Main Event
Day 4 Started
Main Event
Day 4 Started
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mihai Croitoru | 6,925,000 | |
Ivan Banic | 6,035,000 | |
Marco Topic | 3,175,000 | |
Henning Wendlandt | 2,750,000 | |
Michal Kadziela | 2,315,000 | |
Georgios Vrakas | 2,220,000 | |
Stefan Drabert | 1,450,000 | |
Yehuda Cohen | 800,000 |
The final eight players remaining in the WSOP Circuit €1,650 Main Event have returned to action at King's Casino in Rozvadov to play to a winner.
Romania's Mihai Croitoru has the chip lead with 6,925,000 chips, having won a late coinflip with pocket queens to take a slim lead over the other big stack, Ivan Banic. The Croatian has just over six million chips and will be a force to be reckoned with after eliminating Oriol Fernandez late on Day 3 to give himself a great shot at taking home the WSOP Circuit ring and €232,241 top prize.
Croitoru and Banic won't have everything their own way, however, with all eight remaining players desperate to take down the title and improve on the €25,102 they'll be guaranteed for being the next man to exit.
Here's how the players will line up when they return to the tail-end of the 30,000/60,000 blind level, with an ante of 10,000.
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Marco Topic | Germany | 3,175,000 |
2 | Ivan Banic | Croatia | 6,035,000 |
3 | Yehuda Cohen | Germany | 800,000 |
4 | Michal Kadziela | Poland | 2,315,000 |
5 | Mihai Croitoru | Romania | 6,925,000 |
6 | Stefan Drabert | Germany | 1,450,000 |
7 | Henning Wendlandt | Austria | 2,750,000 |
8 | Georgios Vrakas | Germany | 2,220,000 |
With play set to begin at 2.00pm local time, the live stream with hole cards will be broadcast from 2.30pm CET on a 30-minute delay. Who will win themselves the gold WSOP Circuit ring as we play to a finish?
Hand #1: Stefan Drabert made it 60,000 with from the hijack and was raised to 150,000 by Georgios Vrakas on the button with . Marco Topic alone called in the big blind with . The flop of saw Topic check to Vrakas, who c-bet 185,000 and took it down.
Hand #2: Marco Topic woke up with in the small blind and made it 160,000. Ivan Banic called with and the two men saw a flop of . Both men checked to the turn of , where they did the same, but on the river, Banic bet 475,000 and that was enough to scare Topic away.
Hand #3: Banic moved all-in from the small blind with and Yehuda ‘Chikkita’ Cohen folded his big blind of . There’s some history there, with Chikkita having survived when extremely short several times in the build-up to the final eight. Can he spin his way back into it?
Hand #4: Topic made it with 130,000 with from the cut-off, but Michal Kadziela called in the big blind with . The flop of gave Marco Topic the nuts, but his c-bet of 130,000 didn’t get a call.
Hand #5: Topic bet to 175,000 with from the hijack and Chikita folded ace-four in the button. Kadziela had , however, and Kadziela three-bet to 355,000 from the small blind. Topic called. The flop of was better for Topic, but it was Kadziela who led for 345,000. Topic called. The turn of was ideal for Kadziela, who checked to his German opponent. Topic checked behind to a river. Kadziela value-bet to 525,000, a quarter of Topic’s remaining stack, and he let it go.
Level: 30
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Hand #6: A raise and take from Ivan Banic saw the tall Croatian player pile a few more onto his not inconsiderable chipstack.
Hand #7: Ivan Banic reached down to his stack and bet 160,000 from the hijack with and no-one could call.
Hand #8: Chikita bet to 180,000 from the hijack position and he got folds until Stefan Drabert’s in the small blind. Drabert called. The flop of saw Chikita move all-in for 400,000 and get a call from Drabert, who was in bad shape. The turn kept Chikita safe, and so too did the . ‘Chukka Chukka’ exclaimed the novice, who bounced off the canvas for a huge double-up to 1.5 million.
Hand #9: A raise and take from late position.
Hand #10: Kadziela made it 175,000 from early position with unseen cards and chip leader Mihai Croitoru got involved for the first time, raising to 465,000 from the hijack position. That got a fold and the table captain Croitoru has added to his lead.
Hand #11: Kadziela with and Topic with both went to a flop of and a bet from Kadziela took it down.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mihai Croitoru |
6,905,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Ivan Banic |
6,605,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
Michal Kadziela |
3,065,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
Henning Wendlandt |
2,500,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Georgios Vrakas |
2,440,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Marco Topic |
2,255,000
-920,000
|
-920,000 |
Yehuda Cohen |
1,420,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
Stefan Drabert |
660,000
-790,000
|
-790,000 |
Hand #11: Drabert was eliminated in eighth place in the very next hand after moving all-in for 650,000 after paying his ante with .
Drabert was called by Ivan Banic with , and the board of sent Stefan Drabert home in eighth place for his first ever live result of €25,102 - a superb achievement.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ivan Banic |
7,240,000
635,000
|
635,000 |
Stefan Drabert | Busted |
Ivan Banic has built on his new chip-lead consistently, raising aggressively now with his chip lead. A couple of nice hands have given him the back-up to play at any stakes with for example, but the table is showing him too much respect to get involved with him right now.
Chikita is right back into this WSOPC Main Event here in Rozvadov, as he found pre-flop. He made it 175,000 to go from the cut-off and got folds all round, telling the other players that he had pocket aces!
“You’ll see it on the camera!” he proudly declared, mucking. They won’t, you know…
Kadziela got no respect at all from Croitoru, as his bet of 175,000 with was raised to 465,000 with by the Romanian. Kadziela called to a flop of which hit neither man and both checked to the turn. Kadziela checked, but Croitoru bet 385,000 and took it down. Advantage to the Romanian, who these days plies his trade in Spain. Kadziela has taken a couple of hits in this level so far and looks a little frustrated, especially given that he’s already won a WSOPC ring in a seven card stud event. He’s got an uphill battle to put one on the other hand.
Chikita bet to 180,000 with having been active all day, albeit with hands he should be moving with. However, he’s switched from yesterday’s tighter persona, and the others have seen it happen. Called by Ivan Banic with , the flop came . The turn of prompted a 175,000 bet from Chikita, but Banic called, and when both men checked the river, he won another pot. The rich get richer.
Kadziela defended his big blind with against Wendlandt’s bet of 180,000 with . The flop of saw Wendlandt bet, and his bluff with the worst hand got through the formerly active Kadziela. That was Wendlandt’s first pot of the day in Hand #22, and he looked delighted to get off the mark.
Ivan Banic opened to 180,000 with , before Croitoru called with . But Wendlandt moved all-in with and that huge 30BB all-in move got through very quickly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ivan Banic |
8,430,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
Mihai Croitoru |
7,975,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Henning Wendlandt |
3,045,000
765,000
|
765,000 |
Michal Kadziela |
2,105,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
Georgios Vrakas |
1,915,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Marco Topic |
1,700,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Yehuda Cohen |
900,000
-650,000
|
-650,000 |