Opening Event | 2017 888Live Rozvadov Festival

01-29-2017 23:01 UTC+2

Alexander Dmitrienko Doubles Through Bartosz Szafraniec

Will Shillibier

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Alexander Dmitrienko raised to 105,000 from early position and Bartosz Szafraniec re-raised all in from the next position for around 1.25m. It folded back to Dmitrienko who asked for a count. He then called and showed and was up against the of Szafraniec.

The board ran out and Szafraniec was left with 50,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Dmitrienko	2,600,000	1,200,000
Bartosz Szafraniec	50,000	-1,300,000

01-29-2017 22:49 UTC+2

Marek Blaško vs Matouš Skořepa

Will Shillibier

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Matouš Skořepa raised from the cutoff to 110,000. Marek Blaško three-bet to 240,000. Skořepa then four-bet to 535,000. Blaško then five-bet all in for just over 1,300,000 and Skořepa folded.

Our Czech colleagues told us that Blaško plays all the time on the Czech poker scene and according to them: "He's just good at it."

Player	Chips	Progress
Marek Blaško	2,700,000	900,000
Matouš Skořepa	900,000	-600,000

01-29-2017 22:41 UTC+2

Thorsten Fleischhut Doubles Through Alexis Loic Krauth

Will Shillibier

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Thorsten Fleischhut saw a flop with his opponent Alexis Loic Krauth. On a board Fleischhut moved all in for 460,000. Krauth agonised for a while before calling but grimaced when his opponent showed . Krauth turned over .

The board completed and Fleischhut and Krauth effectively swapped stack sizes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thorsten Fleischhut	1,000,000
Alexis Loic Krauth	500,000

01-29-2017 22:41 UTC+2

Massimo Fuina Leads Last Two Tables

Will Shillibier

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Position	Player	Chip Count
Table 1
1	Damjan Pandurevic	800,000
2	Uwe Fritzenschaft	2,700,000
3	Massimo Fuina	3,400,000
4	Huseyn Erbay	500,000
5	Matouš Skořepa	1,500,000
6	Marek Blaško	1,800,000
7	Hans-Paul Schlenther	250,000
8	Igor Grytsak	1,100,000
Table 2
1	Thorsten Fleischhut	500,000
2	Andraz Zaplotnik	1,450,000
3	Alexis Loic Krauth	1,000,000
4	Antonín Felfel	1,900,000
5	Alexander Dmitrienko	1,400,000
6	Bartosz Szafraniec	1,350,000
7	Filip Gburczyk	1,300,000
8	Alexander Romme	1,600,000

01-29-2017 22:28 UTC+2

David Phethean Eliminated in 17th Place (€1,320)

Will Shillibier

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

We saw David Phethean heading to the exit and he informed us of how he busted. He had raised to 100,000. Thorsten Fleischhut had called from middle position and Massimo Fuina three-bet to 400,000. Phethean had gone all in, Fleischhut had folded and Fuina had called.

"He had Aces, I had Kings," said Phethean, his voice trailing off.

Players are now re-drawing for the last two tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Massimo Fuina	3,100,000
David Phethean	Busted

01-29-2017 22:25 UTC+2

Andre Barsuhn Eliminated in 18th Place (€1,175)

Will Shillibier

Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Alexander Dmitrienko raised from middle position, and Andre Barsuhn moved all in for his remaining 375,000 chips. Dmitrienko called and showed and was ahead of his opponent's .