We caught up with Janja on the break, and she shared with us her chip stack was well into 6-digits. She shared with us she was presenting a loose image, which may have led to a player calling her a little light.
She lost a decent pot when her lost to her opponent's after he flopped a straight. Janja is still in good shape with 90,000, and seemed in good spirits when checking up on her friend Elena Litvinyuk who is in the €50 side event after being one of the 19 players to make it to Day 2 in the Main Event from yesterday.
Day 1B of the PokerNews Cup Main Event witnessed 152 players enter play today. With 22 players re-entering, the total field size on the day is 174 players, of which 82 are remaining.
The field size today was almost double the 98 we saw for Day 1A. In total 272 entrants have entered the Main Event's first two of four starting flights.
Players are up and stretching for a 15 minute break with some heading for a quick bite to eat. Late registration will end shortly with play ending for the day in four more levels upon the conclusion of level 14.
There will be one more break after level 13 so the dealers can run-off the 100-denomination chips.
The Schneiber family has had a few more casualties in the tournament. After Reinhard busted earlier, the two Geralds joined him on the rail.
Gerald Schneiber lost with ace-high against pocket-queens, while Gerald Hutter ran pocket-aces into a flopped straight and lost a short-time later his remaining chips.
Benedict Schneiber is the last of the family still in the race and to uphold the family honor. Tomorrow will present a few more chances to qualify for Day 2 for the Schneiber family with the last two opening flights of the PokerNews Cup taking place.
Poland's Przemyslav Omylak was one of the five players to chop the PokerNews Cup Opening Event. Omylak shared with us that he used his first bullet of the day after trying to bluff a pot, and then pushing all-in with only to get called by two players. He was drawing dead on the flop when one of his opponents hit a flush.
Omylak is already back in action with his second bullet, as each day allows players up to one re-entry.
The field size for Day 1B has ballooned to 169 entrants with 93 players remaining. Late registration closes at the end of level 10 which just began, so the field shouldn't get that much bigger for the day.
We will update the final field size after the next break which coincides with the end of the level.
Czech Republic’s David Taborsky keeps adding chips to what is already one of the Day 1b’s biggest stacks.
In Rozvadov to play in the PokerNews Cup, Taborsky is considered to be one of the best tournament players in the country - a claim that is strongly supported by his page on the Hendon Mob.
Live tournament winnings for more than $220,000 and results like a sixth-place finish in the Italian Poker Tour Main Event for $43,230, a third-place finish in the € 2,000 EPT Berlin No Limit Hold'em - Deepstack event for $40,046, and a first-place finish in the EPT / ESPT Barcelona € 500 No Limit Hold'em - Deepstack event are what make him one of the a player to watch.
Will his experience in the circuit allow him to add the PokerNews Cup Main Event to his already impressive list of successes in poker? Time will tell.
Ertan Sen traveled 1,000 km to King's Casino in Rozvadov, and unfortunately for him his day is over after a run of bad luck.
First, he lost a monster pot when he was all-in with pocket kings against pocket queens. A queen hit the turn to put a dent in his stack by not winning a pot worth about 90,000 chips.
Not too much later, he pushed his small stack all-in to exit the tournament.
after he flopped a straight. Janja is still in good shape with 90,000, and seemed in good spirits when checking up on her friend Elena Litvinyuk who is in the €50 side event after being one of the 19 players to make it to Day 2 in the Main Event from yesterday.
only to get called by two players. He was drawing dead on the flop when one of his opponents hit a flush.
