Main Event
Day 1a Started
2017 WSOP International Circuit King's Casino Rozvadov
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 WSOP International Circuit King's Casino Rozvadov
Buy-in
€1,650
Prize Pool
€1,000,000
Entries
672
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
€1,650 Main Event Day 1A Kicks Off Today!
The pinnacle event of the WSOP International Circuit in Rozvadov is set to get underway today at 2:00 PM local time. Players will gather inside the Poker Arena at King's Casino for the €1,650 Main Event Day 1A.
In what will be a four-day event, today is the first of two starting flights. Day 1B will commence on Saturday at 2:00 PM and players will be granted one re-entry on each starting day. Those that are fortunate enough to find a bag at the conclusion of 12 levels, will advance to Day 2 on Sunday, October 15.
The action will begin with the blinds at 25/50 with a 30,000 chip starting stack. The blinds will be 45-minute levels with a 15-minute break after every three levels. Late registration will close at the start of Day 2 with a maximum of four entries per player.
Follow with the PokerNews live reporting team for all of the up to date action throughout the event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Cards Are in the Air
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The tournament director has instructed the dealers to shuffle up and deal as the cards are now in the air and play is underway on Day 1A of the €1,650 Main Event.
There are currently 33 players that have taken their seat but that number is continuing to grow consistently. A couple notables that have been spotted early on include Petr Jelinek and Tom Holke.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
More Notables Added to the Field
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
There are some 80 players registered for Day 1a now and among those are several local players such as Petr Machacek, Van Tiep Nguyen, Josef Snejberg and Josef Gulas. Iran's Majid Ejlal Noubarian has made the trip to King's Casino regularly over the last few years also and Jeff Lisandro calls Prague his home town these days.
| 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 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Up to 77 Entries!
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
There are currently 77 entries now as the first level nears its end. Late registration will be open for the entire day up to the beginning of Day 2, with one re-entry allowed per starting flight.
Entering Pop, Lunkin and Soulier
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Catalin Pop has had a very successful 2017 thus far with victories in the 888Live Main Event here in Rozvadov for €80,000, a win in the 888Live Festival Barcelona €2,000 High Roller, and he added a World Series of Poker Circuit ring to his collection. Pop emerged victorious in the €420 Bounty Hunter event for €15,187 and is looking forward to another big score here at King's Casino.
Among the other notables involved in action early on is Fabrice Soulier, who already has more than six million dollars in cashes, and Vitaly Lunkin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Full House for Korochenskiy
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Majid Ejlal Noubarian has started well and added some chips to the stack and Anatoly Korochenskiy just did so in a battle of the blinds against Jesper Hansen. The latter bet the 
flop for 750 and was called by Korochenskiy before both checked the 
on the turn.
After the 
river, Hansen bet 1,200 and called a raise to 2,900 by Korochenskiy to see his 
end up second best to the Russian's 
for a full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
26,000 | -4,000 |
Entering Two WSOP Circuit Ring Winners
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Ben Bensimhon, who hails from Israel but now resides in the UK, has won the Monster Stack in heads-up against Felipe Ramos while Stanislav Miazel won the €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Event yesterday. Both entered the field towards the end of the last level and nothing much has happened so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |