Tom Hall was all in for just 10,300 when we got to his table, and a player who opened for 2,000 made what was clearly a crying call. Hall turned over and was fading sailboats against . The board ran out , safe for a Hall double.
The board read and Roland Israelashvili had bet 3,700 from the big blind. Mathijs Jonkers called from the hijack.
The river completed the board with the , Israelashvili fired 12,000 into the pot and Jonkers took some time to consider his options. In the end, he decided to call. Israelashvili mucked immediately.
From the small blind, David Peters check-raised a continuation-bet from Wolfgang Distler on a flop. He made it 8,500 over a bet of 2,800 and Distler responded with 25,000. Peters moved all in on a four-bet to 67,000 or so effective. Distler tanked awhile until Sam Grafton called a clock. The dealer said it had been a seven-minute tank, so Distler's countdown began but he quickly called for the rest after the clock started.
Distler:
Peters:
The turn was a and the river a , and Distler wished everyone good luck.
The board read and Jan Schwippert had checked from the small blind. Kenny Hallaert, sitting in the under-the-gun position had bet 11,000 and Schwippert needed some time to think but he made the call in the end. Hallaert showed for a rivered straight and took the pot.
Mustapha Kanit made a bet of an unknown amount on a flop from the big blind and got raised to 2,500 by the player on his left, Zurab Ejibia. Kanit made it 7,500 and Ejibia called. Kanit fired the same bet on the turn and Ejibia made it 18,500 to go. Kanit called. The river was a and Kanit thought about a minute then came out betting with 38,000. Ejibia called fairly quickly but Kanit had the steel wheel: .
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!