2022 partypoker Championship Czech Republic Day 1

Level 32: 300K/600K (600K)
Entries: 10/2,261

Armand Muratolglu just hit the rail in 11th place leaving one player away from the final table. His short stack was committed with J 9 and was up against the K K held by Pavel Stribrny.

The 6 Q 9 10 2 board wasn’t enough for Muratoglu and he was on the rail in 11th place for €5,590.

Pavel Stribrny – 22 million
Armand Muratoglu – 0

Saturday was a banner day at King’s Resort with the two opening flights of the €500,000 guaranteed partypoker Championship (PPC) Czech €330 Main Event drawing huge numbers.

Signs were good with the early Day 1f flight attracting 416 entries, by far the biggest opening flight at the time. A total of 64 players were scheduled to bag chips. However, two players busted on the bubble leaving just 63 players with Arian Kashi not only bagging the biggest stack with 2,593,000 in chips but also the overall chip lead.

Things got even bigger for the later Day 1g flight with 465 entrants getting into the action. A total of 70 players survived with Jakub Oliva coming out on top with 2,052,000 in chips after more than 10 hours of play.

PPC Czech Main Event by the Numbers Thus Far

Thus far, the PPC Czech Main Event attracted 1,954 entries with 294 players surviving. The €500,000 guarantee has already been smashed with the field generating a massive €556,890 prize pool, which includes six seats to the 2022 WSOP Europe €10,350 Main Event. These figures will continue to grow with one last turbo opening flight taking place on Sunday at 11 a.m.

All surviving players have already secured at least a €600 min-cash even before cards will be in the air on Day 2 on Sunday at 4:30 p.m.

PPC Czech Schedule

Our coverage will resume tomorrow at the start of Day 2 at 4:30 p.m. with blinds rolled back to Level 16 (8,000/16,000). Stay tuned at PokerListings to see who will win the epic PPC Czech Main Event at King’s Resort.

Level 18: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries: 70/465

Day 1g is in the books after Walter Matura hit the rail. Matura open-jammed A 6 from the small blind and was called by Didier Naegely from the big blind with A A .

Naegely’s rockets held to eliminate Matura after the Q 10 6 2 3 ran out on the board.

The remaining 70 players each earned a min-cash of at least €600 and will resume play tomorrow at 4:30 for Day 2.

Players are bagging up their stacks. Stay tuned for the final chip counts of Day 1g along with a recap of the day.

Didier Naegely – 1,472,000
Walter Matura – 0

Level 18: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries: 71/465

George Sandford four-bet jammed for 326,000 from the big blind. The player that originally opened the pot, folded. Meanwhile, Jakob Koleckar, who three-bet from the button, found a call.

George Sandford: A A
Jakob Koleckar: A Q

Sandford’s rockets held on the K J 8 3 J runout to double his stack on the money bubble. Meanwhile, around the same time, Andrea Tucci hit the rail on another table.

George Sandford – 750,000
Jakob Koleckar – 450,000
Andrea Tucci – 0

Level 18: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries: 72/465

The floor decided to begin hand-for-hand two away from the end-of-the-day bubble with some of the tables playing very slow.

Players will bag up with at least a min-cash of €600 in hand after there are 70 (or less) players remaining in the field.

Level 18: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries: 73/465

Raji Nagib jammed for 153,000 from under the gun and was called by Wladimir Majer from the button.

Raji Nagib: K J
Wladimir Majer: A K

Nagib flopped an open-ended straight draw after the 10 Q 2 came out on the board. Despite some hope, Nagib bricked the 6 turn and 5 river and his stack went over to Majer near the end of Day 1g.

Wladimir Majer – 700,000
Raji Nagib – 0

Level 17: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Entries: 78/465

Witali Reinbold limped from early position before Nadir Riccardi jammed for about 150,000 from middle position. Reinbold snap-called and the cards were turned over.

Nadir Riccardi: K J
Witali Reinbold: A 10

It was looking like showers for Riccardi after Reinbold nailed top pair on the 4 A 2 flop. However, Riccardi improved to two pair after the J turn and K river to double his stack instead of hitting the rail.

Witali Reinbold – 1,400,000
Nadir Riccardi – 350,000

Level 17: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Entries: 80/465

Bastian Rebscher opened for 40,000 from early position before he called a three-bet jam by Vinci Pasquale from the big blind for 142,000.

Vinci Pasquale: A A
Bastian Rebscher: A 7

Pasquale doubled north of 300,000 after his rockets held on the 9 2 7 4 K runout.

The action was down to just 80 players after the hand with 70 of them scheduled to advance to tomorrow’s Day 2.

Level 17: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Entries: 88/465

A player with the nickname of “Nobody-Leroy” was down to under a big blind. Straight off the break, he tripled up before doubling up again the next hand. That was all she wrote as the following hand things went down differently.

Nobody-Leroy jammed from the small blind for less than 10 big blinds and was called by Damian Kucharski from the big blind.

Nobody-Leroy: 9 3
Damian Kucharski: K 9

Nobody-Leroy got nowhere on the A 5 2 8 J board and was eliminated by Kucharski.

Damian Kucharski – 800,000
Nobody-Leroy – 0

Level 17: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Entries: 93/465

Players are on their final break of Day 1g. Blinds will increase to 10,000/20,000 with a big blind ante of 20,000 when the action resumes in 15 minutes.

Level 16: 8,000/16,000 (16,000)
Entries: 101/465

Prasil Miroslav three-bet jammed for 50,000 over an opener and two callers and all three players called to see the 9 A 10 flop.

Two players checked before Slavisa Radosavjevic bet. The other two players folded and the cards were turned over.

