PPC 2026: Main Event Approaches the Million Mark, Record on the Verge

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For the first time in the history of Banco Bratislava, players will compete for a prize pool exceeding a million euros, and naturally, this will take place in the Main Event of the Polish Poker Championship. Not only is the prize pool record-breaking, but so is the number of entries players are delivering. Thanks to yesterday's massive numbers, there are currently 7,455 entries, just a step away from surpassing last year's 7,740 entries.

You still have the last three Main Event flights ahead of you, which will determine the final prize pool and entry count. The first flight kicks off today at 11:00 AM!

Yesterday's session featured the highly popular High Roller, which registered a record 505 entries during the open registration period, pushing the prize pool up to €169,680 at a buy-in of €400. Today, the last 18 players will battle for the title and a prize of €32,850.

High Roller – Final Day chip count:

Pos. Player Country Chips
1 SOBCZAK TOMASZ Poland 5,560,000
2 MIELNIK KRZYSZTOF TADEUSZ Poland 5,540,000
3 VAN DEN BEMD STEF GERARDUS Netherlands 4,900,000
4 GEORGESCU BOGDAN ALEXANDRU Romania 4,700,000
5 MICHALISZYN MILOSZ Poland 3,440,000
6 KECHAGIAS ATHANASIOS Greece 3,250,000
7 STRANAK SAMUEL Slovakia 3,100,000
8 HALASI ANDRAS Hungary 3,010,000
9 CHIOREAN VICTOR ALEXANDRU Romania 2,700,000
10 OLIN DAN GUNNAR JOAKIM Sweden 2,480,000
11 HOLLO MARK Hungary 2,170,000
12 DAGDELEN AMER ALI Romania 2,000,000
13 NOWAKOWSKI ANDRZEJ Poland 1,830,000
14 STRZEPEK MICHAL TADEUSZ Poland 1,720,000
15 KACPURA LUKASZ Poland 1,270,000
16 ROSOMAN OLIVER LUKE England 1,095,000
17 THUMM NICLAS LAURIN Germany 1,005,000
18 RABKA BARTLOMIEJ MICHAL Poland 680,000

Friday saw three flights of the Polish Poker Championship Main Event, with hundreds of players already seated by lunchtime. Yesterday added another 2,680 entries, a truly staggering number. With this, breaking last year's record is just a formality, leaving only the question of how much the record will be extended. Check out the lists of advancing players representing various countries.

Polish Poker Championship Main Event €500,000 - 1L:

