Main Event
Day 1a Started
2018 WSOP International Circuit King's Casino Rozvadov
Main Event
Day: 1a
Day 1a of the 2018 €1,650 WSOP International Circuit Main Event Starts at 2 PM
Welcome to Day 1a of the 2018 €1,650 WSOP International Circuit Main Event here in King’s Casino, Rozvadov. The defending champion is Germany’s Hossein Ensan who beat 671 others to claim the first prize of €184,812, the coveted WSOP Circuit Ring, and a ticket to the WSOP Global Casino Championship in Cherokee, USA. During this Spring Edition, Europe’s biggest poker arena has already been able to crown nine different WSOP Circuit Ring winners.
Jan Cerny was the first to win a WSOP Circuit Ring in the Opening Event. Jorg Peisert won the Senior Event, Thorsten Schuler grabbed the Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low title, and Jakob Miegel took down the Mini Event. Milad Oghabian conquered the Monster Stack and Marek Blasko scored in the Seven Card Stud. Valentin Schuler sniffed out his competition in the Bounty Hunter. Last night Georgios Koliofotis won the Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller and Stanislav Koleno walked away with the ring in the Freezeout.
The players will start at 2 pm local time with 30.000 in chips and play levels of 45 minutes each. There will be a 15-minute break after every three levels and in total twelve levels will be played for the Day 1s. A 45-minute dinner break is scheduled to take place once Level 6 is done. Late registration is possible until the start of Day 2, Sunday, March 18, at 2 pm local time. One reentry is allowed per flight when players bust or surrender their stack.
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Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
With 87 players on the tournament clock, the tournament director has welcomed them to the tables and instructed the dealers to shuffle up and deal.
First Names in the Field
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The following players have taken their seats already and will be looking to start building their 600 big blinds up during the early levels. Rickie Silcock is one of those players, he finished in 3rd place a month ago during the partypoker MILLIONS Germany Main Event and took home €400,000 with him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |
My Stack App Activated
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
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Nometiembla Hits Trips
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Here in the King's Casino nicknames are allowed until the players reach the money. So expect more of them to pop up in the live reporting during the first days of the tournament.
The flop read 
and "Nometiembla" checked his small blind, so did the player in the big blind. Paul Lozano bet 250 from the under-the-gun position. Nometiembla called and the big blind folded.
The turn brought them the 
on which they both checked through to the 
on the river. Nometiembla now bet 700 and Lozano called. Nometiembla showed 
for trip queens and the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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28,000 | 28,000 |
Hildebrand Rivers the Straight
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The board read 
and the pot contained 1,875 already. Andreas Hildebrand checked his small blind. Matthias Widmann bet 1,200 from the under-the-gun position. Fabian Gumz quickly folded his button. Hildebrand called.
The river completed the board with the 
, now Hildebrand bet 2,100. Widmann confirmed with the dealer how much it was and then he grabbed calling chips. With some hesitation, he decided to make the call. Hildebrand tabled 
for the rivered straight and Widmann mucked his own hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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34,000 | |
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27,000 | 27,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
New Additions
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
More players have joined the field:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |