Main Event
Day 1a Completed
Main Event
Day 1a Completed
Four months since the World Series of Poker’s International Circuit graced the doors of the largest cardroom in Europe, it’s back and the festival has almost reached its conclusion with the €1,650 Main Event getting underway today.
It was the first of two starting flights, with players allowed up to one re-entry per flight. Over the course of the day several players exercised that option, with Marek Tatar, Catalin Pop and Soenke Jahn among them.
With the festival’s High Roller reaching a conclusion today, the likes of Pierre Neuville, Martin Kabrhel, Vojtech Ruzicka, Dzmitry Urbanovich and Aleksandar Tomovic were all in action away from the Main Event. Those players are expected to enter tomorrow, but there were a whole host of other names in the Main Event field.
Brits Sam Grafton and Kuljinder Sidhu showed their faces, along with Said El Yousfi, who picked up four second-place finishes at last month’s Marrakech Poker Open including a second place in the High Roller also joined the field, along with Jerome Sgorrano who finished fifth in that event.
At the end of the day’s 12 levels, it was Lambros Vrakas who topped the chip counts with 249,500. He handed a chunk of his chips over to the aforementioned Said El Yousfi in level one when his open-ended Royal Flush draw didn’t get there against the trip kings of El Yousfi, but since then he continued to move up the counts.
Later Vrakas would eliminate former EPT Barcelona champion Sebastian Malec in a nasty set over set situation, before pushing his chips around to gain the maximum from top pair against Andreas Puhl.
A whole host of other big stacks litter the field including Grzegorz Idziak (207,700), Marcia Chemielewski (183,700) Michal Jurcenko (161,100) Gennady Kallin (153,100), and they will return on Sunday for Day 2 as part of the 87 Day 1a survivors. Notables in that field include Sam Grafton (20,100), Kuljinder Sidhu (95,400) and Ismael Bojang (49,600).
A full chip count of all players advancing to Day 2 will be published before the start of Day 1b.
Day 1b starts tomorrow (Saturday) at 14.00 local time, with 12 levels scheduled. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the live updates.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lambros Vrakas |
249,500
-500
|
-500 |
Grzegorz Idziak |
207,700
207,700
|
207,700 |
Marcin Chmielewski |
183,700
183,700
|
183,700 |
Zoltan Ban |
183,400
53,400
|
53,400 |
Michal Jurčenko
|
161,100
161,100
|
161,100 |
Marek Fritz |
160,700
10,700
|
10,700 |
Ngoc Bui Hai |
156,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
Andreas Zampas |
154,000
154,000
|
154,000 |
Gennady N Kalin
|
153,100
153,100
|
153,100 |
Rémi Blanc |
150,900
150,900
|
150,900 |
Tomas Söderström
|
145,300
145,300
|
145,300 |
Artur Wirt |
144,800
144,800
|
144,800 |
Narcis Cristian Olaru |
141,200
141,200
|
141,200 |
Michaël Goossens |
126,200
126,200
|
126,200 |
Rifat Gegic |
126,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
Gennady Menshikov |
123,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
Jan-David Duijzings
|
121,400
93,400
|
93,400 |
Sam Grafton |
120,100
20,100
|
20,100 |
Zeljko Adzaga |
116,500
116,500
|
116,500 |
Bernd Gleissner |
115,600
115,600
|
115,600 |
|
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Senai Yemane Egziabher
|
114,400
114,400
|
114,400 |
Stanislav Koleno |
113,900
113,900
|
113,900 |
Florian Bach |
113,200
113,200
|
113,200 |
Jerome Sgorrano |
110,100
110,100
|
110,100 |
Albert Hoekendijk |
109,600
109,600
|
109,600 |
|
Tournament officials have drawn and, somewhat unbelievably, there will be seven more hands before bagging for the evening.
Marek Fritz opened for 3,000 from the cut-off and called a raise to 7,400 from Jan Mach after the blinds folded.
The flop was and a check from Fritz saw Mach bet 6,600. Fritz called and on the turn card led out for 5,000.
Mach made the call and the river card was the . Fritz reverted to a check and bet of 8,000 from Mach was quickly called.
Mach tabled but the flush of Fritz took the chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marek Fritz | 150,000 | |
Jan Mach | 20,000 |
Andreas Puhl raised to 3,000 from under the gun. Lambros Vrakas then three-bet to 7,500 from the cutoff and Puhl called.
The flop came and both players checked and the was dealt on the turn. Puhl bet 7,500 and Vrakas raised to 22,000. Puhl called.
The river was the and both players checked.
Puhl showed for a pair of queens, while Vrakas showed for a pair of kings.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lambros Vrakas |
250,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
Andreas Puhl |
27,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
The last level of the day and it’s time to double up for the short stacks or go home.
Atanas Kodinov opened and Yosifov Borislav shoved his short stack all in. The other players folded and Kodinov called.
Borislav showed and Kodinov had .
The board ran out and Borislav rose to depart the tournament. He can try again tomorrow.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Atanas Kodinov |
65,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
Yosifov Borislav
|
Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Arman Nugmanov from Kazakhstan was in the cut-off and checked to Kacper Pyzara on a flop of .
Pyzara bet 5,200 and Nugmanov called.
The turn was the and this time Nugmanov check-called a 10,000 bet.
The river was the and a final check from Nugmanov was met with a 25,000 all in from Pyzra.
Nugmanov gave it some thought as he had only a little more that the shove behind. He took too long for one player though who called the clock on him.
Before the countdown could begin Nugmanov mucked his hand to stay in the game.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kacper Pyzara | 55,000 | |
Arman Nugmanov | 28,000 |
Tarek Bouchama raised pre-flop and found two callers including Stephan Sieber.
The flop was and it checked to Sieber who bet 5,000. Bouchama was the only caller and the pair saw the on the turn.
Bouchama check-called another bet from his opponent, this time 7,500. Both players checked the on the river.
Bouchama showed but Sieber had him beat with .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stephan Sieber | 61,000 | |
Tarek Bouchama | 13,000 |