It is approximately 8 p.m. local time and that means the €90+€10 Ticket $ Ca$h Side Event is about to start. The tournament features a guaranteed cash prize pool of €10,000. Furthermore, 15 tickets for the PokerNews Cup Main Event are also included and all players in the money will receive a ticket.
In a battle of the blinds, Konstantin Kostyakov raised to 1,100 and Hollywood called from one seat over. On the flop, Kostyakov continued for 1,600 and was called before making it 3,500 to go on the turn. Hollywood glanced over to see the stack of his opponent and then raised to 8,000.
That proved to be too much for Kostyakov, who elected to fold.
The seat next to Konstantin Kostyakov that formerly belonged to Anna Yamshchikova is empty and the Russian has been eliminated recently. Two other players are chasing table chip leader Izzitreallyd: Ondrej Vlasanek and "Hollywood".
Hollywood limped in, Ondrej Vlasanek raised small and Hans Falge called on the button. The small blind reraised to 2,200 and Hollywood made it 6,000 to go. Vlasanek folded, as did Falge, but the small blind called. On the flop, the small blind checked and quickly folded to the shove of Hollywood.
All but four of the recorded 84 Hendon Mob cashes of Petr Targa are from tournaments in the Czech Republic and the two biggest scores are both in the King's Casino. Targa won a High Roller Event of the German Championship of Poker and also emerged victorious at the Deep Stack Open last year for a payday of € 23,277.
In a battle of the blinds, Dan Purcel bet the flop and then moved all in for his last 7,200 on the turn. With just about as many chips in the pot, Antonio Quarta called from one seat over and then saw the bad news.
Purcel:
Quarta:
The river was of no help for Quarta and Purcel doubled up, but remains below starting stack.
Dan Purcel was the initial raiser for 800 and picked up three callers. They were are still in the hand until the turn and Pavel Novotny bet 3,100 for around half the size of the pot. Sven Bahnsen on the button raised to 7,500 and that forced folds from all opponents at the table.
Bahnsen is the second biggest stack at the table just ahead of Antonio Quarta and behind Vadzim Lipauska.
Tippy333 hasn't been playing as crazy as yesterday yet and is slightly above starting stack while Sebastian Langrock just entered. Aleksei Ivanov walked out of the tournament area, shaking his head, and the Belorussian has been eliminated.
The screens show 161 entries and the field of Day 1a has been eclipsed.