€2,350 Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2023 The Grand Big Wrap
€2,350 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2023 The Grand Big Wrap
Buy-in
€2,350
Prize Pool
€660,440
Entries
316
Level
30
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
128
Players Left
45
Zanasi Soars to the Top; Guarantee All But Reached in 2023 The Grand Big Wrap €2,350 Main Event
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
It was another busy day in Europe's biggest poker arena with several events running simultaneously at the King's Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. That even included the Schafkopf Championship, a traditional German card game that hit the cap with 248 entries. As far as four-card lovers were concerned, all eyes were set on the 2023 The Grand Big Wrap €2,350 Main Event and the €10,000 Platinum High Roller.
With many of the high-stakes players jumping in late to try and run up a stack, it was no surprise that the number of re-entries was significantly higher. However, 44 re-entries and 84 unique players amounted to the same 128 entries that Day 1a had attracted and the number of survivors was off by one as 45 contestants advanced.
That brings the field to 256 entries and 91 players will return to their seats for the penultimate tournament day. However, it is expected that all figures will increase as the late registration and re-entry period is open for the first two levels and following break on Day 2. There is little doubt that the tournament will breeze past the €500,000 guarantee, which has been all but met already.
A new chip leader was crowned as well as Italy's Massimiliano Zanasi advanced with an impressive 936,000. He became the chip leader mid-way through the day and then came out on top of a three-way all-in with Quan Zhou and Jakub Koleckar.
"It will be difficult to take my chips now, you gonna need set over set, straight flush and royal flush," Zanasi joked with a big smile on the face while he was busy stacking the enormous pot.
It wasn't the only remarkable multi-way showdown pot either, as Tim Grau, for example, secured a triple knockout en route to bag up 588,000 chips.
Mats Nylander and Oswin Ziegelbecker finished the day strong with 784,000 and 690,000 in chips after their initial attempts were not crowned by success. They will be returning as big stacks, hoping to avoid the carnage that can be expected during the final stages of the registration period.
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1b
| Rank | Player | Nationality | Chip count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massimiliano Zanasi | Italy | 936,000 | 234 |
| 2 | Mats Nylander | Sweden | 784,000 | 196 |
| 3 | Oswin Ziegelbecker | Austria | 690,000 | 173 |
| 4 | Marek Uharcek | Slovakia | 653,000 | 163 |
| 5 | Tim Grau | Germany | 588,000 | 147 |
| 6 | Dmitrij Fadeev | Germany | 564,000 | 141 |
| 7 | Matthew Macioce | United States | 487,000 | 122 |
| 8 | Grzegorz Derkowski | Germany | 414,000 | 104 |
| 9 | Heiko Hinkelmann | Germany | 409,000 | 102 |
| 10 | Duarte Baptista | Portugal | 381,000 | 95 |
Other notables to advance with healthy stacks were Grzegorz Derkowski (414,000), Duarte Baptista (381,000), Jakob Madsen (330,000) as well as Leonid Yanovski (285,000). The latter reached the final table in the €10,000 Platinum High Roller only to become the first casualty and his fortune also ran out in the initial attempts on Day 1b. However, Yanovski doubled in the final level to improve his stack and mood.
Besides the aforementioned Zhou, other well-known names such as Martin Kabrhel, Harry Casagrande, Vasil Medarov, Mick Heder, Marek Blasko, Samuli Sipilä and Samuel Ju all vanished without anything but receipts to show for. However, many of them are expected to take advantage of the extended late registration.
Day 2 is slated to kick off at 2 p.m. local time in the poker arena at King's Resort. Recommencing blinds will be 2,000-4,000 with a big blind ante of 4,000 and two repeat levels await. As of the penultimate day, the level duration increases to 60 minutes each and a hectic opening period is expected.
One day later, the live-streamed conclusion awaits and the PokerNews team will be back then to provide as many of the key hands as possible en route to crowning a winner in Rozvadov, Czech Republic.
