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664 players (including 4 no-shows) bought in for the €1,100 Eureka 5 Rozvadov Main Event to make it the biggest stand-alone event in tour's history.
The King's Casino got very crowded on Thursday when day 1b kicked-off with a total of 427 attendants. On top of that, the debut of the Turbo Re-Entry flight day 1c added another 135 entries to push the numbers even higher.
We saw many famous names in action including the 2011 World Champion Pius Heinz, who came to Rozvadov once again. Last year, he also played in day 1b but did not get through and neither he did today, although he used even the second bullet in the Re-Entry flight. The WSOP Player of the Year, Team PokerStars Pro George Danzer experienced the same scenario, busting his re-entry life in the very last level of the day.
Eureka 5 Rozvadov also attracted Danzer's team mates, Belgian team-mates Christophe & Matthias De Meulders and a Friend of PokerStars Natalie Hof. Neither of them survived day 1b, though Christopher will come back for day 2 thanks to a successful run in day 1c. Last season's champion Martin Meciar also secured a seat in day 2 due to his re-entry bullet. Michal Mrakes from the Czech Republic benefited the most from day 1c entrants as he managed to chip up to 134,100.
A total of 135 players used the re-entry option and 72 of them advanced, although they could not get any near to day 1b top stacks.