Prasil Miroslav: 7 6
Slavisa Radosavjevic: A J

Miroslav begged the dealer for an eight to complete his straight but that wasn’t meant to be. Instead, the 10 turn and K river completed the board to send Miroslav to the rail.

Slavisa Radosavjevic – 450,000
Prasil Miroslav – 0

Level 16: 8,000/16,000 (16,000)
Entries: 104/465

Francisc Voidoc jammed for 180,000 from the small blind. Andrea Tucci called off his stack of 130,000 from the big blind and they were off to the races.

Andrea Tucci: 8 8
Francisc Voidoc: A K

Tucci was ahead after the Q 7 4 flop but had tons of outs to sweat with Voidoc holding two overcards and a flush draw. One of those overcards hit with the K coming on the turn. Despite Tucci being far behind, he still got there by hitting his one outer on the 8 river to double his stack and celebrated after the hand.

Andrea Tucci – 280,000
Francisc Voidoc – 50,000

Level 15: 6,000/12,000 (12,000)
Entries: 116/465

Besnik Lalinovci opened from middle position before Nagib Raji three-bet jammed for about seven big blinds from one seat over. Lalinovci called and the cards were turned over with Raji at risk.

Nagib Raji: J J
Besnik Lalinovci: 10 7

Raji just needed to hold for a double. He did better than that by improving to a full house on the 8 8 3 7 J board.

Nagib Raji – 200,000
Besnik Lalinovci – 125,000

Level 15: 6,000/12,000 (12,000)
Entries: 121/465

Alexandru Grigore three-bet over an early position opener to 80,000 from the hijack before Ion Manea four-bet shoved for 505,000 from the cutoff. The original opener folded, while Grigore called off for about 400,000.

Alexandru Grigore: 10 10
Ion Manea: A Q

Manea improved to two pair on the Q A 6 K 5 board to eliminate Grigore and become the latest chip millionaire.

Ion Manea – 1 million
Alexandru Grigore – 0

Level 14: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 128/465

Bartlomiej Muzacz three-bet an opener to 105,000 from the small blind before Raul Sav four-bet shoved for about 500,000 from the big blind. The original opener folded their hand and Muzacz went into the tank for a couple of minutes before a player called the clock. Shortly after, Muzacz called off his stack of around 300,000.

Bartlomiej Muzacz: 8 8
Raul Sav: A K

Muzacz let out a loud sigh of frustration after his opponent’s ace paired up on the A 9 6 flop. Eventually, Rav improved to the nut-flush after the 4 turn and 3 river completed the board to eliminate Muzacz.

Raul Sav – 850,000
Bartlomiej Muzacz – 0

Level 14: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 141/465

Rene Vonwald opened for 25,000 from early position. A player with the nickname “Calcex17” three-bet jammed for 50,000 and Vonwald called.

Calcex17: K Q
Rene Vonwald: A K

Calcex17 was out the door by the hands of Vonwald after bricking the 4 8 8 10 7 board.

Rene Vonwald – 530,000
Calcex17 – 0

Level 14: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 149/465

Here is a look at some of the bigger stacks from around the room.

Level 13: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 155/465

Jan Bednar jammed for 58,000 from early position. Fridolin Duerrmueller three-bet to 100,000 from the cutoff and the rest of the table folded.

Jan Bednar: 10 10
Fridolin Duerrmueller: K Q

Bednar got out of his chair after his opponent improved to trips on the K K J flop. He was out of chips and left the table after the 7 turn and 5 river completed the board.

Fridolin Duerrmueller – 200,000
Jan Bednar – 0

Level 13: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 164/465

Silvia Gassinger open-jammed for 47,000 from middle position and was called by Alexa Goethe from the big blind.

Silvia Gassinger: A 7
Alexa Goethe: K K

Gassinger bricked the 4 K 3 Q 4 board, while Goethe improved to an unnecessary full house to eliminate Gassinger.

Alexa Goethe – 500,000
Silvia Gassinger – 0

Players are on their third break of Day 1g. The blinds will increase to 4,000/8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000 when the action resumes.

Level 12: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 178/465

“Mr. Savu” opened for 13,000 from early position before Kenan Kocar three-bet shoved from one seat over for 150,000. “Cashflow345” called off his stack of 111,000 from the big blind and Mr. Savu folded.

Cashflow345: A J
Kenan Kocar: A Q

Kocar was ahead but that all changed after the A 3 J flop gave his opponent top two pair. Neither the 6 turn nor the 2 river changed anything and Cashflow345 delivered a bad beat to Kocar to double his stack.

Cashflow345 – 244,000
Kenan Kocar – 40,000

Level 11: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 196/465

Rebecca Rivoli jammed from early position for five big blinds. It folded around to Michal Zahalka who called without looking at his cards.

Rebecca Rivoli: A 7
Michal Zahalka: J 2

Rivoli appeared set for a double after the safe K 8 8 flop and the safe 7 turn. However, the J river connected with Zahalka’s jack to win the hand and send Rivoli to the rail.

Michal Zahalka – 200,000
Rebecca Rivoli – 0

Level 11: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 230/465

A player with the nickname “Plomo” jammed for 83,000 from the small blind. Albert Hernandez barely had him covered from the big blind and found a call.

Plomo: 8 8
Albert Hernandez: A 8

The J 8 K flop couldn’t have gone any better for Plomo with him finding the case eight to nail a set. Plomo improved to a full house on the J turn and had Hernandez drawing dead. The 3 river ended the hand with Plomo doubling up his stack while leaving Hernandez on fumes.

