€1,700 NLH Main Event Day 1b | 2022 WSOP International Circuit - WSOPC Rozvadov

€1,700 NLH Main Event

Day 1b Completed

01-23-2022 02:42 UTC+2

Drozd Leads After Day 1b as Seven-Figure Guarantee is Met Once More

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The 2022 WSOP International Circuit at the King's Resort in Rozvadov is one step closer to crowning a champion, yet it is a long way to go for poker enthusiasts from near and far in Europe's biggest poker arena. One thing is for certain already, though. The crown jewel of the festival has once again covered the €1,000,000 guarantee as the €1,700 Main Event has attracted a field of nearly 700 entries so far.

On Day 1b, a total of 361 entries emerged and 136 players advanced, joining all Day 1a survivors the following day. Several contenders were gunning for the top spot until the very end and it was Ondrej Drozd who held the edge after claiming 460,000 to his name. Cecil Moagi would have had by far more if it wasn't for an unfortunate split pot via runner-runner in a three-way all-in, as he ultimately made it through with 389,000.

Among the notables in the top ten are also Gheorghe Butuc and Michael Strauch, the latter of which finished runner-up in a bracelet event during the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe.

Position	Player	Nationality	Chip Count	Big Blinds for Day 2
1	Ondrej Drozd	Czech Republic	460,000	230
2	Cecil Moagi	Germany	389,000	195
3	Marco Rebergen	Netherlands	350,500	175
4	Laviniu David	Romania	321,500	161
5	Angelo De Marco	Italy	314,500	157
6	Gheorghe Butuc	Moldova	311,500	156
7	Joachim Beilharz	Germany	296,500	148
8	Gordon Hegner	Germany	277,500	139
9	Michael Strauch	Germany	270,000	135
10	Romain Hamouche	France	267,500	134

Just outside of the top ten is Josef Gulas, who bagged up 259,000. His son, 2021 WSOP Europe Main Event champion Josef Gulas Jr, also advanced albeit with a far smaller stack of 70,500. After failing make it through Day 1a, defending champion Andrea Ricci (189,500) and 2021 finalist Aliaksandr Shylko (226,000) also made the cut this time around.

Notables that will have to re-enter on Day 2 in order to take a shot at the seven-figure prize pool are Uri Gilboa, Tobias Peters,
Andrea Cortellazzi, David Taborsky, Emil Bise, Yehuda Cohen and Tom Dingenen as they all busted throughout the nine levels of 60 minutes each.

The late registration and re-entry period remains open for another two levels on Day 2, which gets underway at 2pm local time. Returning blinds then will be 1,000-2,000 with a big blind ante of 2,000. Once more, nine levels are scheduled and that will lead the field towards and beyond the money bubble. After the first break, live stream action of three feature tables will commence as well on the King's Twitch channel.

Another three days remain to crown a champion as the €1,700 Main Event will play down to a winner on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor until the river card has been dealt.

01-23-2022 02:35 UTC+2

Day 2 Seat Draw

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
80	1	Min Sung Lee	Germany	41,500	21
80	2	Gheorghe Butuc	Moldova	311,500	156
80	3	Josef Huber	Switzerland	535,000	268
80	4	Mark Bongaerts	Netherlands	96,000	48
80	7	Ilie Smintanca Januszewski	Romania	133,000	67
80	8	Ozren Cvijanovic	Serbia	125,000	63
80	9	David Novotny	Czech Republic	197,000	99

81	1	Marco Rebergen	Netherlands	350,500	175
81	2	Stefan Drusca	Romania	200,000	100
81	3	Vito Branciforte	Italy	96,000	48
81	4	Pooh	Italy	73,000	37
81	5	Mahersh Selvakumaran	Netherlands	192,500	96
81	6	Mathieu Desmet	Belgium	40,000	20
81	7	Salvatore Bonavena	Italy	78,500	39
81	8	Ladislav Kellner	Czech Republic	144,500	72

82	1	Clement Cure	France	130,000	65
82	2	Andreas Brunner	Germany	62,500	31
82	3	Ferhat Yilmaz	Germany	105,500	53
82	4	Angelo De Marco	Italy	314,500	157
82	5	Alexander Sazhinov	Russian Federation	76,500	38
82	7	Mark Helou	Lebanon	221,000	111
82	8	Nicolas Bokowski	Germany	117,500	59

83	1	Denislav Petkov	Bulgaria	213,000	107
83	2	Dmytro Bystrovzorov	Ukraine	265,500	133
83	3	Samuel Tebege	Germany	72,000	36
83	4	Jonathan Sellem	Israel	176,500	88
83	5	Moncef Karoui	Tunisia	98,000	49
83	7	Gijsbertina Van De Steeg	Netherlands	131,000	66
83	8	Ilhan Soenmez	Germany	78,500	39

84	2	Ronnie Lemmens	Netherlands	130,500	65
84	3	Ondrej Drozd	Czech Republic	460,000	230
84	4	Thomas Vass	Denmark	83,500	42
84	5	Milan Sasek	Czech Republic	182,000	91
84	6	Krisztian Kis	Hungary	79,000	40
84	7	Enrico Campanile	Italy	200,000	100
84	8	Filippo Ragone	Italy	112,000	56

85	2	Soufiane Abbouti	Belgium	205,500	103
85	3	Gavril-Dorel Peter	Austria	271,000	136
85	5	Eugenio Peralta	Italy	54,500	27
85	6	Ermanno Di Nicola	Italy	140,000	70
85	7	Mourad Tounnouti	Netherlands	45,500	23
85	8	Jakub Piwowarski	Poland	186,000	93
85	9	Afik Navon	Israel	105,000	53

86	1	Christophe Devaux	France	32,000	16
86	2	Amar Begovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	67,500	34
86	3	Silvan Boesiger	Switzerland	383,500	192
86	4	Robert Kokoska	Czech Republic	151,000	76
86	5	Matthias Gude	Germany	88,500	44
86	6	Fausto Tantillo	Italy	174,500	87
86	8	Cecil Moagi	Germany	389,000	195
86	9	Fabian Baldelli	France	50,000	25

87	1	Narcis Nedelcu	Romania	184,000	92
87	2	Jelka Andelic	Italy	105,000	53
87	4	Braz Borges Fagundes Junior	Portugal	210,000	105
87	5	Robert Obrtlik	Slovakia	100,500	50
87	6	Sharon Sade	Israel	71,500	36
87	7	Ilija Savevski	Macedonia	200,000	100
87	8	Martin Paap	Netherlands	251,500	126

88	1	Luis Miguel Magan	Spain	88,500	44
88	2	Thomas Olivieri	Italy	235,500	118
88	3	Josef Snejberg	Czech Republic	74,500	37
88	4	DG	Turkey	79,000	40
88	6	Kai Wattenberg	Germany	174,500	87
88	7	Silviu Baltateanu	Romania	198,000	99
88	8	Matthias De Meulder	Belgium	38,500	19
88	9	Giovanni Petroni	Italy	137,000	69

89	1	Duc Nguyen	Netherlands	17,000	9
89	2	Matteo Calzoni	Italy	204,500	102
89	3	Nicu Sirbu	Moldova, Republic of	74,000	37
89	4	Adam Vlcek	Czech Republic	110,000	55
89	5	Marek Blasko	Slovakia	178,000	89
89	6	Antonio Crocetta	Italy	31,500	16
89	7	Pascal Van Den Brand	Netherlands	141,000	71
89	8	Rama Mulaj	RKS	82,500	41

90	1	Kurt Radinger	Austria	39,500	20
90	2	Christa Van Berkel	Netherlands	149,000	75
90	3	Martial Lavezzi	France	230,000	115
90	4	Willem De Jong	Netherlands	139,500	70
90	5	Michal Safar	Czech Republic	91,000	46
90	7	Giovanni Salvatore	Italy	106,500	53
90	8	Jan Van Der Stroom	Netherlands	60,500	30

94	1	Samin Mehrens	Germany	122,500	61
94	2	Dario Quattrucci	Italy	103,500	52
94	3	Petr Setka	Czech Republic	205,000	103
94	4	Bartosz Pajak	Poland	127,500	64
94	5	Angelo Bamberger	Germany	82,500	41
94	7	Karol Konopka	Poland	214,500	107
94	8	Adem Can	France	32,500	16
94	9	Andrea Virzi	Italy	24,000	12

