As the WSOP Circuit event in Rozvadov nears its end, the €5,300 High Roller two-day event gets underway this evening. The action will take place inside King's Casino starting at 6:00 PM local time.
There should be many notables making their way into the Rozvadov area leading up to WSOP Europe beginning next week. With that, tournament staff are expecting to zero in on the biggest WSOP Circuit outside of the United States. The €1,650 Main Event will kick off on Friday, October 13.
Players will start the day with a 50,000 starting stack and will be allowed one re-entry. The blinds will begin at 50/100 with 45-minute levels. Day 1 will consist of nine levels of play and late registration will be open for 11 levels, two levels into Day 2 where a winner will be crowned.
Follow along as the PokerNews live reporting team brings you all of the action in search of another WSOP Circuit ring winner!
There are two other tournaments running at the King's Casino right now and Phil Hellmuth is featured in one of them. The poker superstar made the trip over to Rozvadov and late registered for Day 2 of the €2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Event. As of right now, there are 14 players out of a 78-entry strong field remaining and the top 8 will share a portion of the €137,085 prize pool.
A min cash is worth €5,483, while the winner can look forward to a payday of €41,125. Worth more than the money for Hellmuth is the World Series of Poker Circuit ring, though, and the American has a stack just below the average on the last two tables right now.
The other tournament is the €440 WSOP Circuit ring event with 185 entries, of which 169 currently remain.
Rafal Nikiel limped in and Pierre Neuville in the cutoff raised to 800, which Nikiel called. On the , Nikiel bet 1,350 and Neuville called before the action was checked to the Belgian on the turn. Neuville bet 2,150 and Nikiel called before checking again the river with a loud thump on the table.
Neuville bet 7,550 and Nikiel called to see his opponent turn over , which Nikiel had beat with the .
Dawid Paczka raised to 600 and Pavel Plesuv three-bet to 2,000 on the button, which brought a call from Rafal Nikiel in the big blind and a fold from Paczka. On the flop Nikiel bet right away and Plesuv called before doing so again for 7,500 on the turn.
After the river, Nikiel bet 18,000 and Plesuv moved all in for 62,000. Nikiel called it off for more than 40,000 and was shown the by Plesuv, then mucked his own for the inferior full house.
The action was folded to Aviv Meiri in the cutoff who raised to 600. Vojtech Ruzicka three-bet to 1,700 on the button and Meiri called. The flop came and Ruzicka bet 3,000, enough to cover Meiri's short stack. Meiri called and the cards were tabled.
Ruzicka:
Meiri:
Meiri flopped an open-ended straight draw to go along with his two live cards. The turn was the and the river landed the , providing no help to Meiri and he was eliminated. He quickly stopped by the registration desk and has re-entered the tournament.
On the turn, Hossein Ensan bet 3,300 into a pot of 4,800 out of the big blind and Vadzim Lipauka raised to 7,150 on the button. Ensan clicked it back up to 20,000 and Lipauka gave him a stare down before calling.
The appeared on the river and Ensan bet 20,000 right away with about as many chips behind. Lipauka tanked for a long time and the clock was called on him. As soon as the tournament director arrived at the table, Lipauka called and Ensan immediately sent his cards into the muck to forfeit more than two third of his stack without showdown.
Erez Hamerov opened from under the gun and Vojtech Ruzicka three-bet from middle position. The action folded back around to Hamerov who moved all-in and Ruzicka quickly called. Hamerov tabled and Ruzicka showed . The board ran out and Hamerov found a double up to move over starting stack.
In the next hand, Maxim Lykov got all of his chips in the middle against Fahredin Mustafov on a flop reading . Lykov was ahead with up against Mustafov's . The turn was the and the river landed the , giving Lykov a full double up as well.
The board read and there was a little over 7,000 in the middle already. Gregor Greko checked from the big blind and Tomasz Panek bet 5,025 from the cutoff. Greko made the call and the hit the river.
Greko checked again and Panek moved all-in for 16,025.
"I just want to see," Greko said as he called after a brief moment. Panek tabled for two pair and Greko nodded as he pushed his cards to the muck.
Sander van Wesemael opened to 1,400 from under the gun and Fahredin Mustafov called from middle position. Bernd Gleissner moved all-in from the cutoff for 17,600. The action folded back to van Wesemael who pushed all-in over the top and Mustafov called off his remaining 35,000 chips.
van Wesemael:
Mustafov:
Gleissner:
The board ran out and van Wesemael's set of tens was good enough to earn him the pot. He had both of his opponents covered, scoring a double knockout.
Maxim Lykov eventually busted with his short stack and walked over to the table of Pavel Plesuv to confirm the bad news.
There wasn't much action on the other tables as of recently, only Tomasz Panek chipped up significantly after he got paid off by Mike Brandau. Panek bet the river for 11,100 and Brandau called, then mucked when he was shown the for the nuts by Panek.
, Nikiel bet 1,350 and Neuville called before the action was checked to the Belgian on the 
turn. Neuville bet 2,150 and Nikiel called before checking again the 
river with a loud thump on the table.
, which Nikiel had beat with the 
.
turn.
river, Nikiel bet 18,000 and Plesuv moved all in for 62,000. Nikiel called it off for more than 40,000 and was shown the 
by Plesuv, then mucked his own 
for the inferior full house.
and Ruzicka bet 3,000, enough to cover Meiri's short stack. Meiri called and the cards were tabled.
and the river landed the 
, providing no help to Meiri and he was eliminated. He quickly stopped by the registration desk and has re-entered the tournament.
up against Mustafov's 
and the river landed the 
and van Wesemael's set of tens was good enough to earn him the pot. He had both of his opponents covered, scoring a double knockout.
