€1,700 Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2022 WSOP International Circuit - Rozvadov
€1,700 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 WSOP International Circuit - Rozvadov
Buy-in
€1,700
Prize Pool
€1,000,000
Entries
648
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
261
Players Left
87
Nagygyörgy Tops Day 1a at King's Resort; Former Champions Ricci and Karaarslan Advance to Day 2
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
The 2022 WSOP International Circuit has returned once more to Europe's biggest poker arena at the King's Resort in Rozvadov. In its second edition of the current year, the series once more culminates in the €1,700 Main Event, which comes with a €1,000,000 guarantee. The flagship tournament has wrapped up the first starting day, which attracted 195 unique players and 66 re-entries for a field of 261 entries on Day 1a.
Upon completion of nine levels of 60 minutes each, several players flirted with half a million in chips. Ultimately, it was Hungary's Tibor Nagygyörgy who topped the leaderboard with a stack of 479,100. Onur Gur (428,700) and Benyamin Glot (423,900) are separated by a few big blinds only whereas Mehmet Altinok also advanced with a very healthy 404,100 as well.
Another two familiar names can be found in the overnight top ten in Josef Gulas (277,300) and Andrea Ricci (272,200) while former football striker Sergej Barbarez (245,800) just missed out on the same feat by one position. Ricci was the winner of the penultimate WSOPC €1,700 Main Event at King's Resort in 2021 and will be joined on Day 1b by the defending champion Feyzullah Karaarslan (110,000).
2022 WSOPC King's Spring Edition €1,700 Main Event Day 1a Top 10
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds Day 2 |
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| 1 | Tibor Nagygyörgy | Hungary | 479,100 | 240 |
| 2 | Onur Gur | Turkey | 428,700 | 214 |
| 3 | Benyamin Glot | Israel | 423,900 | 212 |
| 4 | Mehmet Altinok | Germany | 404,100 | 202 |
| 5 | Jaroslaw Konsek | Germany | 324,800 | 162 |
| 6 | Dorian Melchers | France | 283,300 | 142 |
| 7 | Josef Gulas | Czech Republic | 277,300 | 139 |
| 8 | Andrea Ricci | Italy | 272,200 | 136 |
| 9 | Cecil Moagi | Germany | 270,400 | 135 |
| 10 | Ercan Hasan | Turkey | 263,700 | 132 |
All those that didn't make it through the first starting day have another chance to build a stack for Day 2. The second starting flight is scheduled to get underway on Saturday, April 16, at 2pm local time. Among others, it is expected to see familiar names such as Pierre Neuville, Albert Hoekendijk, Raoul Refos, Symeon Alexandridis, Silviu Baltateanu, Sebastian Langrock, and Claudio Di Giacomo back in action. They all jumped into Day 1a but were gone by the time the remaining hopefuls bagged and tagged their chips.
Ricci built his momentum early on and was always near the top ten of the leaderboard. One of the biggest pots the Italian claimed came in a three-way four-bet pot in which he flopped a full house with pocket tens and extracted value. Nagygyörgy joined the big stacks when he ousted Dorian Melchers with two pair. He then also scored a double knockout at the end of the penultimate level to cement his status at the top of the leaderboard.
Roman Cieslik was among the dozens of notable casualties on Day 1a when his pocket queens were cracked by the ten-nine suited of Symeon Alexandridis. The latter was part of a four-way deal in the rescheduled 2021 EPT Prague €5,300 Main Event at the King's Casino in Prague a few weeks ago and joined Cieslik on the rail. Both are expected to give it another shot on Day 1b, too.
The schedule will be the same with nine levels of 60 minutes and a break every two levels. A bumper field is expected for the final flight but the overall attendance won't be locked in stone just yet after Day 1b. The late registration period remains open for the first two levels on Day 2, in which all players can re-enter twice.
Besides their share of the seven-figure cash prize pool, the top 12 finishers will also receive an entry to the 2022 WSOP Europe €10,350 Main Event as well. The year-long promotion of the King's Resort was first introduced for the last edition and resulted in a record field back then.
Stay tuned for the conclusion of this WSOP Circuit Main Event in the Czech Republic right here on PokerNews, as the live reporting team will be on the floor from start to finish.
End-of-Day 1a Chip Counts (full)
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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479,100 | 29,100 |
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428,700 | 88,700 |
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423,900 | 213,900 |
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404,100 | 164,100 |
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324,800 | 14,800 |
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283,300 | 113,300 |
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277,300 | -7,700 |
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272,200 | -7,800 |
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270,400 | 160,400 |
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263,700 | -36,300 |
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245,800 | 75,800 |
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243,800 | 13,800 |
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224,700 | 9,700 |
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223,600 | 93,600 |
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222,900 | 71,900 |
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222,000 | 67,000 |
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220,500 | 10,500 |
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209,900 | 49,900 |
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203,700 | 23,700 |
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195,900 | |
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193,000 | -12,000 |
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192,100 | 12,100 |
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189,700 | 4,700 |
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187,800 | 141,800 |
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176,700 | 26,700 |
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More Day 1a Pictures
Courtesy of Maryna Kravchenko / King's Resort.
Day 1a Completed
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Around 87 players have bagged and tagged their chips for the night to advance to Day 2. Assorted chip counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.
Hasan's Flush Diminishes Gizir's Stack
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
On a board of 
Ercan Hasan nonchalantly threw a bet of 28,000. After much consideration Onur Gizir made the call to see Hasan rivered a flush with a holding of 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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300,000 | 80,000 |
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Very Late Double for Kabrhel
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Martin Kabrhel in the hijack and Alexander Dovzhenko in the small blind tangled in a pot which potentially put the third and final entry of the former at jeopardy. However, the 
of Kabrhel were enough for the double on the 
board as he made trips. Dovzhenko had missed a straight draw with 
to lose a quarter of his stack in the final hands of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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124,000 | -1,000 |
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115,000 | 65,000 |
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Clock Paused
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
The Tournament director has announced last three hands of the night.
Alkan Busts Ghashayar
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Iman Ghashayar was all-in blind for 24,300 from under the gun before any cards were even dealt. His action stood and Volkan Alkan called in the cutoff, all other players folded.
Iman Ghashayar: 
Volkan Alkan: 
The 
flop gave Alkan top pair while Ghashayar had four outs left to a straight or needed running cards. Nothing changed on the turn and the river was another blank.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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230,000 | 80,000 |
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Late Night Casualties
Level 9
: 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Thomas Freundorfer was spotted on his way out of the tournament area after his king-jack had flopped top pair only to run smack dab into a set of sixes. As the end of the night is nearing, only 93 players remain with several other notables on the rail.
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