Plomo – 171,000
Albert Hernandez – 5,500

Level 11: 2,000/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 238/465

Late registration for Day 1g has closed. The field attracted 465 entries with 238 players remaining. This brings the total entry count near 2,000 entries with one more opening flight to go tomorrow morning.

A total of 70 players are scheduled to advance out of the Day 1g flight with at least a min-cash of €600 locked up before even starting tomorrow’s Day 2.

*Final figure could be lower depending on whether more than one player busts on the end-of-the-day bubble.

Level 10: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 250/459

Refit Gegic three-bet jammed for about 15 big blinds from the big blind and was called by Rudolf Hein from the cutoff.

Refit Gegic: A Q
Rudolf Hein: K K

Hein nailed a set on the K 5 6 flop and had Gegic drawing dead on the 6 turn. Gegic hit the rail after the 3 completed the board on the river for Hein to scoop the pot with a full house.

Meanwhile, Besnik Lalinovci, who was just in the update with the bigger stacks around the room, was witnessed at the tournament desk re-entering into the Main Event.

Rudolf Hein – 250,000
Besnik Lalinovci – 100,000
Refit Gegic – 0

Level 10: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 271/453

Level 9: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 278/442

Roberto Mascaro jammed his last 42,000 into the pot and was up against Manuel Kuehne.

Roberto Mascaro: K J
Manuel Kuehne: A Q

Mascaro was unable to snag a piece of the A 10 9 9 6 runout and was out of chips.

Manuel Kuehne – 155,000
Roberto Mascaro – 0

Level 9: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 279/437

Josef Mair checked with about 100,000 in the pot and the 10 A 4 9 8 on the board before Jerome Sublet jammed for 18,000. Mair made the snap-call and the cards were turned over. Sublet showed A 10 for top two pair. Mair rivered two pair with A 8 . But this wasn’t enough Sublet doubled his stack.

Jerome Sublet – 140,000
Josef Mair – 30,000

Day 1g of the Main Event is on its second break.

Level 8: 1,000/2,500 (2,500)
Entries: 287/427

It should come as a little surprise that Day 1g is now officially the biggest opening flight of the PPC Czech Main Event with already 427 entries with 287 players remaining. This surpassed the 426 entries attracted earlier today on Day 1f.

Here is a look at the chip counts of the 63 survivors of Day 1f of the Main Event. Arian Kashi not only bagged the biggest stack on Day 1g but also the overall chip lead with 2,593,000 in chips.

Level 7: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 300/390

Yfiem Spivack four-bet jammed for 110,000. One player folded with 16,000 already invested before Luigi Murolo came in over the top for 143,000. Guangwei Ren, who also already committed 16,000 in the pot, asked for a count. Ren tanked for more than a minute before he folded.

Yfiem Spivack: A K
Luigi Murolo: J J

Murolo’s jacks won the flip to eliminate his opponent and win a massive pot after Spivack bricked the 10 8 10 Q 2 board.

Luigi Murolo – 300,000
Yfiem Spivack – 0

Level 7: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 306/381

Bartlomiej Muzacz jammed for 47,200 into a pot of 55,000 with the A 4 A 8 2 on the board. Raul Sav paused for a few moments before he called. Muzacz turned over 8 8 for a full house and Sav wanted to muck his hand. The dealer informed Sav that since it was an all-in situation, he had to show his cards. Sav turned over Q Q and the dealer awarded Muzacz the pot to double his stack.

Despite losing the hand, Sav still had one of the bigger stacks in the room.

“I didn’t bluff, sorry,” said Muzacz to Sav after the hand ended.

Raul Sav – 300,000
Bartlomiej Muzacz – 160,000

The Day 1f flight, which began at 11 a.m., has just completed with 25 minutes remaining on Level 19 with blinds at 15,000/30,000. Two players went out on the bubble, meaning that just 63 players advanced and not 64 players as scheduled.

PokerListings will post the final chip counts of the 63 players that advanced as soon as it’s available. As has been the case for all of the opening flights, each of the survivors is already guaranteed at least a min-cash of €600.

Level 6: 800/1,600 (1,600)
Entries: 294/360

Thomas Theurer jammed his short stack on the turn with the 7 Q 9 10 on the board and was called by Bartlomiej Klebieko.

Thomas Theurer: J 9
Bartlomiej Klebieko: A K

Both players had a flush draw with Klebieko holding the nut flush draw. However, Theurer was ahead when the chips went in with also his nine pairing up. It wasn’t the flush draw that was completed. Instead, Klebieko headed to Broadway with the J river completing the board and giving him the straight to eliminate Theurer.

Bartlomiej Klebieko – 300,000
Thomas Theurer – 0

Level 5: 600/1,200 (1,200)
Entries: 295/340

Nikolaos Kontogeorgopoulos bet 50,000 into a pot of slightly more with the 7 4 4 10 K on the board. Patrick Gesell wasted no time in calling off his stack of 36,600.

Kontogeorgopoulos turned over K 8 for two pair kings over fours after whiffing on his flush draw. Gesell had that beat as he showed A 4 for trip fours to double his stack.

Patrick Gesell – 125,000
Nikolaos Kontogeorgopoulos – 35,000

Level 5: 600/1,200 (1,200)
Entries: 283/321

More entries came in on the dinner break with the field growing to 321 entries and counting with 283 players remaining.

Over on Table 99, a player with the nickname “Gore” was able to find some thin value as follows.

Sven Beier, Thorsten Pischl, and Gore all checked the 2 3 9 flop and again on the 4 turn. The 4 paired the board on the river. Both Beier and Pischl checked once again before Gore fired 5,000 into a pot of 25,400. Beier quickly called and Pischl opted to fold.