Entries: 1,336

Pos. Player Country Chips
1 SIMSEN THOMAS FRANCK France 1,220,000
2 BOROWSKI LUKASZ MICHAL Poland 1,189,000
3 PETERSEN HENRIK HOEG Denmark 1,183,000
4 RENIC MARIO Croatia 1,102,000
5 JOVANOVIC VALENTINO Unknown 1,006,000
6 PEETERS MICHEL WILLEM Belgium 1,005,000
7 KUSNIRIK PETER Slovakia 991,000
8 JOUMAA BAKHOS Lebanon 963,000
9 CIESLAK TOMASZ BARTLOMIEJ Poland 925,000
10 ABBATE DAVIDE Italy 911,000
11 KHAMIDOV KOMIL Poland 885,000
12 GEORGIOU GEORGIOS Cyprus 880,000
13 TAPIA JONNY Austria 875,000
14 VANTUCH MATEJ Czech Republic 784,000
15 SPILMANOVA VERONIKA Czech Republic 775,000
16 AVIRAM ABRAMOV ORI Israel 746,000
17 DIVIS RADIM Czech Republic 723,000
18 DUCHATEAU JOHAN JEAN MARIE Belgium 718,000
19 BARANAI VLADIMIR Slovakia 699,000
20 KORONICS TIBOR Hungary 681,000
21 COHEN NIV Israel 670,000
22 GAVRIELI ELAD Israel 664,000
23 JAWORSKI LUKASZ Poland 654,000
24 KARA TANER France 653,000
25 DEKANY PETER Hungary 646,000
26 SAGI CHEN Israel 643,000
27 FISCHER MAINO TERENCE PAUL PHILIPPE NO France 629,000
28 POREBSKI DAMIAN Poland 617,000
29 CHRISTOD LOU Cyprus 607,000
30 SPASESKI TOMCHE Macedonia 596,000
31 CISZEWSKI KONRAD STANISLAW Poland 581,000
32 BUGAR STEFAN Slovakia 555,000
33 LISHCHUK VADYM Ukraine 552,000
34 JEZIERSKI RYSZARD Poland 542,000
35 DAOU CHARBEL Lebanon 538,000
36 SINGH DEEP KANDRA Austria 532,000
37 ALONSO PLANA PAU Spain 510,000
38 KLIMEK ADAM ANTONI Poland 499,000
39 PRYMOWICZ MARCIN Poland 482,000
40 OHAYON JACOB France 480,000
41 FARAGO MIKLOS Hungary 470,000
42 MACIEJEWSKI WIKTOR KONRAD Poland 468,000
43 POPOVIC RANKO Bosnia-Herzegovina 468,000
44 ZOELD JOZSEF Hungary 468,000
45 KARASZEWSKI SEBASTIAN JAROSLA Poland 442,000
46 KOCJAN CAR MARKO Slovenia 442,000
47 PLONKA DAMIAN Poland 436,000
48 ALESSANDRO GIUSEPPE Italy 418,000
49 NOWAK MIKOLAJ ZIEMOWIT Poland 417,000
50 LAVI BEN Israel 413,000
51 LEYBOVICH MOR Israel 413,000
52 KORALEWSKI WOJCIECH Poland 406,000
53 BACH WILLIAM Denmark 392,000
54 BUGAR TOMAS Slovakia 389,000
55 SCHELLEKENS JEROEN TOON WIM Netherlands 386,000
56 JIRCHAR JAKUB Czech Republic 382,000
57 CHRISTOFOROU CHRISTOFOROS Cyprus 380,000
58 KOTRIS STEN Croatia 373,000
59 MASALON FILIP ARKADIUSZ Poland 373,000
60 BRZYSKI PAWEL Poland 356,000
61 KOSTKA KRYSTIAN ADAM Poland 355,000
62 MISGAV OMER France 348,000
63 PETER GAVRIL DOREL Romania 338,000
64 STEFANSKI PAWEL KONRAD Poland 338,000
65 VANSANTEN STEVEN Belgium 331,000
66 KEREKES KRISZTIAN Hungary 330,000
67 NANKIEWICZ DAMIAN Poland 327,000
