Lulei Hu Leads Heavyweight Top Ten as 111 Hopefuls Return for 2026 Novibet Greek Poker Odyssea Main Event Day 2

After three days of intense poker action, a total field of 414 runners in the 2026 Novibet Greek Poker Odyssea €1,000 Main Event has been reduced to 111 Day 2 qualifiers, all of whom will return at 3 p.m. local time on June 17 to resume battle in the Vergina Theatro at the Regency Casino, Thessaloniki.

Those figures mean a huge €372,600 prize pool is up for grabs, a record for a Novibet event in Greece, with payout details set to be confirmed at the start of Day 2.

Lulei Hu of Italy (967,000) is the player to catch at the start of play, after he decimated the field in the final starting flight to take the overall chip lead.

He holds a narrow lead over hometown hero Traianos-Alexandros Ntavoutis (955,000), while Hu’s fellow countryman Lorenzo Arduini (922,000) completes the podium places.

It is a heavyweight top ten, with Hu having racked up almost $1.6 million in cashes in the course of his career, and fresh off a final table at the PokerStars Open in Belgium last week. Arduini is also over the seven-figure mark in earnings, and is an EPT Main Event final tablist.

Greek Vaggelis Kaimakamis (796,000) is the 2019 WSOPE Mini Main Event champion, while Martin Tsvetanov (756,000) banked $471,862 after victory in the Eureka Main Event at EPT Prague 2024.

Fotios Ntamaris (919,000) and Dimitris Sarris (750,000) are two of Greece’s finest, while Bulgarian Yordan Dichev (869,000) also boasts a six-figure résumé.

Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count	Blinds
1	Lulei Hu	Italy	967,000	96
2	Traianos-Alexandros Ntavoutis	Greece	955,000	95
3	Lorenzo Arduini	Italy	922,000	92
4	Fotios Ntamaris	Greece	919,000	91
5	Yordan Dichev	Bulgaria	869,000	86
6	Kosmas Barakos	Greece	830,000	83
7	Vaggelis Kaimakamis	Greece	796,000	79
8	Martin Tsvetanov	Bulgaria	756,000	75
9	Dimitris Sarris	Greece	750,000	75
10	Manolis Livanos	Greece	737,000	73

The players will return to 60-minute levels, with blinds of 5,000/10,000/10,000, and it is expected at least six levels will be played, with the full seating draw set out below.

Day 2 Seating Draw

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Blinds
1	1	Ivan Kyuchekov	Bulgaria	252,000	25
1	2	Simon Hajek	Czech Republic	457,000	45
1	3	Vasileios Zisis	Greece	418,000	41
1	4	Angel Dimitrov	Bulgaria	105,000	10
1	5	Borislav Yosifov	Bulgaria	136,000	13
1	6	Artemios Fournaris	Greece	497,000	49
1	7	Dimitrios Giannopoulos	Greece	359,000	35
1	8	Ioannis Souroukidis	Greece	205,000	20
					
2	1	Georgios Zisimopoulos	Greece	242,000	24
2	2	Alexandros Michas	Greece	587,000	58
2	3	Anastasios Vardalis	Greece	677,000	67
2	4	Giorgos Tzelis	Greece	499,000	49
2	5	Valeri Savov	Bulgaria	250,000	25
2	6	Kiril Bakalov	Bulgaria	202,000	20
2	7	Arda Kilinc	Turkey	300,000	30
2	8	Atanas Malinov	Bulgaria	311,000	31
					
3	1	Ioannis Diamantopoulos	Greece	446,000	44
3	2	Georgios Charmpilas	Greece	100,000	10
3	3	Giorgos Mavroulias	Greece	503,000	50
3	4	Vladimir Shushkovsky	Russia	322,000	32
3	5	Alexandros Tasoulis	Greece	639,000	63
3	6	Mateusz Dabkowski	Poland	274,000	27
3	7	Fabian Bartuschk	Germany	324,000	32
3	8	Michailas Bedulskis	Lithuania	126,000	12
					
4	1	Empty			
4	2	Martin Tsvetanov	Bulgaria	756,000	75
4	3	Venelin Pashev	Bulgaria	344,000	34
4	4	Thodoros Asmanidis	Greece	451,000	45
4	5	Georgios Tsialtas	Greece	244,000	24
4	6	Panagiotis Marizas	Greece	223,000	22
4	7	Paschalis Papadopoulos	Greece	330,000	33
4	8	Haris Siakaras	Greece	414,000	41
					
5	1	Georgios Mylonas	Greece	294,000	29
5	2	Andreas Paliogiannis	Greece	576,000	57
5	3	Panagiotis Arkeles	Greece	258,000	25
5	4	Panagiotis Stergiou	Greece	443,000	44
5	5	Lulei Hu	Italy	967,000	96
5	6	Vasyl Vorynka	Ukraine	657,000	65
5	7	Georgios Varkaris	Greece	282,000	28
5	8	Lorenzo Arduini	Italy	922,000	92
					
