Waldemar Kopyl Leads 45 Advancing From Final PokerNews Cup Starting Flight
The poker playing public of Rozvadov saved the best until last with 228 players entering the final flight of this year's �250 PokerNews Cup Main Event. This brought the total number of entrants to 617, a slight dip on last year's number.
With two flights in the same day there were a number of familiar faces across both flights, with the likes of Mike Hansen, chiKKita banAAna, Olaf and Magic Man 558 featuring in both starting flights.
After 15 levels, the leader of the 45 players from the final starting flight going into Day 2 is Waldemar Kopyl with 482,500. Close behind him is Rifat Gegic with 461,000.
Kopyl began to amass chips in earnest in the final levels of the day, getting it in with a flush draw against a straight draw, only for his flush draw to come in on the turn. He also later went on to flop a set of sevens against the top pair of a third player in a pot worth well over 300,000 in chips.
There are a bunch of players hovering at just under 300,000, including Tezer Cetindag (293,500), Peter Muller (276,000), Paul van Alst (266,500), Holger Bansner (272,400) and Zurab Ejibia (282,500). They will be looking for a strong start to Day 2 to kick on to challenge among the Day 1 chipleaders.
Here are the details of the chip leaders from all Day 1 flights:
| Day | Entries | Chip Leader | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1A | 15/87 | Vytautas Milbutas | Lithuania | 696,000 |
| 1B | 18/106 | Paulius Katinas | Lithuania | 546,000 |
| 1C | 38/196 | Markus Fritsche | Germany | 422,500 |
| 1D | 45/228 | Waldemar Kopyl | Germany | 482,500 |
Other stacks advancing from Day 1D include Roman Cieslik (81,500), Timothy Waltner (101,500), Khossrow Paydar (52,000), and chiKKita banAAna (77,500).
In a strange perk of this tournament, David Taborsky (191,000) bagged up for the second time in this tournament after bagging 101,000 in Day 1C. It is unclear how many players exactly did the same thing has him, but he has the opportunity to take his best stack forward.
In total there will be 114 players advancing to Day 2 which will be covered live on PokerNews tomorrow as of 1 p.m. local time. Before the restart, the details of how many players will cash will be released and action recommences in level 16 at blinds of 2,500/5,000 with a running ante of 500.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | 1 | Markus Fritsche | Germany | 422,500 | 85 |
| 79 | 2 | ?mer Sahin | Germany | 212,000 | 42 |
| 79 | 3 | Yordy Bakker | Netherlands | 127,500 | 26 |
| 79 | 4 | Eimantas Navickas | Lithuania | 90,500 | 18 |
| 79 | 5 | Wolfgang Jeindl | Austria | 237,500 | 48 |
| 79 | 6 | Krzysztof Misiura | Germany | 79,500 | 16 |
| 79 | 7 | Oldrich Travnicek | Czech Republic | 131,000 | 26 |
| 79 | 8 | Jean Bellance | France | 92,500 | 19 |
