Russia's [Removed:266] is among the early chip leaders. In a recent hand, Kleyman raised under the gun, and his opponent three-bet to 1,300. Kleyman four-bet to 3,600 which his opponent called.
On a flop, Kleyman bet 3,600 and his opponent called. Kleyman barreled again - this time for 7,000 - when a hit the turn, which his opponent called. Kleyman was not scared away when the hit the river, and this time shoved his remaining 20,000 chips into the pot. His opponent called, and quickly left the table without sharing his hand.
Kleyman told us that, "I have history with this player. He knocked me out of a previous tournament and probably thought I was bluffing here."
The ninth edition of the PokerNews Cup is just around the corner, taking place right here at the King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic from Nov. 18-23.
The series is highlighted by the €250 buy-in PokerNews Cup Main Event, which features three opening days on Nov. 19-21 before the action heats up with the final two days of play on Nov. 22 & 23.
We caught up to the action when Vasili Firsau had a bet of 7,550 in front of him after a preflop raising battle. Nandor Solyom who was in the hand until this point folded after a player in seat one declared he was all-in.
After much thought, Firsau asked for a chip count, and called after he saw that he had his opponent's raise to 26,000 chips slightly more than covered. The players turned over their cards with Firsau showing , which dominated his opponent's
Firsau breathed a sigh of relief on the flop, however, held his breath in a little when the hit the turn. Firsau appeared to be relieved when the hit the river.
Before he left the table, his opponent declared, "I didn't see that you were still in the hand." This led to Solyom and Firsau joking around about which of them the opponent didn't respect when going in against them with his hand.
The Super High Roller resumed play about 20 minutes ago, with the final player field growing from 16 to 22 players. Jesper Hougaard bought in for the first time, while the other five entrants were all reentries: Patrik Antonius, Besim Hot, Jan-Peter Jachtmann, Elliot Smith, and Evangelos Vrakas.
The €25,000 buy-in tournament has now met its posted €500,000 with the official prize pool and payouts to be announced soon. You can follow the action in this tournament here at PokerNews. A feature table and eventually the final table will be running shortly via live stream on a 30 minute delay with hole cards across four different mediums — including here on PokerNews by clicking on the Live Streaming tab found on our coverage of that tournament.
One of the players to enter the tournament a little late, is Miltiadis Kyriakides who right away got into the action. Kyriaskides from the small blind entered a limped pot before barreling at the pot on a flop and again when the hit the turn. His opponent called both times before the hit the river.
Kyriakides bet for 2,000, his opponent raised him to 5,000, at which point the Greek player declared he was all in for the remaining chips from his starting stack. After his opponent called and showed his , he was disappointed to learn Kyriakides held for the full house.
Kyriakides then was involved in a couple of other small pots to build his stack to 65,000 right before the dinner break.
According to the big board, the field has grown to 240 players right before dinner break. At least a couple of dozen players have already exited the tournament with the board showing 216 entrants remaining.
Players are now enjoying a 30-minute dinner break before returning to the tables for Level 7 with blinds at 200/400 and antes at 25. A few more players left the tournament right before the break. According to the big board there are 206 remaining out of the starting 240 entrants left.
We caught up again with [Removed:266] at dinner break after we saw his stack grow to 95,000. Right before the break he was involved in a pot from the big blind where a player opened for 800 and got two callers before Kleyman three-bet the action to 3,500. All three of his opponents called creating a huge pot before the flop.
Roman led out for 4,400 on a flop of . The original preflop opener three-bet the pot to 12,000. Kleyman thought things over before coming over the top for 35,000. His opponent folded showing pocket jacks, while Kleyman scooped up a big pot holding .
flop, Kleyman bet 3,600 and his opponent called. Kleyman barreled again - this time for 7,000 - when a 
hit the turn, which his opponent called. Kleyman was not scared away when the 
hit the river, and this time shoved his remaining 20,000 chips into the pot. His opponent called, and quickly left the table without sharing his hand.![[Removed:266]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, which dominated his opponent's 
flop, however, held his breath in a little when the 
hit the turn. Firsau appeared to be relieved when the 
hit the river. 
hit the turn. His opponent called both times before the 
hit the river.
. The original preflop opener three-bet the pot to 12,000. Kleyman thought things over before coming over the top for 35,000. His opponent folded showing pocket jacks, while Kleyman scooped up a big pot holding 
.