Pavel Stolar will lead the field heading into Day 2 of the €1,650 WSOP International Circuit Main Event in Rozvadov. Stolar bagged an impressive 228,600 chips at the end of Day 1B and will look to continue his upward trend today.
There will be a total of 258 players returning to the Poker Arena inside King's Casino on Sunday. Late registration will remain open until the cards get in the air at approximately 2:00 PM, so it is possible for that number to increase. The prizepool information and payouts will be announced once registration closes.
The action will resume on level 13 with the blinds at 800/1,600 and a 200 ante. The blind levels will be increased to 60-minutes on Day 2 and it is expected that there will be 10 levels of play. There will be a 15-minute break every two levels with a dinner break scheduled after the sixth level of play.
There will be many notables to keep an eye on including Phil Hellmuth, Bertrand Grospellier, Brandon Cantu, Fabrice Soulier, Martin Kabrhel, Artan Dedusha, and Sander van Wesemael. At the end of the day, the remaining players will bag and tag to return on the final day where a champion will be crowned and another WSOP Circuit ring will be handed out.
A full chip count list and seating assignments are posted below.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on site to bring you all of the live updates throughout the event.
There was a raise to 3,500 from early position and Piotr Wiecek three-bet to 9,200 from the hijack. Vitaly Lunkin was on the button and moved all-in for 46,400. The initial raiser asked for a count but eventually folded and Wiecek instantly called.
Wiecek:
Lunkin:
The flop came providing no help to Lunkin. The turn was the and the river landed the . Lunkin was able to connect with the board and was eliminated within the first few hands of Day 2.
Phil Hellmuth scored an early double, as did Rakesh Lalwani, while big stack Alfred Nader has been eliminated. Nader lost a big portion of his stack against Jose Ponce when he paid off the bet of 46,500 by Ponce on the river of a board and mucked after Ponce flashed for a full house.
Nader's stack was more than halved after that and he busted soon after.
The former big stack of Ben Bensimhon has vanished and Gerhard Brimmers confirmed a big clash with Vlad Darie that left the WSOP Circuit ring winner with dust. According to Brimmers, Bensimhon four-bet to more than 40,000 and Darie was the only caller while Brimmers and another player folded.
On a flop of , Bensimhon shoved with and Darie called with for top pair and the nut flush draw. Turn and river bricked and Bensimhon was left with crumbs.
Jose Ponce is also on the rise and appears to be second in chips right nowl.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was having trouble getting anything to go his way to start the day as he dwindled down to under 50,000 chips. He managed to get his remaining 46,000 chips in the middle from the hijack and was called by the button. Grospellier tabled and had his opponent dominated with .
The board ran out and Grospellier's ace-king high was good enough to earn him a double up.
With more than 60,000 already in the middle, Jose Ponce bet the flop for 50,000 and had to call the shove of Hossein Ensan for little more, 84,000 in total.
Hossein Ensan:
Jose Ponce:
The turn locked up the hand for Ensan, and he even improved to a full house on the river to double. In the previous level, he had lost quite a few chips to Ponce and got them back now.
With around 18,000 in the middle, the dealer fanned the flop of . The big blind checked and Martin Kabrhel fired 16,000 from early position. Michal Stipsky raised to 35,500 on the button and the big blind moved all-in for 38,100. Kabrhel tanked for a couple minutes before making a min-raise to 60,200. Stipsky announced all-in and Kabrhel instantly called for his remaining stack.
Kabrhel:
Stipsky:
Big Blind:
Kabrhel was out front with a set of jacks but wasn't in the clear yet. The turn was the and the river landed the . Kabrhel doubled through Stipsky and eliminated another opponent to close in on 300,000 chips.
There was a raise to 6,500 from early position and call from the hijack with the action on Sander van Wesemael in the big blind. He three-bet to 22,500 and his opponent in early position four-bet shoved all-in for 112,600. The player in the hijack folded and van Wesemael called after taking his time on the decision.
van Wesemael:
Opponent:
It was a race situation and the flop came . Van Wesemael was still behind but the on the turn quickly gave him the lead. The river was the van Wesemael eliminated his opponent.
Vojtech Ruzicka had some 110,000 chips remaining when the hand started, and that has since been reduced to zero. A raise to 15,000 by the player from under the gun was followed by the shove of Ruzicka and Daniel Nietrzebka over-shoved for slightly more to force out the player in under the gun.
Vojtech Ruzicka:
Daniel Nietrzebka:
The board of provided an over kill as Nietrzebka improved on each street to ultimately eliminate the former November Niner with a full house.
The action folded to Bertrand Grospellier in the small blind who raised to 10,000 and was called by the big blind. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.
Grospellier checked again and the big blind fired 24,500. Grospellier made the call and the completed the board. Both players checked again and Grospellier tabled for a full house to take down the pot.
providing no help to Lunkin. The turn was the 
and the river landed the 
. Lunkin was able to connect with the board and was eliminated within the first few hands of Day 2.
and mucked 
for a full house.
, Bensimhon shoved with 
and Darie called with 
.
and Grospellier's ace-king high was good enough to earn him a double up.
flop for 50,000 and had to call the shove of Hossein Ensan for little more, 84,000 in total.
turn locked up the hand for Ensan, and he even improved to a full house on the 
and the river landed the 
and both players checked to the 
on the turn.
completed the board. Both players checked again and Grospellier tabled 
for a full house to take down the pot.