6	1	Manolis Zacharakis	Greece	541,000	54
6	2	Vasileios Chalkiopoulos	Greece	379,000	37
6	3	Giannis Topalidis	Greece	407,000	40
6	4	Michail Tastanis	Greece	517,000	51
6	5	Georgios Sourlas	Greece	154,000	15
6	6	Manolis Asgoudakis	Greece	240,000	24
6	7	Simeon Ivanov	Bulgaria	116,000	11
6	8	Vahe Martirosyan	Armenia	350,000	35
					
7	1	Ilias Zografos	Greece	149,000	14
7	2	Athanasios Syntikos	Greece	478,000	47
7	3	Jan Zupec	Slovenia	165,000	16
7	4	Marek Ohnisko	Czech Republic	102,000	10
7	5	Aiguo Xu	Italy	444,000	44
7	6	Nikolaos Valtatzis	Greece	369,000	36
7	7	Roberto Palmieri	Italy	423,000	42
7	8	Andreas Vlachos	Greece	366,000	36
					
8	1	Denis Simionel	Moldova	233,000	23
8	2	Georgios Garnelis	Greece	237,000	23
8	3	Cesare Raso	Italy	219,000	21
8	4	Dimitar Toshev	Bulgaria	593,000	59
8	5	Vangelis Lazaridis	Greece	485,000	48
8	6	David Kozma	Hungary	377,000	37
8	7	Georgios Rozakos	Greece	326,000	32
8	8	Alexis Messalas	Greece	496,000	49
					
9	1	Edgar Sargsyan	Armenia	98,000	9
9	2	Manolis Livanos	Greece	737,000	73
9	3	Ioannis Georgopoulos	Greece	194,000	19
9	4	Christos Lazopoulos	Greece	380,000	38
9	5	Konstantinos Siamitras	Greece	578,000	57
9	6	Robert McAdam	United Kingdom	222,000	22
9	7	Dimitris Chalasa	Greece	284,000	28
9	8	Nikolaos Tsinas	Greece	299,000	29
					
10	1	Pierros Pantos	Greece	629,000	62
10	2	Polyvios Klimathianakis	Greece	220,000	22
10	3	Kristian Willumsen	Norway	435,000	43
10	4	Dimitris Zosimidis	Greece	432,000	43
10	5	Panagiotis Gavriilidis	Greece	128,000	12
10	6	Aggelos Valilis	Greece	93,000	9
10	7	Georgios Karakousis	Greece	299,000	29
10	8	Fotios Ntamaris	Greece	919,000	91
					
11	1	Konstantinos Kertikidis	Greece	244,000	24
11	2	Ivan Popov	Bulgaria	381,000	38
11	3	Stefanos Kechagias	Greece	375,000	37
11	4	Vasilis Tzavos	Greece	116,000	11
11	5	Jason Tsourounakis	Greece	470,000	47
11	6	Athanasios Andrianopoulos	Greece	270,000	27
11	7	Vaggelis Kaimakamis	Greece	796,000	79
11	8	Leonidas Georgopoulos	Greece	170,000	17
					
12	1	Dimitris Zournatzidis	Greece	347,000	34
12	2	David Pitule	Czech Republic	475,000	47
12	3	Dimitris Sarris	Greece	750,000	75
12	4	Yordan Dichev	Bulgaria	869,000	86
12	5	Ivelin Yonchev	Bulgaria	207,000	20
12	6	Vangelis Tsairis	Greece	129,000	12
12	7	Traianos-Alexandros Ntavoutis	Greece	955,000	95
12	8	Ioannis Gerontas	Greece	490,000	49
					
13	1	Apostolos Kofidis	Greece	362,000	36
13	2	Kolev Ivelin	Bulgaria	213,000	21
13	3	Ioannis Koulopoulos	Greece	318,000	31
13	4	Ioannis Lazaridis	Greece	92,000	9
13	5	Aris Kotanidis	Greece	88,000	8
13	6	Vasileios Mirisiotis	Greece	530,000	53
13	7	Giannis Atzaris	Greece	548,000	54
13	8	Nikolaos Kavazidis	Greece	357,000	35
					
14	1	Spyros Karathanos	Greece	440,000	44
14	2	Kosmas Barakos	Greece	830,000	83
14	3	Theofanis Poziopoulos	Greece	212,000	21
14	4	Emmanouil Zografakis	Greece	205,000	20
14	5	Georgios Dallas	Greece	305,000	30
14	6	Kosmas Maroudas	Greece	373,000	37
14	7	I.A.	Greece	201,000	20
14	8	Hristina Nikolova	Bulgaria	572,000	57

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