Main Event
Day 1b Completed
Main Event
Day 1b Completed
155 players were whittled down to just 41 after the second of three flights of this the 888Live Rozvadov €888 Main Event. Each player had their eyes on securing at least a small part of the €300,000 guaranteed prize pool which awaits a select few at the end of the tournament, but today was all about guaranteeing a place in Day 2 on Sunday.
With players allowed one re-entry per flight, and late registration open until the start of Day 2, the day started slowly, but reached a crescendo through mid morning as the excitement of qualifiers and pro’s mingling really started to catch on. Some players may have left before securing themselves a stack for Day 2, but they secured themselves a cap and a gift-box for eliminating one of the Team 888 pros.
Sofia Lovgren, Kara Scott, Chris Moorman and Dominik Nitsche were all eliminated, with Moorman and Nitsche re-entering. Nitsche survived to bag 54,500 along with fellow Team 888 pro Natalie Hof (111,000).
Leading the way is Andrea Iocco with 266,200. The Italian had a quiet day, and briefly tangled with High Roller Champion [Removed:291] (111,400) on his way to bagging the chip lead.Jean-Philippe Schoonbrood (152,600) had 300,000 at one point late on, and remarked on bagging up: "He has my chips," perhaps indicating how the pendulum swung Iocco's way late on Day 1.
Other large chip stacks around the room include Peter Marz (251,900), who boosted his stack calling Lazer Gjergji's all-in on a nine-high board with just ace-king. Gjergji held only ace-queen, and Marz's hand held up! Also above the 200,000 mark in chips are Miroslav Forman (216,800), Renee Xie (224,000) and Pavel Berka (202,500).
The final chance for players to join the Main Event action starts tomorrow at 3 p.m. local time. The starting stack is 30,000, and there will be 12 levels livestreamed on Twitch with David Tuchman and Parker ‘tonkaaaap’ Talbot. Be sure to stick around with PokerNews for full chip counts, and continued live coverage from the888Live Festival here in Rozvadov.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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266,200
23,800
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23,800 |
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251,900
251,900
|
251,900 |
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224,000
224,000
|
224,000 |
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216,800
216,800
|
216,800 |
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202,500
32,500
|
32,500 |
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190,900
190,900
|
190,900 |
|
172,100
172,100
|
172,100 |
|
154,300
154,300
|
154,300 |
|
152,600
152,600
|
152,600 |
|
147,200
147,200
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147,200 |
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141,200
93,200
|
93,200 |
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140,300
140,300
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140,300 |
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134,100
103,100
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103,100 |
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120,300
97,300
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97,300 |
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117,400
117,400
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117,400 |
|
111,400
67,400
|
67,400 |
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111,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
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105,200
105,200
|
105,200 |
|
102,700
102,700
|
102,700 |
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102,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
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101,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
98,300
98,300
|
98,300 |
|
93,200
93,200
|
93,200 |
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91,100
91,100
|
91,100 |
|
89,100
89,100
|
89,100 |
Tournament staff have announced that they will play six more hands this evening before players bag up their chips for Day 2.
Stay tuned for full chip counts for those advancing.
Friedrich Raz opened to 4,500 and there were four callers including Pavel Berka.
The flop came . It checked to Pavel Berka who bet 7,000. The two other players folded and the action was back on Raz. He then moved all in. Raz covered Berka's stack, which was around 82,000.
Eventually Berka called and showed . Raz sighed as he turned over
. The turn was the
and Raz tapped the table as he started to count out his opponent's double up. The river was the
and Berka moved up over 150,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
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25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
We were informed of a huge pot that was taken down by Peter Marz against Lazer Gjergji.
A player opened from middle position and Peter Marz called, as did the button. Lazer Gjergji then made it 15,000 from the small blind. The original raiser folded and Marz four-bet to 39,000. The button folded and Gjergji called.
The flop was and Lazer Gjergji moved all in for his remaining chips, which was around the size of the pot. Peter Marz tanks for a while and eventually called. Gjergji sighed and showed
and Marz showed
. The turn and rivers are both bricks and Marz took down a massive pot to move up amongst the chip leaders at the start of the final level of the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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161,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
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23,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Chris Moorman moved all in for his remaining 22,000 from the cutoff and was called in the big blind by Andreas Wittke.
Moorman:
Wittke:
The board ran out and Moorman was eliminated. Wittke added the British pro's chips to his stack and was the proud recipient of a 'I knocked out Chris Moorman' hat.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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97,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
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Busted | |
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Lazer Gjergji raised to 3,500 from the hijack. Adam Wronski calls in the cutoff, as does the big blind.
The flop comes and the big blind checks to Gjergji who bets 6,300. Wronski calls and the big blind folds.
Both players checked the on the turn, and the river is another ace, the
.
Gjergji checked to Wronski who bet 6,000. After a short tank, Gjergji called but mucked when Wronski showed for a flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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112,000 | |
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45,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Sarah tests David Tuchman's skills at impersonating other poker players.