2017 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov

Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2017 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov

Final Results
Winner
Holger Bansner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
€24,098
Event Info
Buy-in
€250
Prize Pool
€200,000
Entries
617
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

Kabrhel Doubles Through and then Eliminates Uharcek

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Martin Kabrhel
Martin Kabrhel

We didn't see exactly how Martin Kabrhel got his money into the middle (but then again with Kabrhel, anything is possible), but he just scored a huge doubled up against Marian Uharcek.

Uharcek held {a-}{j-} and Kabrhel {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {3-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{q-Spades} and Kabrhel's stack of 142,000 doubled to just under 300,000.

Kabrhel then beat Uharcek in a pot shortly after when Kabrhel's {q-Hearts}{q-Spades} beat Uharcek's {a-Spades}{5-Clubs}. He's now well over 300,000.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
338,000
281,000
281,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Marian Uharcek sk
Marian Uharcek
Busted

Tags: Marian UharcekMartin Kabrhel

Magic Man Triples Up

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Magic Man 558
Magic Man 558

Magic Man 558 moved all in from the button. Onur Kazgan was in the small blind and motioned to Magic Man to lift his arm and reveal his stack. It was then that Kazgan realised that Magic Man was all in for just 10,000. Kazgan called as did Nerijus Luksa in the big blind.

The pair checked down the {j-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop and Magic Man showed {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for ace-high and got to his feet. However, neither Luksa nor Kazgan felt like they wanted to show their cards. Despite Magic Man insisting it wasn't necessary, the dealer turned over Luksa's {k-Hearts}{8-Hearts} and Kazgan's {7-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}.

Magic Man raked in the chips, grumbling as he did so in German that he was winning chips in boring pots like that and not big splashy ones from earlier in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Onur Kazgan tr
Onur Kazgan
147,000
-38,000
-38,000
Nerijus Luksa no
Nerijus Luksa
63,000
33,000
33,000
Magic Man 558
Magic Man 558
33,000
7,000
7,000

Tags: Magic Man 558Nerijus LuksaOnur Kazgan

Koychev Busts in a Flip

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Koycho Koychev
Koycho Koychev

Koycho Koychev raised to 15,000 and Onkel Otto called before Bouabdellah Karoui moved all in. Koychev called and Onkel Otto folded, then said in table chat he folded pocket jacks.

Koycho Koychev: {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}
Bouabdellah Karoui: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

The board came {J-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} and Koycho banged on the table before heading to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Bouabdellah Karoui fr
Bouabdellah Karoui
250,000
250,000
250,000
Onkel Otto de
Onkel Otto
218,000
-52,000
-52,000
Koycho Koychev bg
Koycho Koychev
Busted

Tags: Bouabdellah KarouiKoycho KoychevOnkel Otto

Fritsche Bags the Most on Day 1c; Kabrhel Among Big Stacks

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Martin Kabrhel Among Day 1c chip leaders
Martin Kabrhel Among Day 1c chip leaders

The third and penultimate starting day of the 2017 PokerNews Cup Rozvadov €250 Main Event at the King's Casino attracted a field of 196 entries in total, of which 38 advanced to Day 2 to join the 33 survivors of the previous two flights. Bagging up the most chips after 15 levels of 30 minutes each was Germany's Markus Fritsche (422,500), followed by Gintautas Strioga (344,000) and Martin Kabrhel (328,000).

TonyBet online qualifier Dmytro Nesin (300,000) was among those to get through with a big stack as well, along with Bouabdellah Karoui (250,000), Onkel Otto (218,000) and Willem de Jong (200,000). Other notables through to Day 2 via the penultimate flight include Matous Skorepa (174,500), Karol Radomski (152,500) and 2017 World Series of Poker bracelet winner Sebastian Langrock (114,000).

Fritsche vaulted into the top spot in the second-last level of the night when he scored a big double with pocket jacks against the ace-ten of Asmo Votkin, who flopped top pair. Votkin busted soon after against Gintautas Strioga and the Norwegian made the headlines prior to that with two double eliminations within quick succession. First he sent Jiri Kotvas and Cenk Oguz to the rail with flopped set versus straight versus flush draw when pairing up on the turn, before his nines held up against the pocket threes of Petr Kotik and the ace-king of Elena Litvinyuk.

Martin Kabrhel registered late and busted on his first bullet, the second bullet lasted all but a few minutes before the third attempt was a charm. The Czech version of William Kassouf, well known for his very active approach of speech play, doubled through Marian Uharcek with ace-king versus ace-jack and took the remaining chips right after with queens versus ace-five.

Among those to take a shot and bust throughout the day were King's Casino regulars Magic Man 558 and chiKKita banAAna, Ronald Van De Linde, Petr Targa, Igor Salomasov, Milan Topoly, and Michal Riczak with three bullets. Many of them jumped right into Day 1d, which wraps up later tonight.

The PokerNews live reporting team will provide all the action from the floor along with the full chip counts and seat draw for Day 2 as of 1 p.m. local time on Sunday August 20th 2017.

Markus Fritsche
Day 1c chip leader Markus Fritsche

Tags: Asmo VotkinBouabdellah KarouiCenk OguzDmytro NesinElena LitvinyukGintautas StriogaIgor SalomasovJiri KotvasKarol RadomskiKing's CasinoMagic Man 558Marian UharcekMarkus FritscheMartin KabrhelMatous SkorepaMichal RiczakMilan TopolyOnkel OttoPetr KotikPetr TargaPokerNews CupRonald van de LindeSebastian LangrockWillem de JongchiKKita banAAna