Late registration closed before the PokerNews Cup Main Event dinner break in the PLO Side Event. The 103 entrants generated a €13,285 prize pool with rebuys and add-ons.
Assuming no deals are made, the winner will be awarded the top prize of €3,541. A total of 11 spots are paid with everyone that finishes in the money guaranteed at least €322.
Luboš Galuška knows how to play his cards. Currently on the 48th spot of Czech Republic’s all-time money list with live tournament winnings for $123,000, Galuška found a vital double up right before the beginning of the ninth level of play.
All in pre-flop with 
, Galuška risked hitting the showers when the only caller at the table showed 
. However, a on the flop, allowed him to stay in the game and add some chips to a stack that was starting to get worryingly thin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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24,300 | 24,300 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Wansa Trensch is doing her best as the sole representative of her continent of Asia thus far in the tournament and as one of the few remaining women in Day 1B.
The native Thai woman was down to her last 15,000 in chips and got it all-in from the button against an raise that was opened from the cut-off. When the cards were turned over, Trensch's 
were well ahead of her opponent's 
. Wansa shipped a 31,000 chip pot when neither player nailed any part of the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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31,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 | 105,000 |
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.
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
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.
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Busted | |
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Busted |