2023 The Grand Big Wrap €2,350 Main Event Day 2 Seat Draw
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108 | 1 | Marco Di Persio | Italy | 417,000 | 104 |
| 108 | 2 | Mats Nylander | Sweden | 784,000 | 196 |
| 108 | 3 | Denis Vladimirov | United States | 191,000 | 48 |
| 108 | 6 | Tiyanes Yildirim | Germany | 250,000 | 63 |
| 108 | 7 | Mathias Karweta | Germany | 120,000 | 30 |
| 108 | 8 | Michael Wehner | Germany | 52,000 | 13 |
| 109 | 1 | Jan Maule | Czech Republic | 48,000 | 12 |
| 109 | 3 | Shenghe Yang | China | 162,000 | 41 |
| 109 | 5 | Dario Alioto | Italy | 189,000 | 47 |
| 109 | 6 | Bruno Stefanelli | Italy | 344,000 | 86 |
| 109 | 7 | Thiago Silva De Morgado | Brazil | 73,000 | 18 |
| 109 | 8 | Marc Palatzky | Germany | 320,000 | 80 |
| 110 | 1 | Vasileios Chatzilazarou | Greece | 258,000 | 65 |
| 110 | 3 | Fabian Riebau-Schmithals | Germany | 627,000 | 157 |
| 110 | 4 | Dimitri Holdeew | Germany | 94,000 | 24 |
| 110 | 6 | Grzegorz Derkowski | Germany | 414,000 | 104 |
| 110 | 7 | Roman Cieslik | Germany | 141,000 | 35 |
| 110 | 8 | Leonid Yanovski | Israel | 285,000 | 71 |
| 111 | 2 | Ioannis Papadopoulos | Greece | 580,000 | 145 |
| 111 | 3 | Andreas Krause | Germany | 250,000 | 63 |
| 111 | 4 | Emily Perrinjaquet | Switzerland | 127,000 | 32 |
| 111 | 5 | Adolf Buettner | Germany | 311,000 | 78 |
| 111 | 6 | Jean Michel Kleemann | Germany | 102,000 | 26 |
| 111 | 8 | Inaki Gonzales | Spain | 368,000 | 92 |
| 112 | 1 | Philipp Zukernik | Canada | 68,000 | 17 |
| 112 | 4 | Fabian Rolli | Switzerland | 452,000 | 113 |
| 112 | 5 | Hen Rosilio | Israel | 285,000 | 71 |
| 112 | 6 | Bartosz Kaminski | Poland | 87,000 | 22 |
| 112 | 7 | Oswin Ziegelbecker | Austria | 690,000 | 173 |
| 112 | 8 | Lautaro Guerra | Spain | 233,000 | 58 |
| 113 | 1 | Sebastian Langrock | Germany | 125,000 | 31 |
| 113 | 2 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 285,000 | 71 |
| 113 | 4 | Sebastian Piatek | Poland | 247,000 | 62 |
| 113 | 5 | Duarte Baptista | Portugal | 381,000 | 95 |
| 113 | 7 | Nikolaos Lampropoulos | Greece | 93,000 | 23 |
| 113 | 8 | Yurii Shevchuk | Ukraine | 375,000 | 94 |
| 114 | 2 | Tomas Novotny | Czech Republic | 460,000 | 115 |
| 114 | 3 | Xiaoyi Jin | Austria | 275,000 | 69 |
| 114 | 4 | Markus Jordan | Germany | 174,000 | 44 |
| 114 | 5 | Ryan Oliver | Canada | 279,000 | 70 |
| 114 | 6 | Angelos Pettas | Greece | 88,000 | 22 |
| 114 | 7 | Tim Grau | Germany | 588,000 | 147 |
| 115 | 1 | Anton Suarez | Sweden | 169,000 | 42 |
| 115 | 2 | Matthias Kribben | Germany | 129,000 | 32 |
| 115 | 4 | Heiko Hinkelmann | Germany | 409,000 | 102 |
| 115 | 5 | Minglong Mu | China | 231,000 | 58 |
| 115 | 6 | Enrico Macias Romero | Germany | 426,000 | 107 |
| 115 | 8 | Ioa Tabacaru | Romania | 215,000 | 54 |
| 123 | 2 | David Boyaciyan | Netherlands | 253,000 | 63 |
| 123 | 3 | Michal Schuh | Czech Republic | 133,000 | 33 |
| 123 | 4 | Thanh Trung Tran | Germany | 183,000 | 46 |
| 123 | 5 | Vasyl Pidhrushnyi | Ukraine | 217,000 | 54 |
| 123 | 6 | Tomasz Kozub | Poland | 807,000 | 202 |
| 123 | 8 | Matthew Macioce | United States | 487,000 | 122 |
| 124 | 1 | Guenter Halak | Austria | 273,000 | 68 |
| 124 | 3 | Emrah Cakmak | France | 42,000 | 11 |
| 124 | 4 | Saeed Rehman | Germany | 350,000 | 88 |
| 124 | 5 | Piero Alioto | Italy | 158,000 | 40 |
| 124 | 7 | Alexander Adam | Germany | 73,000 | 18 |
| 124 | 8 | Philipp Wallner | Austria | 219,000 | 55 |
| 125 | 1 | Dorel Eldabach | Israel | 713,000 | 178 |
| 125 | 2 | Omar Eljach | Sweden | 143,000 | 36 |
| 125 | 4 | Yevhen Mevsha | Ukraine | 235,000 | 59 |
| 125 | 5 | Sebastian Juhlen | Sweden | 376,000 | 94 |
| 125 | 7 | Hoss Parhizkar | United Kingdom | 195,000 | 49 |
| 125 | 8 | Seamus Cahill | Ireland | 93,000 | 23 |
| 126 | 2 | Marek Uharcek | Slovakia | 653,000 | 163 |
| 126 | 3 | Joao Estanislau | Portugal | 680,000 | 170 |
| 126 | 5 | Goran Urumovic | Sweden | 190,000 | 48 |
| 126 | 6 | Michal Rudnik | Poland | 158,000 | 40 |
| 126 | 7 | Jacco Hester | Netherlands | 182,000 | 46 |
| 126 | 8 | Florian Kraft | Germany | 133,000 | 33 |
| 127 | 2 | August Schlegl | Austria | 627,000 | 157 |
| 127 | 3 | Samuel Fuller | Canada | 308,000 | 77 |
| 127 | 4 | Jakob Madsen | Denmark | 330,000 | 83 |
| 127 | 5 | Christoph Helmers | Germany | 153,000 | 38 |
| 127 | 6 | Dominik Paus | Germany | 295,000 | 74 |
| 127 | 7 | Benjamin Alacam | Germany | 135,000 | 34 |
| 127 | 8 | Sebastian Koehnert | Germany | 45,000 | 11 |
| 128 | 1 | Holger Jakubowski | Germany | 65,000 | 16 |
| 128 | 2 | Giorgio Donzelli | Italy | 204,000 | 51 |
| 128 | 3 | Ali Balci | Germany | 398,000 | 100 |
| 128 | 4 | Dmitrij Fadeev | Germany | 564,000 | 141 |
| 128 | 5 | Vadim Zakharyan | Israel | 230,000 | 58 |
| 128 | 8 | Andre Hoeveken | Germany | 127,000 | 32 |
| 129 | 1 | Massimiliano Zanasi | Italy | 936,000 | 234 |
| 129 | 2 | Eran Carmi | Israel | 226,000 | 57 |
| 129 | 4 | Mustafa Biz | Turkey | 533,000 | 133 |
| 129 | 6 | Bohdan Zahurskyi | Ukraine | 149,000 | 37 |
| 129 | 7 | Alessandro De Michele | Italy | 134,000 | 34 |
| 129 | 8 | Alexi Skoulos | Sweden | 225,000 | 56 |
End-of-Day 1b Chip Counts (full)
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
936,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
||
|
784,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
690,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
653,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
588,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
564,000
464,000
|
464,000 |
|
487,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
414,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
|
409,000
-66,000
|
-66,000 |
|
381,000
281,000
|
281,000 |
|
376,000
226,000
|
226,000 |
|
368,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
|
330,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
320,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
308,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
285,000 | |
|
285,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
279,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
273,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
250,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
235,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
233,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
231,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
225,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
217,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
Day 1b Completed
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Some 45 players bagged up chips and will join the Day 1a survivors as of 2 p.m. local time. Full chip counts will be provided when they have been provided by the King's Resort and a recap of today's action is to follow.
Late Surge for Macioce
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
All the chips went in preflop with Vasil Medarov and Matthew Macioce at risk, the latter being the bigger stack with 143,000. They were covered by Martin Kabrhel as the following showdown unfolded.
Vasil Medarov: A♣K♠J♣4♦
Matthew Macioce: A♠A♦4♥3♥
Martin Kabrhel: K♣Q♣7♦6♣
The board ran out 5♠5♣2♠9♣7♠ and Medarov was eliminated while Macioce doubled. Kabrhel had a short stack behind and bowed out shortly after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
480,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Yanovski Doubles Eventually
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Giorgio Donzelli on the button, Leonid Yanovski in the big blind and Thiago Silva De Morgado from under the gun invested a pot-sized raise to see the 8♠4♣3♠ flop. Yanovski check-called all-in when Silva De Morgado pushed and Donzelli folded.
Leonid Yanovski: A♠Q♠J♥5♠
Thiago Silva De Morgado: Q♣J♣10♠8♦
The 10♦ turn gave the Brazilian two pair but Yanovski got there with the 2♠ river.
"Finally ... after twenty nine bullets ..." he joked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
285,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
250,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
36,000
-56,000
|
-56,000 |
Alacam Doubles Through Kabrhel
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
With some 145,000 in the middle to the J♠10♣2♦7♣ turn, Benjamin Alacam shipped it in for 32,500 and Martin Kabrhel called.
Benjamin Alacam: A♦A♣J♣6♠
Martin Kabrhel: A♥K♦Q♣4♠
Kabrhel had straight outs but bricked the 8♦ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
220,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
180,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
|
||
Clock Stopped; Three Hands to Come
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
With 128 entries recorded, just 48 players remain in the frantic final stages and they will play another three hands until bagging and tagging.
Late Night Chip Changes
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Mats Nylander won a healthy pot off Giorgio Donzelli when his K♣K♦7♦3♥ flopped a set and rivered a full house on the A♦K♠6♣8♥8♦ runout.
Moments later two tables over, Ryan Oliver bet 70,000 into a pot of around 120,000 to the 8♣7♥5♦4♣ turn. Marek Uharcek then check-raised the pot to 302,000 and sent the Canadian into a world of pain. Oliver sigh-folded after a minute.
At the same time, Oswin Ziegelbecker and Grzegorz Derkowski clashed in a big pot, too. Until the 10♣7♠2♣4♥J♦ river there were more than 330,000 in the middle and Ziegelbecker jammed for the size of the pot ... Derkowski tank-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
630,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
|
600,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
360,000
-115,000
|
-115,000 |
|
|
290,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
|
275,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |