€2,350 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2023 The Grand Big Wrap
€2,350 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2023 The Grand Big Wrap
Buy-in
€2,350
Prize Pool
€660,440
Entries
316
Level
30
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
128
Players Left
46
Kozub Tops Day 1a of 2023 The Grand Big Wrap €2,350 Main Event
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
For the eighth time, Europe's biggest poker arena is hosting a series dedicated to the great game of Pot Limit Omaha and four card aficionados from near and far headed to the King's Resort in Rozvadov near the border to Germany. The second edition of the current year takes place as The Grand Big Wrap PLO by $ZTO$ and one of the marquee tournaments on the schedule is the 2023 The Grand Big Wrap €2,350 Main Event.
The four-figure buy-in is accompanied by several other high-stakes contests and comes with a €500,000 guarantee, which is likely to be surpassed without a hitch. There were a total of 99 unique players who purchased an additional 29 re-entries to bring the Day 1a field up to 128 entries. Upon completion of level 11, only 46 players bagged up chips as more than half of those who came had to leave without anything to show for.
Poland's Tomasz Kozub won the race for the overnight lead and increased his starting stack more than eight-fold, bagging up 807,000 in chips. Dorel Eldabach drilled a late entry into a big stack in his usual hyper-aggressive fashion and claimed 713,000 to his name while Portugal's Joao De Almeida Estanislau advanced with 680,000.
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1a
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tomasz Kozub | Poland | 807,000 | 202 |
| 2 | Dorel Eldabach | Israel | 713,000 | 178 |
| 3 | Joao Estanislau | Portugal | 680,000 | 170 |
| 4 | Fabian Riebau-Schmithals | Germany | 627,000 | 157 |
| 5 | August Schlegl | Austria | 627,000 | 157 |
| 6 | Ioannis Papadopoulos | Greece | 580,000 | 145 |
| 7 | Mustafa Biz | Turkey | 533,000 | 133 |
| 8 | Tomas Novotny | Czech Republic | 460,000 | 115 |
| 9 | Fabian Rolli | Switzerland | 452,000 | 113 |
| 10 | Enrico Macias Romero | Germany | 426,000 | 107 |
Among the big stacks in the first of two starting days are also Fabian Riebau-Schmithals and August Schlegl (627,000 each), Mustafa Biz (533,000), and Fabian Rolli (452,000). Bruno Stefanelli (344,000) as well as Dominik Paus (295,000) finished outside of the top ten but have above-average stacks at their disposal as well.
Eran Carmi can be found just below the average with 226,000 but was involved in one of the most memorable hands of the day when he tripled up after getting it in with two pair and a straight draw.
Less fortunate was fellow countryman Leonid Yanovski, who saw his fate sealed on a very active table with plenty of big stacks around. Having invested a large portion of his stack against aforementioned Biz, he had to fold the river against a shove by his opponent. The same table saw the late surge of Eldabach while Nadjim Haddad went from big stack to busto.
Day 1a was not short of regulars at the King's Casino with Ion Tabacaru, Michal Schuh, Sebastian Langrock and Philipp Zukernik among the survivors. The 2022 WSOP Europe Main Event champion Omar Eljach failed to advance, as did Florian Langmann, Oswin Ziegelbecker, Onur Unsal and Michael Strauch.
Two five-figure buy-ins were running at the same time as well in the high-stakes section of the poker arena. Six players out of 221 entries returned for the conclusion of the €10,000 Diamond High Roller, in which China's Quan Zhou overcame a large chip deficit in heads-up to defeat Eelis Pärssinen.
Furthermore, Day 1 of the €10,000 Platinum High Roller drew a total of 60 entries with 32 players out of 60 entries advancing. 2023 WSOP Event #71: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller third place finisher Jonas Kronwitter bagged up the lead surrounded by numerous PLO high-stakes players. Many of them may jump into the second starting day of the €2,350 Main Event on Saturday, September 16, 2023, or take advantage of the extended late registration two levels into Day 2.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back to provide updates for the conclusion of the €10,000 Platinum High Roller and the €2,350 Main Event right here in Rozvadov.
End-of-Day 1a Chip Counts (full)
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
807,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
||
|
713,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
680,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
627,000
417,000
|
417,000 |
|
627,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
580,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
533,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
460,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
452,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
|
426,000
316,000
|
316,000 |
|
417,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
398,000
-162,000
|
-162,000 |
|
375,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
350,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
344,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
311,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
295,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
285,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
|
275,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
258,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
253,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
250,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
247,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
230,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
226,000
-74,000
|
-74,000 |
Day 1a Completed
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Some 46 players survived the late carnage and bagged up chips for the night. Full counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.
Maule Escapes in Final Showdown
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jan Maule was one of the last players to enter and got a short stack of just 21,000 in preflop with Philipp Zukernik jamming over the top.
Jan Maule: J♠6♠5♦4♦
Philipp Zukernik: A♣A♠Q♦10♥
The 7♥4♠3♠6♦3♥ runout gave Maule a seven-high straight right away and he survived, albeit with just half a starting stack to show for.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,500
-51,500
|
-51,500 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Balci Jams Into Buettner
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Adolf Buettner raised to 10,000 and subsequently four-bet the pot to 180,000 after Ali Balci had three-bet the pot. Balci stuck around for nearly half of his stack exclaiming "bluffing is doable" and Buettner checked to him on the J♥5♠2♠ flop.
Balci grappled in his chips and Buettner sigh-folded. "How can you hit so good?" Balci mentioned more to himself, claiming to have had a set of jacks and flush draw while only flashing one jack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
560,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
|
190,000
-160,500
|
-160,500 |
Last Hands of the Night Announced
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
The late night field has been bumped up to 129 entries of which 48 players remained with the clocks stopped at ten minutes left in level 11. Five more hands were drawn for tonight and all those who still have chips thereafter get to bag and tag them.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Late Night Chip Changes
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Omar Eljach raise-called a pot-sized three-bet by Sebastian Piatek, who then jammed the Q♠8♥3♣ flop. The 2022 WSOP Europe Main Event champion folded with a grin on the face.
Tiyanes Yildirim has turned a late night re-entry into profit when his check-raise on the K♥Q♠9♦Q♥ turn got through against fellow countryman Mustafa Biz while Dorel Eldabach lost a portion of his big stack on the same table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
500,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
350,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
275,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
215,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
110,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
Eldabach Gunning for the Lead
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Nadjim Haddad was nowhere to be found anymore while Dorel Eldabach was all smiles and reminded the live reporting team of his promise to bag up one million in chips. Eldabach also raise-called a three-bet by Marco Di Persio right after, as did Mustafa Biz for 25,000 apiece.
The A♠9♣7♥ flop was checked by Eldabach, Di Persio bet 41,000 and earned two calls. After the 6♥ turn, Eldabach bet 75,000 and forced two folds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
550,000 | |
|
|
160,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
De Almeida Estanislau Scores a Large Double
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
In a three-bet pot to the 10♠8♣5♠ flop, Joao De Almeida Estanislau got it in for 170,500 and Nikolaos Lampropoulos looked him up with the covering stack.
Joao De Almeida Estanislau: J♣10♦10♣7♣
Nikolaos Lampropoulos: A♥A♣A♠2♠
Lampropoulos had the over pair and nut flush draw, which bricked after the 3♦ turn and J♦ river runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
425,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
|
75,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
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