Gore turned over A 3 for two pair fours over treys and won a pot just after the break after Beier mucked his hand.

Gore – 110,000
Sven Beier – 80,000

Day 1g players are on a 30-minute dinner break.

Level 4: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 257/277

Joachim Weihs bet 10,000 into a pot of close to 20,000 with the 2 4 3 A on the board after the turn. Michael Church jammed for more than 30,000 and Weihs called.

Michael Church: A 8
Joachim Weihs: 5 4

The best Church could hope for was a chop but he hit the rail after none came with the Q river completing the board.

Joachim Weihs – 110,000
Michael Church – 0

Level 4: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 253/270

Milos Dzakic jammed for 40,000 into a pot of around 80,000 with the 5 J 6 5 A on the board. Guangwei Ren went into the tank for close to a minute before he found a call.

Dzakic turned over the A Q and won the hand with a better two pair with Ren turning over moments later the Q J .

Milos Dzakic – 160,000
Guangwei Ren – 60,000

Level 3: 400/800 (800)
Entries: 226/236

The PPC Czech Main Event’s €500,000 guarantee has already been met with the prize pool near €520,000 already thanks to the huge turnouts for Day 1f and Day 1g.

Now it is a matter of how big the prize pool will grow to with still plenty of time for players to late register for Day 1g and another opening flight taking place tomorrow morning with Day 1h kicking off on Sunday at 11 a.m. just before Day 2 begins later in the day at 4:30 p.m.

Included in the prize pool is six WSOP Europe Main Event seats valued at €10,350 each. This should provide an interesting dynamic for the final table with a bubble of sorts taking place between sixth and seventh places.

Level 3: 400/800 (800)
Entries: 226/236

Two players checked with the 5 6 A on the flop before Karim Karouia fired out for 5,500 into a pot of nearly double that. Michal Plicka, a player with the nickname “Mimo”, and Damian Kucharski called to bring four players to the 10 turn.

Kucharski bet out for 30,000. Karouia and Plicka folded, while Mimo opted to called. The 4 completed the board on the river and Kucharski jammed more than covering the around 40,000 Mimo had behind.

Mimo made the call and attempted to muck his hand after Kucharski turned over A 10 for top two pair. Mimo was behind the entire way with A 9 . He immediately re-entered and was seated at a new table after losing his first Day 1g bullet.

Damian Kucharski – 275,000
Mimo – 100,000

Level 2: 300/600
Entries: 205/207

The Day 1g field has already surpassed 200 entries. This figure could more than double by the time late registration is closed.

Walter Matura wasn’t the only player to lose his stack. As we reported earlier, Salvatore Di Salvo lost an early pot to Marian Cmor. He lost the rest of his stack to become the second player on the rail during Day 1g.

Level 2: 300/600 (600)
Entries: 194/195

Walter Matura became the first player to hit the rail on Day 1g near the beginning of Level 2.

There was already about 50,000 in the pot when the 2 7 5 was dealt on the flop. Matura checked before a player with the nickname “Compari” jammed for 71,000. Matura thought about it for a minute before he opted to call off for a little less.

Walter Matura: Q Q
Compari: A A

Matura was far behind and neither the K turn nor the K river helped. Compari chipped up to about double a starting stack, while Matura will need to re-enter if he wishes to advance out of the Day 1g flight.

Compari – 200,000
Walter Matura – 0

Level 1: 200/500 (500)
Entries: 184/184

Dominique Menzel bet 4,000 into a spread pot of a bit more with the 5 7 8 5 Q on the board. Kevin McLean called before another player folded.

Menzel turned over K 6 for a missed open-ended straight draw. Meanwhile, McLean turned over K Q for a missed flush draw. However, he did river top pair to win the hand and take down the pot.

Kevin McLean – 130,000
Dominique Menzel – 120,000

Level 1: 200/500 (500)
Entries: 164/164

The Day 1g field has already blossomed to 164 entries and counting. Marian Cmor already won a sizeable pot early on in Level 1 against Salvatore Di Salvo as follows.

Cmor bet 7,000 into a pot of a little bit more with the Q 5 8 J on the board after the turn. Di Salvo raised to 16,000 and Cmor called. The J paired the board on the river. Cmor check-raised a bet by Di Salvo from 12,000 to 42,000. Di Salvo called and mucked his hand after Cmor showed A Q .

Marian Cmor – 170,000
Salvatore Di Salvo – 40,000

Level 1: 200/500 (500)
Entries: 135/135

Day 1g has officially kicked off with 135 entries. This figure will grow throughout the evening with players permitted to re-enter up to two times per opening flight until late registration is closed after the conclusion of Level 10.

Welcome back to the PokerListings coverage of the €500,000 guaranteed partypoker Championship (PPC) Czech €330 Main Event at the biggest poker room in Europe in King’s Resort.

Today features two more live opening flights with Day 1f already underway with an 11 a.m. start and attracted a banner field of 416 entries with 63 players scheduled to bag chips into tomorrow’s Day 2 with already at least a €600 min-cash secured.

Our coverage will focus on the penultimate live opening flight with Day 1g beginning at 6 p.m. As has been the case with the other opening flights, players will start with a 200 big blind stack of 100,000 chips with blinds increasing every 30 minutes. Players can re-enter up to two times on Day 1g during the 10-level, late-registration window.

All of the opening flights play down to 15% of the field. Based on previous live opening flights, it is likely that we will witness approximately 18 levels of play today. Day 2, however, will be rolled back to Level 16 with blinds at 8,000/16,000 with a big blind ante of 20,000.

