Break
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
The field is on their first fifteen-minute break of the day.
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
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 50
Troyanovskiy defeats Katchalov heads up to claim King's High Roller title
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
What were you doing at 4:30am this morning? Chances are you were tucked up between the sheets, with the soothing sounds of poker chip ruffling quietly still playing on the stereo hours after it helped you doze off.
For two of Eastern Europe's biggest poker stars, 4:30am looked a little different. At around 2am in Rozvadov, Russia's Vladimir Troyanovskiy and Ukraine's Eugene Katchalov found themselves heads up in the €5,300 King's High Roller - the largest buy-in event of this PokerStars Festival.
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Chip Counts
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
65,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
62,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
56,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
38,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
||
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
16,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
|
15,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
Busted | |
Katchalov Enters As Well
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
At 5 a.m. last night, Katchalov chopped the King's High Roller and banked €50,972. The Ukranian superstar decided to sleep in a little longer than Vladimir Troyanovskiy, but has arrived as well now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Set Over Set... Over Set?!
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
Michal Mrakes is sitting behind a sweet stack of 110,000, courtesy of a massive setup that launched the experienced Czech grinder to the top. On a board of 
, no less than three players committed all their chips to the pot.
It turned out to be a massive cooler upon showdown. Ilber Tairi opened up 
for a set, but would have to settle for just the bronze medal. Uwe Geiermann held 
for middle set, but much to his shock Mrakes had them all crushed with 
.
Tairi was out, Geiermann was left with just 1,000 and busted the next hand. What a start for Mrakes, one of the hometown heroes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
More Counts
Level 4
: 150/300, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | |
|
42,000 | |
|
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
38,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
|
14,000 |
Photos Day 1b
Courtesy of Tomás Stacha.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Kot Puts Pressure on Goenka
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Three players saw a flop of 
, including Jan Kot and Manish Goenka. Kot bet 3,500 and Goenka raised to 10,500, leaving himself with just 14,000 behind. The third player quickly went out of the way, but Kot slid a tower of T-5,000 chips in to put Goenka at risk.
Goenka didn't like it and folded his hand after thirty seconds. The Indian claimed afterwards to have folded ace-king.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
14,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |