At 2 p.m. local time, 30 players will return for the final day of the €1,650 WSOP International Circuit Main Event here in the biggest poker arena of Europe, the King’s Casino in Rozvadov. All 30 players are guaranteed at least €6,012 but they will all be eyeing that first-place prize of €220,000 which also comes with the coveted gold WSOP Circuit Ring. A long day is looming ahead, with the winner not expected to be crowned before the early hours of the morning. A possible extra day might be added to the schedule at the tournament supervisor's discretion later tonight if the day is deemed too long.
Martin Kabrhel went to sleep in the early hours knowing he had the chip lead with 2,235,000 in chips. Trailing behind him are Timur Margolin with 1,981,000, Amar Begovich with 1,735,000, Stanislav Koleno with 1,348,000, Paris Stavridis with 1,344,000, Ben Zech with 1,276,000, and Jose Acebes Lopez with 1,239,000. Also keep an eye on Grzegorz Wyraz (977,000), Martin Mulsow (514,000), Yehuda "ChiKKita BanAAna" Cohen (492,000), and Day 1a chip leader Alexander Romme with a short stack of 226,000.
A live stream with hole cards which will start around 2.30 pm local time with a 30-minute security delay. Players will resume play on Level 25 with blinds at 12,000 / 24,000 and a running ante of 4,000. All levels will be one hour long and a winner will be determined by the end of today’s play.
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Konstantinos Misailidis raised to 50,000, and got three callers including Amar Begovic on the button, and Thomas White and Paraschos Stavridis in the blinds.
The flop came and it checked to Misailidis who bet 130,000. Begovic raised in position to 300,000 and the blinds folded. Misailidis moved all in and Begovic called.
Amar Begovic: - set of sevens
Konstantinos Misailidis: - pair and flush draw.
Misailidis picked up a straight draw on the turn but the river was a brick and he was sent to the rail, boosting Begovic's stack to 2.5m. He is the new chip leader.
Timur Margolin raised to 50,000 in the cutoff. Dawoud Fares then three-bet to 162,000 in the small blind and Oleksandr Vikhtiuk moved all in for 199,000 from the big blind.
Margolin then re-raised to 475,000 and Fares folded.
Timur Margolin:
Oleksandr Vikhtiuk:
There was no help for Vikhtiuk as the board ran out and he was eliminated.
Meanwhile, at a neighbouring table, Tom White moved all in for 504,000 in the hijack. Grzegorz Wyraz decided to three-bet all in for around 725,000 and the other players folded.
White's was up against the of Wyraz, but it was the Englishman who took the lead on a flop, and held on the runout.
The players are now redrawing around three tables.
Tom White moved all in from the small blind and short stack Dawoud Fares called in the big blind.
Tom White:
Dawoud Fares:
The flop gave White the lead coming but the turn gave Fares a straight. The river was the and Fares doubled up.
Meanwhile, on the other outer table Dennis Kirsch moved all in from the cutoff for 600,000. Alexander Romme was on the button and moved all in for 480,000. The blinds folded.
Dennis Kirsch:
Alexander Romme:
It was an action flop with giving Kirsch a gutshot Broadway draw and Romme top set. The turn was the and the river the and Romme doubled up.
Shortly after Alexander Romme's double up, shortstack Yehuda Cohen moved all in with for his last 200,000 and was called by Romme holding . The board came and Cohen was eliminated.
In the very next hand Rene Zembinsky raised from the button to 100,000. Stanislav Koleno three-bet to 320,000 in the small blind and Dennis Kirsch moved all in for 130,000 in the big blind. Zembinsky folded.
Dennis Kirsch:
Stanislav Koleno:
There was no help for the short stack on a board and Kirsch followed Koleno out the door.
Parminder Singh shoved all in for 245,000 on the button and was called by Timur Margolin in the big blind.
Parminder Singh:
Timur Margolin:
The board ran out - even though Singh pick up a gutshot for the straight draw, it didn't happen on the turn or river and he has been sent home with €9,188 for 18th place.
Paris Stavridis opened to 110,000 and Dawoud Fares moved all in for roughly that amount from the cutoff. The remaining players all folded and Stavridis called.
Paris Stavridis:
Dawoud Fares:
There was no help at all for Fares on the runout and he was sent to the rail in 14th place. The remaining 13 players are all guaranteed €13,385.
Martin Kabrhel moved all in for 785,000 from under the gun. Ben Zech was in the small blind and snap-called with Rene Zembinsky making way in the big blind.
Martin Kabrhel:
Ben Zech:
The board ran out with Kabrhel dodging an open-ended straight draw on the turn to double up to just over 1.5m.