€1,700 NLH Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2022 WSOP International Circuit - WSOPC Rozvadov - Autumn Edition
€1,700 NLH Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1a
2022 WSOP International Circuit - WSOPC Rozvadov - Autumn Edition
Buy-in
€1,700
Prize Pool
€1,101,430
Entries
748
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
307
Players Left
127
Nedelcu Tops Busy Day 1a; Bise and Alkan Bag Big Stacks at King's Resort
Level 9
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Europe's biggest poker arena at the King's Resort in Rozvadov is gearing up for the business end of the year. For the third time in 2022, the World Series of Poker International Circuit headed to the Czech venue near the border to Germany and it may very well attract the largest turnout.
Thanks to a total of 307 entries consisting of 241 unique players and 66 re-entries, the 2022 WSOP Circuit King's €1,700 Main Event Autumn edition is off to a fabulous start. In the previous two editions earlier this year, 808 and 648 entries emerged and an even busier second starting day is expected by the local staff.
Upon completion of nine levels of 60 minutes each, the Day 1a field was cut into more than half and just 127 players advanced to Day 2 on Sunday, October 9, 2022. A close race for the lead unfolded in the late stages and it was Romania's Narcis Nedelcu who came out on top of it with a stack of 325,000. Tom Orpaz (311,500) and Emil Bise (302,900) also bagged up more than five times the starting stack of 50,000 as well.
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds Day 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Narcis Nedelcu | Romania | 325,000 | 163 |
| 2 | Tom Orpaz | Israel | 311,500 | 156 |
| 3 | Emil Bise | Switzerland | 302,900 | 151 |
| 4 | Buelent Evis | Germany | 289,400 | 145 |
| 5 | Lukasz Tomecki | Poland | 286,800 | 143 |
| 6 | Petr Targa | Czech Republic | 277,200 | 139 |
| 7 | Denis Gergoc | Switzerland | 272,700 | 136 |
| 8 | Andrea Iocco | Italy | 251,000 | 126 |
| 9 | Claudio Guadagnino | Italy | 245,900 | 123 |
| 10 | Matthew Bushell | United Kingdom | 239,200 | 120 |
Other notables with big stacks include Petr Targa (277,200), Matthew Bushell (239,200), Andreas Chalkiadakis (236,800), Jason Wheeler (232,000), and Albert Hoekendijk (209,800). The Spring edition champion Volkan Alkan also claimed an above-average stack of 191,900 to his name, giving a potential second victory in the calendar year a great start.
Further WSOP bracelet winners such as Antoine Vranken, Renat Bohdanov, Dalibor Dula, Sergiu Covrig, and Sebastian Langrock all advanced but can also enter the second starting day in order to run up a bigger stack. That option is available to all survivors as well. The late registration remains open for the first two levels on Day 2.
Notable casualties included the former champion Andrea Ricci, Aliaksandr Shylko, Clement Cure, Dawid Smolka, Symeon Alexandridis, Vangelis Kaimakamis, Pierre Neuville, Claudio Di Giacomo, and Tobias Peters to name all but a few regulars at the King's Resort. Many of them are expected to give it another shot on Day 1b when the action kicks off at 2pm local time.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be back on the floor then to provide as many hands as possible on what shapes up to be an exciting day of live poker in the heart of Europe.
End-of-Day 1a Chip Counts (full)
Level 9
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000 | 175,000 |
|
311,500 | 11,500 |
|
302,900 | 2,900 |
|
289,400 | 14,400 |
|
286,800 | 36,800 |
|
277,200 | 47,200 |
|
272,700 | 272,700 |
|
251,000 | 6,000 |
|
245,900 | 75,900 |
|
239,200 | 4,200 |
|
236,800 | -28,200 |
|
232,000 | 122,000 |
|
227,600 | 227,600 |
|
215,000 | 215,000 |
|
214,800 | 64,800 |
|
214,200 | 214,200 |
|
213,800 | 213,800 |
|
210,900 | 210,900 |
|
210,000 | 210,000 |
|
209,800 | 119,800 |
|
198,500 | 3,500 |
|
192,600 | -32,400 |
|
191,900 | -3,100 |
|
188,500 | 18,500 |
|
182,800 | 102,800 |
Day 1a Pictures
Courtesy of Maryna Kravchenko / King's Resort.
Day 1a Completed
Level 9
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Around 126 players survived the first of two starting starting days and their chip counts will be published once they are provided by the casino. A recap of today's action is to follow.
Orpaz and Baltateanu Score Knockouts
Level 9
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
During the final hands of the night, Marko Ilic and Clement Cure were sent to the rail. Ilic lost a flip with 
against the 
of Tom Orpaz, who got there on the 
runout.
One table over, Cure's were no good as Silviu Baltateanu had him drawing dead on the turn already with the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | 65,000 |
|
|
195,000 | 55,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Three More Hands on Day 1a
Level 9
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
With some 128 players remaining, the clock has been stopped and the last hands for the night were draw. A three was exposed and as many hands remain until bagging and tagging takes place.
Very Late Eliminations on Day 1a
Level 9
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Puetz With a Solid Stack
Level 9
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
It may have taken three bullets but Christopher Puetz was able to run up a stack eventually. On the tail end of a smaller pot versus Claudio Guadagnino, he min-bet the 
river for 1,600 into around 10,000.
Guadagnino eventually called but mucked to the 
of the German. "Not a single penny more, I know ... ace high no good," Puetz said while he raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | 70,000 |
|
|
170,000 |
Strobel Busts El Yaacoubi
Level 9
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Three ways to the 
flop, Adrian Strobel checked to Rachid Yaacoubi who then bet 5,000 from under the gun. Lukas Klima called only for Strobel to check-raise small to 13,000. El Yaacoubi called while Klima reluctantly folded.
Strobel bet the turn for 14,000 and El Yaacoubi tossed in a single T-25,000 chip for the call, which led them to the river. Strobel now pushed all-in for around 28,000 and El Yaacoubi sigh-called after more than two minutes.
As Strobel flipped over the 
for a straight, the Frenchman tossed the cards right into the muck. Another player at the table remarked the cards had to be shown and the dealer retrieved the 
. El Yaacoubi shook his head, whispered "aces" before he departed the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | 80,000 |
|
80,000 | 80,000 |
|
Busted |