68 STASZAK ARTUR STANISLAW Poland 316,000
69 MICHALAK KRZYSZTOF Poland 313,000
70 LABUDDA BARTOSZ TOMASZ Poland 304,000
71 PRZYDANEK ADAM MAKSYM Poland 299,000
72 GLASBY AMBER MICHELLE England 290,000
73 HAI LIR Israel 284,000
74 RADOSZ MAREK MICHAL Poland 274,000
75 GAZETOVICI DUMITRU Romania 273,000
76 TECSA IULIAN CIPRIAN Romania 271,000
77 GAJDA KRYSTIAN Poland 260,000
78 SOT DANIEL HUBERT Poland 257,000
79 STAVROU STAVROS Cyprus 257,000
80 MOZIC BOSTJAN Slovenia 256,000
81 ZHABIN VALERII Ukraine 256,000
82 BULIK SEBASTIAN Poland 253,000
83 MOSZCZYNSKI JAKUB Poland 251,000
84 BOECK GERHARD Austria 248,000
85 XYDAKIS GEORGIOS Greece 242,000
86 PANCHUK IGOR Ukraine 238,000
87 PIANO EUFRASIO MASSIMILIANO Italy 232,000
88 GUZNICZAK ROZA MARIA Poland 228,000
89 BIRIUKOV ALEKSANDR England 227,000
90 NIAJKO SLAWOMIR BOGDAN Poland 222,000
91 OLKO PHILIPPE NICOLAS Poland 220,000
92 GEMSKI JACEK ROBERT Poland 212,000
93 GALBAVY MAREK Slovakia 208,000
94 SEMKLO DAMIAN Poland 208,000
95 FRATILA SEPTIMIU SERGIU Romania 205,000
96 CZYSZCZON WLODZIMIERZ MIROSLA Poland 199,000
97 ALBU FLORIN CRISTIAN Romania 198,000
98 BEN ZAKAY DOLEV Israel 197,000
99 WILSON VAN DEURS CHARLES MICH Sweden 187,000
100 OLEKSY PETER DANIEL A Belgium 186,000
101 WING RICHARD JAMES England 186,000
102 LORENC DOMINIK PAWEL Poland 180,000
103 MIECZNIKOWSKI MATEUSZ Poland 175,000
104 ARBEL SHAI SHLOMO Israel 167,000
105 DALA SZABOLCS Hungary 165,000
106 BALICKI LUKASZ RADOSLAW Poland 164,000
107 BASHIRI ALEXANDER England 163,000
108 AZIZ MAGED Egypt 158,000
109 PIOTROWSKI KRZYSZTOF JAN Poland 158,000
110 MEYERS PETER MICHEL Belgium 157,000
111 KITSOPOULOS VASILEIOS Greece 154,000
112 ZAK JAROSLAW ANDRZEJ Poland 154,000
113 CERNY JAN Czech Republic 150,000
114 GARBOWSKI TOMASZ Poland 150,000
115 SZARY DOMINIK Poland 144,000
116 KETOV KONSTANTIN Russia 142,000
117 GAUGEL MARCO Germany 136,000
118 ANDRONIC STEFAN EMANUEL Romania 134,000
119 OJOG IONUT MARINEL Romania 132,000
120 IGNASIAK ADAM Poland 114,000
121 GERASSY ALMOG RAFAEL Israel 111,000
122 MAREK VOJTECH Czech Republic 110,000
123 WOJTANIA SEBASTIAN Poland 101,000
124 MEHMEDI KEVIN HEVZI Belgium 99,000
125 ROCHEV IVAN Russia 98,000
126 KOZLOV VASYL Ukraine 80,000
127 SMOLKA LUKASZ STANISLAW Poland 80,000
128 FRADAKOMO SILVIO Croatia 78,000
129 SLUSARCZYK MATEUSZ JAKUB Poland 71,000
130 WUJCIKOWSKI JAKUB TADEUSZ Poland 68,000
131 MAZURKIEWICZ TOMASZ Poland 65,000
132 KIELEK DARIUSZ KRZYSZT F Poland 57,000
133 ZIELINSKI TOMASZ Poland 46,000
134 BEN SHALOM OZ Israel 25,000

Polish Poker Championship Main Event €500,000 - 1M:

Entries: 764

Pos. Player Country Chips
1 GOMOLA MARIUSZ SEBASTIAN Poland 1,370,000
2 FLAK GRZEGORZ RYSZARD Poland 1,350,000
3 LAZAR DARIUS PETRISOR Romania 1,035,000
4 SUDIMAC DRAGAN Serbia 1,010,000
5 STRUOL HAIM LIHAI Israel 1,005,000
6 MASLOWSKI FILIP Poland 970,000
7 SESTLISTOK Slovakia 820,000
8 MATA LUIS ALEJANDRO Venezuela 740,000
9 BASA MATUS Slovakia 695,000
10 UHARCEK MARIAN Slovakia 640,000
11 ANGHEL STELIAN Romania 630,000
12 BAJDA MARTYNA ANNA Poland 625,000
13 MALITERNY ALOJZ Slovakia 585,000
14 PINTAR NEJC Slovenia 585,000
15 BOTA TUDOR DACIAN Romania 550,000
16 PAZMA LUKAS Slovakia 550,000
17 ZIOLKOWSKI JACEK PIOTR Poland 545,000
18 BAKUN OSKAR MATEUSZ Poland 525,000
19 MIZRACHI LAVI ARIE Israel 520,000
20 MUSTAC DARIO Croatia 512,000
21 IVANOV ANGEL VLADIMIROV Bulgaria 480,000
22 SALABAJ JAROSLAW TOMASZ Poland 465,000
23 NAVE ELAD Israel 450,000
24 KORALEWSKA JOLANTA Poland 440,000
25 NISHIMURA MASAHIRO Japan 420,000
26 BIHARI PAVOL Slovakia 415,000
27 OMERBASIC ESAD Bosnia-Erzegovina 410,000
28 GUMULA DANIEL MAREK Poland 390,000
29 KMIECIAK MACIEJ Poland 360,000
30 POULIK MAREK Czech Republic 355,000
31 ROSINSKI KRZYSZTOF LUKASZ Poland 355,000
32 JAKUSZYK MACIEJ TADEUSZ Poland 330,000
33 HORSZCZARUK IGOR MAREK Poland 325,000
34 MARCHUK VITALII Ukraine 325,000
35 MAZUR JAROSLAW JAN Poland 325,000
36 ERDINC EFRIM Turkey 315,000
37 RAHAV TAL France 315,000
38 MARINKOVIC DEJAN Austria 305,000
39 SIBANC PRIMOZ Slovenia 305,000
40 WIECZOREK PIOTR Poland 305,000
41 ROBASZYNSKA JANIEC PAULINA Poland 300,000
42 RAJNOHA FREDERIK Slovakia 295,000
43 FRYS KRZYSZTOF Poland 290,000
44 HAZAM ROE Israel 290,000
45 EMMER BENJAMIN Hungary 285,000
46 CASTVAN PAVEL Slovakia 280,000
47 ODRISCOLL KEVIN MICHAEL Ireland 255,000
48 BANKO ADAM GABOR Hungary 250,000
49 ABORD HUGON SERGE MARCEL Belgium 245,000
50 RIBAS TORRENT JORDI Spain 240,000
51 TESLAR BRANISLAV Slovakia 230,000
52 SZABO DAVID LAJOS Hungary 225,000
53 BALICA MIHAI Romania 215,000
54 BOGDAN ALES Slovenia 210,000
55 KOSTUS JAKUB KRZYSZTOF Poland 200,000
56 OVECKA PATRIK Slovakia 200,000
57 NARAJCZYK IGOR PIOTR Poland 195,000
58 PASCARELLA JURI Italy 195,000
59 LACHCIK MAREK MARIUSZ Poland 170,000
60 LEVI EITAN FELIX Israel 170,000
61 COHEN YOAV YAACOV Israel 160,000
62 FIUK MICHAL JAN Poland 160,000
63 DALAKIS NIKOLAOS Greece 155,000
64 PORCZAK ANDRZEJ PIOTR Poland 155,000
65 GUIGA MYKOLAS Lithuania 135,000
66 NAE LUCIAN SABIN Romania 135,000
67 KIM TAE HYONG Austria 130,000
68 SIENNICKI MATEUSZ Poland 130,000
69 BAESCU ANDREI Romania 129,000
70 BAURA MARIUSZ PIOTR Poland 125,000
71 DANISZEWSKI KACPER ALEKSANDER Poland 115,000
72 JUROS FILIP Croatia 115,000
73 WIETECHA NIKODEM Poland 110,000
74 DEBSKI KRZYSZTOF Poland 105,000
75 BOHACSI ZOLTAN Hungary 75,000
76 NANOS KONSTANTINOS Greece 70,000