95	1	Sandro Pitzanti	Netherlands	69,000	35
95	2	Rachid El Yaacoubi	France	194,000	97
95	3	Paulito	Germany	60,500	30
95	4	Francisco Sanchez Mir	Spain	109,000	55
95	5	Sammy Truong	Germany	37,000	19
95	6	Dahrouch Tohim	Belgium	151,500	76
95	8	Feyzullah Karaarslan	Turkey	246,000	123
95	9	Sergiu Covrig	Romania	155,000	78

96	1	Pierre Mothes	Germany	113,500	57
96	2	Richard Roettelbach	Germany	133,500	67
96	5	Michal Mrakes	Czech Republic	109,500	55
96	6	Josef Gulas	Czech Republic	259,000	130
96	7	Stefan Aerts	Belgium	43,000	22
96	8	Ondrej Rysavy	Czech Republic	199,000	100
96	9	Jorden Verbraeken	Belgium	185,000	93

97	1	Mourad Falfoul	France	134,500	67
97	2	Gianluca Cammarata	Italy	208,500	104
97	4	Michael Strauch	Germany	270,000	135
97	5	Samuel Grigorian	Netherlands	37,000	19
97	6	Ozgur Leba	Turkey	162,000	81
97	7	As Nas	Germany	45,000	23
97	8	Kees van Brugge	Netherlands	119,000	60
97	9	Akim Aouine	France	64,000	32

98	2	Carlo Savinelli	Italy	100,000	50
98	3	Steve Savio	France	305,000	153
98	5	Christian Stoyanov	Bulgaria	130,000	65
98	6	Dalibor Dula	Czech Republic	44,000	22
98	7	Jan Bronkhorst	Netherlands	206,000	103
98	8	Do Tran	Germany	202,500	101
98	9	Gennaro Proscia	Italy	175,000	88

99	1	Yann Lormel	France	49,000	25
99	2	Mihai Stinca	Belgium	148,000	74
99	3	Tobias Lerzer	Germany	94,000	47
99	5	Abd El Ghanim	Austria	347,000	174
99	6	Michal Kovac	Slovakia	38,500	19
99	7	Simone Miracoli	Italy	177,500	89
99	9	Kristoffer Rasmussen	Denmark	55,500	28

100	3	Cristiano Ferreira	Portugal	107,500	54
100	4	Karim Ghozlani	Switzerland	131,000	66
100	5	Natale Albanese	Italy	100,000	50
100	6	Stanislaw Geibel	Germany	66,000	33
100	7	Majid Bozakraft	Netherlands	309,000	155
100	8	[Removed:391]	France	159,000	80
100	9	Laviniu David	Romania	321,500	161

101	1	Jan Subik	Czech Republic	48,500	24
101	2	Iman Ghashayar	Netherlands	210,500	105
101	3	Andrea Ricci	Italy	189,500	95
101	4	Ioannis Chaitas	Greece	135,500	68
101	5	Sebastian Ulrich	Germany	119,500	60
101	7	Florin Trifan	Romania	283,000	142
101	8	Abdelhakim Zoufri	Netherlands	79,000	40
101	9	Matteo Baroni	Italy	33,500	17

102	1	Benyamin Glot	Israel	56,000	28
102	2	Viorel Gavrila	Romania	129,000	65
102	3	Albert Hoekendijk	Netherlands	318,500	159
102	4	Luca Beretta	Italy	67,500	34
102	5	Ralf Hahn	Germany	47,000	24
102	6	Ferhat Yildiz	Switzerland	140,000	70
102	7	Danilo Donnini	Italy	106,500	53
102	8	Vladimir Bozinovic	Serbia	17,500	9

103	1	Luigi Shehadeh	Italy	41,500	21
103	2	Linda Van De Ree	Netherlands	124,500	62
103	4	Jacek Skiscim	Poland	194,500	97
103	6	Sascha Minerva	Germany	139,500	70
103	7	Istvan Janos Kinal	Romania	64,000	32
103	8	Martin Gabriel	Slovakia	79,000	40
103	9	Yves Thalmann	Switzerland	96,000	48

