Timur Caglan will be eyeing up a second PokerNews Cup win in two years as he enters the final day and the final table second in chips bethind Holger Bansner.
Caglan, who has over $150,000 in lifetime earnings, took down the PokerNews Cup in 2016 for €44,695 after seeing off a field of 1,104.
Here he is line for €36,385 if he were to go on and clinch the title. However, he will be hard-pushed by not only Day 2 chip leader Bansner, but Benjamin Benoit and Daniel Novak who both sit with around 50 big blinds.
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Holger Bansner
Germany
4,025,000
67
2
JOBBI
Germany
1,470,000
25
3
Jörg Kunz
Germany
1,570,000
26
4
Willem de Jong
Netherlands
1,055,000
18
5
Benjamin Benoit
France
2,855,000
48
6
Timur Caglan
Germany
3,405,000
57
7
Jens Steuber
Germany
1,060,000
18
8
Daniel Novak
Slovakia
2,930,000
49
Remaining payouts:
Place
Prize (EUR)
Prize (USD)
1
36,385
42,789
2
22,648
26,634
3
16,207
19,059
4
12,540
14,747
5
9,880
11,619
6
7,733
9,094
7
5,719
6,726
8
3,933
4,625
The final table gets underway at 3p.m. local time, and will be live streamed from King's Casino. Stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the updates live!
Jörg Kunz raised to 250,000 with the and Willem de Jong moved all in for 1,285,000. Timur Caglan in the hijack moved all in as well and that forced out Kunz.
Willem de Jong:
Timur Caglan:
The board ran out and de Jong was eliminated in 8th place for €3,933. All remaining seven finalists are guaranteed at least €5,719 for their efforts.
Daniel Novak lost a pot in a battle of the blinds with Holger Bansner and Jörg Kunz then moved all in for 250,000 the next hand. Timur Caglan reraised to 450,000 and Bansner folded the in the small blind.
Jörg Kunz:
Timur Caglan
The board ran out and Kunz was eliminated in 7th place for €5,719.
Jens Steuber moved all in for 940,000 from the small blind and Daniel Novak in the big blind asked for a count, having him barely covered. Novak called and Steuber had a coin flip for his tournament life.
Jens Steuber:
Daniel Novak:
The flop of was devastating, leaving Steuber drawing dead. The German improved to a meaningless straight with the turn and river. Steuber joined the rail in 6th place for €7,733, while the top five are guaranteed at least €9,880.
Down to 2,375,000, Benjamin Benoit shoved from the button and Timur Caglan in the small blind asked for a count before calling. Holger Bansner in the big blind didn't take the bait and folded.
Benjamin Benoit:
Timur Caglan:
The board of left Benoit drawing dead on the turn and he takes home €18,626 according to the deal. Bansner and Caglan will take a 10-minute break before the start of the heads-up battle.
Holger Bansner raised to 600,000 and Timur Caglan called. On the flop, Caglan checked and Bansner bet 600,000 before facing the check-raise all in for 4,675,000 by Caglan.
Bansner called and both players turned over their cards.
Timur Caglan:
Holger Bansner:
Caglan was in need of spades or running fives and sixes to avoid the elimination. The hope for a comeback was sparked with the turn, but a blank river sent the defending champion to the rail in 2nd place. As part of the deal with four players left and before heads-up got underway, Caglan receives €28,300.
A recap of today's action is to follow shortly, along with the winner shots of Holger Bansner, the 2017 PokerNews Cup Rozvadov champion.
The 2017 PokerNews Cup Rozvadov €250 Main Event has crowned it's champion, and it was Holger Bansner that emerged victorious out of a 617-entry strong field at the King's Casino in Rozvadov. Bansner defeated defending champion Timur Caglan in heads-up to fend off Caglan's bid to become the first two-time champion of the PokerNews Cup Main Events in the 12th edition.
The biggest cash of 38-year-old self-employed Holger Basner thus far was for $3,339 in a $240 Event of the Aria 2017 Poker Classic in Las Vegas this summer, and he makes the trips to Europe's biggest poker arena in Rozvadov for two day events when work allows. Down to the last four players, an ICM deal was cut and €8,000, as well as the trophy, were left aside. Bansner and Caglan agreed to another deal before heads-up got underway, leaving €2,000 up for grabs.
"I didn't care much about those €2,000, but I really wanted another trophy," 2016 champion Timur Caplan said in defeat. One year ago, the 33-year old German won the very same tournament outright for a payday of €44,695 and also added a World Series of Poker Circuit ring to his collection at the King's Casino after defeating Waldemar Kopyl in heads-up for €62,539 in March 2017.
Benjamin Benoit, who hails from New Caledonia and now lives in the Czech Republic near Marienbad, finished third and raked up almost €100,000 in cashes in the span of two weeks at the King's Casino after taking home €80,000 in the partypoker German Poker Championships €5,300 High Roller a few days ago. Daniel Novak, the fourth player that was part of the deal, took home €16,754 for his efforts.
Final Table Results
Place
Winner
Country
Prize (EUR)
1
Holger Bansner
Germany
€24,098*
2
Timur Caglan
Germany
€28,300*
3
Benjamin Benoit
France
€18,626*
4
Daniel Novak
Slovakia
€16,754*
5
JOBBI
Germany
€9,880
6
Jens Steuber
Germany
€7,733
7
Jörg Kunz
Germany
€5,719
8
Willem de Jong
Netherlands
€3,933
*denotes deal of the last four and two players
Among those to cash in the event were the King's Casino regulars chiKKita banAAna (82nd for €589), Roman Cieslik (77th for €589) and Philipp Zukernik (72nd for €589), as well as David Taborsky (66th for €665), Martin Kabrhel (64th for €665), Day 1d chip leader Waldemar Kopyl (48th for €741), Marek Blasko (47th for €741), 2017 WSOP bracelet winner Sebastian Langrock (33rd for €855), Cenk Oguz (27th for €1,121), Vytautas Milbutas (19th for €1,482), Karol Radomski (15th for €1,862) and Tezer Cetindag (14th for €1,862).
Action of the Final Day
Holger Bansner started as the chip leader and took a big hit right away after his jack-ten for top pair and open-ended straight draw improved to two pair on the turn. Benjamin Benoit held pocket queens for the straight and doubled into the lead. Soon after it was Willem de Jong who became the first casualty of the final table. The Dutchman three-bet shoved with ace-king and Timur Caglan moved all in behind him with pocket kings, the board ran out jack-high to provide no help for de Jong.
Jörg Kunz started well into the final table but soon found himself at the bottom of the counts with just a few big blinds. Those vanished when his king-jack failed to improve against the ace-jack of Timur Caglan and Kunz had to settle for 7th place and €5,719. Only a few minutes later, Jens Steuber moved all in from the small blind with ace-queen and Daniel Novak called with pocket threes to flop quads and instantly leave Steuber drawing dead.
The roller coaster ride of JOBBI ended in 5th place when he shoved for less than 10 big blinds with jack-five off suit. Benjamin Benoit quickly called with king-three from one seat over in the big blind and held up. The last four players agreed to an ICM deal and the play after became far more relaxed with plenty of all in showdowns.
Daniel Novak eventually bowed out in 4th place when his pocket kings were cracked by the ace-three of Benjamin Benoit, who improved thanks to a runner-runner straight. The run-good of Benoit ended right there, however, and the Frenchman was the next casualty. First Holger Bansner doubled through him with ace-king versus ace-five suited and Benoit's remaining chips went to Timur Caglan, as he stood no chance with king-eight versus pocket kings.
Timur Caglan and Holger Bansner were almost even in chips and split up the additional €8,000 further, leaving the trophy and €2,000 to the winner. Caglan quickly pulled into a two-to-one lead but that all changed when he turned an eight-high straight. Bansner got there with ten-nine suited via runner-runner flush and Caglan never recovered from that. After doubling with a short stack once, he check-shoved a king-high flop with five-six suited for a flush draw and Bansner's king-queen suited for top pair held up to crown a champion.
That marks the end of the PokerNews live reporting from Europe's biggest poker arena, while the PokerStars Championship Barcelona is already underway.