The first flight of the second round of the Night of the Aces 200,000 guaranteed was a great success, with 113 players joining the 244 of the first week for a total of 357 entries. The field for this Day1D is full of big names, in addition to those who had won tickets in the Super Satellites on Monday and Tuesday. Among the big names seated at the tables of the Admiral Poker Room were Claudio Swissy Rinaldi, Sergio Castelluccio, Fabio Coda, Giannino Kart Salvatore and Antonio Bernaudo, who was eliminated in one of the last hands on his birthday. Among the top players present was Luca Stevanato, winner right here in Mendrisio of La Notte degli Assi Platinum in May 2022. After the canonical 13 levels of play of Day1 there were 38 players left and qualified for Day2B on Saturday 28 January at 4pm. The best of them was Giovanni Ciani, who signed up right from Super Sat and bagged 306,000 chips. For all those eliminated, there are still two chances to sign up: Day1E today at 6pm and Day1F on Friday, also at 6pm. For both Day1s, it’s a good idea to arrive at the cashiers’ desks at the Casino in Mendrisio well in advance in order to avoid queues or waiting lists.

Here is the chipcount for this Day1D:

1             Giovanni Ciani – 306’000

2             Antonio Speranza – 300’000

3             Maurizio Melara – 290’500

4             Jason Di Marzo – 274’500

5             Sergio Castelluccio – 255’500

6             Rocco Pandiscia – 241’500

7             Morgan Crosta – 233’000

8             Gianfranco Ironico – 232’000

9             Felix Bleiker – 220’500

10             Juri Piccone – 204’000

11           Domenico Candido – 201’000

12           Yari Samuel Turchini – 182’000

13           Vincenzo Galluzzo – 158’500

14           Mario Alfano – 142’000

15           Vittorio Castro – 141’500

16           Francesco Lizzari – 140’000

17           Giovanni Salvatore – 136’000

18           Paolo Nigris – 135’500

19           Vasyl Palandiuk – 127’000

20           Gazmor Zani – 122’500

21           Andrea Ciana – 116’500

22           Andrea Albonetti – 114’500

23           Leonardo Abate – 102’000

24           Fabio Cavenaghi – 94’000

25           Pasquale Vinci   93’500

26           Domenico Canzio – 92’500

27           Enrico Chiesa – 90’500

28           Serafina Musarra – 90’000

29           Francesco Bernaudo – 89’500

30           Andrea Tafuri – 74’000

31           Adriano Carpene – 71’500

32           Gaetano Reale – 68’000

33           Chiara Crescimone – 65’000

34           Luca Stevanato 61’500

35           Andrea Ettori – 60’500

36           Giovanni Sutera – 60’000

37           Antonio Fiorini – 56’000

38           Teodor Dragos – 21’000

Among the qualified players was Giannino ‘Kart’ Salvatore, who gave this interview: