Main Event
Day 1a Started
Main Event
Day 1a Started
The excitement is heating up at the King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic as the PokerNews Cup is set to kick off its 11-event schedule from Nov. 18-23.
The series gets underway tomorrow, Nov. 17 at 20:00 CET with the €120 buy-in Pokernews Cup Opening NLH event featuring a €20,000 guarantee.
As expected, the highlight of the poker festival is the €250 buy-in PokerNews Cup Main Event featuring a generous €200,000 guarantee. The Main Event provides players with plenty of chances to build a huge stack with four opening days from Nov. 18-20. Surviving players will battle it out for the top prize and trophy on Days 2 and 3 taking place on Nov. 21 and 22 respectfully.
Here is a look at the entire PokerNews Cup schedule:
Date | Time | Event | Guarantee | Buy-in |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nov. 18 | 20:00 | PokerNews Cup Opening NLH | €20,000 | €120 |
Nov. 19 | 15:00 | Mega Satellite to the Main Event | 8 seats | €30 |
19:00 | Main Event Day 1a | €200,000 | €250 | |
Nov. 20 | 13:00 | Mega Satellite to the Main Event | 8 seats | €35 |
16:00 | PokerNews Pot Limit Omaha 1x Rebuy | €10,000 | €100 | |
17:00 | Main Event Day 1b | €200,000 | €250 | |
19:00 | King's Hold'em Adventure NLH | €10,000 | €50 | |
Nov. 21 | 11:00 | Turbo Satellite to the Main Event | 5 seats | €40 |
14:00 | Main Event Day 1c | €200,000 | €250 | |
17:00 | King's Hold'em Championship | €12,000 | €60 | |
21:00 | Main Event Day 1d (turbo) | €200,000 | €250 | |
23:00 | PokerNews King’s Deepstack Late Night Turbo | - | €100 | |
Nov. 22 | 14:00 | Main Event Day 2 | €200,000 | N/A |
17:00 | PokerNews Hunt Bounty | - | €100 + €100 (bounty) | |
Nov. 23 | TBD | Main Event Final Day | €200,000 | N/A |
19:00 | PokerNews Cooldown NLH | €5,000 | €85 |
While online satellites to the €200,000 Guaranteed PokerNews Cup Main Event have officially ended, here at King's Casino there are still three more possibilities to win your seat at a huge discount on the €250 buy-in.
To start things off, tomorrow, the first live qualifier kicks off on Nov. 19 at 15:00. This fast-paced satellite features 15-minute blind levels along with a 5,000 chip starting stack. This tournament provides an excellent path to the Main Event costing just €30 and is guaranteed to award at least eight seats to the Main Event.
Tomorrow, Nov. 20 at 13:00 CET, is the second opportunity for our readers to win a seat to the Main Event via a live satellite for the slightly higher cost of €35. This tournament features a similar structure to the first one, and also guarantees to reward at least eight seats to the Main Event.
The absolute last chance for players to qualify into the PokerNews Cup Main Event via a €40 buy-in live qualifier taking place on Nov. 21 at 11:00 CET. This tournament has a slightly faster structure than the previous two with 10 minute blind levels, and guarantees to award at least five guaranteed seats to our much anticipated Main Event.
The long-anticipated PokerNews Cup is about to kick off the first of its four opening days in 30 minutes at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. It is expected that at least 100 players will pony up the €250 buy-in for the event with the potential of many more re-entering due to late registration remaining open during the first 10 blind levels.
The PokerNews Cup Main Event is one of the best low buy-in tournaments of the year due to its huge €200,000 prize pool. In addition to today, Day 1b will take place on Nov. 20 at 17:00 CET, Day 1c begins on Nov. 21 at 14:00 CET, and the turbo-charged Day 1d commences on Nov. 21 at 21:00 CET.
Re-entries are available each day, with players that survive any of the opening days to regroup for Day 2 on Nov. 22 at 14:00. The winner of the PokerNews Cup Main Event will be crowned at the conclusion of Day 3 on Nov. 23.
The last PokerNews Cup Main Event attracted 1,550 players around the world back in February 2015 - also at King's Casino. It was Germany's Christian Krupp navigating his way through the field to win the coveted trophy as well as the top prize of €57,473.
PokerNews will be live on the tournament floor bringing you updates of the notable players, biggest stacks, and most exciting hands all the way through the seven days of action.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
The €200,000 Gtd. PokerNews Cup Main Event at King's Casino is underway with the tournament director just asked the dealers to shuffle up and deal. So far we have 43 entrants at the start of Day 1A with at least triple that expected by the time late registration closes after level 10. Players are allowed to late register up to 1 time per day.
Play begins deep with 30 minute blinds levels starting at 50/100 with players starting off with a healthy 30,000 chips.
Rich Ryan and Donnie Peters discussed the big winners from the 2015 WSOP Main Event on last week's podcast, but neglected to mention the biggest winner, the U.S. Government. They break down some of the massive tax payments the IRS will receive from the November Niners, and discuss the online gaming bill moving swiftly through the Pennsylvania State Legislature.
Don't forget, you can call the show and leave a voicemail at 774-77-PNPOD.
You can subscribe to the entire iBus Media Network on iTunes here, or you can access the RSS feed here. The PokerNews family of podcasts is now available on Stitcher.
Among the players taking their seats is Germany's Timothy Weltner, who won the first live poker tournament he ever entered last night when shipping the PokerNews Cup Opening Event after agreeing to a five-way deal.
Before joining the Main Event, Weltner was witnessed earlier in the day winning a €30 satellite to the Main Event to continue his hot streak.
Weltner shared with us that, "I enjoy my time here and I am looking forward to the event."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Timothy Weltner | 30,000 | 30,000 |
Just 10 minutes into the tournament, another 10 players entered bringing the total number to 53 players. The total entrant figure should continue to grow with a few players currently waiting in line to get their ticket to the Main Event.
We met Australia's Lewis Murray yesterday who shared with us that he is traveling around Europe for two months and hoping to use poker to break even on his trip. Murray's journey to King's Casino was a bit unauthorized after walking a few kilometers from the German border to Czech Republic's King's Casino after getting a ride that far.
Murray shared with us that he is looking forward to the Main Event and is unsure if he will re-enter today or any other day if he busts. He does plan to take advantage of some of the schedule's many low buy-in side-events regardless of how today turns out.
Murray was seated right across from Timothy Weltner, yesterday's PokerNews Cup Opening Event winner, and immediately smiled when noticing this stating, "Right across from the winner." After wishing Weltner good luck today, Murray was laughing while sharing, "You've had enough luck."
While Weltner did win both yesterday's event was one of the eight satellite winners today, he did say today didn't go as smoothly as people might think. He shared with Murray and PokerNews that, "I lost with aces and kings, and still won."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Lewis Murray
|
30,000 | 30,000 |