Welcome to Day 2 of the €1,100 PokerStars Festival Main Event Rozvadov
Welcome to Day 2 of the record-setting PokerStars Festival Main Event Rozvadov! 1,121 players in total showed up on one of the four starting days, more than doubling the initial guarantee of €500,000 and surpassing the inaugural London festival's number of 944. It's also the biggest PokerStars event ever held in King's Casino. 507 of them found a way to day 2, with Peter Kamaras topping them all at 270,600. The Hungarian set the tone on Day 1a and claimed the overall chiplead as well.
The home crowd can root for Michal Mrakes, who sits in second with 264,100. Sven Weide rounds out the top 3 with 212,000. Other notables to appear on Day 1c include Team PokerStars Pro Online Randy "nanonoko" Lew (120,900) and Jaime Staples (25,700), Petr Targa (170,800), Martin Staszko (146,200), Martin Kabrhel (136,900), Cheng-Wei Yin (133,000), Ioana Silvana Apostol (117,300), Rehman Kessam (117,000), Jonas Lauck (17,100) and Hubert Matuzewski (16,900).
The action will kick off at noon local time. Today will feature 12 levels of 60 minutes and will see the field play into the money. The total prize pool and payouts will be announced shortly after the start of the day. Blinds will start at 800/1,600 with a running ante of 200. Day 3 will be held on Monday, where we will play down until a winner is crowned. Follow PokerNews throughout the day and don't miss any of the exciting action from King's Casino in Rozvadov!
Top 5 after Day 1
| # | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Kamaras | Hungary | 270,600 |
| 2 | Michal Mrakes | Czech Republic | 264,100 |
| 3 | Sven Weide | Germany | 212,000 |
| 4 | Jan Stariat | Czech Republic | 210,500 |
| 5 | Ondrej Vlasanek | Czech Republic | 206,500 |
Blind structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
| 11 | 800 | 1,600 | 200 |
| 12 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 300 |
| 13 | 1,200 | 2,400 | 400 |
| 14 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 500 |
| 15 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 500 |
| 16 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 500 |
| 17 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 1,000 |
| 18 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 |
| 19 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 |
| 20 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 2,000 |
| 21 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 2,000 |
| 22 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 3,000 |