Main Event
Day 1b Started
2017 PokerStars Festival Rozvadov
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Festival Rozvadov
Buy-in
€1,100
Entries
1,123
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000
Day 1b of the €1,100 PokerStars Festival Main Event Starts at 2 p.m.
Welcome to Day 1b of the €1,100 PokerStars Festival Main Event in Rozvadov. It's the second of four starting days for the flagship event of the series. After a record-setting 183 entrants on Day 1a, the Main Event is on par to shatter it's €500,000 guarantee by a massive amount. 66 of them have already found their way to Day 2, which will be played on Sunday. Peter Kamaras finished as the chipleader on Day 1a and set the tone by bagging 270,600.
A lot of players are expected to show up on Day 1b to take their shot. Rehman Kassam, winner of the first PokerStars Festival Main Event in London, and runner-up Daniel Harwood are both in Rozvadov and will show up either today or tomorrow. Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Team PokerStars Online Pro Jaime Staples will also contest for the title.
Cards for Day 1b will be in the air at 2 p.m. and ten levels of 45 minutes each will be played, with breaks scheduled in between. Late registration closes after level 6 and players will start with 30,000 in chips. Players have just one bullet, but all eliminated players are allowed a second chance on Saturday night in a 20-minute turbo reentry.
The field will be combined on Sunday to play Day 2 together. The winner of this presumed to be massive Main Event will be crowned on Monday night. PokerNews will provide start-to-finish coverage from "RozVegas" and bring you all the action from the floor as it happens.
Blind structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
| 1 | 50 | 100 | |
| 2 | 75 | 150 | |
| 3 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| 4 | 150 | 300 | 50 |
| 5 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 6 | 250 | 500 | 75 |
| 7 | 300 | 600 | 100 |
| 8 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
| 9 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
| 10 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
Players Taking Their Seats
The Day 1b players are taking their seats. 120 players have already signed up for their shot at the €500,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up And Deal
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Day 1b is underway!
The First Names
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
30,000 |
Anjou Draws First Blood
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Sweden's Oscar Anjou was the one to drag in the first substantial pot of the day. Anjou held 
and bet 3,700 on a 
board. Zoltan Ban made the call in position.
On the 
river, Anjou checked and Ban flung a T-5,000 chip casually into the middle. Anjou thought long and hard before making the call, but was right as Ban showed 
for the busted draw.
Anjou is a professional live cashgame grinder from Sweden but occasionally likes to dabble in some tournaments.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 | 42,000 |
A few More Faces
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The High Rollers Martin Kabrhel and Marian Fridrich are in, and Andrey Andreev as well as Michal Mrakes are also quite well known on the international poker circuit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Vladimir Troyanovskiy Enters
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Last night, Vladimir Troyanovskiy won the €5,300 King's High Roller for €52,208 after defeating Eugene Katchalov in a two-and-a-half hour back and forth heads-up battle.
It was past 5 a.m. before Troyanovskiy could lift the trophy, but even with the little sleep he's back in time today to play Day 1b of the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
More Names
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| 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 |
|
30,000 |