| 83 | 1 | Roman Cieslik | Germany | 81,500 | 16 |
| 83 | 2 | Michal Riczak | Czech Republic | 97,000 | 19 |
| 83 | 3 | Ali-BabaSVK | Slovakia | 150,000 | 30 |
| 83 | 4 | Darius Liesis | Lithuania | 155,000 | 31 |
| 83 | 5 | Igor Derevianko | Lithuania | 45,500 | 9 |
| 83 | 6 | Alexander Weel | Germany | 114,000 | 23 |
| 83 | 7 | Mario Heissmann | Austria | 88,000 | 18 |
| 83 | 8 | Vytautas Milbutas | Lithuania | 696,000 | 139 |
| 84 | 1 | Josef Steiner | Germany | 136,500 | 27 |
| 84 | 2 | Jens Steuber | Germany | 109,500 | 22 |
| 84 | 3 | Ronald Mielenski | Germany | 108,000 | 22 |
| 84 | 4 | Martin Kluckner | Austria | 143,000 | 29 |
| 84 | 5 | Christian Berentzen | Denmark | 184,500 | 37 |
| 84 | 6 | Przemyslaw Misztela | Poland | 59,500 | 12 |
| 84 | 7 | JOBBI | Germany | 240,000 | 48 |
| 84 | 8 | [Removed:401] | France | 108,000 | 22 |
| 85 | 1 | Christophe Simonis | Belgium | 97,000 | 19 |
| 85 | 2 | Mickey Koomen | Netherlands | 184,000 | 37 |
| 85 | 3 | Rytas Staniukynas | Lithuania | 51,000 | 10 |
| 85 | 4 | Bertram Bechtold | Germany | 106,000 | 21 |
| 85 | 5 | Nadir Aslan | Germany | 120,000 | 24 |
| 85 | 6 | BigKing777 | Germany | 280,000 | 56 |
| 85 | 7 | Vorderer | Germany | 155,500 | 31 |
| 85 | 8 | Dmytro Nesin | Ukraine | 300,000 | 60 |
| 89 | 1 | Paul van Alst | Netherlands | 266,500 | 53 |
| 89 | 2 | Philipp Zukernik | Canada | 153,500 | 31 |
| 89 | 3 | Paolo Madaudo | Germany | 96,000 | 19 |
| 89 | 4 | Bariskaan Cinitas | Turkey | 475,000 | 95 |
| 89 | 5 | Jonathan Morlet | Belgium | 92,500 | 19 |
| 89 | 6 | Stefan Schmidt | Germany | 14,000 | 3 |
| 89 | 7 | Goga 27 | Germany | 72,000 | 14 |
| 89 | 8 | William Oberst | Germany | 283,000 | 57 |
| 90 | 1 | Roman Tvrzn��k | Czech Republic | 146,000 | 29 |
| 90 | 2 | Tezer Cetindag | Germany | 293,500 | 59 |
| 90 | 3 | Khossrow Paydar | Denmark | 52,000 | 10 |
| 90 | 4 | Vadim Taller | Germany | 103,000 | 21 |
| 90 | 5 | Kristijan Sopta | Croatia | 105,000 | 21 |
| 90 | 6 | Cenk Oguz | Belgium | 135,000 | 27 |
| 90 | 7 | augene | Lithuania | 78,500 | 16 |
| 90 | 8 | Sebastien Le Port | France | 112,500 | 23 |
| 91 | 1 | Benjamin Benoit | France | 239,500 | 48 |
| 91 | 2 | Daniel Wuyts | Belgium | 133,000 | 27 |
| 91 | 3 | LuckyRocky | Germany | 183,500 | 37 |
| 91 | 4 | DUPLO | Germany | 118,000 | 24 |
| 91 | 5 | Uta Kemularia | Georgia | 102,500 | 21 |
| 91 | 6 | Action Man | Germany | 146,000 | 29 |
| 91 | 7 | Paulina Rimkute | Lithuania | 108,500 | 22 |
| 91 | 8 | Barrelnbink | Germany | 232,500 | 47 |
| 95 | 1 | Paulius Katinas | Lithuania | 546,000 | 109 |
| 95 | 2 | Daniel Novak | Slovakia | 101,000 | 20 |
| 95 | 3 | Waldemar Eckstein | Germany | 67,000 | 13 |
| 95 | 4 | G��ney Ardil | Germany | 102,000 | 20 |
| 95 | 5 | Lukas Klima | Czech Republic | 79,500 | 16 |
| 95 | 6 | Irakli Kemularia | Georgia | 176,500 | 35 |
