Main Event
Day 1a Started
2016 WSOP International Circuit King's Casino Rozvadov
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 WSOP International Circuit King's Casino Rozvadov
Buy-in
€1,500
Entries
851
Level
34
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Welcome to Day 1a of the 2016 WSOP Circuit Rozvadov Main Event
Welcome to Day 1a of the 2016 World Series of Poker Circuit festival at the King's Casino in Rozvadov. For the past two weeks, the festival in the snow-covered town has attracted players from all around the world, competing for one of the fourteen coveted WSOP Circuit rings up for grasp. With more than €2,250,000 in guaranteed prize money and a wide range of buy-ins, the festival offers something for everyone.
Last year, Poland's Mateusz Dziewonski stood tall over a field of 715 entries. After more than 14 hours of play on the final day, Dziewonksi won the inaugural WSOP Circuit Main Event and boosted his bankroll with a massive €206,927. Andrew King of Ireland finished runner-up, cashing €126,002. Denmark's Johnny Hansen rounded out the top three, winning €92,892. The final table was an international affair, with no fewer than eight nationalities represented among the final nine.
Today at 2 p.m. local time, Day 1a of the €1,650 Main Event will get underway, with a staggering guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000. Plenty of amateurs and pros alike have traveled to the Czech Republic to take a stab at the massive prize pool, all vying to become the latest winner of a gold WSOP Circuit ring. 2016 November Niner Vojtech Ruzicka will be playing on his home turf and is one to watch in this tournament.
According to the structure, both Day 1s will feature 12 levels of 45 minutes each. The level duration will increase to one hour for Day 2 and the final day. Main Event players are allowed a maximum of four entries, with the option of a single re-entry on the same day. Players are allowed to buy-in for both starting days and will keep their best stack going forward if they manage to make Day 2 twice. (Re-)entering the tournament is possible up until the start of Day 2.
The PokerNews.com team will be here for the entire duration of the Main Event and will provide updates until the winner is crowned on Monday night.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Special Prize Added for Royal Flush
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Courtesy of 888 Poker, the first player in the tournament who will make a Royal Flush will receive an iPhone 6s as a bonus.
First Players
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
130 players so far haven taken their seats on Day 1a of the €1.650 WSOPC Main Event here in Rozvadov. It's up from the 92 that started off last year, which looks promising for the total number of entries.
Among the first players spotted are former November Niner James Akenhead and Belgium's Bart Lybaert, who racked up ten cashes during this year's WSOP in Las Vegas. Lybaert also noted two earlier cashes this week in the WSOPC Festival.
| 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 | 30,000 |
More Names Entering
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
A lot of players today have qualified on 888 Poker, including the leader of Romania's all-time money list Mihai Manole.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
The Field Is Growing
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
With the €1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, King's Casino has attracted a lot of players from around the world. More of them are dripping in, growing the field to 184 entrants so far.
2011 WSOP Main Event runner-up Martin Staszko is one of the players who just took his seat in this tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Verdikt Doubles His Stack
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
On a board of 
, the pot already contained a lot of chips when Vincent Verdikt bet 10,500. His opponent Manish Goenka, all the way from India, took a long while before committing the call.
Verdikt showed 
for queens full and Goenka mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000 | |
|
8,000 |
Popa Takes One Down
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
In a blind battle, the stacks of Tudor Popa and Ivane Esadze went in on a flop of 
. Esadze held 
for middle pair and a gutshot straight draw, but Popa had 
for the flopped nut straight.
Esadze was in dire straights, and was unable to wiggle himself out of it on the 
turn or river. He was one of the first players to be eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | 60,000 |
|
Busted |