Welcome back to Day 2 of Event #11: €10,350 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event, the final bracelet event of 2017. There currently have been 490 entries registered but more are expected as the registration and reentry period is open until the start of today which is at noon local time.
Out of those 490 entries, 335 have made it through to Day 2 with Markus Dürnegger as the chip leader with 246,200 chips. Second in the chip counts is Pierre Neuville with 239,000 chips that he collected on Day 1a. Closing out the top three is Henry Tran, the chip leader of Day 1b with 224,700 chips. They will all be looking to be the ninth WSOPE Main Event Champion.
But there will be other players looking to set new records like Phil Hellmuth, Adrian Mateos and Kevin MacPhee. They will want to be the first two-time winner of the WSOPE Main Event bracelet. Or Ryan Riess who will be looking to becoming the second player to win both the WSOP and WSOPE Main Event like Hellmuth has already done.
Past World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Winners
Year
Location
Winner
Prize
2007
London
Annette Obrestad
£1,000,000
2008
London
John Juanda
£868,800
2009
London
Barry Shulman
£801,603
2010
London
James Bord
£830,401
2011
Cannes
Elio Fox
€1,400,000
2012
Cannes
Phil Hellmuth
€1,022,376
2013
Paris
Adrian Mateos
€1,000,000
2015
Berlin
Kevin MacPhee
€883,000
Structure
Today the players will be playing 6 levels of 90 minutes each. A 20-minute break will take place after each level with a 90-minute dinner break after Level 10.
Players that have been eliminated once over the past two days can choose to reenter before the start of today. Registration will also be open until then. The tournament will continue until a winner has been declared on Friday, November 10th. Stay tuned to PokerNews as we work towards crowning a new WSOPE Main Event champion!
The tournament organization has just confirmed the final numbers of the Main Event. There were 529 entries in total creating a total prize pool of €5,025,500.
Of those 529 entries, 80 players will be in the money cashing at least €15,131. The winner will take €1,115,207 and the gold WSOP bracelet home with them!
David Peters came into the day with 94,200, and while he likely hoped for a good start on Day 2, he probably didn't imagine Level 7 would go this well for him.
A little after busting a player who wouldn't fold two jacks against his set, we found Peters in another huge pot. He had bet 23,000 out of the small blind and a player in Seat 8 who replaced the last player Peters busted shoved all in for about 86,000. The board read and Peters needed a few minutes to think this one over. Finally, he flicked in a chip to call.
Peters' opponent turned over and headed for the exit when Peters showed .
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, pictured in an earlier event.
Bertrand Grospellier put his last 7,600 in from the big blind, with about 12,000 already in the pot. The board read and his opponent hemmed and hawed a bit then flicked in a chip. "ElkY" turned up for trips and rake in a small double.
John Racener tweeted that he figured he needed a top-three run in this tournament to take down Player of the Year honors, and those hopes were just on the brink. He shoved under the gun for 26,000 and was called by the next player before a player two seats over put in a reraise all in. That chased away everyone else, including the caller.
Racener:
Opponent:
The board ran out , keeping the tens best and giving Racener a triple up.
Ryan Riess raised to 2,800 from the button to be re-raised by the player in the small blind to 10,500. The big blind quickly got out of the way. Riess looked at his opponent and called.
The flop came , the small blind bet 7,000 and Riess called.
The turn brought them the , now the player in the small blind took some time to think and then decided to bet 20,000. Riess stared at his opponent, looked at his cards, counted out his yellow chips worth 5,000 each and then decided to shove. His opponent was now up for a decision. He now looked at his own cards, looked at Riess, counted his own chips out and saw that Riess had him covered. In the end, he decided to fold.
We found Ramin Hajiyev on the button facing a decision for his stack on a board of . The player in the cutoff had set him in for 38,200, about the size of the pot. Hajiyev decided to call it off and his opponent smiled and showed . Hajiyev had him outkicked with after missing a flush draw and he took the pot.
Several players at the table congratulated him on the big call.
"Thank you, thank you," Hajiyev said. "I went with my guts."
Norbert Madaras raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and both Ivan Luca and Bernd Gleissner in the blinds called.
The flop came , both Luca and Gleissner checked, Madaras bet 4,000. Luca called, Gleissner folded.
The turn brought them the , now Luca bet 4,000 but Madaras raised to 20,000. Luca looked at his cards and called.
The river completed the board with the , Luca checked, Madaras shoved with a bigger stack than Luca. Luca went into the tank. After about two to three minutes the player in the hijack called the clock on Luca. The floor came over and gave Luca 30 seconds to make a decision. Luca got up from his chair and then grabbed a stack of chips to make the call and put them over the betting line.
Madaras tried to muck his cards but the table told him he needed to show them. He didn't agree with that but then the rule that when there is an all-in and a call, that the cards need to be shown. He then flipped them over and showed he had . Luca had him beat with for a pair of kings. The dealer counted out Luca's stack which was worth 69,200 and Madaras paid for the double up.
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Laszlo Bujtas opened for 5,400 early and Niall Farrell made it 19,200 in the small blind. Bujtas peeled and they saw a flop. Both players checked. Farrell checked the and Bujtas bet 20,000. Farrell called. The river brought a and another check from Farrell. Bujtas moved in for what turned out to be 79,200 effective. Farrell called about 15 seconds later.
Farrell:
Bujtas:
Ship the double to the €25K champ, who put a dent in Bujtas' huge stack.
and Peters needed a few minutes to think this one over. Finally, he flicked in a chip to call.
and headed for the exit when Peters showed 
.
and his opponent hemmed and hawed a bit then flicked in a chip. "ElkY" turned up 
, keeping the tens best and giving Racener a triple up.
, the small blind bet 7,000 and Riess called.
. The player in the cutoff had set him in for 38,200, about the size of the pot. Hajiyev decided to call it off and his opponent smiled and showed 
. Hajiyev had him outkicked with 
after missing a flush draw and he took the pot.
, both Luca and Gleissner checked, Madaras bet 4,000. Luca called, Gleissner folded.
, now Luca bet 4,000 but Madaras raised to 20,000. Luca looked at his cards and called.
, Luca checked, Madaras shoved with a bigger stack than Luca. Luca went into the tank. After about two to three minutes the player in the hijack called the clock on Luca. The floor came over and gave Luca 30 seconds to make a decision. Luca got up from his chair and then grabbed a stack of chips to make the call and put them over the betting line.
for a pair of kings. The dealer counted out Luca's stack which was worth 69,200 and Madaras paid for the double up.
and another check from Farrell. Bujtas moved in for what turned out to be 79,200 effective. Farrell called about 15 seconds later.