| 95 | 7 | Arnas Va?keviciu | Germany | 174,500 | 35 |
| 95 | 8 | Timur Caglan | Germany | 354,500 | 71 |
| 96 | 1 | Karlovarsky Kral | Czech Republic | 165,000 | 33 |
| 96 | 2 | Uwe Klos | Germany | 88,000 | 18 |
| 96 | 3 | Rene Selbst | Germany | 99,000 | 20 |
| 96 | 4 | Onur Kazgan | Turkey | 169,500 | 34 |
| 96 | 5 | Johann Jupek | Germany | 118,500 | 24 |
| 96 | 6 | Martin Greizinger | Czech Republic | 65,500 | 13 |
| 96 | 7 | Zurab Ejibia | Georgia | 282,500 | 57 |
| 96 | 8 | Andrey Yakovlev | Israel | 150,500 | 30 |
| 97 | 1 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 328,000 | 66 |
| 97 | 2 | Sebastian Langrock | Austria | 114,000 | 23 |
| 97 | 4 | Filip Marsalek | Slovakia | 58,000 | 12 |
| 97 | 5 | David Taborsky | Czech Republic | 191,000 | 38 |
| 97 | 6 | Waldemar Kopyl | Germany | 482,500 | 97 |
| 97 | 7 | Matous Skorepa | Czech Republic | 174,500 | 35 |
| 97 | 8 | Manuel Helgert | Germany | 97,500 | 20 |
| 101 | 1 | Maciej Kondraszuk | Poland | 142,500 | 29 |
| 101 | 2 | Rokas Barzdzius | Lithuania | 88,000 | 18 |
| 101 | 3 | Jonathan Dartevelle | Belgium | 125,500 | 25 |
| 101 | 4 | Olaf | Czech Republic | 99,500 | 20 |
| 101 | 5 | Rifat Gegic | Germany | 461,000 | 92 |
| 101 | 6 | Karl-Heinz Metz | Germany | 121,000 | 24 |
| 101 | 8 | Petteri Voutilainen | Finland | 107,500 | 22 |
| 102 | 1 | Deividas Ciakas | Lithuania | 32,000 | 6 |
| 102 | 2 | Holger Bansner | Germany | 272,500 | 55 |
| 102 | 3 | Jaroslav Mandik | Czech Republic | 189,500 | 38 |
| 102 | 4 | chiKKita banAAna | Germany | 77,500 | 16 |
| 102 | 5 | Ronald Van De Linde | Netherlands | 23,000 | 5 |
| 102 | 6 | Yaron Kuznik | Israel | 100,000 | 20 |
| 102 | 8 | Peter M��ller | Austria | 276,000 | 55 |
| 103 | 2 | Mi**Zocky | Germany | 175,000 | 35 |
| 103 | 3 | Remi Blanc | France | 65,500 | 13 |
| 103 | 4 | Timothy Weltner | Germany | 101,500 | 20 |
| 103 | 5 | Benas Kuzmickas | Lithuania | 64,500 | 13 |
| 103 | 6 | Petr Susta | Czech Republic | 56,500 | 11 |
| 103 | 7 | Gintautas Strioga | Norway | 344,000 | 69 |
| 103 | 8 | Michael Lender | Denmark | 98,000 | 20 |
| 107 | 1 | Karol Radomski | Poland | 152,500 | 31 |
| 107 | 2 | Marek Blasko | Slovakia | 325,500 | 65 |
| 107 | 3 | J?rg Kunz | Germany | 297,000 | 59 |
| 107 | 4 | Nerijus Luksa | Norway | 46,000 | 9 |
| 107 | 5 | Mindaugas Miknevi?ius | Lithuania | 66,500 | 13 |
| 107 | 6 | Oluf Velbaek | Denmark | 175,500 | 35 |
| 107 | 7 | Airidas Sta?ys | Lithuania | 90,000 | 18 |
| 108 | 1 | Johan Groot | Netherlands | 160,500 | 32 |
| 108 | 3 | Edgaras Pipine | Latvia | 96,500 | 19 |
| 108 | 4 | Wolfgang Grassl | Germany | 161,000 | 32 |
| 108 | 5 | Onkel Otto | Germany | 218,000 | 44 |
| 108 | 6 | Willem de Jong | Netherlands | 200,000 | 40 |
| 108 | 7 | Bouabdellah Karoui | France | 250,000 | 50 |
| 108 | 8 | Michael Hill | Austria | 97,500 | 20 |