Main Event
Day 3 Started
Main Event
Day 3 Started
After almost 29 levels, four starting days and two tournament days, the 1,104-entry strong field of the €225+€25 Main Event of the PokerNews Cup at the King's Casino in Rozvadov has been whittled down to the last eight hopefuls.
The finalists have €4,460 guaranteed thus far, but all eyes are set on the first-place payout of €44,707 and the bragging rights that come along with it.
Germany's Ronny Voth led after Day 1a, won the Pot-Limit Omaha Side Event, and finished Day 2 atop with 9,125,000 after a strong last few levels. He is followed by Alin-Florin Toma with 7,185,000 and King's regular Magic Man 558 follows in third place with 5,735,000.
Timur Caglan has had a few final tables here at Europe's biggest card room, but those were all smaller cashes and this will be his biggest payday thus far. Caglan comes into Day 3 with 3,615,000 followed by Ondrej Vlašánek (2,535,000) and Austria's Christian Sperrer (2,275,000).
Miroslav Lelek lost a massive pot in the last hand of Day 2 when his aces were cracked by Toma's kings and he carried over 1,280,000, the other short stack is Rikk Effendi with 1,090,000.
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Seating chart for the final table
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
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1 | Alin-Florin Toma | Romania | 7,185,000 |
2 | Christian Sperrer | Austria | 2,275,000 |
3 | Ronny Voth | Germany | 9,125,000 |
4 | Rikk Effendi | Germany | 1,090,000 |
5 | Miroslav Lelek | Slovakia | 1,280,000 |
6 | Ondrej Vlašánek | Czech Republic | 2,535,000 |
7 | Magic Man 558 | Germany | 5,735,000 |
8 | Timur Caglan | Germany | 3,615,000 |
Action resumes in half an hour from now at 1 p.m. local time, and there is a live stream with hole cards and English commentary available on a security delay of 30 minutes. The updates will be based on that delay and there are 16:49 left in level 29 at blinds 60,000/120,000 with a running ante of 20,000. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand until a winner is crowned, so make sure to tune back in regularly.
Level: 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 20,000
In the second hand of the final table, the action folded to Miroslav Lelek in the small blind and he open-shoved for 1,260,000. In the big blind, Ondrej Vlasanek quickly called and the cards were tabled.
Lelek:
Vlasanek:
The flop improved Vlasanek to a pair of kings while Lelek had middle pair and the nut flush draw. Neither the turn nor the river changed anything and Lelek was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ondrej Vlasanek | 3,935,000 | 1,400,000 |
Miroslav Lelek | Busted |
Ronny Voth raised to 300,000 with and Magic Man 558 defended his big blind with .
The flop came and Magic Man checked. Voth bet 400,000 and Magic Man check-raised to 900,000 with Voth coming along. Both then checked the turn and the river to see Voth claim a big pot early on.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ronny Voth | 11,735,000 | 2,610,000 |
Magic Man 558 | 3,885,000 | -1,850,000 |
Ronny Voth raised to 400,000 with the and Timur Caglan defended his small blind with the . On the flop of , Caglan checked and gave up the hand against the continuation bet of Voth worth 350,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ronny Voth | 12,355,000 | 620,000 |
Timur Caglan | 3,005,000 | -610,000 |
Level: 30
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 20,000
Ondrej Vlasanek raised to 350,000 from under the gun, holding , and Rikk Effendi called out of the big blind with .
The flop came and Rick Effendi checked. Vlasanek bet 325,000 and then folded his cards face up when facing the check-raise all in for 850,000 by his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Ondrej Vlasanek | 2,900,000 | -1,035,000 |
Rikk Effendi | 2,095,000 | 1,005,000 |
Alin-Florin Toma started the action with a raise from the hijack with and Ondrej Vlasanek three-bet to 710,000 in the big blind. The Czech had the and Toma called with his suited ace to find the flop of . Vlasanek continued for 625,000 right away and claimed the pot, as Toma folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Alin-Florin Toma | 6,410,000 | -775,000 |
Ondrej Vlasanek | 3,325,000 | 425,000 |
Rikk Effendi moved all in for 2,560,000 from the hijack with and Timur Caglan had a decision to make in the small blind with . Caglan reluctantly folded and Effendi won the pot, almost tripling up his stack thus far after starting the final table last in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Rikk Effendi | 2,940,000 | 845,000 |