€2,500 PLO High Roller, €100K Gtd.
Day 1 Started
2020 King's Resort PLO High Roller
€2,500 PLO High Roller, €100K Gtd.
Day: 1
Welcome to Day 1 of the €2,500 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller at King's
Live poker tournaments are back in one of Europe's biggest card rooms and the first major tournament with a six-digit prize pool will kick off today at 8 p.m. local time at the King's Resort and Casino in Rozvadov, host of the World Series of Poker Europe in the last few years.
The past few days and weeks already saw some smaller events kick off and the VIP Invitational with €100,000 in guaranteed prizes currently plays down to a champion. All four-card lovers will battle for at least the same amount in cash prizes but it would not be a surprise to see a decent field emerge in the €2,500 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller, which is slated to determine a winner this weekend.
Day 1 will be a rather short affair as only six levels of 30 minutes are foreseen and the late registration will be available in the early stages of Day 2 when the action gets back underway at 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, June 21st 2020 with another four levels of 30 minutes to take a shot at the PLO action.
Several big names are expected to take part in the tournament such as the WSOP bracelet winners Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Jan-Peter Jachtmann, former football striker Sergej Barbarez, Tony G, Harry Casagrande, and cash game player Yusuf Kurt who won the €2,000 PLO event at the 2014 Poker EM.
All players will start with 50,000 in chips and the level duration for the entire tournament is set to 30 minutes each. Unlimited re-entries are available throughout the first ten levels and and action of the final day will also be streamed at some point. Poker fans from all over the world can already enjoy NLHE cash game action today on the King's Resort Twitch channel.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide updates from start to finish
Side Event and Invitational Pictures
The poker arena at King's is busy with the Invitational Event which drew more than 200 entries and the €150 Big Saturday Monsterstack created a big field of 390 entries with more players hoping to join the action. In around 90 minutes, the €2,500 PLO High Roller is scheduled to kick off and you can find some early impressions below.
Action to Kick Off Shortly
As usual, a High Roller tournament doesn't exactly start on time and the PLO High Roller is no different even after such a long hiatus.
The good news is that there are already nine players registered and they have been called into the poker arena, the action is expected to kick off in a few minutes from now.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
First Table in Action
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
There are 12 players registered but only five showed up thus far and took a seat. Jules Ayoub already casually inquired about the re-entry option as did Ossama Khamis. The field is expected to grow in the hours to come and two sessions of 90 minutes are scheduled for today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
|
50,000 |
Khamis Takes One
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
The table banter between Ossama Khamis and Jules Ayoub has already kicked off and both clashed in a minor pot with just 1,500 in the middle. Ayoug had turned the nut straight and mucked his 
on the river while Khamis tabled 
for a pair that had improved to running diamonds for a flush.
"I saved money then," Ayoub conceded as he took a small hit early on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
48,500 | -1,500 |
Engelke Rivers a Boat
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
With four-way action to the 
flop and 700 each invested, the action checked all the way to Ossama Khamis in the cutoff and he bet the pot for 2,800. Willm Engelke called as recent addition to the field on the button and Jules Ayoub came along too while Predrag Vulovic folded.
On the 
turn, Ayoub bet the pot for 11,200 and picked up two calls. The 
on the river was checked and Ayoub flashed 
for the straight. Khamis flipped over 
for two pair and a busted flushdraw but Engelke had the best of it with 
for a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000 | 77,000 |
|
|
48,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
39,000 | -14,000 |
|
|
35,000 | -13,500 |
Two New Entries
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Local King's regular "The Talk" and Michael Rohde have entered the competition and one full-ring table is now underway. As soon as the more participants arrive, they will draw for two tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
50,000 |
Vulovic Shows a Bluff
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
On a heads-up turn of 
, Predrag Vulovic checked from early position and called a bet of 3,000 by Ossama Khamis. The 
fell on the river and Vulovic checked once more. Khamis now made it 8,700 to go and Vulovic wasted little time before check-raising to 27,000.
Khamis reluctantly folded while saying "guess I gonna have to re-enter soon" to a friend on the rail. Vulovic flashed the 
and grinned "you gotta play the player and not the cards".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,500 | 8,500 |
|
|
26,000 | -13,000 |