Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2015 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov
Buy-in
€250
Entries
820
Level
25
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Rytas Staniukynas Leads After Day 1a of the 2015 PokerNews Cup Event
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
A total of 98 entrants ponied up the €250 buy-in to the PokerNews Cup Main Event with 19 players surviving until the end of the day. Many more are expected on hand during the three remaining opening days taking place on Nov. 20 and Nov. 21 to compete for a share of at least €200,000 guaranteed prize pool .
Currently it is Lithuania's Rytas Staniukynas leading the way ending the day with 446,000 chips. Fellow Lithuanian Tomas Steponkus sits in second place after the action on Day 1A with 339,500 chips.
The day started off in a unique fashion with yesterday's PokerNews Cup Opening Event winner Timothy Weltner being the first player to bust out of the tournament. He was among the 12 players to re-enter today's event and now is sitting in decent shape with 102,500 chips.
Among the exits today were some familiar faces including "Homer Simpson", who was part of the five-way deal in yesterday's event and Australia's Lewis Murray who cashed yesterday after finishing in 17th place. While the Aussie poker player shared with us that he was using poker to help finance his travels around Europe, he appeared to be leaving Rozvadov to head to Prague.
"It's going to be Friday night, and Prague is calling," stated Murray.
Also surviving today are Russian film director Nikolay Karman with 70,000 chips and his wife and Russian film producer Anna Yamshchikova with 90,000 chips. Additionally Germany's Elena Litvinyuk will head to day two with a healthy third-place chip stack of 284,000 chips, while charismatic "Janja" busted out of the tournament just before the day ended.
The PokerNews Cup Main Event continues its play tomorrow, Nov. 20 at 17:00 CET. Also on the schedule tomorrow is a €35 buy-in Main Event Mega Satellite awarding at least eight guaranteed seats at 13:00 CET along with the €100 buy-in PokerNews Pot Limit Omaha 1 X Rebuy or AO side event with a €10,000 Euro guarantee at 16:00 CET.
Chip Counts at the End of Day 1A
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
19 players survived out of the 98 entrants to pony-up the €250 buy-in for Day 1A of the PokerNews Cup Main Event. Here is a look at the chip counts:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
446,000 | 416,000 |
|
339,500 | 79,500 |
|
284,000 | 124,000 |
|
225,500 | 225,500 |
|
201,500 | 201,500 |
|
194,000 | 194,000 |
|
190,500 | 190,500 |
|
169,500 | 169,500 |
|
115,000 | 115,000 |
|
|
114,500 | 114,500 |
|
102,500 | 2,500 |
|
90,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
81,000 | 81,000 |
|
75,000 | 75,000 |
|
70,000 | -20,000 |
|
68,000 | 68,000 |
|
|
65,500 | 65,500 |
|
|
55,500 | 55,500 |
|
|
55,500 | 55,500 |
Last Level of the Night
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The last level of the night just began with 25 players remaining.
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Quick Break for a Chip Run-off
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Players are stretching as dealers are removing the black 100-denomination chips from the table.
Chip Count Updates
Level 13
: 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
260,000 | 160,000 |
|
|
160,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
140,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
100,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
90,000 | 10,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
31 Remaining in Day 1A
Level 12
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
As the day winds down, we have 31 players remaining out of the 98 entrants. There is a little more than an hour of play, and players that don't progress to Day 2, will have a three more opportunities to advance in Days 1b-1d.
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