€5,300 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2017 WSOP International Circuit King's Casino Rozvadov
€5,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 WSOP International Circuit King's Casino Rozvadov
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€190,000
Entries
40
Level
21
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000
Plesuv Leads; Sekularac; Lipauka and Ramos with Big Stacks After Day 1
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The most expensive tournament of the 2017 World Series of Poker International Circuit at the King's Casino Rozvadov, the €5,300 High Roller, attracted a field of 31 entries including two re-entries and 22 players bagged up after nine levels of 45 minutes each. Fahredin Mustafov and Aviv Meiri fired a second bullet and got through to Day 2 while Pavel Plesuv bagged up the most chips with 166,700.
Serbian poker pro Ognjen Sekularac only entered the tournament in the very late stages, but almost snagged the chip lead with 162,100 while Dutchman Sander van Wesemael finished the day with 133,100. Other notables among the Day 1 survivors include Vadzim Lipauka (102,200), Felipe Ramos (101,300), Pierre Neuville (81,800), Czech high stakes specialist Pavel Binar (58,200), Viliyan Petleshkov (42,400), and Aleksandar Tomovic (38,400).
The first of two tournament days started with just one table but that number quickly increased to two, three and later four tables. Rafal Nikiel dominated the first two levels and his exit came as a surprise. The Pole flopped two pair and turned full house was no good against the flopped top set and superior full house of Pavel Plesuv. A short-stacked Aviv Meiri put his hopes on an open-ended straight draw, but Vojtech Ruzicka held up with ace-high to send the Israeli to the rail next.
Other casualties of the day included Dawid Paczka, Bernd Gleissner, Maxim Lykov, aforementioned Vojtech Ruzicka and Erez Hamerov. Two double eliminations highlighted the late stages of the day and vaulted Sander van Wesemael as well as Ognjen Sekularac into a big stack. The Dutchman held up with tens against the ace-king of Fahredin Mustafov and the ace-queen of Gleissner while Sekularac flopped a full house with pocket jacks to crack the aces of Ruzicka and dodged the open-ended straight flush draw of Erez Hamerov.
All remaining 22 players will return to the tables of Europe's biggest poker arena at 4 p.m. local time on Friday October 13th and the action recommences with level 10 and blinds of 600-1,200 with a running ante of 200. Late registration and single re-entry remains available for the first two levels and among those expected to join is Phil Hellmuth. The 14-time WSOP bracelet winner late-registered the €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Event and finished 7th for €6,991 and his first Czech flag, the WSOP circuit ring and €41,127 first-place prize was won by King’s Casino regular Stanislav Miadzel from Poland.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | Pavel Binar | Czech Republic | 58,200 | 49 |
| 3 | 3 | Felipe Ramos | Brazil | 101,300 | 84 |
| 3 | 4 | Pavel Plesuv | Moldova | 166,700 | 139 |
| 3 | 5 | Gregor Greko | Germany | 13,200 | 11 |
| 3 | 7 | Tomasz Panek | Poland | 79,000 | 66 |
| 3 | 8 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 92,300 | 77 |
| 4 | 1 | Anatoliy Zyrin | Russian Federation | 57,500 | 48 |
| 4 | 2 | Ognjen Sekularac | Serbia | 162,100 | 135 |
| 4 | 3 | Aviv Meiri | Israel | 65,300 | 54 |
| 4 | 4 | Aleksandar Tomovic | Bulgaria | 38,400 | 32 |
| 4 | 5 | Markus Kuhnen | Germany | 80,000 | 67 |
| 4 | 7 | Robert Schulz | Germany | 76,700 | 64 |
| 5 | 1 | Michael Sklenicka | Czech Republic | 29,200 | 24 |
| 5 | 2 | Mike Brandau | Germany | 14,700 | 12 |
| 5 | 3 | Sander van Wesemael | Netherlands | 133,100 | 111 |
| 5 | 4 | Vadzim Lipauka | Belarus | 102,200 | 85 |
| 5 | 6 | Viliyan Petleshkov | Serbia | 35,300 | 29 |
| 6 | 2 | Michal Ozimek | Poland | 33,800 | 28 |
| 6 | 3 | Grzegorz Idziak | Poland | 55,200 | 46 |
| 6 | 5 | Fabrice Halleux | Belgium | 49,900 | 42 |
| 6 | 6 | Seyed Zadeh | Germany | 16,900 | 14 |
| 6 | 7 | Pierre Neuville | Belgium | 81,800 | 68 |
Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
166,700 | 13,000 |
|
162,100 | 2,100 |
|
133,100 | -16,900 |
|
102,200 | -25,800 |
|
101,300 | -3,700 |
|
92,300 | 42,300 |
|
81,800 | -23,200 |
|
80,000 | 2,000 |
|
79,000 | -2,200 |
|
76,700 | -2,300 |
|
65,300 | 23,300 |
|
58,200 | 8,200 |
|
57,500 | 25,200 |
|
55,200 | 5,200 |
|
49,900 | 9,900 |
|
42,400 | 7,400 |
|
38,400 | 12,400 |
|
33,800 | -21,200 |
|
29,200 | -14,300 |
|
16,900 | -32,100 |
|
14,700 | -10,300 |
|
|
13,200 | 4,000 |
Ognjen Sekularac Flops a Full House
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Vojtech Ruzicka raised to 2,400 under the gun and Erez Hamerov called from the small blind. Ognjen Sekularac three-bet to 16,000 from the big blind and Ruzicka moved all-in for around 55,000. Hamerov called as did Sekularac.
