After almost 29 levels, four starting days and two tournament days, the 1,104-entry strong field of the €225+€25 Main Event of the PokerNews Cup at the King's Casino in Rozvadov has been whittled down to the last eight hopefuls.
The finalists have €4,460 guaranteed thus far, but all eyes are set on the first-place payout of €44,707 and the bragging rights that come along with it.
Germany's Ronny Voth led after Day 1a, won the Pot-Limit Omaha Side Event, and finished Day 2 atop with 9,125,000 after a strong last few levels. He is followed by Alin-Florin Toma with 7,185,000 and King's regular Magic Man 558 follows in third place with 5,735,000.
Timur Caglan has had a few final tables here at Europe's biggest card room, but those were all smaller cashes and this will be his biggest payday thus far. Caglan comes into Day 3 with 3,615,000 followed by Ondrej Vla?ánek (2,535,000) and Austria's Christian Sperrer (2,275,000).
Miroslav Lelek lost a massive pot in the last hand of Day 2 when his aces were cracked by Toma's kings and he carried over 1,280,000, the other short stack is Rikk Effendi with 1,090,000.
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Seating chart for the final table
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
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| 1 | Alin-Florin Toma | Romania | 7,185,000 |
| 2 | Christian Sperrer | Austria | 2,275,000 |
| 3 | Ronny Voth | Germany | 9,125,000 |
| 4 | Rikk Effendi | Germany | 1,090,000 |
| 5 | Miroslav Lelek | Slovakia | 1,280,000 |
| 6 | Ondrej Vla?ánek | Czech Republic | 2,535,000 |
| 7 | Magic Man 558 | Germany | 5,735,000 |
| 8 | Timur Caglan | Germany | 3,615,000 |
Action resumes in half an hour from now at 1 p.m. local time, and there is a live stream with hole cards and English commentary available on a security delay of 30 minutes. The updates will be based on that delay and there are 16:49 left in level 29 at blinds 60,000/120,000 with a running ante of 20,000. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand until a winner is crowned, so make sure to tune back in regularly.
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Alin-Florin TomaChristian SperrerKing's CasinoMagic Man 558Miroslav LelekOndrej Vla?ánekRikk EffendiRonny VothRozvadovTimur Caglan
and Magic Man 558 defended his big blind with 
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and Magic Man checked. Voth bet 400,000 and Magic Man check-raised to 900,000 with Voth coming along. Both then checked the 
turn and the 
river to see Voth claim a big pot early on.
flop improved Vlasanek to a pair of kings while Lelek had middle pair and the nut flush draw. Neither the 
turn nor the 
river changed anything and Lelek was eliminated.
