Yasuhiro Waki raised it up on the button and Michael Sklenicka stuck in a three-bet from the small blind. Waki responded with a four-bet shove and Sklenicka called off his stack of 740,000 in a massive pot.
Michael Sklenicka:
Yasuhiro Waki:
Sklenicka found the better of the two picket pairs and had the suits covered as well. The board ran out and Sklenicka held on to double up into the chip lead.
Stephen Kehoe raised to 40,000 from under the gun and Sebastien Jung called from the small blind before Michael Sklenicka shoved from the big blind for around 770,000. Kehoe committed his last 300,000 and Jung got out of the way.
Stephen Kehoe:
Michael Sklenicka:
The board ran out and Sklenicka made aces and queens to eliminate Kehoe in 17th place for £8,300.
With just 16 players remaining and 10 minutes left in Level 24, the tournament staff has decided to bag up the remaining stacks for the night. There will be a new seat draw for the start of Day 3 that will begin at 12 pm local time.
A full recap of the day's action along with all of the chip counts will be posted shortly.
There are still 22 envelopes remaining in the treasure chest with 16 players remaining heading into Day 3. Some players chose not to take their tickets yet but they will have to be claimed before they get paid out for the tournament. Here is a look at what is still left including the PSPC Platinum Pass.
Day 2 of the £3,000 Platinum Pass Mystery Bounty at PokerStars European Poker Tour London has come to an end with just over 10 minutes left in Level 24 and Robert Macsim is the chip leader going into the Day 3 finale. The remaining 16 players will return on Wednesday at 12 p.m. local time to play down to a winner.
The tournament drew 461 players and generated a prize pool of £791,076, from which tomorrow’s winner will take home £154,426. The remaining 16 players are all guaranteed at least £8,300.
Macsim has the chip lead after a late run that put him ahead of Andrew Wilson, who sits in second place after holding the chip lead for much of the day. Michael Sklenicka, Pavel Plesuv, and Blaz Zerjav round out the top five.
£3,000 Platinum Pass Mystery Bounty Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Name
Country
Chip Count
Day 3 Big Blinds
1
Robert Macsim
Romania
1,825,000
91
2
Andrew Wilson
United Kingdom
1,635,000
82
3
Michael Sklenicka
Czech Republic
1,520,000
76
4
Pavel Plesuv
Moldova
1,350,000
68
5
Blaz Zerjav
Slovenia
1,190,000
60
6
Sebastien Jung
United Kingdom
1,090,000
55
7
Martin Stausholm
Denmark
1,050,000
53
8
Bruno Soutavong
France
845,000
42
9
Santhosh Suvarna
India
735,000
37
10
Paul Tedeschi
France
465,000
23
Day 2 Action
The action on Day 2 got off to a fast start when the big bounty was claimed by Iacopo Brandi. Brandi was one of the first players to go up and draw an envelope, and he drew the £100,000 top prize. Brandi is still in the tournament and he returns with just over 400,000.
Other big prizes were pulled by players that still remain in the tournament, including a £25,000 bounty that was won by Wilson. Yasuhiro Waki and chip leader Macsim both picked up a £10,000 prize.
Wilson steadily built his stack throughout the middle stages of the day and held the chip lead throughout the later stages of the evening, but Macsim passed him late in the evening to claim the Day 3 chip lead. The leader rebounded from an early setback after he ran a bluff into Alexandre Landron’s two pair and picked up well over a million chips in the closing stages of play.
Chris Moorman and Steve O’Dwyer were among those that finished in the money but won’t return for Day 2. O’Dwyer’s day came to an end when he got into a three-way pot with Stephen Kehoe and Kenny Hallaert. Hallaert had both players covered with king-queen, but Kehoe held on with pocket sixes to beat O’Dwyers pocket fours to take the pot. Kehoe fell in the last level of the evening, while Hallaert will return tomorrow with the opportunity to spin it up. Moorman made a run to 32nd place.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
£154,426
8
£19,850
2
£96,700
9
£16,550
3
£69,100
10-11
£13,750
4
£53,100
12-13
£11,500
5
£40,850
14-15
£9,550
6
£31,450
16
£8,300
7
£24,200
Platinum Pass Still Up for Grabs
Action will pick up on Day 3 with just over 10 minutes remaining in Level 24 with blinds at 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante.
While most of the big cash prizes are now claimed, the $30,000 Platinum Pass to January’s PokerStars Players Championship remains up for grabs. Players will also have the chance to pick up the final £10,000 envelope. A few outstanding bounties remain from throughout the day, and players will have to draw them before they can claim their winnings.
Remaining Mystery Bounties
Prize
Count
Remaining
Total
£100,000
1
0
£100,000
£50,000
1
0
£50,000
£25,000
2
0
£50,000
£10,000
3
1
£30,000
£5,000
5
0
£25,000
£2,000
7
1
£14,000
£1,000
190
19
£190,000
£1,000+Draw again
2
0
£2,000
Platinum Pass
1
1
$30,000
Who will win the prestigious Platinum Pass? Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team on Wednesday for live updates from the floor of the Day 3 finale for the £3,000 Platinum Pass Mystery Bounty at the PokerStars European Poker Tour London at Hilton Park Lane.