Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2014 PokerStars King's Cup Rozvadov
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PokerStars King's Cup Rozvadov
Buy-in
€500
Prize Pool
€267,235
Entries
551
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
2014 PokerStars King's Cup Rozvadov: Philipp Hartmann Leads on the Final Day
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Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
After an epic day of action featured 12 levels and 186 exits (averaging 15 bust outs per level), Day 2 of the 2014 PokerStars King's Cup in Rozvadov finished on Saturday. The pace of the day was frenetic with so many eliminations, and it was capped off by an additional four, dropping the field from 16 to 12, after the last six hands had been announced. Andreas Weiske, Theodoros Aidonopoulos, Steffen Endres, and Dimitrios Ballas were all knocked out after the clock had been stopped.
Philipp Hartmann finished as the chip leader with 2,621,000. He busted Marek Bartoszewicz with the 
against the 
for a 1,000,000-chip pot and followed it up by knocking out Aidonopoulos with the 
against the 
right at the end for a 1,200,000-chip pot. These two hands put him clear of the rest of the field and over a million chips ahead of second-place's Lena Riemenschneider with 1,584,000.
Riemenschneider's story is particularly fascinating, as she came back as the second shortest stack after the dinner break when there were 68 players remaining. The German lady had just 31,000 with the blinds at 3,000/6,000, but she managed to spin that up into over a million in chips — mostly on the feature table in full view of the live stream. Also through was Day 1c chip leader Petr Targa with 734,000 — the only one of the three Day 1 chip leaders to make it. Finally, former European Poker Tour Prague runner-up Georgios Sotiropoulos has also made it to the last day, and the Greek player has 492,000. Team PokerStars Pro Christophe De Meulder had started the day with a healthy stack of 65,800, but the Belgian pro could not manage to get anything going, and he eventually pushed with pocket fours but was called by queens and couldn't improve.
The bubble was reached in Level 16, bursting after just one all-in showdown. Igor Salomasov was the unlucky player, and he had pushed his last 12 big blinds in with the 
to be called by Targa's 
. The Czech player managed to flop a full house on the 
board, and Salomasov couldn't find a queen or running eights on the 
turn and 
river. This sent the remaining players into the money, guaranteeing all a minimum of €1,000.
At this point, Sotiropoulos took over the chip lead from Marc Siebroth after managing to double up with jacks against the 
. He then eliminate Siebroth with 
against 
a few hands later. Sotiropoulos also knocked out the overall chip leader at the start of the day, Roman Mikus. The Czech player was short and called all in with the 
against Sotiropoulos' 
, but could not hit enough of a 
board.
On Sunday, the tournament will restart at 2 p.m. CET once more and play to a winner, who will take home €50,400 — over a hundred times their initial buy-in. Who will it be? Be sure to follow along with the PokerNews Live Reporting team in order to find out!
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,621,000 | 321,000 |
|
1,584,000 | 149,000 |
|
1,284,000 | 284,000 |
|
915,000 | 415,000 |
|
752,000 | 52,000 |
|
734,000 | 391,000 |
|
693,000 | -107,000 |
|
626,000 | 126,000 |
|
492,000 | -168,000 |
|
461,000 | 263,000 |
|
398,000 | 185,000 |
|
275,000 | 159,000 |
Play Has Ended
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
A full recap and the remaining chip counts will follow shortly.
Gone Ballastic!
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
The final exit of the day was Dimitrios Ballas, he previously was crippled when losing with 
to Pavel Novotny's . Ballas was all in with 
but couldn't beat Nikolay Karman's 
.
Four exits in the last six hands. Crazy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000 | 300,000 |
|
Busted |
The Endres is in Sight
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Radek Stockner opened to 40,000 and Steffen Endres shoved for 343,000. Stockner had a similar stack and tanked for a minute before calling.
Stockner: 
Endres:
The board came 
and Stockner virtually doubled up while eliminating Endres.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000 | 587,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Hartmann Bags Another
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Did everyone just agree to do a shot before the last six hands?
Just moments after losing one big pot, Philipp Hartmann has won back the chips with interest.
Theodoros Aidonopoulos raised to 40,000 preflop, Hartmann made it 100,000 and the Greek player shoved for 600,000 in total - only to be snap-called.
Aidonopoulos:
Hartmann:
The board came 
and Hartmann looks to have secured the chip lead into the final day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,300,000 | 600,000 |
|
Busted |
Action Everywhere!
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Apparently, this is the time to play all the big hands.
First Dimitrios Ballas opened to 42,000 from the button, Radek Stockner flat-called in the small blind and Pavel Novotny made it 110,000 from the big blind. Ballas shoved, Stockner folded what he said was queens and Novotny quickly called.
Ballas:
Novotny:
The board was 
and Novotny jumped up to a million in chips.
On the other table Daniel Effendy doubled up to almost 800,000 with 
against Philipp Hartmann's on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000 | -400,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 | 840,000 |
|
|
800,000 | 605,000 |
|
|
80,000 | -470,000 |
Weiske Busts Right at the Death
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Andreas Weiske had been looking for a spot to shove and made a move with 
. Uwe Mauerhoff called with 
and the board came 
meaning the latter's tens were still good.
We'll definitely be coming back with only two tables tomorrow now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000 | 170,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Last Six Hands
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
The clock has been stopped. We will play six more hands and then finish for the day.