Level: 2
Point: 100
2017 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov
TonyBet OFC Progressive Pineapple
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerNews Cup King's Casino Rozvadov
Buy-in
€230
Prize Pool
€5,000
Entries
26
Level
10
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
eMKey's Fantasy Land Against Matous Skorepa
Level 1
eMKey is joining other players in setting his Fantasy Land away from the table, and he returned to face whatever Skorepa had to offer in response.
| eMKey | Matous Skorepa |
|---|---|
   |    |
     |      |
     |      |
Skorepa got scooped, but saved himself some points courtesy of his flush and straight. However, eMKey was the recipient of 950 chips or 19 points as the first level drew to a close.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000 | 2,000 |
|
19,000 | -1,000 |
Battle of the Fantasy Lands
Level 1
Both Andrei Ilin and Chris Heberger both made it into Fantasy Land after eMKey got moved to balance tables. Heberger stayed at the table to arrange his while Ilin headed off to set his alone at a neighbouring table. When they returned the cards were turned over as follows.
| Chris Heberger | Andrei Ilin |
|---|---|
  |   |
   |     |
 |   |
Heberger's quad fours meant he repeated fantasy land, and Ilin's King's saved him from getting scooped.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,000 | 3,000 |
|
20,500 | -1,500 |
16-Card Fantasy For Ethem Tosun
Level 1
| Ethem Tosun | Anja Haberger | Sergii Kyslyi |
|---|---|---|
 |  |  |
 |  | |
  | | |
Ethem Tosun scored a big hand against both Anja Haberger, who he scooped for 19 points, and Sergii Kyslyi for 4 points. He also went to fantasy land for 16 cards where he laid the following:
This scored him a combined 35 points worth 1,750 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000 | 3,000 |
|
21,000 | 1,000 |
|
15,500 | -4,500 |
Seating Plan
Level 1
| Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Andrei Ilin | Anja Haberger | Alexander Dovzhenko |
| Chris Heberger | Ethem Tosum | Paulina Rimkute |
| eMKey | Sergii Kyslyi | Lars Hellmuth |
| Mykola Lakatosh | Morten Petersen | Empty |
| Christian Meyer | Empty | Empty |
| Empty | Denis Onder Yavuz | Empty |
Big Hand Early On for Ilin
Level 1
Andrei Ilin had made fantasy land and scored the following hand to scoop tablemate Chris Heberger, and also to scoop his other opponent eMKey.
| Andrei Ilin | eMKey |
|---|---|
| |
 | |
| |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,000 | 22,000 |
|
|
19,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
18,000 | -2,000 |
Players in the Field
Level 1
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
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20,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Level: 1
Point: 50
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