Mykola Lakatosh gasped in disbelief when his entire stack vanished and one hand only could beat his Q♣Q♠10♥6♠ on the Q♦7♣7♦6♥J♣ runout. Unfortunately for him, Glib Karpov indeed held the A♥7♦7♠5♣ for quads and scored the knockout in style.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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180,000
80,000
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80,000 |
|
Busted |
Jakub Koleckar had lost a bigger portion of his stack and then left the table with a grin on his face with the cards already in the muck. His chips were pushed to Mikkel Plum, who dealt the final blow with the J♣10♣9♣7♠.
That was good enough for two pair on the J♦10♥3♥6♣2♦ runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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175,000
75,000
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75,000 |
|
Busted |
Peter Lieber raised to 2,000 and picked up four callers. Vasyl Pidhrushnyi then potted to 14,600 in the small blind and Roland Kraenzle called, as did Massimiliano Zanasi.
The 6♣4♣4♥ flop saw Pidhrushnyi bet the pot and Kraenzle jammed, Zanasi folded and Pidhrushnyi called.
Vasyl Pidhrushnyi: A♦A♥8♦6♥
Roland Kraenzle: 10♥8♣7♣5♥
Pidhrushnyi was ahead with his aces but it was a virtual flip against the wrap and flush draw. Nothing changed with the K♦ turn and 4♠ river to let Pidhrushnyi double for 69,100.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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210,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
190,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
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125,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
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7,000
7,000
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7,000 |
Following a 8♥5♣3♦ flop, "Zimba Bwe" checked and Oswin Ziegelbecker bet 3,000. He faced a check-raise to 8,000 by "Zimba Bwe" to call and the local player then potted the J♣ turn. Ziegelbecker reluctantly jammed for around 42,000 and "Zimba Bwe" called.
Oswin Ziegelbecker: 6♦6♥3♥3♣
"Zimba Bwe": J♥7♦4♦2♥
The A♠ fell on the river as "Zimba Bwe" made a wheel to eliminate Ziegelbecker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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120,000
72,000
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72,000 |
|
Busted |
With 9,800 in the middle to the K♠9♣5♣ flop, Oswin Ziegelbecker checked and Marc Palatzky made it 5,000 to go on the button for the Austrian to call.
Ziegelbecker check-called for another 16,000 on the 4♥ turn and checked the 10♠ river. Palatzky now bet 25,000 and was paid off to reveal the K♣K♥Q♠4♣ for a set of kings as the winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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150,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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47,000
-53,000
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-53,000 |
With 7,000 in the middle to the 10♦6♥3♣ flop, Benjamin Alacam bet 5,000 and Guenter Halak was among the two callers. The K♦ turn was checked and the 2♣ river completed the board. Alacam bet 10,000 and Halak folded.
One hand later, three players created a pot of around 20,000 to the 9♥8♣7♥ flop. Alacam bet 15,000 and Halak raised the pot to 68,000. Sebastian Koehnert folded and Alacam tank-folded the A♥10♠9♠6♥ face-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
110,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
102,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
90,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
80,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
One of the most popular game variants is certain to attract card sharks from near and far to Europe's biggest poker arena for the business end of the 2023 The Grand Big Wrap at the King's Resort in Rozvadov. Pot Limit Omaha has gained traction throughout the last decade and the second edition in the current year takes place as special edition from September 12 to 18, dubbed the The Grand Big Wrap PLO by $ZTO$.
One of the marquee tournaments on the schedule is the 2023 The Grand Big Wrap €2,350 Main Event, which comes with a guaranteed prize pool of €500,000. Day 1a concluded yesterday with a total of 128 entries of which 46 players bagged up chips. That put the event on track to surpass the guarantee with more than half covered already and the busier flight to kick off at 3 p.m. local time.
The four-figure buy-in is accompanied by a set of €10,000 high-stakes competitions of which one already determined a champion. Quan Zhou defeated Eelis Pärssinen in heads-up to claim the top prize of €500,000 in the €10,000 Diamond High Roller. Many other big names made their way for Day 1 of the €10,000 Platinum High Roller which recommences at 2 p.m. local time with 32 players out of 60 entries remaining in the high-stakes section of the poker arena.
While the High Roller regulars are busy upstairs, Day 1b of the €2,350 Main Event will play a total of 11 levels of 45 minutes each. All players receive 100,000 in chips and the starting blinds will be 200-400 with a big blind ante of 400. There is a break every three levels with a 30-minute dinner break after level six and unlimited re-entries are allowed all day long.
As a matter of fact, the late registration for the tournament remains open until the end of level 13 and following break. That will be two levels into Day 2 on Sunday, September 17, 2023, as of which the duration increases to 60 minutes each. A winner will then be crowned the following day on the live-streamed feature table right here in Rozvadov.
Chip leader so far is King's regular Tomasz Kozub, who turned his 100,000 into 807,000 on Day 1a. Whether or not anyone will be able to surpass that impressive figure on Day 1b remains to be seen.
You can follow all of the four-card action right here on PokerNews as the live reporting team will be on the floor to provide updates all day long.
