	+  €200 SPC Ticket
13	PAPADAIS ANDREAS	€2,330	+  €200 SPC Ticket
14	DE LA TORRE FERNANDEZ JOEL	€2,100	+  €200 SPC Ticket
15	JANOTKA PETER	€2,100	+  €200 SPC Ticket
16	UZAN IDAN AMOS	€1,860
17	CSERHALMI ZOLTAN BALAZS	€1,860
18	SOBEL IDO	€1,620
19	KURAN MARTIN	€1,620
20	MARCIS MATEJ	€1,620
21	SICKL THOMAS	€1,380
22	BONFIL BEN	€1,380
23	WENINGER EWALD HERBERT	€1,380
24	CAMPBELL GRANT CHARLES	€1,160
25	LEHTONEN JUSSI OSKARI	€1,160
26	MARTIN GARCIA RIGU	€1,160
27	WIELEWICKI RADOSLAW JAN	€1,160
28	DERLER RUPERT	€980
29	KOSA RUDOLF ADOLF	€980
30	ROZNER ELLA ALMOG	€980
31	MAHMUD YOUSEF	€980
32	LAVI BEN	€850
33	NANOS KONSTANTINOS	€850
34	DOBREA COSMIN NICUSOR	€850
35	JUHASZ ATTILA GABOR	€850
36	BRAM LIOR REUVEN	€850
37	NGUYEN TUNG LAM	€850
38	LI YUANYUAN	€850
39	DALA SZABOLCS	€850
40	VOICULESCU RARES VICTOR	€720
41	BOSCAN RUIZ KARINA CHIQUINQUI	€720
42	DEMJANCIK PATRIK	€720
43	CEGLIA DAVIDE	€720
44	MIESZKO MICHAL	€720
45	MOTYKA MARTIN	€720
46	POMERCHUK YAN	€720
47	CSORBA ZSOLT	€720
48	CERIN IGOR	€720
49	SIMONITZ ESHEL	€720
50	LEDZINSKI DAWID	€720
51	REHAK ROLAND	€720
52	CINTULA ANDREJ	€720
53	KEPES MARTIN	€720
54	POCHYLY LUKAS	€720
55	MULDOON EITHAN JONATHAN	€720
56	Belmondo	€590
57	GJUROV DIMCHE	€590
58	POTAS MAXIMILIAN	€590
59	GIANNICOPOULOS ALEXANDER	€590
60	GAMEIRO LEONEL	€590
61	SHCHERBA VITALII	€590
62	ILANOVSKY MILOSLAV	€590
63	CAULY YARDEN	€590
64	BURGET DANIEL	€590
65	HEITHOFF DOMINIK	€590
66	REVAY MARTIN	€590
67	KOTOWICZ SEBASTIAN ANDRZEJ	€590
68	MARTINEZ VAQUER SANTIAGO GORK	€590
69	TOSHEV BOYAN BOYANOV	€590
70	BITE PATRICK ALEXANDRU	€590
71	CARNEVALE CLAUDIO	€590
72	LISEI KAROLY	€510
73	ANTON5377	€510
74	PIASECKI ADRIAN OSKAR	€510
75	RONSHYN MAKSYM	€510
76	TAPIA JONNY	€510
77	MENDE MARIO	€510
78	DAVIES PAUL JOHN	€510
79	POSIK WOLFGANG	€510
80	DOX DENIS	€510
81	KOLACZ PIOTR MARCIN	€510
82	SEITZ DANIEL	€510
83	PINHASI ALON PERY	€510
84	DESSET ANDREJ	€510
85	HILLINGER CHRISTOPH	€510
86	COHEN YARIN	€510
87	SIPEK PAVAO	€510
88	NANOS ANGELOS KONSTANTINOS	€510
89	MATS	€510
90	TONTYA ALIN NORBERT	€510
91	DUSEK JIRI	€510
92	KRISTEK DAVID	€510
93	TIMOTHEOU TIMOTHEOS	€510
94	OKOLENSZKI LASZLO	€510
95	KAHRIC VELAGA	€510
96	SMIRNOV OLEKSANDR	€460
97	GABZDIL MATUS	€460
