€1,700 Main Event
Day 1a Started
€1,700 Main Event
Day 1a Started
Europe's biggest poker arena is once more host of the WSOP International Circuit and the tail end of the series contains the standout event of the schedule. The €1,700 WSOP Circuit Main Event comes with a guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000 and successfully surpassed the seven-figure goal in the previous editions. Within eight months, it is the third time the series is taking place at the King's Resort in Rozvadov, which has become the home of major live poker festivals for enthusiasts of the card game from near and afar.
In September 2021, the series kicked off a return for live poker on a major scale on European soil and the flagship tournament attracted a field of 912 entries. The duel between Andrea Ricci and Simone Lombardo saw both Italians share the biggest slice of the €1,342,920 prize pool with Ricci taking home the top prize of €236,489 and the coveted gold ring. Late in January 2022, Turkey's Feyzullah Karaarslan came out on top of a 808-entry strong field after defeating King's regular Aleksandar Tomovic in heads-up.
Tomovic and Ricci are certainly be expected to be back in action at one of their preferred poker locations. Two starting days are available in the €1,700 Main Event on Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16, both of which feature nine levels of 60 minutes each. Two re-entries are available for each day and the late registration period closes at the start of level 11, two levels into Day 2 on Sunday, April 17. All players receive 50,000 in chips and last minute additions in level 12 would enter with 20 big blinds.
The tournament is slated to play down to a winner on April 19 and the top finishers will also receive an entry to the 2022 WSOP Europe €10,350 Main Event on top of their cash prizes as part of a year-long promotion at King's Resort as well. All ring event winners of the ongoing stop will furthermore qualify for the WSOP Tournament of Champions at the end of the 2022 WSOP in Las Vegas, which offers a guaranteed prize pool of $1,000,000.
Stay tuned right here on PokerNews to find out who will earn the WSOP Circuit Main Event ring in the days to come. The live reporting team will be on the floor from start to finish, providing as many key hands as possible en route to crowning a champion.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
The button is in seat nine and if more than three players are in their seats, the action will commence. So far, the tournament screens show a total of 69 entries but that number will likely triple throughout the day.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Duc Quy Nguyen |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Onkel Otto |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Ioannis Chaitas |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Andrei Makavets |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Matan Mahal |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Tayfun Ozlu
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
The Talk |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Alexander Dovzhenko |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Petru Tarlev |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Kai Uwe Lach
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Martin Paap |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Jan van der Stroom |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Carlos Spoddig
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Mark Helou |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
In three-way action to the turn, Tibor Nagygyorgy opted to check his option on a short-handed table while in the big blind. Karl Paeschke in the cutoff then bet 1,500 and Bartosz Pajak called on the button. Nagygyorgy check-raised to 4,000 and earned two folds to claim a pot right away. The Hungarian is one of the more notable players with more than $600k in recorded live cashes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tibor Nagygyörgy
|
54,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
||
Karl Paeschke |
48,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Bartosz Pajak
|
48,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Hovhannes Asatrjan raised to 600 in the cutoff and Dmytro Bystrovzorov three-bet to 2,000 from one seat over, which only Asatrjan called. Both checked down the flop and the turn. On the river, Asatrjan overbet for 7,000 and Bystrovzorov reluctantly called to get shown the for quads by his table neighbour, which produced several grins by other players at the table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hovhannes Asatrjan
|
59,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
Dmytro Bystrovzorov |
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ilija Savevski |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Anthony Stumbo |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Ismail Kalkan |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Tudor Popa |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Marius Gicovanu |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Dmytro Bystrovzorov |
50,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Symeon Alexandridis |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Emil Bise |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Mario Colavita |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Josef Gulas |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Paul Covaciu |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
With already 21,000 in the middle to the turn, a bet worth 15,000 was in front of Vadym Sienichkin in the small blind and that sent Andrea Ricci into the tank. The Italian eventually called on the button and Sienichkin then tanked the on the river before he opted to check.
Ricci bet 4,000 and Sienichkin paid that off within a few seconds to muck his cards once he was shown the for the top pair and top kicker.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrea Ricci |
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Vadym Sienichkin |
20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
On the tail end of a heads-up pot between Duc Quy Nguyen and Josef Gulas, the completed board read . Nguyen bet 2,500 and earned a call within a few seconds by King's Resort regular Gulas to reveal the for a full house. That ended up as the winning hand, as Gulas sent his cards into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Duc Quy Nguyen |
54,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
Josef Gulas |
46,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|