Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2018 WSOP International Circuit King's Casino Rozvadov
Main Event
Day: 1a
Bensimhon and Gegic Bag Big for Day 2 in the WSOP International Circuit Main Event
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Day 1a of the 2018 €1,650 WSOP International Circuit Main Event is in the books. In total there were 262 entries of which 94 players managed to bag and tag for Day 2 which will take place on Sunday, March 18. Chip Leader of the day is Alexander Romme with 310,500 in chips.
Second in the chip counts is Eyal Bensimhon with 250,500 who eliminated two other players in the last hand of the day. He already won a WSOP Circuit Ring earlier this week when he beat the rest in the Deep Stack Open for a payday of €16,580. Closing the podium for today is Ben Zech who grabbed a huge pot when he eliminated Ohana Shlomo with a flopped set of treys against the pair of kings on the turn.
Other notable chip counts are Thomas White (160,000), Timur Margolin (140,100), Jan Bednar (138,000), Robin Hegele (110,000), Makarios Avramidis (85,800), Paul Berende (62,200), and Jan Mach (45,900).
Unfortunately, not everyone was lucky enough to find a bag at the end of the day. Players including Fabian Gumz, Michal Mrakes, Rickie Silcock, Aleksandar Tomovic, Maksim Shulga, Stephen Ayres, Catalin Pop, Paul Lozano, Jakob Miegel, and Robert Auer for example. They will all have another shot at making Day 2 though as Day 1b is scheduled to start at 2 pm local time on Saturday, March 17.
PokerNews will be here from the start to provide you with all the updates to see who else will join the 94 remaining players of today on Day 2. So do come back!
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,500 | 310,500 |
|
250,500 | 160,500 |
|
187,600 | -53,400 |
|
168,800 | 168,800 |
|
167,300 | 167,300 |
|
166,300 | |
|
160,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
157,100 | 157,100 |
|
150,300 | 32,300 |
|
143,200 | 143,200 |
|
141,800 | 141,800 |
|
141,000 | 141,000 |
|
138,000 | 138,000 |
|
|
136,100 | 136,100 |
|
129,300 | 129,300 |
|
127,100 | 127,100 |
|
124,500 | 124,500 |
|
|
119,800 | 119,800 |
|
|
119,100 | 119,100 |
|
119,000 | 119,000 |
|
|
116,500 | 116,500 |
|
|
114,700 | 114,700 |
|
114,300 | 114,300 |
|
110,000 | 36,500 |
|
108,700 | 108,700 |
Play Ended
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Play has ended for today. A full chip count and recap of today is to follow.
Gegic Eliminates Di Giacomo
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Madalin Cornel Petraru in the under-the-gun position raised to 2,700 even though on his left, Claudio Di Giacomo, was seated who had already announced that he would go all-in every hand of the last six hands that still needed to be played. And indeed, Di Giacomo shoved for the sixth time for 47,500 in total. Rifat Gegic, sitting on the button, also shoved for even more. Petraru tanked with a stack shorter than Gegic's. The clock was called on him and when the floor came over, he open-folded 
.
Claudio Di Giacomo: 
Rifat Gegic: 
The board ran out 
- Gegic flopped two pair on the flop and that was more than enough to eliminate Di Giacomo from the tournament in the last hand of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
166,300 | 124,300 |
|
Busted |
Tournament Clock Stopped
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The tournament clock has been stopped and six more hands need to be played before the players can bag and tag for Day 2 on Sunday, March 18.
Matejka Calls the Bluff
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The board read 
and Dominik Matejka was in the tank after having checked previously and Saverio Zangone had shoved for about 15,000. After a while, Matejka decided to call and tabled 
for a pair of treys. Zangone got up from the table and tried to throw his cards into the muck. The dealer turned around the cards to show he had 
for a bluff. Zangone was not impressed that the dealer turned the cards around but as it was an all-in and call, the hole cards needed to be shown. Zangone quickly walked away from the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
97,000 | 97,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Dingenen Above the Ton
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The player on the button raised to 2,600 and was called by Tom Dingenen in the big blind.
The flop came 
, Dingenen check-called the 2,800 bet of his opponent.
The turn brought them the , now Dingenen check-called the 6,700 bet of his opponent.
The river completed the board with the 
on which they both checked. Dingenen turned over his 
for the turned pair of jacks and that was enough for his opponent to muck his own hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | 20,000 |
One Busted, the Other Reentered
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Unfortunately, Fabian Gumz just busted again when he lost with top pair and top kicker against a set.
A player limped in and Fabian Gumz raised to 3,200 from the hijack with 
. The player in the small blind and the initial limper both called.
The flop came 
both of Gumz's opponents checked, Gumz continued with a bet of 8,500. The small blind called and the other player folded.
The turn brought them a 
, the small blind checked again. Gumz bet 12,500 and the small blind shoved. Gumz called for the 30,000 he had in front of him. His opponent tabled for the set of sixes and the river didn't help Gumz in any way. Gumz was sent to the cashier to reenter for tomorrow.
On another table, Harald Sammer took his new seat after having had to reenter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
Busted |
Igna Poker Forces Folds
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Tom Dingenen raised to 2,600 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Vasyl Zabrodskyy in the early position and the player in mid-position. "Igna Poker", in the hijack, raised to 14,000. Dingenen folded, Zabrodskyy called and the mid-position folded.
The flop came 
, Zabrodskyy check-folded to the 12,500 bet of Igna Poker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | -45,000 |
|
|
95,000 | 15,900 |
|
59,000 | 24,000 |