Main Event
Day 1b Started
2015 partypoker World Poker Tour Prague
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 partypoker World Poker Tour Prague
Buy-in
€3,000
Entries
256
Level
32
Blinds
10,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Day 1b is Upon Us!
After an exciting starting day yesterday, which was stacked with big names, it's now time for Day 1b. As usual Day 1b is a lot bigger than the first starting day, and we're also expecting to see some of the players that got knocked out yesterday return.
On Day 1a we saw 60 players enter, out of which 38 players managed to make it through the day including World Poker Tour Player of the Year Anthony Zinno. Aliaksei Boika from Belarus bagged up the overnight chip lead for 99,500 chips, with local favorite Vojtech Ruzicka in third for 93,000 chips.
Today's plan is to play eight levels of 60 minutes, with a one-hour dinner break at the completion of the sixth level. PokerNews.com will be right there with you throughout the day for live updates, chip counts and photos.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Cards are in the air for the second and final starting day of WPT Prague.
The British Youngster Are Here
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Two of the young and upcoming players in today's field are without question Brits Charlie Carrel and Ben Heath. These two talented players have been traveling the international tournament circuit with success in the last two years, but their online results have also been nothing to sneeze at.
Carrel had the biggest result of the two, as he won the €25k High Roller event in Monte Carlo after beating Erik Seidel heads up for €1,114,000. Heath's playing his first ever World Poker Tour event today, as he's coming of a World Series of Poker final table in the $3k six-max.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Early Entrants
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Even though the tournament didn't start until 2:00 p.m. local time, there are still a lot of players expected to enter late. Among the players that did show up on time we've spotted the following guys.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 16,500 |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
An Unlikely Face In the Crowd
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Hong Kong's Raiden Kan is a very well known player in the Asia-Pacific region when it comes to poker, but it's not often we get to see him play in Europe. Since his first live tournament result in 2009, Kan has cashed just once in Europe and the United States, while racking up serious results in Macau, Australia and China.
Kan ranks fourth on the Hong Kong all-time money list with $842,676 in earnings, and his biggest result was a victory in the 2011 Macau Poker Cup for $160,591. Kan has 69 live results to date, including a 10th place in the Aussie Millions Main Event and an 8th place in the Asia Championships of Poker Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
More Familiar Faces
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 |
Grochulski Flops the Nuts
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Grzegorz Grochulski just three-bet Johnny Hansen to 750 from the button and the Danish player made the call from the under-the-gun position. The flop came down 
and Hansen check-called a bet of 750 and on the turn the 
.
Hansen checked quickly on the turn and Grochulski bet 1,8000. Hansen gave it some thought before calling, and the river completed the board with the 
. Hansen checked a third time and Grochulski bet 2,600.
Hansen tanked for quite some time before calling, and Grochulski quickly showed 
for the nut flush.
"I flopped it too," Hansen said, as he got knocked down to 21,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000 | 35,000 |
|
21,000 | 21,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0