Main Event Day 1a | 2016 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov

Player	Chips	Progress
Ronny Voth	391,000 1,000	1,000
Alexander Rettenbacher	365,500 25,500	25,500
Ričardas Vymeris	301,500 1,500	1,500
Constantine Gorinson	289,500 9,500	9,500
Benas Kuzmickas	279,500 49,500	49,500
Richard Schaaser	279,500 65,500	65,500
Matas Čikinas	279,500 279,500	279,500
Jiří Chládek	223,000 223,000	223,000
Xavier Vidal	218,000 218,000	218,000
Tony Da Silva Marques	203,000 118,000	118,000
Daniel Turrisi	190,500 190,500	190,500
Jakub Trojnara	167,500 17,500	17,500
Lukáš Svoboda	157,500 27,500	27,500
Sergejs Dubovs	145,000 5,000	5,000
Lars Andersson	142,500 142,500	142,500
Marc Andre Fürstenau	134,500 24,500	24,500
Zarathustra	128,000 22,000	22,000
Martynas Valentiejus	122,500 57,500	57,500
Nikolay Karman	118,000 7,000	7,000
Panteleimon Zogkas	105,000 105,000	105,000
Greko Gregor	102,500 2,500	2,500
Marek Blasko	90,000 71,000	71,000
Romualdas Ramanauskas	87,000 87,000	87,000
Olle Icke	77,500 22,500	22,500
Lukasz Kubicki	70,000 27,000	27,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Ronny Voth

391,000

1,000

Alexander Rettenbacher

365,500

25,500

Ričardas Vymeris

301,500

1,500

Constantine Gorinson

289,500

9,500

Benas Kuzmickas

279,500

49,500

Richard Schaaser

279,500

65,500

Matas Čikinas

279,500

Jiří Chládek

223,000

Xavier Vidal

218,000

Tony Da Silva Marques

203,000

118,000

Daniel Turrisi

190,500

Jakub Trojnara

167,500

17,500

Lukáš Svoboda

157,500

27,500

Sergejs Dubovs

145,000

5,000

Lars Andersson

142,500

Marc Andre Fürstenau

134,500

24,500

Zarathustra

128,000

22,000

Martynas Valentiejus

122,500

57,500

Nikolay Karman

118,000

7,000

Panteleimon Zogkas

105,000

Greko Gregor

102,500

2,500

Marek Blasko

90,000

71,000

Romualdas Ramanauskas

87,000

Olle Icke

77,500

22,500

Lukasz Kubicki

70,000

27,000

The first of four starting days of the €225+€25 PokerNews Cup Main Event at the King's Casino is completed. In the last edition of this very event at Europe's card room in the center of Europe, Day 1a drew 98 entries and that number has been eclipsed to put the tournament well on it's way to meet the guaranteed prize pool of €200,000.

After 14 levels of 30 minutes each, the field of 156 entries has been whittled down all the way to 27 survivors and Germany's Ronny Voth leads with a massive stack of 391,000. Voth was a big stack after the elimination of Quincy Chun and also knocked out Karl-Heinz Oppermann at the end to jump into the top spot. Alexander Rettenbacher registered late and scooped a big pot with a set of queens in a three-way all in, another set of tens in the last level of the night saw the Austrian bag up 365,500. Lithuania's Ričardas Vymeris completes the overnight podium with 301,500 followed by Israel's Constantine Gorinson (289,500).

Three players bagged up 279,500: Benas Kuzmickas and Matas Čikinas from Lithuania as well as Richard Schaaser. Other big stacks and notables include Daniel Turrisi (190,500), Lukáš Svoboda (157,500), King's regular Zarathustra (128,000) and Marek Blasko (90,000). Among those to join the rail were Aleksei Ivanov, Hüseyin Arkun, Thomas Zurek, Scott Hanna, Sebastian Langrock and Serok Kilic. They can all reenter the competition again in any of the three remaining starting days.

Day 1b kicks off tomorrow at 5 p.m. local time and there is also a €35+€5 Turbo Satellite two hours prior with at least 10 seats up for grabs. Two other Side Events are scheduled on Friday also: The €100+€10 Pot-Limit Omaha with single rebuy or add on gets underway as of 7 p.m. local time. Furthermore, the €90+€10 Ticket & Cash Event starts at 8 p.m. local time and offers a prize pool of €10,000 in cash as well as 15 Main Event tickets, every player in the money will receive an entry into the Main Event.

The festival at the King's Casino continues until next Monday, August 15th, and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to cover all the action until a Main Event champion is crowned.

Tags: Aleksei Ivanov Alex Rettenbacher Alexander Rettenbacher Constantine Gorinson Karl-Heinz Oppermann Marek Blasko Ricardas Vymeris Ronny Voth Scott Hanna Sebastian Langrock Serok Kilic Zarathustra