Plesuv Leads; Sekularac; Lipauka and Ramos with Big Stacks After Day 1
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 |