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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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: ![]()
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Vlasanek: ![]()
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The ![]()
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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.
Ronny Voth raised to 300,000 with ![]()
and Magic Man 558 defended his big blind with ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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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.
Ronny Voth raised to 400,000 with the ![]()
and Timur Caglan defended his small blind with the ![]()
. On the flop of ![]()
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, Caglan checked and gave up the hand against the continuation bet of Voth worth 350,000.
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 ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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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.
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 ![]()
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. Vlasanek continued for 625,000 right away and claimed the pot, as Toma folded.
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.