104	1	Ali Amelipour	Germany	225,500	113
104	2	Mattia Verzeletti	Italy	136,000	68
104	3	Djamel Ouaret	France	67,500	34
104	4	Daridge Saidi	France	140,000	70
104	5	Iliyan Mutafov	Bulgaria	43,500	22
104	7	Matteo Cirillo	Italy	207,000	104
104	9	Sebastian Kotowicz	Poland	90,000	45

108	1	Sharon Ben David	Israel	360,000	180
108	2	Daniel Jellema	Netherlands	116,000	58
108	3	Bob Bielen	Belgium	182,500	91
108	4	Gertjan Albers	Netherlands	250,000	125
108	7	Nisad Muratovic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	147,000	74
108	8	Alexey Mishuk	Israel	72,500	36
108	9	Giuseppe Fichera	Italy	59,000	30

109	2	Dustin Mangold	Germany	185,000	93
109	3	Sven Schmidt	Germany	64,000	32
109	4	Tomas Chmela	Slovakia	182,500	91
109	5	Fulvio Piero Sansanelli	Germany	41,500	21
109	6	Aduokat	Germany	28,000	14
109	7	Raoul Refos	Netherlands	125,000	63
109	8	Petr Rychly	Czech Republic	52,000	26
109	9	Claudio Di Giacomo	Italy	170,500	85

110	1	Ciprian Munteanu	Romania	50,500	25
110	4	Adrian Dan	Romania	97,500	49
110	5	Mario Jozic	Croatia	172,000	86
110	6	Gordon Hegner	Germany	277,500	139
110	7	Norbert Laszlo	Hungary	109,500	55
110	8	Luc Ta	Germany	355,000	178
110	9	Volkan Alkan	Germany	174,500	87

111	1	Romain Hamouche	France	267,500	134
111	3	Ori Hasson	Israel	197,500	99
111	4	Stefan Bittger	Germany	118,000	59
111	5	David Savocka	Czech Republic	42,000	21
111	6	Mario Colavita	Italy	179,000	90
111	8	Matthias Wieser	Germany	186,500	93
111	9	Karel Novotny	Czech Republic	90,000	45

112	1	Paul Covaciu	Romania	194,000	97
112	2	Piotr Wiecek	Poland	127,500	64
112	3	Claudio Romeo	Italy	73,500	37
112	5	Sidney Steinmann	Netherlands	39,500	20
112	6	Guido Presti	Italy	35,500	18
112	7	Eyal Bensimhon	France	208,000	104
112	8	Alessandro Pichierri	Italy	89,500	45
112	9	Mihaita Georgita	Romania	105,500	53

113	1	Valerii Firstenko	Ukraine	232,500	116
113	2	Wim Verhaegen	Belgium	57,500	29
113	4	Andrej Racek	Slovakia	118,500	59
113	5	Ugur Calabrese	Germany	92,500	46
113	6	Dorian Melchers	France	26,500	13
113	7	Mykola Kostyrko	Ukraine	185,000	93
113	8	Andreas Gondrom	Germany	64,500	32
113	9	Joachim Beilharz	Germany	296,500	148

114	1	Michael Ugucctoni	Italy	215,000	108
114	3	Maikel Muis	Netherlands	101,500	51
114	5	Mase	Italy	59,500	30
114	6	Pierre Trauer	Germany	113,000	57
114	7	Athanasios Kidas	Greece	192,000	96
114	8	Roman Chochola	Czech Republic	255,000	128
114	9	David Hu	Netherlands	170,500	85

115	2	Elbarto	Germany	72,000	36
115	3	Giuseppe Ditaranto	Italy	125,500	63
115	4	Aleksandar Tomovic	Serbia	163,000	82
115	5	Aliaksandr Shylko	Belarus	226,000	113
115	7	Oliver Mihajlovski	Macedonia	196,500	98
115	8	Aleksandar Trajkovski	Macedonia	189,000	95
115	9	Thomas Ter Bruggen	Netherlands	117,500	59

116	1	Frank Griese	Germany	138,500	69
116	2	Armand Muratoglu	France	141,000	71
116	3	Oliver Huber	Germany	197,000	99
116	4	Cristian Nogales Bravo	Switzerland	70,000	35
116	5	Marco Boorsma	Netherlands	85,500	43
116	6	Adam Ondrik	Slovakia	237,000	119
116	9	Rene Wuebbeke	Germany	101,500	51

117	1	Claudio Daffina	Italy	201,000	101
117	2	Josef Gulas Jr	Czech Republic	70,500	35
117	3	Lennart Dijkkamp	Netherlands	44,000	22
117	5	Stanislav Koleno	Slovakia	48,500	24
117	6	Jan Bendik	Slovakia	146,000	73
117	7	Vlado Sevo	Austria	92,000	46
117	9	Valon Olluri	Kosovo	552,500	276

118	1	Ole	Germany	78,500	39
118	2	[Removed:352]	Germany	61,000	31
118	3	Chun Chang	Netherlands	332,000	166
118	4	Lois Dufouleur	France	104,000	52
118	5	Simone Andrian	Italy	143,000	72
118	6	Sebastian Kappenberg	Germany	230,000	115
118	8	Florin Elisei	Romania	27,000	14
118	9	Marius Gicovanu	Romania	176,000	88

01-23-2022 02:10 UTC+2

End-of-Day 1b Counts (full)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ondrej Drozd	460,000	85,000
Cecil Moagi	389,000	9,000
Marco Rebergen	350,500	50,500
Laviniu David	321,500	1,500
Angelo De Marco	314,500	24,500
Gheorghe Butuc	311,500	311,500
Joachim Beilharz	296,500	296,500
Gordon Hegner	277,500	-2,500
Michael Strauch	270,000	40,000
Romain Hamouche	267,500	215,500
Josef Gulas	259,000	-16,000
Roman Chochola	255,000	-25,000
Gert Jan Albers	250,000	250,000
Feyzullah Karaarslan	246,000	51,000
Adam Ondrik	237,000	237,000
Thomas Olivieri	235,500	75,500
Sebastian Kappenberg	230,000	35,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	226,000	111,000
Ali Amelipour	225,500	-49,500
Denislav Petkov	213,000	213,000
Iman Ghashayar	210,500	210,500
Braz Borges Fagundes Junior	210,000	210,000
Jan Bronkhorst	206,000	29,000
Soufiane Abbouti	205,500	205,500
Petr Setka	205,000	205,000

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01-23-2022 01:30 UTC+2

Late Day 1b Pictures

Christian Zetzsche

01-23-2022 01:18 UTC+2

Day 1b Completed

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

All those with chips at their disposal and happy with the stack size have bagged their chips. Out of a field of 361 entries, it appears that 141 made the cut. Assorted counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.

01-23-2022 01:16 UTC+2

Strauch Jams Into Nouira

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

During the final hands of the night, Michael Strauch saw his roller coaster ride add another chapter. With around 45,000 in the middle to the turn, Strauch pushed all-in. Maher Nouira was in the tank for the starting stack and eventually folded.

Strauch revealed his cards, as he flipped over the for a pair of aces with the nut flush draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Strauch	230,000	160,000
Maher Nouira	50,000	-70,000

01-23-2022 01:08 UTC+2

The Final Three Hands

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Fewer than 150 players remain as the clock has been stopped with ten minutes left in the level. Another three hands will be played, the T-100 chips will be raced off and all those with chips at their disposal will then bag and tag for the night.

01-23-2022 01:07 UTC+2

Moagi Denied a Double Knockout in Painful Fashion

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Claudio Di Giacomo was at risk for around 150,000 on the flop and Ilhan Soenmez decided to call it off for around 75,000 as well. Both of them were well covered by Cecil Moagi, who had the best of it heading into the showdown.

Ilhan Soenmez:
Claudio Di Giacomo:
Cecil Moagi:

The turn and river brought a split pot in agonising fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cecil Moagi	380,000
Claudio Di Giacomo	160,000	132,000
Ilhan Soenmez	75,000	75,000

01-23-2022 01:00 UTC+2

Chip Lead Contenders

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

It appears that there are no runaway chip leaders this time but a few minutes remain to be played. Cecil Moagi and Ondrej Drozd lead the pack with impressive stack sizes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cecil Moagi	380,000	40,000
Ondrej Drozd	375,000	290,000
Marco Rebergen	300,000	-30,000
Angelo De Marco	290,000	225,000