Main Event
Day 1a Started
2017 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov
Main Event
Day: 1a
Day 1a of the 2017 PokerNews Cup Rozvadov Kicks off Today
In one hour from now as of 7 p.m. local time, the 2017 PokerNews Cup Rozvadov €225+25 Main Event kicks off at the King's Casino in Rozvadov. The popular tournament series returns to Europe's biggest poker arena for the third time and will feature a total of four starting days over the next three days.
The tournament features a guaranteed prize pool of €200,000 and last year's edition saw a total of 904 entries and 200 rebuys to make it 1,104 entries in total. Timur Caglan, who regularly plays in the King's Casino, defeated Ronny Voth in heads-up for a payday of €44,695 while Voth had to settle for €27,350.
Day 1 Level Structure
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | 50 | 100 | |
| 2 | 30 | 75 | 150 | |
| 3 | 30 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| 4 | 30 | 150 | 300 | 50 |
| 5 | 30 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 6 | 30 | 250 | 500 | 75 |
| 7 | 30 | 300 | 600 | 100 |
| 8 | 30 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
| 9 | 30 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
| 10 | 30 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
| 11 | 30 | 800 | 1,600 | 200 |
| 12 | 30 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 300 |
| 13 | 30 | 1,200 | 2,400 | 400 |
| 14 | 30 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 500 |
| 15 | 30 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 500 |
Each Day 1 will feature a total of 15 levels of 30 minutes each, and the starting stack is 30,000 chips. Two entries are allowed for each flight in order to take a shot at the juicy prize pool. Among those to qualify for the tournament were 22 players on TonyBet and three via 888poker, and the PokerNews live reporting team will follow their progress until a winner is crowned on Monday, August 21st 2017.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Heads-up Battle in Level One
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
A quirk of the seating draw has meant that there has been a heads-up battle between Irakli Kemularia and Roman Motovsky happening at one of the tables here in Level One of the 2017 PokerNews Cup.
Motovsky limped in the small blind and Kemularia raised to 300 from the big blind. Motosvky called and the flop came 
. Both players checked.
Motovsky check-called a bet of 400 on the 
turn and the river was the 
. Motovsky checked again and Kemularia bet 3,000. Motovsky checked his cards before flashing the 
as he folded. Kemularia showed 
for a rivered flush and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 | 31,000 |
|
29,000 | 29,000 |
Krnac Takes Most of It
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
There are five tables running right now and Jan Krnac had been among the most active players. In a heads-up pot against Germany's Atze$man he bet the 
turn for 700 from the small blind and the German called. Both checked the 
turn and Krnac's 
for two pair won the pot.
Soon after, Atze$man raised to 250 and the small blind called. Krnac three-bet to 850 and the small blind called, but check-folded the 
flop to a bet of 1,250.
Fast forward one hand, Atze$man raised to 300 and Krnac called from the small blind. Paulina Rimkute in the big blind came along as well and the three players checked through the flop of 
. On the 
turn, Krnac bet 450 and Rimkute folded while Atze$man called. They checked again the river and Krnac mucked to forfeit the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 | 31,000 |
|
29,500 | 29,500 |
|
29,500 | 29,500 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Battle of the Nicknames
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Paulina Rimkute raised to 300 on the button and Atze$man called in the small blind and Bahman called in the big blind.
The two players known only by their nicknames checked a flop of 
to Rimkute on the button who bet 500. Both players called.
The turn was the and Atze$man bet 1,000. Both players called. The river was the 
and Atze$man checked to Bahman who bet 2,500. Rimkute folded and Atze$man called.
Bahman showed 
for a turned straight and Atze$man folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,500 | 36,500 |
|
|
28,000 | -1,500 |
|
|
25,000 | -4,500 |
First Pictures of Day 1a
Up to 41 Entries
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
While the first level started rather slow, two new tables opened and the screens currently show a total of 41 entries in total. That number is likely to rise significantly over the next few hours with late registration open all day long, and the 10-seat guarantee satellite is also still underway.
Benoit Drops Some
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Benjamin Benoit, who took the lion's share of the partypoker German Poker Championship €5,300 High Roller a few days ago here in the King's Casino, has registered for Day 1a of the PokerNews Cup and was in action right away.
On the tail end of a hand that featured a board of 
, Ronald van de Linde bet 2,050 and Benoit called. The Dutchman showed 
and Benoit mucked the face up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000 | |
|
25,000 |