332 Entrants
The tournament room is booming as we are now up to 332 entrants on the day. Late registration in Day 1C is still open through the end of level 10 in about 4 hours.
The tournament room is booming as we are now up to 332 entrants on the day. Late registration in Day 1C is still open through the end of level 10 in about 4 hours.
The German poker player known under the alias "Psi0Nic" didn't have much luck day 1A and Day 1B. He is giving it another shot today in Day 1C and has around the starting chip stack of 30,000 after just taking his seat.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Psi0Nic
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Erich Kollmann raised preflop and got two calls.
On the flop of , the action was checked to Kollmann. He bet 1,200, and the one of his opponents gave up on the hand and folded. The big blind called to see the turn to see, but this apparently did not the looks of the .
He mucked his hand without even checking. Erich Kollmann scooped up the pot and seemed satisfied when stating: "Thats easy game, I like it!"
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Erich Kollmann | 35,000 | 5,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Austrian Erich Kollmann has found his way to the PokerNews Cup. Yesterday he was hitting the action hard at the King's Casino ring game tables, and now he also is attacking on day 1C of the Main Event.
The PokerNews Cup is a good place for the third place of the Austrian All-Time Money List, because in 2008 he won the main event in Salzburg and cashed € 31,160. Kollman is well-known in European poker circles amassing $1,723,677 in live tournaments winning during his poker career.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Erich Kollmann | 30,000 |
Players are up and stretching for their first 15 minute break of the day.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Italy's Janja is well-known around King's Casino, and now she is also well-known by the live reporting crew at PokerNews. She was seen in the casino late while we were finishing our coverage, and is back in the action again today!
We told her coffee was our friend, and she laughed pointing to her coffee sitting beside her as well. Janja has been able to survive both Day 1A and Day 1B until the last level of the night only to fall short of heading into Day 1C. She shared with us yesterday that she hopes she is saving her luck up for today.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Janja
|
30,000 | 30,000 |