Santhosh Suvarna opened to 20,000 from early position and was called by Michael Rodrigues in middle position, Namhyung Kim in the cutoff, and Anh Do in the big blind.
Do led out for 29,000 on the 6♣7♥3♣ flop, which got a call from Suvarna and Rodrigues, but a fold from Kim.
The 5♠ fell on the turn and Do checked to Suvarna, who went all in for his last 30,000. Rodrigues and Do both called.
Do checked once more on the board-completing J♣ and Rodrigues bet 56,000. Do folded after a bit of thought and Rodrigues turned over A♣K♣7♠2♣ for the nut flush. Survana held 6♥5♥3♦2♦ for two pair and was forced to surrender the rest of his chips.
Marco Di Persio opened to 15,000 from the cutoff and was called by Stephen Chidwick on the button. Patrik Jaros then squeezed to 66,000 from the small blind, which got a fold from Di Persio, but a call from Chidwick.
Jaros continued for 100,000 on the K♥3♦2♥ flop and Chidwick let his hand go — awarding the pot to Jaros.
After an exchange of raises preflop Stephen Chidwick found himself all in for just over 200,000 against Patrik Jaros who covered.
Stephen Chidwick: A♣A♥Q♦5♦
Patrik Jaros: A♠K♠K♥J♥
Chidwick looked poised to double up but the J♠5♠9♥ flop gave Jaros more outs in the form of the nut-flush draw. The flush came in on the 9♠ turn leaving Chidwick drawing to just the case ace to stay alive. The 10♥ river was a blank and Chidwick was sent to the rail right before the end of Day 1 while Jaros extended his lead over the rest of the field.
After 14 action-packed levels Day 1 has reached a conclusion in Event #6: €5,000 Pot Limit Omaha here at King's Resort in Rozvadov. The event attracted 202 entrants to create a total prize pool of €911,525 with 52 players finding a bag for Day 2. Among the 52 survivors, Patrik Jaros seized the chip lead in dominant fashion, finishing the day with 1,399,000 chips worth 175 big blinds. Jaros is the only play to finish the night with over 1,000,000 in chips.
Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Patrik Jaros
Czechia
1,399,000
175
2
Omar Eljach
Sweden
914,000
114
3
Diana Volcovschi
Portugal
904,000
113
4
Kasparas Klezys
Lithuania
853,000
107
5
Wing Po Liu
Hong Kong
788,000
99
6
Jerry Odeen
Sweden
783,000
98
7
Shawn Stroke
United States
769,000
96
8
Alexi Skoulos
Sweden
747,000
93
9
Michael Rodrigues
Portugal
747,000
93
10
Bernd Gleissner
Germany
670,000
84
Jaros is most closely followed by Omar Eljach (914,000) and Diana Volcovschi (904,000). Interestingly, all three players also made the final table in Event #2: €550 Pot Limit Omaha earlier this week. Jaros took seventh and Volcovschi finished as the runner up, while Eljach won the event for his second WSOP bracelet.
Other notable players to bag and tag for Day 2 include Daniel Dvoress (381,000), Roland Israelashvili (266,000), Felipe Ketzer (158,000), Felipe Ramos (73,000) as well as bracelet winners Jerry Odeen (783,000), Michael Rodrigues (747,000), Oleksii Kovalchuk (643,000), Renji Mao (302,000), Anson Tsang (223,000), Jonathan Pastore (165,000), Jan-Peter Jachtmann (160,000) and Tong Li (133,000). Ren Lin (81,000) also managed to find a bag after reentering a total of six times.
The likes of Vivian Saliba, Barny Boatman, Martin Kabrhel, Stephen Chidwick, Viktor Blom, Max Pescatori, Niklas Astedt, James Chen and Aaron Duczak weren't so lucky and were sent to the rail before the end of Day 1.
The action picks up at 1 p.m. local time tomorrow on level 15 with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an 8,000 big blind ante. Whereas Day 1 was an opportunity for early chip leaders to emerge and position themselves to make a deep run, Day 2 will be a sprint to the finish and will play until a winner is crowned.
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