Chris Ferguson was on the button against Naor Slobodskoy in the big blind and the flop was reading . The pot had 45,000, Ferguson had bet 30,000 and Slobodskoy check-raised the pot, to put his opponent all in. Ferguson tanked for about three minutes before committing his remaining chips and they went to showdown.
Naor Slobodskoy:
Chris Ferguson:
The and the completed the board and Ferguson left his seat to receive €835.
David "ODB" Baker was all in and at risk with against Ivano Giacobbi who was holding .
The board came and Baker had to leave his seat since he was covered by his opponent. Baker managed to finish in the payouts in both starting flights of this event. His prizes were €787 from Day 1a and €918 from Day 1b, for a total of €1,705.
Shaun Deeb has returned to Rozvadov chasing back-to-back WSOP Player of the Year honors. After winning the title during 2018, he's currently in second place behind Robert Campbell but in a great spot to go deep in Event #2 and add more points to his current position.
Considering the fact that neither Campbell nor Daniel Negreanu, who is currently third in the POY race, managed to advance to Day 2 of Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed, Deeb has the perfect opportunity to surpass Campbell. Based on WSOP.com's points calculator, and taking into consideration the total number of entries for Event #2, which was 476, the winner of this event will take 836 points, more than enough for Deeb to overtake Campbell.
This won't be an easy task for the four-time bracelet winner as the remaining competition is nothing short of fierce. Day 1b saw the likes of bracelet winners Jeff Madsen (371,000), Sebastian Langrock (355,000) and Anthony Zinno (258,000) all progress to Day 2, where they will meet another bracelet winner in Day 1a advancer Dash Dudley (657,000).
Day 1b tallied 309 entries, almost double the entries of Day 1a, and 26 of them managed to bag chips for Day 2. Except the aforementioned bracelet winners, Juozas Bizokas (544,000) and Paul Ming Juen Teoh (489,000), along with Deeb, occupy the first three spots in the chip counts.
Day 1B Payouts of Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
Place
Winner
Country
Prize (in EUR)
27
Phil Hellmuth
United States
918
28
Thai Ha
United States
918
29
Mihai Niste
Romania
918
30
Aleksandar Nanchev
Bulgaria
918
31
Robert Cowen
United Kingdom
918
32
David Baker
United States
918
33
Mindaugas Bimbiris
Lithuania
835
34
Igoris Kuklis
Canada
835
35
Georgios Koliofotis
Germany
835
36
Siarhei Chudapal
Belarus
835
37
Yian Zeng
China
835
38
Jan Ryduchowski
Poland
835
39
Chris Ferguson
United States
835
40
Jeffrey Cormier
Canada
835
41
Andreas Dyll
Germany
784
42
Paul Theobald
Germany
784
43
Phillip Hui
United States
784
44
Manig Loeser
Germany
784
45
Julio Sanchez
Spain
784
46
Arunas Garunkstis
Canada
784
47
Egor Blinov
Russian Federation
784
All big names that failed to advance on Day 1a were here today for another chance, but plenty of new, familiar faces popped up as well. Phil Hellmuth, Manig Loeser, Phillip Hui, Chris Ferguson, Eli Elezra, Viktor Blom, Dzimtry Urbanovich and Erik Cajelais gave it a shot, with the first four names finishing in the money.
Day 2 will start on Wednesday, October 16th, 2019 at 2 p.m. local time, and there will be 38 players hunting the second gold bracelet of the festival. There are 28 minutes left from Level 18 with a 3,000 small blind and a 6,000 big blind, while the level duration will be increased to 40 minutes.
Stay tuned to find out who makes the final table of Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed and follow along here on PokerNews for all the events of the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe.