Sweet Sixteen Plays Down to One on the Final Day of the Grand Big Wrap Main Event
The Grand Big Wrap festival at King’s Resort in Rozvadov concludes today with the final day of the €2,350 Main Event, and the question swirling around 15 players’ minds is: can anyone stop Dorel Eldabach from running away with the title?
Eldabach, the Israeli pro who regularly plays in high-stakes cash games, put on a stunning performance at the end of play yesterday on his way to bagging up 5,115,000, far and away the largest stack among the 16 returning players. Only Adolf Buettner with 3,740,000 is even within 2,000,000 of his massive chip lead.
Final 16 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorel Eldabach | Israel | 5,115,000 | 171 |
| 2 | Adolf Buettner | Germany | 3,740,000 | 125 |
| 3 | Oswin Ziegelbecker | Austria | 2,950,000 | 98 |
| 4 | Seamus Cahill | Ireland | 2,620,000 | 87 |
| 5 | Ali Balci | Germany | 2,300,000 | 77 |
| 6 | Samuel Albeck | Germany | 2,105,000 | 70 |
| 7 | Tomasz Kozub | Poland | 1,940,000 | 65 |
| 8 | Joao Estanislau | Portugal | 1,740,000 | 58 |
| 9 | Marco Di Persio | Italy | 1,480,000 | 49 |
| 10 | Sebastian Langrock | Germany | 1,415,000 | 47 |
| 11 | Eran Carmi | Israel | 1,405,000 | 47 |
| 12 | Jakob Madsen | Denmark | 1,280,000 | 43 |
| 13 | Quan Zhou | China | 995,000 | 33 |
| 14 | Tim Van Loo | Germany | 990,000 | 33 |
| 15 | Matthew Macioce | United States | 975,000 | 33 |
| 16 | Goran Urumovic | Sweden | 495,000 | 17 |
A collection of talented players, though, are lurking further down the leaderboard who will try to chase down Eldabach when play resumes at 2 p.m. local time. They include Oswin Ziegelbecker (2,950,000), Seamus Cahill (2,620,000), Joao Estanislau (1,740,000), WSOP bracelet winner Sebastian Langrock (1,415,000), and Jakob Madsen (1,280,000). Quan Zhou, who already won the Diamond High Roller this week in Rozvadov, and Tim Van Loo enter the day near the bottom of the counts with 995,000 and 990,000, respectively.
The action picks up on Level 21 with blinds of 15,000/30,000 and a 30,000 big blind ante. The players are already guaranteed €8,123 for navigating their way this far out of a starting field of 316, but all eyes will be on the €132,400 top prize and trophy. With the average stack of more than 60 big blinds at the start and hour-long levels, the road to the championship could be a long, hard journey today.
The feature table will be streamed on a 30-minute delay on King’s Resort’s YouTube channel. PokerNews will be providing updates as the field plays on to the final table and onward toward the crowning of a champion.