Those that fail to find a bag, will have one more opportunity tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. with the turbo-charged Day 1h, which is expected to conclude just before the start of Day 2.

Thus far, the winner of the PPC Czech €150 Opener Farid Taazist is in the lead after bagging 2,290,000 during yesterday’s Day 1d.

Main Event by the Numbers

*Day 1f is still underway. It is possible this figure will be less if multiple players hit the rail on the end-of-the-day hand-for-hand bubble.

PPC Czech Schedule

In addition to the two opening flights of the Main Event, today also features the €150 Pot Limit Omaha tournament that kicked off at 3 p.m. Late registration is currently still open in that event, however, the €10,000 guarantee has already been smashed.

Friday was a huge day at King’s Resort with the two opening flights of the partypoker Championship (PPC) Czech €330 Main Event drawing huge numbers.

Day 1d kicked off bright and early (at least for poker players) at 11 a.m. and attracted 216 entrants. Farid Taazist, who already won one event this festival in the PPC Czech €150 Opener, is in a prime spot after not only bagging the Day 1d chip lead with 2,290,000 in chips but also the overall chip lead with three more opening flights remaining.

Just behind Taazist was a player using the nickname “Matze P” after he managed to become the Day 1e chip leader with a huge stack of 2,080,000. These were the only two players to bag more than 2 million in chips during the eight opening flights (three online at partypoker, and five more thus far at King’s Resort.

Day 1d was the biggest flight with 216 entrants and 33 players finding a bag until Day 1e, which began at 6 p.m., attracted a banner field of 293 entrants with 44 players surviving.

PPC Czech Main Event by the Numbers Thus Far

Thus far, the PPC Czech Main Event attracted 1,063 entries with 161 players surviving. All surviving players have already secured at least a €600 min-cash even before cards will be in the air on Day 2 on Sunday.

Tomorrow features two more Main Event opening flights with Day 1f at 11 a.m. and Day 1g at 6 p.m. There will be one final turbo flight on Sunday morning at 11 a.m. before Day 2 begins at 4:30 p.m.

Stay tuned at PokerListings to follow along with the PPC Czech Main Event at King’s Resort.

Level 18: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries: 44/293

Players are bagging chips to Day 2 with at least a €600 min-cash.

Nico Adomeit won’t be one of those players as he got his last 300,000 in with 9 9 and was unable to win a flip against the red-hot Antonino Karman with A K after his opponent’s king paired on the K 8 8 J Q runout.

Hand-for-hand play never happened after “Das Momentum” ran out of momentum and chips to leave just 44 players remaining.

Stay tuned at PokerListings for the final Day 1e chip counts along with a recap of the day.

Level 18: 10,000/25,000 (25,000)
Entries: 46/293

Alexander Walton got his short stack in with ace-four and was up against the ace-jack held by Majed Adel.

Walton bricked the board and the action was down to 46 players after he hit the rail with 44 players scheduled to advance to Day 2 from the Day 1e flight.

Majed Adel – 1.1 million
Alexander Walton – 0

Level 17: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Entries: 48/293

Arnost Kopecky three-bet jammed for 205,000 from the big blind and was called by Jacques Ohayon from the button.

Arnost Kopecky: A 8
Jacques Ohayon: K 5

Kopecky got out of his seat but sat back down after his hand held up on the 9 2 8 9 6 runout to double his stack near the end of Day 1e.

Jacques Ohayon – 1,400,000
Arnost Kopecky – 440,000

Level 17: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Entries: 50/293

Marvin Hake jammed from early position for 265,000 before Lucas Curot called off for slightly less from the button.

Lucas Curot: 10 10
Marvin Hake: A 8

Curot was already out of his seat, perhaps thinking bad things were ready to come. If this was the case, his intuition wasn’t wrong as there was an ace out of the window to pair up Hake on the A J 3 flop. Neither the J turn nor the 2 river helped Curot get back into the hand and he was eliminated shortly before the end of the day.

Marvin Hake – 600,000
Lucas Curot – 0

Level 17: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Entries: 55/293

A player with the nickname of “Nobody” three-bet jammed for 110,000 and was called by Gerard Toloczko.

Nobody: K Q
Gerard Toloczko: 6 6

Nobody pulled ahead on the flip after his king paired up on the 9 K A flop. Neither the J turn nor the J river changed anything and “Nobody” doubled his short stack through Toloczko.

Nobody – 260,000
Gerard Toloczko – 200,000

Level 17: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Entries: 59/293

Michal Knoiuszkiewicz jammed for 190,000 from the cutoff and was looked up by Laurent Soulas from the button.

Michal Knoiuszkiewicz: A 5
Laurent Soulas: K K

Soulas’ cowboys held to oust Knoiuszkiewicz after the 5 3 3 9 4 ran out on the board to leave just 59 players remaining in the Day 1e flight.

Laurent Soulas – 1.1 million
Michal Knoiuszkiewicz – 0

Level 17: 10,000/20,000 (20,000)
Entries: 61/293

Players are on their final short break of Day 1e. There are just 61 players remaining with 44 players advancing to Day 2 with at least a €600 min-cash.

Level 16: 8,000/16,000 (16,000)
Entries: 67/293

Gergo Hegyesi got his short stack in with A 10 and was up against Karol Bogusz with A 9 .

The 9 4 A 2 J ran out on the board for Bogusz to get there with two pair to eliminate Hegyesi.

Karol Bogusz – 500,000
Gergo Hegyesi – 0

Level 15: 6,000/12,000 (12,000)
Entries: 69/293

Damian Krasny jammed for less than five big blinds with 10 5 from early position and was called by Thomas Jacob with A 4 .

Krasny got there after his ten paired up on the 10 4 3 9 7 runout. This barely affected Jacob’s stack who is close to a chip millionaire.

Thomas Jacob – 900K
Damian Krasny – 130K

Level 14: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 77/293

Antonino Karman opened for 21,000 from middle position before Karol Bogusz three-bet to 50,000 from the hijack. Armand Muratoglu called from the cutoff before Karman four-bet jammed for 268,000. Bogusz five-bet jammed for a little more and Muratoglu opted to fold

Antonino Karman: Q Q
Karol Bogusz: A K

Karman had queens full by the after the Q 2 7 7 7 were dealt to double his stack through Bogusz.

Antonino Karman – 600,000
Karol Bogusz – 100,000

Level 14: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 79/293

Sergio Regalbuto opened for 20,000 from the hijack before Nadir Riccardi three-bet jammed for 176,000 from the cutoff. Mirco Hauswirth paused for about 30 seconds before he called off for 153,000 from the big blind. Regalbuto went into the tank for more than a minute before he got out of the way to leave Riccardi and Hauswirth with a heads-up showdown.

Mirco Hauswirth: J 10
Nadir Riccardi: 7 7

The flip was on with Hauswirth at risk. Hauswirth paired up his ten on the 10 3 8 flop and never looked back to win the hand with his opponent bricking both the K turn and 9 river.

Micro Hauswirth – 350,000
Nadir Riccardi – 23,000

Level 13: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 83/293

Khelif Beghri had his stack of less than 15 big blinds into the pot with 8 8 after the 4 4 4 all four flop and was up against the A K held by Renato Hysenbelli.

The snowmen held after the 3 turn and J river completed the board for Hysenbelli to double Beghri.

Renato Hysenbelli – 300,000
Khelif Beghri – 275,000

Level 13: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 88/293

Zeljko Maric bet 20,000 into a pot of more than double that with the 9 3 Q on the flop before Thomas Pinzke jammed for 202,000. Maric called and the cards were turned over.

Thomas Pinzke: Q 10
Zeljko Maric: J J

Maric was ahead preflop but far behind when most of the chips went in. Neither the A turn nor the 10 river provided a save and Pinzke doubled his stack with two pair.

Thomas Pinzke – 450,000
Zeljko Maric – 90,000

Level 13: 4,000/8,000 (8,000)
Entries: 96/293

Players are on their third break. The blinds will increase to 4,000/8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000 when the action resumes.

The floor also announced that they will runoff the 500 denominated chips.

Day 1d took place earlier today with 216 entries joining the action. A total of 33 players advanced to Day 2 with at least a €600 min-cash led by the PPC Czech €150 Opener champion Farid Taazist.

Taazist bagged a whopping 2,290,000 and was the overall chip leader after the Day 1d flight ended. Meanwhile, Martin Vaclavik bagged 1,925,000 in chips to place him in second place overall with four more flights left to bag chips. Here is a look at the counts of all 33 survivors of Day 1d.

Level 12: 3,000/6,000 (6,000)
Entries: 105/293

Arnost Kopecky bet 75,000 into a pot of around 250,000 with the 9 2 5 A K on the board. Benno Jobst went into the tank for more than a minute before he found a call.

Kopecky turned over Q Q for the nut-flush. Jobst flashed the J for the second nuts before the dealer awarded Kopecky a sizeable pot.

Arnost Kopecky – 700,000
Benno Jobst – 125,000

Level 11: 2,500/5,000 (5,000)
Entries: 136/293

Late registration just closed. The Day 1e field attracted 293 entries, of which it was announced that 44 players will advance to Day 2 with at least a €600 min-cash secured. Of course, it is possible that this could be less if multiple players hit the rail during hand-for-hand on the end-of-the-day bubble.

This brings the total field up to 1,063 entries with three more opening flights to go.

Level 10: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 136/293

“Guy Skymann” jammed for under five big blinds from under the gun and was called by Besnik Lalinovci from the button.

Guy Skymann: A Q
Besnik Lalinovci: 7 5

Lalinovci quietly celebrated after the 10 K 2 K 8 board improved him to a flush to felt his opponent.

Besnik Lalinovci – 300,000
Guy Skymann – 0

Level 10: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 139/289

Pierre Gedi jammed for about 15 big blinds. Sabhav Gore was in for a little more and Salvatore D’Elia, who covered them both, called.

Pierre Gedi: 5 4
Sabhav Gore: A Q
Salvatore D’Elia: A Q

It wasn’t looking good at all for Gedi after both of his opponents paired up their aces on the K A 8 flop. The 5 turn paired Gedi and he seemed to know good things were about to come.

“Five,” Gedi asked the dealer.

A five didn’t come. However, the 4 river completed the board to triple up Gedi with two pair.

“Thank you, dealer,” Gedi said as he was collecting his chips.

Salvatore D’Elia – 190,000
Pierre Gedi – 190,000
Sabhav Gore – 15,000

Level 10: 2,000/4,000 (4,000)
Entries: 147/288

Level 10 has just kicked off with blinds at 2,000/4,000 along with a big blind ante of 4,000. The floor just announced that this will be the final level of late registration.

Once late registration is closed, we will know how many players are scheduled to advanced to Day 2 with at least a min-cash of €600.

Yesterday’s Day 1c of the PPC Czech Main Event attracted a field of 146 entries with 22 players advancing to Day 2 with at least a €600 min-cash. Here is a look at the 22 survivors’ chip counts led by Clement Cure who managed to turn his 100,000 opening stack into a massive pile of 1,895,000 in chips.

Player	Chips
Clement Cure	1,895,000
Robert Obrtlik	1,580,000
Eugen Kasprov	1,405,000
Ilya Rogov	1,295,000
Vladimir Valent	1,240,000
Winner 1010	940,000
Nico Schoenfelder	910,000
Marcos Carmona	805,000
David Berdis	725,000
7Andar	520,000
Martin Utikal	400,000
Mihai Ciprian Hanu	385,000
Thomas Barna	352,000
Dareiotis Spyridon	340,000
David Savocka	340,000
Matthias Buko	280,000
Stephan Sieber	265,000
Jakub Kotas	230,000
David Baloun	230,000
Yiannakis Papapetrou	200,000
Philipp Zukernik	130,000
Aiwar Bidsan	130,000

Level 9: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 159/285

Bartlomiej Klebieko jammed a small stack with A 9 and was up against the Q Q held by Benno Jobst.

Klebieko was behind but had some hope until Jobst nailed quads on the Q Q 4 flop. Klebieko let out a massive laugh at the flop and was drawing dead after the 9 turn. The 5 river completed the hand and Jobst ousted Klebieko with quad queens.

Benno Jobst – 300,000
Bartlomiej Klebieko – 0

Level 9: 1,500/3,000 (3,000)
Entries: 159/285

Players are on their second break of Day 1e. Blinds will advance to Level 9 with blinds at 1,500/3,000 along with a big blind ante of 3,000.

Wednesday’s Day 1b of the partypoker Championship Czech Main Event attracted 86 entrants on Wednesday at King’s Resort.

A total of 13 players advanced to Day 2 with at least a €600 min-cash with a player nicknamed “Shrek” bagging the most. Here is a look at the chip counts of the Day 1b survivors.

Level 8: 1,000/2,500 (2,500)
Entries: 182/281

Tomas Hajek got his last 34,500 into the pot with K Q and was up against the 3 3 held by Yfiem Spivack.

It was looking like Hajek would hit the showers after not nailing a piece of the A 7 7 flop and the 8 turn. However, his queen found a partner on the Q river to win the coin flip and double his stack.

Yfiem Spivack – 150,000
Tomas Hajek – 75,000

Level 7: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 191/277

Pawel Krol checked with the 7 A 2 J on the board on the turn before Robert Tumielewicz fired out for 30,000 into a pot of a bit more. Krol raised to 80,000 and Tumielewicz called.

Krol instantly jammed for about 70,000 after the A paired the board on the river. Tumielewicz tanked for a few moments before he asked for a count. He separately the amount of the jam from his stack while he continued to think before eventually folding his hand to give Krol a big pot without a showdown.

Pawel Krol – 275,000
Robert Tumielewicz – 200,000

Tuesday’s Day 1a attracted 81 entries with 13 players bagging up chips into Day 2 with at least a min-cash of €600. Here is a look at the survivors’ chip counts.

Level 7: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 195/275

Mateusz Kozuch jammed for seven big blinds from middle position and was looked up by a player with the nickname “Olaf” from the cutoff.

Matuesz Kozuch: A 9
Olaf: A K

Olaf was ahead and had Kozuch drawing thin after the Q 9 K paired up his king on the flop. Kozuch was drawing dead after the 4 followed on the turn and his seat was open once the J river completed the board.

Olaf – 150,000
Mateusz Kozuch – 0

Level 6: 800/1,600 (1,600)

Vinci Pasquale and a player with the nickname “Mac Donald” had their short stacks of 7,000 and 21,000 respectively committed preflop. David Taborsky had both players covered and found a call.

Vinci Pasquale: K J
Mac Donald: K K
David Taborsky: A J

Mac Donald appeared to feel he would lose the hand despite having the best holding among the trio with cowboys. The J 10 3 5 6 ran out on the board and Mac Donald managed to win the hand to double up through Taborsky and oust Pasquale.

“Did I really win?” Mac Donald said in surprise as he collected his chips.

Mac Donald – 50,000
David Taborsky – 50,000
Vinci Pasquale – 0

While Day 1e is still in its early stages, Day 1d is now in the books. The field attracted 216 entries with 33 players advancing to Saturday’s Day 2 with not only their stacks but also with at least a min-cash of €600 locked up.

PokerListings will post the chip counts from all of the opening flights throughout today’s Day 1e coverage.

Level 5: 600/1,200 (1,200)
Entries: 205/249

Lubos Wendl held one of the biggest stacks in the room at the first break. He still has a massive stack but just lost some of his chips to Simon Heimbold as follows.

Both Heimbold and Robert Verkaar check-called a bet of 6,500 by Wendl the Q 7 3 flop with 15,000 already in the pot from preflop betting. Heimbold and Verkaar checked again on the 10 turn and Wendl bet 10,000. Heimbold called and Verkaar folded.

Heimbold checked one last time after the A river completed the board. Wendl bet 10,000 and Heimbold called. Heimbold turned over Q J which won the hand with the same pair but a better kicker with Wendl showing Q 9 .

Lubos Wendl – 300,000
Simon Heimbold – 175,000

Level 4: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 194/234

Players are about to go on their first break of the day with the field already at 234 entries and counting. A total of 40 entrants already found the rail before the first break. Although it is the first break, it will be a longer 30-minute break to allow players to enjoy dinner.

Blinds will increase to 600/1,200 with a big blind ante of 1,200 when the action resumes.

Level 4: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 191/229

Rainer Emde called off his stack of around 30,000 with the 3 10 5 A on the board and was up against Andrea Tucci.

Rainer Emde: Q 4
Andrea Tucci: A A

Emde had both a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw. Neither came on the 5 river and Tucci eliminated Emde with a dominating full house.

