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

10-07-2022 23:07 UTC+2

Naim Doubles Through Dula

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

A squeeze to 25,000 was in front of Dalibor Dula in the under-the-gun position. The action was back on Gal Naim, who then pushed all-in for 57,900. Dula was in the tank for a while before he sigh-called.

"Ace queen?" Naim instantly asked and Dula nodded, flipping over the . Naim was ahead with the and that remained to be the case on the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dalibor Dula	135,000	-20,000
Gal Naim	130,000	130,000

Tags: Dalibor Dula Gal Naim

10-07-2022 22:58 UTC+2

Strobel Scores a Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Petr Targa opened to 2,500 on the button and Adrian Strobel called in the small blind. Aliaksandr Shylko three-bet only for Targa to call. Strobel then pushed for 18,500 and Shylko folded while big stack Targa called.

Adrian Strobel:
Petr Targa:

There was no miracle upset despite a sweat on the runout as Strobel leaped back to the starting stack. For Targa it was a minor setback as he remains near the top of the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Petr Targa	230,000	-40,000
Adrian Strobel	50,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	35,000	-15,000

Tags: Adrian Strobel Aliaksandr Shylko Petr Targa

10-07-2022 22:55 UTC+2

Shiller Is "Done for the Day"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Heads-up to the turn, Marek Blasko checked from an early position and then called a bet worth 21,500 by Brendan Shiller. The on the river was instantly checked behind by Shiller and Blasko tabled the .

"Sorry, I had to do it," Shiller grinned and tabled the for a pair of fours to win the pot.

"I am done for the day now. I played the king trey and the jack four," the American joked before adding "I told him one orbit ago I was gonna do it."

Player	Chips	Progress
Brendan Shiller	220,000	140,000
Zachary Duce	65,000	65,000
Marek Blasko	55,000	-25,000
Christa van Berkel	40,000	40,000

Tags: Brendan Shiller Marek Blasko

10-07-2022 22:49 UTC+2

More Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Petr Targa	270,000	30,000
Buelent Evis	260,000	180,000
Andrea Iocco	245,000
Linda van de Ree	225,000
Josef Snejberg	130,000
Jelka Andelic	90,000	25,000
Marek Blasko	80,000	-15,000
Anthony Ghamrawi	78,000	-2,800
Georgios Vrakas	75,000	18,000
Ilija Savevski	40,000	-7,000
Raoul Refos	35,000	-40,000

10-07-2022 22:45 UTC+2

Second Batch of Day 1a Pictures

Christian Zetzsche

10-07-2022 22:43 UTC+2

Tabacaru Loses Some to Vlaic

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Iuliu Vlaic three-bet to 8,000 on the button and Ion Tabacaru as the initial raiser inquired about his stack size before he came along from an early position.

Tabacaru check-called a bet worth 5,000 on the flop and the turn was checked. The river brought another check-call by Tabacaru for 12,000 and he briefly exposed his cards before mucking to the for aces full of jacks by his opponent.

"Very cheap", another player at the table remarked. "I think I have to push preflop but he calls," Tabacaru responded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Iuliu Vlaic	70,000	22,000
Ion Tabacaru	39,000	-11,000

Tags: Ion Tabacaru Iuliu Vlaic

10-07-2022 22:37 UTC+2

Orpaz Knocks Out Bahri

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The big blind was sitting out and Tom Orpaz recalled a big hand in which he sent Safwane Bahri to the rail.

According to Orpaz, he min-raised in the small blind and Bahri defended the small blind. On a flop, Bahri check-called a min-bet and did so again on the turn. The river completed the board and Bahri check-raised from 10,000 to 35,000.

Orpaz then tanked for nearly six minutes before pushing all-in. Bahri called with king-ten for two pair only to run into for the broadway straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Orpaz	190,000	190,000
Safwane Bahri	Busted

Tags: Safwane Bahri Tom Orpaz

10-07-2022 22:30 UTC+2

Bise Back Near the Top

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Emil Bise first won a pot without showdown and then knocked out Pierre Neuville to restore his big stack once more. Further assorted counts in the field can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lukasz Tomecki	250,000	50,000
Petr Targa	240,000	90,000
Emil Bise	230,000	140,000
Sergiu Covrig	130,000	45,000
Christopher Puetz	130,000	25,000
Marius Gicovanu	120,000	25,000
Vangelis Kaimakamis	100,000	100,000
Rehman Kassam	90,000	20,000
Onkel Otto	40,000	-22,000
Robert Kokoska	35,000	35,000
Eusebiu Jalba	23,000	23,000
Pierre Neuville	Busted

Tags: Emil Bise Pierre Neuville

10-07-2022 22:23 UTC+2

Desset Among Recent Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Andrej Desset was on his way out after being unable to run up a shorter stack and Manoe Betrix also had his cards mucked already. Iuliu Vlaic essentially tripled with for a flopped set which then made a winning flush on the runout.