Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2016 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov
Buy-in
€225
Prize Pool
€235,980
Entries
1,104
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The first of four starting days of the €225+€25 PokerNews Cup Main Event at the King's Casino is completed. In the last edition of this very event at Europe's card room in the center of Europe, Day 1a drew 98 entries and that number has been eclipsed to put the tournament well on it's way to meet the guaranteed prize pool of €200,000.
After 14 levels of 30 minutes each, the field of 156 entries has been whittled down all the way to 27 survivors and Germany's Ronny Voth leads with a massive stack of 391,000. Voth was a big stack after the elimination of Quincy Chun and also knocked out Karl-Heinz Oppermann at the end to jump into the top spot. Alexander Rettenbacher registered late and scooped a big pot with a set of queens in a three-way all in, another set of tens in the last level of the night saw the Austrian bag up 365,500. Lithuania's Ričardas Vymeris completes the overnight podium with 301,500 followed by Israel's Constantine Gorinson (289,500).
Three players bagged up 279,500: Benas Kuzmickas and Matas Čikinas from Lithuania as well as Richard Schaaser. Other big stacks and notables include Daniel Turrisi (190,500), Lukáš Svoboda (157,500), King's regular Zarathustra (128,000) and Marek Blasko (90,000). Among those to join the rail were Aleksei Ivanov, Hüseyin Arkun, Thomas Zurek, Scott Hanna, Sebastian Langrock and Serok Kilic. They can all reenter the competition again in any of the three remaining starting days.
Day 1b kicks off tomorrow at 5 p.m. local time and there is also a €35+€5 Turbo Satellite two hours prior with at least 10 seats up for grabs. Two other Side Events are scheduled on Friday also: The €100+€10 Pot-Limit Omaha with single rebuy or add on gets underway as of 7 p.m. local time. Furthermore, the €90+€10 Ticket & Cash Event starts at 8 p.m. local time and offers a prize pool of €10,000 in cash as well as 15 Main Event tickets, every player in the money will receive an entry into the Main Event.
The festival at the King's Casino continues until next Monday, August 15th, and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to cover all the action until a Main Event champion is crowned.
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
391,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
365,500
25,500
|
25,500 |
|
301,500
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
289,500
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
279,500
49,500
|
49,500 |
|
279,500
65,500
|
65,500 |
|
279,500
279,500
|
279,500 |
|
223,000
223,000
|
223,000 |
|
218,000
218,000
|
218,000 |
|
203,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
|
190,500
190,500
|
190,500 |
|
167,500
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
157,500
27,500
|
27,500 |
|
145,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
142,500
142,500
|
142,500 |
|
|
134,500
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
|
128,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
122,500
57,500
|
57,500 |
|
118,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
102,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
90,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
|
87,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
|
77,500
22,500
|
22,500 |
|
70,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
All players have bagged and tagged their chips. A recap of today's action as well as the full chip counts of all survivors will be available shortly.
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
In one of the last hands of the day, Ronny Voth raised and picked up two callers including Karl-Heinz Oppermann. The flop came 
and action was checked to Voth, who bet 12,400 into around 34,000. The third player in the hand folded, but Oppermann moved all in for 80,000 after some consideration and Voth snap-called.
Oppermann: 
Voth: 
Oppermann was in dire need of a nine to avoid elimination, but it was all over with the 
turn, making the 
river a formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
390,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Marvin Wörner raised and Constantine Gorinson then three-bet to 16,000 from one seat over. Evgenii Leonidov moved all in for 42,800 and Wörner reraised all in. Gorinson took only a few seconds of consideration and called all in for close to 100,000 and the cards were tabled.
Leonidov: 
Gorinson: 
Wörner: 
"Ace one time," Wörner demanded from the dealer but instead Leonidov found help on the 
flop. On the 
turn, Gorinson improved to a set of queens. And the blank 
river completed the board, eliminating Leonidov. Gorinson doubled for 96,800 and becomes one of the biggest stacks, while Wörner busted shortly after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
The clock has been stopped with 10 minutes left on the clock and 32 players remaining, they will play three more hands before bagging and tagging.
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Plenty of chips were in the pot with a flop reading 
and Alexander Rettenbacher faced a bet worth 33,000 by Andriy Kushchenko. Rettenbacher reraised big and Kushchenko gave it a lot of thought before moving all in with 
for a straight draw.
Rettenbacher called and turned over pocket tens for middle set. The 
turn and 
river improved Rettenbacher to a full house and he boosted his stack significantly, becoming a contender for the overnight lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
340,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
A short stack that had just lost most of his chips after a battle of the blinds is in the small blind. Karl-Heinz Oppermann raised, Marc Andre Fürstenau called and the small blind shoved for his last 12,400. Both Oppermann and Fürstenau called and the flop fell 
.
Oppermann check-folded to a bet of 15,000 and Fürstenau showed 
, while the player at risk flipped over 
. Neither the 
turn nor 
river changed the outcome of the hand and the pot was shipped to Fürstenau.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
With the elimination of Athanasios Zogkas, the Day 1a field has been reduced to the last 36 players and four tables.
Zogkas put his hopes on 
and Greko Gregor looked him up with the 
. The board ran out 
and Gregor won the pot with a pair of eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
Busted |