2014 PokerStars King's Cup Rozvadov

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2014 PokerStars King's Cup Rozvadov

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
€45,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€500
Prize Pool
€267,235
Entries
551
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Main Event

Day 1b Completed

2014 PokerStars King's Cup Rozvadov: Thomas Fabian Leads Day 1b Field

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Thomas Fabian
Thomas Fabian

A huge 337 players ended up entering on Day 1b in the form of 315 unique entries and 22 re-entries. With the field almost three times the size of Day 1a, the casualties flooded in throughout the day and with stack sizes swinging up and down like a yo-yo expert displaying their expertise, it wasn't until literally the very end of play that a clear chip leader was found.

That person is Thomas Fabian. The German knocked out two players with pocket tens against pocket sixes and ace-nine in one of the last hands of the day for what was a 150,000 chip pot. Fabian flopped top set and turned a full house to eliminate compatriot Marcel Tol and Czech player Petr Hejdanek. Fabian finished with 185,400, enough to lead but just over 5,000 short of Roman Mikus chip lead from Day 1a.

Other big stacks to make it through were Andreas Weiske (171,600), Erjat Balinca (162,600) Milan Stanislav (148,800) and Georgios Manousos (132,500). Manousos had been chip leader for much of the day but it was only at the end when several players overlapped him.

Team PokerStars Pro was once again represented by Christophe De Meulder. Yesterday the Belgian pro was unable to win a single pot, today it appeared that one big hand had made his day when he held aces against kings and sixes to give him an above-average stack, he finished with 65,800. He was not the only famous player on Day 1b though; former EPT Deauville winner Sotirios Koutoupas had also made an appearance alongside a band of Greek players but Koutoupas' day was cut short when he shoved blind only to find out he had {3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}, needless to say it did not work out for him.

In total, around 200 players busted in Day 1b, but they'll still have a chance to try out on Day 1c which begins shortly. The structure is exactly the same but the levels will only be 15 minutes long and it'll be a last chance to spin up a stack for Day 2.

Join the PokerNews Live Reporting Team across on the Day 1c blog as we bring you the final starting day from this tournament! Meanwhile, a full chip count for this event will come as soon as we get our grubby hands on it.

End-of-Day Chip Counts

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Thomas Fabian de
Thomas Fabian
185,400 25,400
Andreas Weiske de
Andreas Weiske
171,600 38,600
Erjat Balinca de
Erjat Balinca
162,600 67,600
Milan Stanislav cz
Milan Stanislav
148,800 148,800
Georgios Sotiropoulos gr
Georgios Sotiropoulos
WSOP 3X Winner
132,500 7,500
Vincent van Hulsen de
Vincent van Hulsen
123,500 123,500
David Dolak cz
David Dolak
118,100 68,100
Nikolay Karman ru
Nikolay Karman
111,900 111,900
Huseyn Erbay de
Huseyn Erbay
109,600 109,600
Marc Palatzky de
Marc Palatzky
106,700 1,700
Josef Gulas cz
Josef Gulas
WSOP 1X Winner
104,200 104,200
Petr Subik cz
Petr Subik
103,100 103,100
Igor Salomasov ru
Igor Salomasov
103,000 3,000
Jaroslav Peter cz
Jaroslav Peter
98,900 98,900
Milan Sasek cz
Milan Sasek
98,100 98,100
Fahmi Belarbi
Fahmi Belarbi
96,100 96,100
Chaib Opfergeld
Chaib Opfergeld
95,700 95,700
Mohamed Abdalla de
Mohamed Abdalla
86,600 86,600
Moritz Ott
Moritz Ott
85,600 85,600
Ming-Jie Phung fr
Ming-Jie Phung
85,100 85,100
Philipp Hartmann de
Philipp Hartmann
82,300 82,300
Chris-Lenhard Schneider
Chris-Lenhard Schneider
81,100 81,100
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
80,600 80,600
Rudy Monten de
Rudy Monten
77,500 77,500
Zeus-Jan Post nl
Zeus-Jan Post
77,200 77,200

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Fabian Wins Huge Pot at the Death

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
King's Casino, Rozvadov
King's Casino, Rozvadov

Joining in the middle of the action and Marcel Tol was all in for 63,000, Petr Hejdanek was all in for 30,700 and Thomas Fabian was tanking - a call would cost him most of his stack, but he made it.

Tol: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}
Hejdanek: {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}
Fabian: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The board came {10-Spades}{4-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Fabian allowed himself a little cry of "Yes!" winning what looks to be the biggest pot today.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Fabian de
Thomas Fabian
160,000
Petr Hejdanek cz
Petr Hejdanek
Busted
Marcel Tol de
Marcel Tol
Busted

Last Level

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We're now playing the final level of the day. Remember, we'll be hanging around for Day 1c, where they'll be playing 10 15-minute levels.

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

De Meulder Scoops a Big One

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Christophe De Meulder
Christophe De Meulder

Yesterday, Team PokerStars Pro Christophe De Meulder couldn't win a hand all day.

Today, he only needed one to make a difference.

De Meulder got two shorter stacks all in preflop while holding aces. A most agreeable situation.

De Meulder: {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}
Stefanie Wojtas: {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Pavel Panocha: {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}

The board came {6-Spades}{10-Spades}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}, scaring De Meulder's hand briefly but the aces stayed good to knock out both other players.

Player Chips Progress
Christophe De Meulder be
Christophe De Meulder
65,000 65,000
Pavel Panocha cz
Pavel Panocha
Busted
Stefanie Wojtas de
Stefanie Wojtas
Busted

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