Main Event Day 1a | 2019 The Big Wrap

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Verkhoturov	1,070,000 70,000	70,000

Kyrylo Shkrob	494,000 24,000	24,000
Salavat Shafigullin	475,000 -5,000	-5,000
Tim Hoffmann	427,000 7,000	7,000
Alfred Sand	423,000 423,000	423,000
Robert Cowen	410,000 190,000	190,000

Ilyaz Dosikov	385,000 -35,000	-35,000
Leonid Yanovski	379,000 284,000	284,000
Han Kuo	368,000 273,000	273,000
The Talk	352,000 62,000	62,000
Adon Ursu	339,000 99,000	99,000
Karel Chaloupka	334,000 234,000	234,000
Victor Nalim	330,000 230,000	230,000
Karel Mokry	324,000 -26,000	-26,000
Daniel Rejc	297,000 97,000	97,000
Goran Urumovic	288,000 28,000	28,000
Matthew Beck	288,000 -2,000	-2,000
Alexi Skoulos	282,000 282,000	282,000
Polar	278,000 278,000	278,000
Yves Henschel	275,000 -25,000	-25,000
Didier Rabl	267,000 27,000	27,000
Greko Gregor	245,000 -40,000	-40,000
Yusuf Kurt	243,000 -47,000	-47,000
Maxim Khruslov	223,000 3,000	3,000
Dieter Ditz	222,000 157,000	157,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Sergey Verkhoturov

1,070,000

70,000

Kyrylo Shkrob

494,000

24,000

Salavat Shafigullin

475,000

-5,000

Tim Hoffmann

427,000

7,000

Alfred Sand

423,000

Robert Cowen

410,000

190,000

Ilyaz Dosikov

385,000

-35,000

Leonid Yanovski

379,000

284,000

Han Kuo

368,000

273,000

The Talk

352,000

62,000

Adon Ursu

339,000

99,000

Karel Chaloupka

334,000

234,000

Victor Nalim

330,000

230,000

Karel Mokry

324,000

-26,000

Daniel Rejc

297,000

97,000

Goran Urumovic

288,000

28,000

Matthew Beck

288,000

-2,000

Alexi Skoulos

282,000

Polar

278,000

Yves Henschel

275,000

-25,000

Didier Rabl

267,000

27,000

Greko Gregor

245,000

-40,000

Yusuf Kurt

243,000

-47,000

Maxim Khruslov

223,000

3,000

Dieter Ditz

222,000

157,000

There are very few Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments with a big guaranteed prize pool, let alone one with seven figures, but that didn't stop the King's Casino and Resort in Rozvadov to put €1,000,000 on the line for all four-card lovers in yet another edition of The Big Wrap. With a buy-in of €2,350, that requires more than 450 entries in total and the first of two starting days attracted a field of 128 entries in total, consisting of 107 unique players and 21 re-entries.

If there was any doubt over who will be the overnight chip leader, Sergey Verkhoturov put an end to those thoughts at the end of the penultimate level when he turned a full house in a three-bet pot and sent Calogero Lupo to the rail in one of the biggest pots of the day so far. It vaulted the Belorussian to more than ten times the starting stack and he ended the day with an astonishing 1,070,000 in chips.

Second in chips is Kyrylo Shkrob (494,000) followed by Salavat Shafigullin (475,000) and Tim Hoffmann (427,000). Other notables that advanced with a healthy stack after the first of two starting days were Robert Cowen (410,000), Ilyaz Dosikov (385,000), Leonid Yanovski (379,000), and Han Kuo (368,000).

King's regular The Talk was one of 10 players to already have secured a stack for Day 2 thanks to the online Day 1 on partypoker and managed to bag up more than double of what he already had at his disposal from the virtual felt, advancing to Day 2 with 352,000. He needed a second bullet for it, though, after he was eliminated in the first level of the day.

Many other familiar faces of the European poker circuit headed to Rozvadov to take a shot at the seven-figure prize pool. The exploits of Maksim Shuts, Robert Zipf, Stanislav Koleno, Andrej Desset, Jesper Hougaard, Marcel Luske and Samuel Albeck were not crowned by success just yet. However, they may all enter once more on Day 1b and also in the first two levels of Day 2 with a fresh stack of 100,000.

Marcel Luske among the Day 1a casualties

The first bullet of Tomasz Kozub went down in flames when his flopped top two pair and gutshot straight draw ended up second-best to the set of aces of Yves Henschel and he ran out of chips a second time towards the end of the night. The second entry of Netanel Amedi ended with a flopped set of aces when Petr Svoboda got there with a runner-runner straight. The luck of Svoboda ran out soon after as his wrap failed to pick up any help against Kyrylo Shkrob.

Towards the end of the night, the late entries and bustouts from Besim Hot, Martin Kabrhel and Renato Nowak brought a sudden surge of intense PLO action to the tables and fewer than half of the field remained when it came to bagging and tagging.

The second and final starting day kicks off on Saturday, September 14th, 2019, at 4 p.m. local time and the PokerNews team will be back on the floor to provide all the action from start to finish.

Tags: Calogero Lupo Didier Rabl Jesper Hougaard Kyrylo Shkrob Maksim Shuts Marcel Luske Martin Kabrhel Petr Svoboda Renato Nowak Richard Toth Robert Cowen Robert Zipf Salavat Shafigullin Sergey Verkhoturov Stanislav Koleno The Talk Tomasz Kozub