Main Event
Day 1b Started
2017 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov
Main Event
Day: 1b
Welcome to the PokerNews Cup Day 1b
Welcome to the second flight of the 2017 PokerNews Cup coming from the newly-renovated King's Casino in Rozvadov. Yesterday saw 87 players take to their seats for the first flight, and today gives player's their second opportunity of four to secure entry into Day 2 of this tournament and a shot at securing a slice of the €200,000 guarantee.
Entry costs €250 and players will each receive 30,000 chips when play gets underway at 5p.m. local time. Each player will have the 696,000 chip stack of Lithuanian player and Day 1A chipleader Vytautas Milbutas in mind as a goal for them to get close to or even surpass.
Day 1B consists of 15 levels of 30-minutes and the structure is as follows:
| 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 |
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Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Play Gets Underway
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The tournament clock currently says that there are 48 entrants as Flight 1B of the PokerNews Cup gets underway.
Who is In?
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Among the some 48 players that take part in Day 1b are Petr Targa, Paulina Rimkute, Timothy Weltner and Christophe Simonis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Jacks for de Jong
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Willem de Jong raised to 225 from under the gun and Paulina Rimkute called in the small blind, while the player in the big blind also called to make it a family pot on their three-handed table. The flop fell 
and just the big blind called de Jong's cbet for 500.
Both the 
turn and 
river were checked and the big blind announced a nine, de Jong had that beat with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,500
31,500
|
31,500 |
|
|
29,700
-300
|
-300 |
Paulina Rimkute Back in Action
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
It folded to the player in the small blind who immediately raised to 300 and Paulina Rimkute, who was in action yesterday, defended her big blind.
The flop was 
and the small blind continued for 500 and Rimkute quickly called. The turn was the 
and the small blind bet again quickly for 1,100 and Rimkute also called quickly.
Both players checked the 
river. The small blind showed 
for a pair of sixes but Rimkute held 
for a pair of sevens and took down the early pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Can't Stop the Bock
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Christopher Bock raised to 300 on the button and the Asmo Votkin in the big blind three-bet to 800. Bock called.
The flop came 
and Bock called a bet of 800 in position. The turn was the 
and Bock again called a bet from Votkin, this time for 1,800.
The river was the 
and Votkin checked. Bock checked behind. Votkin showed 
and Bock turned over 
to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
26,000 |
Further Familiar Faces
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Among those to take another shot at the guaranteed prize pool of €200,000 are Sarunas Linkius, Airidas Stažys and Sebastian Langrock. The trio already took part on Day 1a without bagging chips are have re-joined the action in the first level of Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0