Polish Poker Championship Main Event €500,000 - 1N Turbo:

Entries: 580

Pos. Player Country Chips
1 PODLACKI MARCIN Poland 1 805 000
2 ZEEVI GUY Israel 1 640 000
3 DUDZIAK PIOTR Poland 1 360 000
4 BIHARI JOZEF Slovakia 1 255 000
5 MARTONOSKI SRDAN Serbia 725 000
6 OPREA OVIDIU Romania 725 000
7 PASTOR DANI Croatia 700 000
8 HRYMOWICZ ARTUR Poland 675 000
9 VALIGA DOMINIK Slovakia 650 000
10 WIECEK RAFAL Poland 625 000
11 GUIJO NOGALES JUNIOR Belgium 600 000
12 LEVY ORYAN Israel 575 000
13 EZRA ADI Israel 565 000
14 XU JIE China 560 000
15 SIEDLACZEK JAKUB WLADYSLAW Poland 480 000
16 DUBININ YAUHENI Poland 475 000
17 FERRARO DAVIDE Italy 475 000
18 HRUBY MARTIN Slovakia 435 000
19 LEVENTIS DIMITRIOS Greece 435 000
20 KALINHOFF HAGAI SHALOM Germany 430 000
21 MROZ GRZEGORZ Poland 390 000
22 CULO STIPAN Croatia 370 000
23 GENNARIS EVELTHON Cyprus 355 000
24 CICCARELLI LORENZO DOMENICO Italy 345 000
25 KUUSIMAEKI JAAKKO KALERVO Finland 335 000
26 GOGORA JAN Slovakia 330 000
27 OWSIANNY MACIEJ JAN Poland 330 000
28 BIELAWSKI MICHAL Poland 315 000
29 JAROSZUK MARCIN Poland 310 000
30 ZEEVI DANIEL YOSSI Israel 305 000
31 MOTYL ARTUR JERZY Poland 300 000
32 DUDA SZYMON ANDRZEJ Poland 280 000
33 MESSANA DAVIDE Italy 270 000
34 MICHALANTOS ANTONIOS PANORMITIS Greece 250 000
35 SABANOGLU ILHAN Turkey 240 000
36 VISTICA LUKA Croatia 240 000
37 LIKAR STANISLAV Ukraine 235 000
38 PRYMOWICZ MARCIN Poland 235 000
39 DVIR SHARON Israel 230 000
40 GALBAVY MAREK Slovakia 225 000
41 KUBAT JANOS Hungary 225 000
42 MEHRING JAN ANDRZEJ Poland 225 000
43 DEBOWSKI MAKSYMILIAN DAWID Poland 210 000
44 LEWANDOWSKI PAWEL Poland 195 000
45 VUKSIC BRUNO Croatia 160 000
46 CHYZH YAROSLAV Ukraine 150 000
47 GIERA DARIUSZ Poland 120 000
48 RASTAWICKI DAMIAN MATEUSZ Poland 120 000
49 GRMEK JAN Slovenia 115 000
50 ANDELIC JELKA JANJA Italy 110 000
51 ZHANG GUOQING Austria 110 000
52 BISKUP PRZEMYSLAW JANUSZ Poland 105 000
53 PLEWA TOMASZ JAKUB Poland 105 000
54 KUKULA KRZYSZTOF MARIAN Poland 60 000
55 SZWED DAMIAN JAN Poland 55 000
56 MOLTER ADRIAN Germany 25 000
57 PUSCHMANN KAMIL KRZYSZTOF Poland 15 000
58 ELISHA MAOR Israel 10 000

Next week, the Banco Poker Open 50,000€ single-day tournament returns to Banco Bratislava with an entry fee of just 120€! The tournament kicks off on Saturday, November 21st at 7:00 PM, and it's an event you don't want to miss.

You can also qualify for this event online!