98	AISOV YURY	€460
99	SKONIECZNY ROBERT BOGUSLAW	€460
100	OEHME RAPHAELE MATTEO	€460
101	HOFFMANN VIT SILVESTR	€460
102	BRENDEN OYSTEIN	€460
103	DAVIDI TEHILA	€460
104	STRAU JOHANN	€460
105	TESLER SAGI	€460
106	SMOCHA RUTH	€460
107	KOPPL MARTIN	€460
108	MAJOR ISTVAN	€460
109	CSORE ISTVAN	€460
110	VARSANO EYLON	€460
111	OBERDOERFER VIKTOR	€460
112	OLESNAN VLADIMIR	€460
113	BLAIMAN KOBY	€460
114	STRAU ERNST	€460
115	TRIFAN FLORIN PAUL	€460
116	IVANOV YEVHENII	€460
117	ZEEVI GUY	€460
118	NUGENT PAUL BRIAN	€460
119	RUSU MARIUS	€460
120	ZALEWSKI KONRAD EUGENIUSZ	€410
121	SHIMONI LIROY	€410
122	PICEK JURAJ	€410
123	ZACHAROVSKY MARTIN	€410
124	PAULIAK JAROSLAV	€410
125	SANNICOLA ANTONIO	€410
126	VETTAS CHRISTOS	€410
127	YAKIMOV PLAMEN DRAGOMIROV	€410
128	CAUSEVIC FEDA	€410
129	IVKOVIKJ TODOR	€410
130	GILBOA YAEL	€410
131	FARKAS EMERIC	€410
132	BOCK GERHARD	€410
133	TAMAS ZSOLT	€410
134	KELEMEN PETER	€410
135	DRORI GUY	€410
136	HRYTSYK MYKHAYLO	€410
137	HUSCHKA WOLFGANG	€410
138	GASPERAN MICHAL	€410
139	SCHEILI RICHARD	€410
140	BALAZ TIBOR	€410
141	NIKOLIC PHILIPP	€410
142	MELICHAR PAVOL	€410
143	SCARINGELLA CRISTINA	€410
144	SINGH DEEP KANDRA	€340
145	LEITNER ROBIN	€340
146	CZUBA ARTUR STANISLAW	€340
147	GEORGIADIS MARINOS	€340
148	SOLONIK ARIEL YOSEF HAIM	€340
149	SHIMONI OR	€340
150	SMOLINSKY STANISLAV	€340
151	PANAGIOTOU NIKOLAS	€340
152	TAMPOURIS STELIOS	€340
153	MICHAELI AHARON	€340
154	NANOS DIMITRIOS	€340
155	SABOL MILAN	€340
156	TABORSKY PHILIPP	€340
157	STRUMSKIS VIDMANTAS	€340
158	KATSIKOPOULOS DIMITRIOS	€340
159	ROVSHITS OREL	€340
160	AVERBACH JULIE GILI	€340
161	MIZRAHI ADI	€340
162	GVOZDENOVIC STEVAN	€340
163	BUDDY	€340
164	COHEN AVI	€340
165	HRUZ RADOVAN	€340
166	BOUHUYS LODEWIJK ANTOINE	€340
167	SKOWRONSKI MARCIN JAN	€340
168	BONFIL GAL	€340
169	EITAN INBAL	€340
170	VILLENA MOLINA PABLO	€340
171	MATA LUIS ALEJANDRO	€340
172	MATEIU SERGIU TRAIAN	€340
173	NAGY LASZLO	€340
174	MICHAELI ARIEL	€340
175	TSIRONIS DIMITRIOS	€340
176	PEREZ SIDRO RAUL	€340
177	SZEMELIKER GEORG	€340
178	SVOBODA ZDENEK	€340
179	KAWECKI MACIEJ RYSZARD	€340
180	ZALMAN MAREK	€340
181	LUKACS DANIEL	€340
182	ZIRKELBACH ALEXANDER FRANZ	€340

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