Main Event Day 2 | 2017 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov

08-20-2017 11:20 UTC+2

114 Players Return for Day 2 of the 2017 PokerNews Cup Rozvadov Main Event

Christian Zetzsche

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After four starting days and 15 levels of 30 minutes each, the 2017 PokerNews Cup Rozvadov €250 Main Event has attracted a total of 617 entries in the King's Casino and 114 players remain in contention to earn their share of the €200,000 guaranteed prize pool.

As of Day 2, the level duration increases to 45 minutes each, and a specific number of levels or until the final table is reached will be played. The action gets underway as of 1 p.m. local time in Europe's biggest poker arena with level 16 and blinds of 2,500/5,000 and a running ante of 500, the average upon restart will be 32 big blinds.

Leading the field into the penultimate tournament day is Lithuania's Vytautas Milbutas with 696,000 followed by fellow countryman Paulius Katinas (546,000). Day 1d chip leader Waldemar Kopyl (482,500) is in third place overall while other big stacks and notables include Bariskaan Cinitas (475,000), Rifat Gegic (461,000), Day 1c chip leader Markus Fritsche (422,500) defending champion Timur Caglan (354,500), Martin Kabrhel (328,000) and Marek Blasko (325,500).

Day	Entries	Chip Leader	Country	Chip Count
1A	15/87	Vytautas Milbutas	Lithuania	696,000
1B	18/106	Paulius Katinas	Lithuania	546,000
1C	38/196	Markus Fritsche	Germany	422,500
1D	45/228	Waldemar Kopyl	Germany	482,500

Among those still in contention are also TonyBet qualifiers Dmytro Nesin (300,000) and Paulina Rimkute (108,500), Benjamin Benoit (239,500), Matous Skorepa (174,500), Philipp Zukernik (153,500), Karol Radomski (152,500), and Sebastian Langrock (114,000).

PokerNews Cup Main Events at a glance

Year	PN Cup Stop	Buy In	Entries	Prize Pool	Champion	Prize	Prize (USD)
2007	Melbourne/Australia	A$3,000	554	A$1,198,400	Dory Zayneh	A$300,000	$266,959
2008	Johannesburg/South Africa	$3,353	175	$502,233	Darren Kramer	$140,575	$140,575
2008	Salzburg/Austria	€220	201	€120,600	Erich Kollmann	€31,160	$49,638
2008	MelbourneAustralia	A$2,200	410	A$820,000	Nali Kaselias	A$250,000	$171,670
2009	Alpine Cup/Austria	€1,500	129	€172,054	Marcus Naalden	€46,474	$63,094
2009	Melbourne/Australia	A$2,200	381	A$762,000	Con Tsapkounis	A$250,000	$216,878
2014	Vienna/Austria	€250	403	€90,675	Hanh Tran	€19,010	$24,198
2015	Rozvadov/Czech Republic	€250	1,465	€310,499	Christian Krupp	€57,473	$65,802
2015	Rozvadov/Czech Republic	€250	820	€200,000	Daniel Can	€16,805	$17,898
2016	Rozvadov/Czech Republic	€250	1,104	€235,980	Timur Caglan	€44,695	$49,864
2016	Borgata Poker Open/USA	$2,150	120	$222,324.00	Ryan Van Sanford	$68,676	$68,676
2017	Rozvadov/Czech Republic	€250	617	€200,000	tba	tba	tba

While the €250 Main Event will recommence not far off the money bubble, another Side Event will kick off two hours later. At 3 p.m. local time, the TonyBet OFC Progressive Pineapple tournament features a buy-in of €230 and a prize pool of €5,000 is guaranteed. The PokerNews live reporting team will provide updates for both events, and the festival comes to an end on Monday August 21st 2017 with the final day of the Main Event.

Tags: Bariskaan Cinitas Benjamin Benoit Dmytro Nesin Karol Radomski King's Casino Marek Blasko Markus Fritsche Martin Kabrhel Matous Skorepa Paulina Rimkute Paulius Katinas Philipp Zukernik PokerNews Cup Rifat Gegic Rozvadov Sebastian Langrock Timur Caglan Vytautas Milbutas Waldemar Kopyl

08-20-2017 13:44 UTC+2

Martin Kabrhel in Chatty Mood As Usual

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

On a river and with around 55,000 in the middle already, action was on Martin Kabrhel.

"Journalist!" he said, "I have to play responsible." He bet 19,500.

His opponent thought for a bit. Kabrhel reached out as if to take the pot already and the dealer was on hand to ensure that no such thievery took place.

"Write down that he is playing very good, but very slow."

Eventually, Kabrhel's opponent folded showing the .

"What the heck!" exclaimed Kabrhel, "Last time I saw that play? 1968. But I can't complain. I think its the fold of the day!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Kabrhel	355,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Martin Kabrhel

08-20-2017 14:01 UTC+2

Susta Raise-Folds Kings on the Bubble

Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Petr Susta started the hand with a stack of around 15 big blinds, and opened to 15,000 from middle position. It folded to Paul van Alst in the big blind who three-bet all in for over 200,000.

Van Alst spoke with his opponent at length while Susta deliberated.

"At worst I have 40%," he said, "I want a fold but if you call then I suppose that's ok too."

After a while, Van Alst called the clock. No sooner had he done so, Susta open-mucked face-up on the table.

The whole table gasped and Philipp Zukernik damn-near fell out of his chair in shock.

"I had three outs," said Van Alst, "But I think you knew that."

Play remains two eliminations from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul van Alst	230,000 15,000	15,000
Petr Susta	75,000 -15,000	-15,000

Tags: Paul van Alst Philipp Zukernik

08-20-2017 14:20 UTC+2

Action Man Bubbles 2017 PokerNews Cup

Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

It folded to Action Man on the button who moved all in for 34,000. The even shorter-stacked Paulina Rimkute folded the small blind and Barrelnbink called in the big blind.

There was a pause as the players waited for action at all other tables to finish before the cards were turned over:

Action Man:
Barrelnbink:

The flop came meaning Barrelnbink moved into the lead.

"Seat open," muttered Martin Kabrhel on the rail as the hit the turn. The river was the and Action Man bubbled the Main Event, with all other players guaranteed a min-cash of €589.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barrelnbink	300,000 67,500	67,500
Action Man	Busted

Tags: Action Man Barrelnbink

08-20-2017 14:33 UTC+2

Rimkute Eliminated by Mi**Zocky

Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Paulina Rimkute had sat patiently through the bubble hand at her table, whilst simultaneously complaining of being card dead for extended periods of the day.

In this hand Mi**Zocky moved all in from the button for his last 45,500 and Rimkute got her last 21,000 in from the small blind. The big blind folded and the cards were turned over.

Mi**Zocky:
Rimkute:

It was a flip and Rimkute watched as the flop came king-high, but with an eight .

The turn came the and the river the and she was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mi**Zocky	70,000 -105,000	-105,000
Paulina Rimkute	Busted

Tags: Paulina Rimkute

08-20-2017 15:25 UTC+2

The Big Bang Theory

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Defending champion Timur Caglan stayed under the radar thus far but that suddenly changed. He was just moved tables with a monster stack and Rifat Gegic came over to the media desk. "Did you see that one?" he asked and then explained his massive clash.

Caglan had raised from under the gun and Gegic three-bet to 65,000 on the button. Irakli Kemularia called on the small blind, as did Caglan. On the flop, Gegic and Caglan got it in and the former flipped over pocket kings. Caglan had tens for quads and scored a massive double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timur Caglan	700,000 345,500	345,500

Irakli Kemularia	150,000 -26,500	-26,500
Rifat Gegic	105,000 -185,000	-185,000

Tags: Irakli Kemularia Rifat Gegic Timur Caglan

08-20-2017 15:35 UTC+2

Martin Kabrhel Eliminated

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Just before the blinds went up, Martin Kabrhel was sent to the rail by Zurab Ejibia. The pot was already more than 120,000 and the flop showed . Ejibia checked and Kabrhel bet 15,000 with some chips behind. Ejibia raised to 80,000 and was eventually called.

Martin Kabrhel:
Zurab Ejibia:

"Pocket aces. Hmm, nice hand," Kabrhel said while the board completed with the turn and river to eliminate Kabrhel in 64th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zurab Ejibia	340,000 57,500	57,500
Martin Kabrhel	Busted

08-20-2017 16:28 UTC+2

"That's Disgusting"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Marek Blasko three-bet to 120,000 and left himself just 3,000 behind against Bariskaan Cinitas. The flop came and the remaining chips of Blasko went in, he tabled the .

By then, Cinitas had already turned over his for top set and all what Blasko could say was "that's disgusting," referring to the tremendous run of Cinitas on this very table. The turn and river were just a formality and Cinitas increased his lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bariskaan Cinitas	1,300,000 200,000	200,000
Marek Blasko	Busted
Daniel Wuyts	Busted
Ronald Mielenski	Busted

Tags: Bariskaan Cinitas Marek Blasko

08-20-2017 18:40 UTC+2

The Meltdown is Complete

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Bariskaan Cinitas defended his big blind and put Holger Bansner at risk on a flop of . Bansner called for 440,000 with the and Cinitas showed . The turn was a massive sweat, but a blank river changed nothing.