Main Event
Day 1a Started
2016 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov
Buy-in
€225
Prize Pool
€235,980
Entries
1,104
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
50,000
Welcome to Day 1a of the PokerNews Cup Main Event in Rozvadov
The PokerNews Cup festival at the King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, kicked off yesterday August 10th and the €80 Opening Event drew a total of 111 entries and 64 reentries. The first 17 spots shared a portion of the €11,638 prize pool and Germany's Jimmy emerged victorious, taking home €2,928 for his efforts.
In 90 minutes from now at 7 p.m. local time, the highlight of the event series gets underway with Day 1a of the €225+€25 Main Event. There are a total of four starting days with each of them offering the participants the chance to reenter in order to take a shot at the guaranteed prize pool of €200,000. All players receive 30,000 in chips and the levels last 30 minutes each on Day 1, 45 minutes on Day 2 and then increase to 60 minutes each for the final day.
Plenty of players from near and far are expected and some of them are already in the €35+€5 Satellite that guarantees 10 seats for the Main Event, which kicked off at 5 p.m. local time. The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to cover all the action in one of Europe's biggest card rooms until a winner is crowned, so tune back in regularly.
Shuffle Up and Deal
Tournament staff has just introduced the first starting day and announced, that a total of 14 levels of 30 minutes each will be played. The screens currently show 50 participants and the late registration as well as reentry period remains open for 11 levels.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Ivanov Starts Well
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The screens show 57 entries early in level one and among the participants is Aleksei Ivanov. The two biggest scores of the Belorussian are from here at the King's Casino and Ivanov started well once again.
With the board reading 
, his opponent in the blinds checked and then called a bet worth 3,000 by Ivanov. The latter flipped over 
for a turned full house and scooped the decent pot right away to boost his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
118 Entries in the Satellite
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The €35+5 Satellite which got underway at 5 p.m. local time is still ongoing and the registration is closed. There were 118 entries in total, which amounts to more than 16 tickets and crushed the guarantee. Once the winners have been determined, most of them are expected to join the action of Day 1a.
Terlaan Folds the River
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Clyde Terlaan, who already cashed in the Opening Event yesterday, got involved in a few early pots. One of them saw the small blind call his open raise and check the flop of 
. Terlaan bet 350 and his opponent check-called.
After the 
turn, the small blind checked again and Terlaan fired 1,600 to receive a call. The 
then completed the board on the river and the small blind overbet the pot, forcing a fold from Terlaan who flashed 
for a pair of tens and busted flush draw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,500 |
Kilic and Langrock Share same Table
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Two of the more familiar names in the King's Casino share the same table at the start of Day 1a: Serok Kilic and Sebastian Langrock. The latter just got involved in a bigger hand to see a pot of 6,200 emerge until the 
turn.
His opponent in early position bet 3,000 and Langrock called out of the cutoff. Both then checked the river and the player in early position showed 
for ace-high. Langrock claimed the pot with before then losing a smaller pot to the very same opponent shortly after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
The Field is Growing
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Close to the end of level one, the screens now show 84 entries. Among those to jump into Day 1a was also King's regular Zarathustra, who was earlier spotted at a cash game table. He raised from early position and found one opponent in the small blind.
Both players checked the flop of 
and the 
turn. The small blind then bet the river for 500 and Zarathustra called. "Jacks?" he asked and his opponent turned over for a pair of kings with ace-ten kicker. Zarathustra revealed 
for kings and deuces to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0