The prize pool details have been announced by the organization.
With 46 unique players and 35 reentries, the 81 entries have created a total prize pool of $2,025,000. This means that 12 players will be in the money today for at least $40,500 while the winner on Wednesday, August 25 will walk away with $506,250.
This is what the 30 remaining players are battling for:
Hossein Ensan shoved his last 69,000 over the line from the small blind and Seth Davies contemplated for a bit before making the call in the big blind.
Hossein Ensan:
Seth Davies:
The board ran out for Ensan to be left drawing dead on the turn as he shook Davies' hand before making his way out of the tournament area.
Saman Nakhjavani raised to 25,000 from the cutoff and Laszlo Bujtas three-bet jammed for 135,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded and Nakhjavani took a few seconds before opting to make the call with the bigger stack.
Laszlo Bujtas:
Saman Nakhjavani:
The board ran out for Nakhjavani to flop top pair and improve to two of them to send Bujtas out of the tournament.
Seth Davies raised it up to 35,000 from the button and Mikita Badziakouski defended his big blind.
The flop came , Badziakouski checked and Davies continued with a bet to put Badziaouski all-in who tanked for a while and then reluctantly made the call for the 55,000 he had behind.
Mikita Badziakouski:
Seth Davies:
Davies had flopped top pair while Badziakouski was looking for help.
The turn was the to give Badziakouski a glimmer of hope but he bricked the river as the completed the board.
Ali Imsirovic had raised from the cutoff and David Stamm was all-in from the small blind for 595,000. Shao Hua Zhan was down to his last 20,000 in the big blind for Imsirovic to make the call.
Shao Hua Zhan:
David Stamm:
Ali Imsirovic:
The board ran out for Stamm to hold with the higher kicker as no one hit a pair to eliminate Zhan as the bubble boy while earning a full double through Imsirovic.
The 12 remaining players are now in the money and play continued to finish this level before the day will end.
Sergio Aido raised to 200,000 from the hijack, keeping 30,000 behind and Christoph Vogelsang was the only one to make the call on the button.
The flop came for Aido to tank and then check. Vogelsang took a few seconds too and then put Aido all-in. Aido used a time bank card while keeping an eye on the other table but when no action developed there, he decided to make the call.
Sergio Aido:
Christoph Vogelang:
The turn was the to not help Aido as he was left with three outs but the river completed the board with the for Vogelsang to improve his overpair to a set to bust Aido in twelft place.
Thirteen levels of 40 minutes each were played on Day 1 of Event #2: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em here at the Super High Roller Bowl Europe in the beautiful Merit Royal Hotel, Casino and Spa in Cyprus. With 46 unique players and 35 reentries during the first six levels of the day, 81 entries were collected to get to a prize pool of $2,025,000.
Ten of those players have made it through to Day 2 and it is Johan Guilbert who claimed the chip lead. The Frenchman, also known as "YoH ViraL" on the YouTube and Twitch streets, will come back for the final day with 1,920,000 in chips. He scored most of those chips at the end of the night when he doubled up with a set of nines over the set of sixes of Christoph Vogelsang.
Joining Guilbert in the top three are the current PokerGo Tour leader Ali Imsirovic with 1,805,000 and Christoph Vogelsang with 1,150,000. But hot on their heels are David Stamm, Seth Davies, and Vladi Chaoulov' with over a million in chips.
Event 2: $25,000 NLH Day 2 Seat Draw
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
1
Empty
1
2
Vladi Chaoulov
Romania
1,050,000
35
1
3
Christoph Vogelsang
Germany
1,150,000
38
1
4
Saman Nakhjavani
Iran
230,000
8
1
5
Johan Guilbert
France
1,920,000
64
1
6
Empty
1
7
Empty
2
1
Seth Davies
United States
1,100,000
37
2
2
Pascal Lefrancois
Canada
525,000
18
2
3
Stephen Chidwick
United Kingdom
335,000
11
2
4
Empty
2
5
Ali Imsirovic
United States
1,805,000
60
2
6
Selahaddin Bedir
Turkey
895,000
30
2
7
David Stamm
United States
1,100,000
37
Michael Addamo had doubled through Shao Hua Zhan to leave the latter short with a mere 5 big blinds but Addamo still busted before Zhan when Imsirovic took him out with pocket kings. Several rounds of hand-for-hand play took place before Zhan was down to his last 20,000 in the big blind and Imsirovic and Stamm were also all-in with Imsirovic having both of them covered. None of them hit the board for Stamm to hold with the ace-king to burst the bubble and double through Imsirovic.
Shao Hua Zhan Bubbles Event #2
Sergio Aido was the first player to cash when Vogelsang took him out. Vogelsang continued making the right moves and scored a big pot but then doubled Guilbert up. As the day came to an end and players were bagging up on Table 2. Hing Yang Chow busted to Chaoulov with ace-king versus ace-five when a five completed the board.
The ten remaining players will return at 1 p.m. local time to play down to a winner and that first-place prize of $506,250 while they have already secured $60,750 each. The PokerGO stream will be live too but the exact details of that stream are to follow.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$506,250
2
$364,500
3
$243,000
4
$202,500
5
$162,000
6
$121,500
7
$101,250
8-9
$81,000
10
$60,750
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the action again, so see you then!