Sekularac: 
Ruzicka: 
Hamerov: 
The flop came 
and Sekularac flopped a full house. The turn was the 
and the river landed the 
. Sekluarac's full house held up to eliminate both Ruzicka and Hamerov in one of the last hands of the night
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | 105,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Three Hands To Go
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The clock has been stopped with 10 minutes left for the level and three more hands will be played for tonight.
Schulz Jams Up the Stack
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Michael Sklenicka had previously moved all in to rake in the pot without showdown. Soon after the Czech was involved in a small four-way pot to the 
river. Ognjen Sekularac bet 16,500 from under the gun and Robert Schulz moved all in from two seats over.
Sklenicka folded on the button, as did Erez Hamerov, and Sekularac also let go immediately.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
79,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
55,000 | 5,000 |
Van Wesemael Rolls On; Petleshkov Doubles
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
With around 9,000 in the middle and the flop reading 
, the action was on Erez Hamerov who bet 3,500. Vojtech Ruzicka called on the button and Sander van Wesemael check-raised to 12,000 out of the big blind. Hamerov folded and Ruzicka called to see the 
on the turn.
Van Wesemael fired again for 16,000 and Ruzicka went into the tank for over a minute before finally folding. Van Wesemael took down another pot as his chip stack continues to rise.
Meanwhile, at the next table, Viliyan Petleshkov shoved all-in for 16,600 and was called by Gregor Greko. Petleshkov tabled 
and was up against the 
of Greko. The board ran out 
and Petleshkov paired his ace on the river to earn himself a double up. Greko was left with under 10 big blinds and it will be a struggle for him to find a bag at the conclusion of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000 | 23,700 |
|
|
35,000 | 5,600 |
|
|
9,200 | -8,800 |
Hamerov and Greko Shove
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
On the flop of 
, Aviv Meiri bet 2,500 and Gregor Greko pushed for his last 8,200 in the cutoff. Meiri shrugged, gave it brief consideration, and folded.
Another short stack was all in soon after. The three-way flop of 
saw a check by Vojtech Ruzicka in the big blind and Robert Schulz from under the gun, while Erez Hamerov bet 5,000. Ruzicka called and checked the on the turn before folding to Hamerov's shove for 13 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,000 | -28,000 |
|
|
53,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
42,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
29,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
18,000 | -25,500 |
Ramos Up to Six Digits
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
In a battle cutoff versus big blind, Fabrice Halleux defended and check-called a bet of Felipe Ramos on the 
turn to see a pot of 18,000 emerge. The appeared on the river and Halleux checked once again, while Ramos bet 10,000. That was enough to force a fold and rake in the pot, boosting Ramos' stack to six digits in the last level of the night.
While Halleux has fewer than half of that, he still has 40 big blinds worth in the current level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
40,000 | -3,500 |
The Last Level of the Night
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The remaining 24 players have been combined on three tables of egith each and it is not expected that several players will enter tonight still. The last level of Day 1 has just kicked off a few minutes ago, while the late registration remains open for the first two levels of Day 2 as of 4 p.m. local time.