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2017 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov
Main Event
Day: 1a
Voth Back In It
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
After a raise to 800 and a call, Ronny Voth three-bet to 3,400 and the initial raiser folded. The cold-called moved all in and Voth called all in for his last 11,425 with 
. It was a classic flip, as his opponent held 
, and the board ran out 
to let Voth double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Big Pots Keep Coming for Ronald Van De Linde
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
After knocking out a player earlier in the day, Ronald Van De Linde beckoned us over to explain how he had knocked out a further two players in the same hand!
He explained how an active short stack and raised, another shorter stack had called and Van De Linde had called too with 
. The flop was all clubs and after a continuation bet Van De Linde raised. The two short stacks then moved all in one after the other and Van De Linde called.
One held 
and the other 
with a club. The turn and river were bricks and Van De Linde boosted his stack to well over 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Miracle River Eliminates Ciakas
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
A player known as eMKey raised from under the gun to 500 and got one caller in middle position before Deividas Ciakas three-bet to 1,500 from the button. Both players called.
The flop came 
and it checked to Ciakas who bet 1,800 and again got two callers.
The turn was the 
and it checked to Ciakas again who bet 4,000. eMKey raised to 8,500 and the third player in the hand folded.
Ciakas moved all in and eMKey snap-called.
Ciakas: 
eMKey: 
Ciakas had turned a full house against eMKey's turned trips. The river, however, was the 
giving eMKey a bigger full house and eliminating Ciakas.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000 | |
|
Busted |
Bahman Rising Further
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Sarah Hamid won a small pot with versus 
and the very next hand Paulina Rimkute raised to 600. Bahman called on the button and Hamid came along from the big blind. The flop fell 
and the action checked to Rimkute, who bet 600. Both opponents called and the 
turn was checked.
After the 
river, Hamid and Rimkute checked and Bahman won the pot with a bet of 1,200 as both opponents folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
35,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
30,500
500
|
500 |
Already Four Seat Open
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
There have been four seat open already and among those to thrive early on was Jörg Ferdinand Kunz. He won a big pot with 
on a board of 
to essentially double his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
New Entries
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
Yaron Kuznik has re-entered while World Series of Poker bracelet winner Sebastian Langrock took a seat to his right with 2016 PokerNews Cup Rozvadov runner-up Ronny Voth following one seat over. Also in is Sarah Hamid, who won a PokerNews competition to get the entry for this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
||
|
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 | |
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Van De Linde Scores First Elimination of the Day
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
The player under the gun limped and a player in middle position raised to 400. Ronald Van De Linde called in the cutoff before Yaron Kuznik four-bet to 1,725 from the button. The other three players all called.
The flop came 
. It checked to Kuznik who continued for 2,725 and Van De Linde was the only caller.
The turn was the 
. Van De Linde checked and Kuznik bet 7,200. Van De Linde took his time carefully stacking each denomination of chip on top of eachother in turn, before pausing and sliding his chips into the middle. Kuznik threw a chip in the middle, instantly calling.
Van De Linde: 
Kuznik:
Kuznik had flopped trips but Van De Linde had turned a full house. The river was the and Kuznik was eliminated. As he got to his feet, Van De Linde gestured to the flop: "You could have had something like Ace-King," he said.
After picking up an early pot, Van De Linde now adds an elimination to his name and now sits on more than double starting stack towards the end of the second level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
Busted |