Super High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2015-2016 WSOP International Circuit King's Casino Rozvadov
Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015-2016 WSOP International Circuit King's Casino Rozvadov
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€512,050
Entries
22
Level
20
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000
Aleksandar Tomovic Leads the Super High Roller After Day 1
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The Super High Roller event at the World Series of Poker Circuit at King's Casino in Rozvadov attracted a field of 16 entrants who all ponied up the buy in of €25,000. While guarantee of €500,000 has not been met through the entries so far, late registration and reentry remain available until the first card is dealt as of 18:00 local time on Friday.
After eight levels of 60 minutes each, the field has been whittled down to 10 players. Aleksandar Tomovic (320,000) edged out Stipo Vladic (314,100) in the last hand of the night to claim the overnight lead.
Philipp Zukernik claimed the last spot on the podium with a stack of 197,700, whereas the remaining field included Franco Cantarella (143,700), Czech high-stakes expert Martin Kabrhel (42,900), Renato Nowak (125,600), King's Casino regular Hans Olymp (116,500), Paul Newey (94,800), Quirin Zech (76,100), and Pierre Mothes (67,000).
Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who won a WSOP gold bracelet in 2012 and finished second in the €3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller on Wednesday, was the first casualty in Level 1 after running with pocket queens into the pocket kings of Nowak.
Evangelos Vrakas followed in Level 2 after his turned nut flush ended up second best to the full house of Patrik Antonius. However, Antonius was the next player on the rail after his flopped set of threes were beaten by Zech's turned set of aces.
Besim Hot started the day hot and quickly doubled, only to run out of chips within three bigger hands. A failed bluff attempt against Olymp, aces cracked by the kings of Tomovic, and a gutshot against the top set of Mothes all ran out against the Swiss, and he was gone.
Scott Hanna lost the remainder of his short stack with ace-king against Mothes' 
on the feature table, and Elliot Smith hit the rail in a three-way all-in clash during the last level of the night.
The remaining 10 competitors will return to the tables at 18:00 local time with blinds at 800/1,600 and an ante of 200. The event is scheduled to play down to a winner on ay 2 while Day 1a of the WSOP Circuit Main Event kicks off at 14:00 local time.
Make sure to tune back in for all the action on Friday, as the PokerNews Live Reporting team will be covering the action of both events.
Provisional Draw for Day 2
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The reentry and late registration period is open until the start of Day 2 at 18:00 and thus the below redraw for tomorrow is just provisional and may change slightly upon restart still.
| Table | Seat | Player | Nationality | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Hans Olymp | Czech Republic | 116,500 |
| 1 | 2 | Renato Nowak | Germany | 125,600 |
| 1 | 3 | Pierre Mothes | Germany | 67,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Stipo Vladic | Austria | 314,100 |
| 1 | 5 | Aleksandar Tomovic | Serbia | 320,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Paul Newey | UK | 94,800 |
| 2 | 2 | Quirin Zech | Germany | 76,100 |
| 2 | 3 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 142,900 |
| 2 | 4 | Franco Cantarella | Italy | 143,700 |
| 2 | 6 | Philipp Zukernik | Canada | 197,700 |
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000 | 40,000 |
|
314,100 | 4,100 |
|
197,700 | -300 |
|
143,700 | 2,100 |
|
142,900 | 2,900 |
|
125,600 | 3,600 |
|
116,500 | -63,700 |
|
94,800 | -900 |
|
76,100 | -12,900 |
|
67,000 | -102,000 |
Tomovic Wins Last Hand
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Pierre Mothes had raised from under the gun and Aleksandar Tomovic defended his big bling. The Serbian check-raised the flop 
from 2,500 to 5,500 and Mothes called before the 
appeared on the turn. Tomovic led for 11,000 and Mothes called.
That was the last hand for the night and the players then proceeded to bag their chips.
Nowak Shoves; Shows Ace
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The 
turn saw a bet of 8,000 by Renato Nowak out of the small blind and Stipo Vladic called in the cutoff. The 
filled up the board on the river and Nowak moved all in. Vladic asked the dealer for a count and it was 101,300 to call, which found no love from Vladic - he folded.
Zukernik Takes from Nowak
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Renato Nowak raised to 2,500 from under the gun and received two calls, by Stipo Vladic in the small blind and Philipp Zukernik in the big blind. On the flop 
, both players in the blinds checked and Nowak fired 4,000. Zukernik was the sole caller and then check-raised the 
turn from 11,000 to 25,000. Nowak quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
198,000 | 29,000 |
Close Race for the Lead
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Aleksandar Tomovic on the feature table as well as Stipo Vladic on the secondary table appear to be racing for the over night lead on around three times the starting stack. There are less than 15 minutes remaining for tonight before everyone gets to bag and tag their chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000 | 3,000 |
Smith Busts in Three-Way All In
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Renato Nowak opened and Martin Kabrhel just flat-called from one seat over. Elliot Smith then got his last 14,400 in and Nowak flat-called that. Kabrhel isolated to 45,000 chips and Nowak tanked for a bit before moving all in. Kabrhel snap-called for his last 61,100 and they went into the below three-way showdown:
Smith: 
Kabrhel: 
Nowak: 
The flop came 
and provided no help for Smith nor Nowak. The 
turn however now opened up a flush draw before the blank 
river filled up the board. Smith hit the rail and Kabrhel more than doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000 | 81,000 |
|
|
122,000 | -43,000 |
|
Busted |
Vladic Takes Big Pot off Smith
Level 8
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Joining the action on the flop 
, Elliot Smith checked in the cutoff and Stipo Vladic fired 25,000 to get a call from the Canadian. The 
turn got checked through and Smith also checked the 
on the river. Vladic made it 38,000 to go and once again Smith was thrown under the bus, taken fully by surprise.
"What do you think I got?" Smith asked and Vladic replied with a "Aces?"
"Yes, I got two aces. Can you beat two aces?" Smith continued and Martin Kabrhel then asked for time. Smith insisted that it was only two minutes and the clock was not called yet. The Canadian tanked some more and eventually called to get shown 
by Vladic for trips on the river.
"How can you call? Flush, straight, everything is there." Vladic inquired and Smith just shook his head.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000 | 95,000 |
|
|
27,500 | -112,500 |