On the three-way flop of , Rafal Nikiel bet 625 in the small blind and Seyed Zadeh folded while Aviv Meiri called. The fell on the turn and a second bet worth 1,600 by Nikiel did the trick to force a fold.
Over on the other table, Aleksandar Tomovic opened to 400 in the small blind and Anatoliy Zyrin three-bet to 1,100 in the big blind. Tomovic called and checked the flop before folding to a continuation bet worth 1,500 by Zyrin.
Zyrin limped the next blind and called a raise to 400 by Viliyan Petleshkov before the duo checked through a flop and turn. After the river, Zyrin checked once more and Petleshkov avoided the showdown with a bet of 600.
Gregor Greko has joined the field in the first level of play. Greko has a little over $50,000 in live tournament earnings, all of which have come at the King's Casino in Rozvadov dating back to 2010.
With a total of eight entries now, the players redrew for seats at two different tables.
Aviv Meiri, who has already cashed for more than $320,000 in live tournaments, has just sat down next to Anatoliy Zyrin. The third-biggest score of Meiri came right here at the King's Casino earlier in 2017 when he finished second to Boris Kuzmanovic in the PokerStars Festival €2,200 High Roller for €36,428. On that final table, Meiri outlasted David Urban, Robert Zipf and Sebastian Malec amongst others.
Viliyan Petleshkov entered the competition with a fresh stack of 50,000 while two smaller hands played out.
Aleksandar Tomovic raised to 275 from the cutoff and Erez Hamerov three-bet to 1,125 from the small blind. Tomovic called and the duo checked the flop of . After the turn, Hamerov bet 2,000 and that won the pot right there.
Then, Rafal Nikiel faced a limp by Tomovic and raised to 600. Only Seyed Zadeh in the big blind called and the flop fell . Zadeh checked and Nikiel claimed the pot with a bet of 1,500.
Aleksandar Tomovic, a Serbian poker pro with nearly $350,000 in live tournament earnings, has taken his seat to the right of Rafal Nikiel. He sat down just in time to witness Nikiel rake in the first large pot of the day.
Anatoliy Zyrin raised to 400 on the button and was called by Seyed Zadeh in the small blind and Nikiel in the big blind. The flop came and Zadeh checked. Nikiel led out for 700 and Zyrin raised to 2,100. Zadeh folded and Nikiel called to see the on the turn.
Nikiel checked and Zyrin checked behind as the completed the board. Nikiel fired 3,500 into the middle and Zyrin tossed his cards to the muck sending the pot to Nikiel.
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.
Among those in their seats right at the start were Seyed Zadeh, Anatoliy Zyrin, Rafal Nikiel and Erez Hamerov. Zyrin just scored a big result not long ago after finishing 4th in the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russian Main Event for $300,000 and will be aiming for the elusive World Series of Poker Circuit ring that is up for grabs.
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!
, Rafal Nikiel bet 625 in the small blind and Seyed Zadeh folded while Aviv Meiri called. The 
fell on the turn and a second bet worth 1,600 by Nikiel did the trick to force a fold.
flop before folding to a continuation bet worth 1,500 by Zyrin.
flop and 
turn. After the 
river, Zyrin checked once more and Petleshkov avoided the showdown with a bet of 600.
. After the 
turn, Hamerov bet 2,000 and that won the pot right there.
. Zadeh checked and Nikiel claimed the pot with a bet of 1,500.
and Zadeh checked. Nikiel led out for 700 and Zyrin raised to 2,100. Zadeh folded and Nikiel called to see the 
on the turn.
completed the board. Nikiel fired 3,500 into the middle and Zyrin tossed his cards to the muck sending the pot to Nikiel.
