Main Event
Day 1a Completed
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
651
Level
33
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Lambros Vrakas Leads After WSOPC Main Event Day 1a
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Four months since the World Series of Poker’s International Circuit graced the doors of the largest cardroom in Europe, it’s back and the festival has almost reached its conclusion with the €1,650 Main Event getting underway today.
It was the first of two starting flights, with players allowed up to one re-entry per flight. Over the course of the day several players exercised that option, with Marek Tatar, Catalin Pop and Soenke Jahn among them.
With the festival’s High Roller reaching a conclusion today, the likes of Pierre Neuville, Martin Kabrhel, Vojtech Ruzicka, Dzmitry Urbanovich and Aleksandar Tomovic were all in action away from the Main Event. Those players are expected to enter tomorrow, but there were a whole host of other names in the Main Event field.
Brits Sam Grafton and Kuljinder Sidhu showed their faces, along with Said El Yousfi, who picked up four second-place finishes at last month’s Marrakech Poker Open including a second place in the High Roller also joined the field, along with Jerome Sgorrano who finished fifth in that event.
At the end of the day’s 12 levels, it was Lambros Vrakas who topped the chip counts with 249,500. He handed a chunk of his chips over to the aforementioned Said El Yousfi in level one when his open-ended Royal Flush draw didn’t get there against the trip kings of El Yousfi, but since then he continued to move up the counts.
Later Vrakas would eliminate former EPT Barcelona champion Sebastian Malec in a nasty set over set situation, before pushing his chips around to gain the maximum from top pair against Andreas Puhl.
A whole host of other big stacks litter the field including Grzegorz Idziak (207,700), Marcia Chemielewski (183,700) Michal Jurcenko (161,100) Gennady Kallin (153,100), and they will return on Sunday for Day 2 as part of the 87 Day 1a survivors. Notables in that field include Sam Grafton (20,100), Kuljinder Sidhu (95,400) and Ismael Bojang (49,600).
A full chip count of all players advancing to Day 2 will be published before the start of Day 1b.
Day 1b starts tomorrow (Saturday) at 14.00 local time, with 12 levels scheduled. Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the live updates.
Chip Counts From Day 1a (full)
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
249,500 | -500 |
|
207,700 | 207,700 |
|
183,700 | 183,700 |
|
183,400 | 53,400 |
|
161,100 | 161,100 |
|
160,700 | 10,700 |
|
156,000 | 118,000 |
|
154,000 | 154,000 |
|
|
153,100 | 153,100 |
|
150,900 | 150,900 |
|
|
145,300 | 145,300 |
|
|
144,800 | 144,800 |
|
141,200 | 141,200 |
|
126,200 | 126,200 |
|
126,000 | 126,000 |
|
|
123,000 | 123,000 |
|
|
121,400 | 93,400 |
|
120,100 | 20,100 |
|
|
116,500 | 116,500 |
|
115,600 | 115,600 |
|
|
114,400 | 114,400 |
|
113,900 | 113,900 |
|
113,200 | 113,200 |
|
110,100 | 110,100 |
|
109,600 | 109,600 |
Last Seven Hands
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Tournament officials have drawn and, somewhat unbelievably, there will be seven more hands before bagging for the evening.
Flush For Fritz To Crack Mach
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Marek Fritz opened for 3,000 from the cut-off and called a raise to 7,400 from Jan Mach after the blinds folded.
The flop was 
and a check from Fritz saw Mach bet 6,600. Fritz called and on the turn card 
led out for 5,000.
Mach made the call and the river card was the 
. Fritz reverted to a check and bet of 8,000 from Mach was quickly called.
Mach tabled 
but the 
flush of Fritz took the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000 | |
|
20,000 |
Lambros Vrakas Surges to Monster Chip Lead
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Andreas Puhl raised to 3,000 from under the gun. Lambros Vrakas then three-bet to 7,500 from the cutoff and Puhl called.
The flop came 
and both players checked and the 
was dealt on the turn. Puhl bet 7,500 and Vrakas raised to 22,000. Puhl called.
The river was the and both players checked.
Puhl showed 
for a pair of queens, while Vrakas showed 
for a pair of kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000 | 175,000 |
|
27,000 | -5,000 |
Yosifov Borislav Falls At the Last
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The last level of the day and it’s time to double up for the short stacks or go home.
Atanas Kodinov opened and Yosifov Borislav shoved his short stack all in. The other players folded and Kodinov called.
Borislav showed 
and Kodinov had 
.
The board ran out 
and Borislav rose to depart the tournament. He can try again tomorrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 37,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Arman Nugmanov In Survival Mode
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Arman Nugmanov from Kazakhstan was in the cut-off and checked to Kacper Pyzara on a flop of 
.
Pyzara bet 5,200 and Nugmanov called.
The turn was the 
and this time Nugmanov check-called a 10,000 bet.
The river was the 
and a final check from Nugmanov was met with a 25,000 all in from Pyzra.
Nugmanov gave it some thought as he had only a little more that the shove behind. He took too long for one player though who called the clock on him.
Before the countdown could begin Nugmanov mucked his hand to stay in the game.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | |
|
28,000 |
Sieber Takes from Bouchama
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Tarek Bouchama raised pre-flop and found two callers including Stephan Sieber.
The flop was 
and it checked to Sieber who bet 5,000. Bouchama was the only caller and the pair saw the 
on the turn.
Bouchama check-called another bet from his opponent, this time 7,500. Both players checked the on the river.
Bouchama showed 
but Sieber had him beat with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000 | |
|
13,000 |