Andrea Tucci – 270,000
Rainer Emde – 0

Level 4: 500/1,000 (1,000)
Entries: 200/216

Jan Hajek bet 31,000 into a spread pot of approximately 50,000 with the 9 A 6 K 7 on the board after the river. Neville Althuisius tanked for a couple of minutes before he found a call. 

Hajek turned over Q J for the nut-flush and easily won the pot with Althuisius showing K K for a set of cowboys.

Jan Hajek – 150,000
Neville Althuisius – 35,000

Level 3: 400/800 (800)
Entries: 195/201

The field has already grown beyond 200 players. One player that will need to re-enter to be back part of this growing field is Thomas Haider if he so chooses to do so after losing a coin-flip to Jeremy Puempel.

Haider called off his stack of around 25,000 with J J and was up against the A K held by Puempel. Haider was safe after the 7 Q 8 flop but the 2 turn added a flush draw to Puempel’s possible outs. Haider was already out of his seat ready for the bad news before the 9 river completed Puempel’s flush and was unable to survive with his initial Day 1e bullet until the first break.

Jeremy Puempel – 95,000
Thomas Haider – 0

Level 3: 400/800 (800)
Entries: 184/188

David Riha jammed for 51,000 into a pot of a bit more with the K 8 7 3 8 on the board before Duc Bui went into the tank.

Bui eventually found the call and Riha immediately got out of his chair when he realized his bluff was caught with J 9 . Bui subsequently showed K Q to win a big early pot and felt his opponent.

Duc Bui – 250,000
David Riha – 0

Level 2: 300/600 (600)
Entries: 173/175

Alexander Proca bet 12,000 into a pot of a bit more with the 5 A 10 A 3 on the board. Besnik Lalinovci raised to 60,000 and Proca went into the tank.

“I know you have kings,” said Lalinovci.

“Will you show if I fold?” asked Proca.

“I won’t show,” replied Lalinovci.

Proca was in the tank for a couple of minutes before he opted to fold. He decided to show that Lalinovci was correct and turned over K K to the table. Lalinovci didn’t show but did say he had queen-high as the next hand was being dealt. Proca didn’t buy it and we will never know if it was a value-bet or a bluff. What we do know, is that Lalinovci was able to read Proca’s mind, at least for that hand.

Besnik Lalinovci – 170,000
Alexander Proca – 110,000

Level 2: 300/600 (600)
Entries: 169/171

The field has blossomed to 171 entries and counting. Two of those entrants already lost their stacks in Csaba Hornyik and Milan Crevar.

Crevar immediately got back into the action while Horyik has yet to resurface on the tables but has awhile to decide if he wishes to return to play.

partypoker hosted three online Day 1s which in total attracted 241 entries with 36 players bagging up for Saturday’s Day 2.

Here is a look at all of the chip stacks of the online survivors.

Level 1: 200/500 (500)
Entries: 157/157

Laurent Soulas checked the J 3 J flop before Thomas Haider bet 4,500 into a pot of a bit more. Soulas raised to 11,000 and Haider called.

Soulas fired out for 25,100 on the 5 turn. Haider raised to 50,500 and Soulas called. The 6 river completed the board and Soulas jammed. Haider asked for a count and was told by the dealer it was 19,200 before he made the call.

Soulas turned over 8 4 for a flush. Haider looked frustrated and reluctantly showed that he was good until the river holding A A . Soulas appears to be the early chip leader while Haider has some work to do after losing most of his initial stack just as the blind level was ending.

Laurent Soulas – 200,000
Thomas Haider – 15,000

Level 1: 200/500 (500)
Entries: 141/141

The field has already grown to 141 entries and counting. Huu Nguyen is one of the players off to a good start after winning a small pot against Peter Ritter.

Nguyen bet 1,200 into a pot of around 5,000 with the 7 8 3 7 on the board after the turn and Ritter called. Ritter then called a bet of 3,000 by Nguyen after the 4 river completed the board. Nguyen immediately tabled the K 8 and won the hand with two pair after Ritter snap-mucked his hand.

Huu Nguyen – 110,000
Peter Ritter – 90,000

Level 1: 200/500 (500)
Entries: 130/130

Cards are in the air to start Day 1e with a total of 130 entries. This figure will grow considerably with two re-entries permitted during the late-registration period.

Welcome to the PokerListings coverage of the 2022 partypoker Championship (PPC) Czech Main Event taking place at the luxurious King’s Resort from August 8-15. 

The PPC Czech Main Event guarantees a whopping €500,000 for just a €330 buy-in. There are still satellites running in the casino where players can potentially earn a seat for just a fraction of the cost.

As is the trend with partypoker events, the PPC Malta Main Event is a hybrid tournament with three opening flights already played online at partypoker along with eight more live opening flights here at King’s Resort. Players start with a massive stack of 100,000 in chips, equating to 200 big blinds with blinds increasing every 30 minutes.

Players can re-enter twice during each opening flight while late registration is open for the first 10 blind levels, providing plenty of chances to bag a big stack into Day 2.

Players that find a bag will already be in the money for at least a min-cash of €600 and will battle it out for two more days on August 14-15 until a winner is crowned.

Today will feature both Day 1d at 11 a.m. and Day 1e at 6 p.m. Our coverage will begin at 6 p.m. for the later flight and will continue with tomorrow’s Day 1g. Of course, we will be on hand to report all the big hands, bad beats, atmosphere, and more until the latest PPC winner is crowned on Aug. 15.

Also taking place today is the €5,000 guaranteed €150 Ladies Event at 3 p.m. and a €60 Main Event satellite guaranteeing at least 10 seats at 9 p.m.

Schedule PPC Czech Republic