Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2014 PokerStars King's Cup Rozvadov
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PokerStars King's Cup Rozvadov
Buy-in
€500
Prize Pool
€267,235
Entries
551
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
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Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Philipp Hartmann started as the dominant chip leader with just 12 players remaining on the final day of the 2014 PokerStars King's Cup Rozvadov event, and it was a position he never relinquished. The German led from start to finish and only during a brief period of three-handed and heads-up play did it ever look as though he was in danger of losing his chip lead.
Having already secured €40,000 as part of a three-way deal with Daniel Effendy and Pavel Novotny, Hartmann outlasted both other players to win the remaining €5,000 that was left to play for, increasing his total winnings in this tournament to €45,000 after the €200,000 guarantee had been completely smashed.
In a tournament where you could fire a maximum of five bullets (two on Day 1a and 1b, and one on the turbo Day 1c), Hartmann needed just one. From the field of 551, Hartmann finished Day 1a with 82,300 and started Day 2 33rd out of the remaining 198 players. From there, he took the chip lead late on Day 2 and would never lose it again.
Hartmann started the Day 3 well, eliminating former European Poker Tour Prague runner-up Georgios Sotiropoulos in 12th place with the 
against the 
. Hartmann then knocked out Uwe Mauerhoff with the 
against the short-stack's 
all in preflop with the board coming 
. Meanwhile on the other table, Effendy knocked out Nikolay Karman in a coin flip to leave nine players and one table. Effendy then dispatched the short stack Zdenek Motan in ninth and the official final table was set.
The biggest surprise early on was that it was one of the biggest stacks who was eliminated first at the final table. Effendy had opened to 65,000 with the blinds at 15,000/30,000/4,000, and Radek Stockner three-bet to 185,000. Effendy moved all in for what was around a million in chips, and Stockner quickly called off his stack with the 
, Effendy tabled the 
and won the classic race on a 
board. A count of the chips followed, and a shell-shocked Stockner was out.
Damir Vasiljevic was next to fall. He had barely two big blinds left when he moved in with the 
, but Jens Steuber's hit a queen on the river of a to knock out the Croatian, leaving a table composed entirely of Germans and Czechs. Steuber's victory didn't last long, though, as his chips went immediately across to Petr Targa. Steuber had the 
on a flop and made a big shove that was picked off by Targa's . The 
turn and river changed nothing, and Steuber was eliminated in sixth place for €11,064.
Then, on a board reading 
, Targa found himself being check-raised all in by chip leader Hartmann. Targa called with the 
and was streets ahead of Hartmann's 
. The German had the last laugh, however, when the 
completed a most unlikely straight to give him yet another big pot.
Lena Riemenschneider was knocked out in fourth place, after she'd managed a remarkable comeback on Day 2. She had been very comfortable on the final table until she lost with with the to Pavel Novotny's 
, doubling him up in the process. Her remaining chips went in with the 
against Hartmann's 
, but she was unable to spike an ace to survive.
The remaining three players — Hartmann, Effendy, and Pavel Novotny — agreed on a deal that saw Hartmann get €40,000 and the other two €29,856 each with €5,000 being played for. Effendy began to gain ground on Hartmann and looked like he might overtake his counterpart, but then Hartmann eliminated Novotny to once again increase his lead. Novotny's demise came when he fired all three streets of a 
board with the 
only for Hartmann to make a hero call with the 
and win the pot.
The heads-up battle lasted around 45 minutes, Effendy gained some early momentum before Hartmann won several crucial pots in a row, including cracking aces with the and gradually putting a squeeze on Effendy's stack. Eventually, Hartmann's "nice induce," as Effendy called it, with a made straight was enough to make Effendy go broke.
With that, there's just time to say congratulations to Philipp Hartmann and all the finalists. Hope you've enjoyed this event, and we'll see you next time right here on PokerNews!
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philipp Hartmann | €45,000* |
| 2 | Daniel Effendy | €29,856* |
| 3 | Pavel Novotny | €29,856* |
| 4 | Lena Remenschneider | €17,958 |
| 5 | Petr Targa | €14,083 |
| 6 | Jens Steuber | €11,064 |
| 7 | Damir Vasiljevic | €8,258 |
| 8 | Radek Stockner | €5,719 |
*Denotes a three-handed deal
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Daniel Effendy raised to 180,000 with and Philipp Hartmann called with . The flop came down and Hartmann check-called a bet of 270,000 to see the on the turn.
Hartmann with a straight, led out for 400,000 and Effendy thought for a minute before moving all in. Hartmann called instantly.
Effendy sighed, "Nice induce."
Effendy needed a king to chop the pot but the river was the 
. Daniel Effendy picks up €29,856 as a consolation for being the runner-up of the 2014 PokerStars King's Cup Rozvadov event.
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Daniel Effendy raised to 140,000 preflop with and Philipp Hartmann called to see a flop. Hartmann check-called a 250,000 bet to see the 
on the turn.
Both players checked to see the on the river. Hartmann fired 450,000 and Effendy sighed and called.
Hartmann tabled for rivered trips. His lead is big now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,700,000
715,000
|
715,000 |
|
2,105,000
-705,000
|
-705,000 |
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,985,000
1,265,000
|
1,265,000 |
|
|
2,810,000
-1,490,000
|
-1,490,000 |
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Philipp Hartmann raised to 130,000 with and Daniel Effendy made the call holding 
.
The flop was and Effendy check-raised Hartmann's 140,000 bet to 375,000. Hartmann made the call to see the on the turn. Effendy bet 575,000 and Hartmann made the call.
The river was the and Effendy checked and Hartmann checked behind showing the pair of kings to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,720,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
4,300,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Philipp Hartmann raised to 130,000 with 
and Daniel Effendy made the call with 
.
The flop was , Effendy check-folded to a 150,000 bet from his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,720,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
|
5,300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Philipp Hartmann raised to 140,000 holding 
and Daniel Effendy made the call with .
The flop came 
and Effendy flopped a flush and checked, Hartmann bet 150,000 and Effendy check-raised to 350,000. Hartmann called, not knowing he was already drawing dead.
The came on the turn and it did not change anything, Effendy fired 750,000 and Hartmann gave up his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,020,000
-630,000
|
-630,000 |
|
|
5,000,000
630,000
|
630,000 |
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
The two players are back in their seats and are now playing for the title.
Level: 27
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000