Heads-up on a flop of 3♠2♠K♣, Yi Zhan Peng bet 12,000 from early position and Dimitrios Katsikas called in the hijack.
The turn came the 10♦ and Peng checked to Katsikas, who bet 32,000. Peng called and the 3♣ fell on the river. Peng then moved all in, easily covering Katsikas' remaining 80,000.
Peng leaned back on his chair snacking on an orange as Katsikas agonized over the decision for a few minutes before mucking.
Francisco Mir raised to 24,000 in middle position, leaving just two of the purple 500 chips behind, and Nicola Karl called on the button. The two players turned their cards over forgetting that Mir still had chips, and Mir put them in the pot.
Francisco Mir: K♣J♣
Nicola Karl: A♠9♣
The flop came 7♥A♥4♠ and Karl made top pair to take a big lead in the hand. The 9♥ turn gave Karl two pair and left Mir drawing dead heading to the K♥ river as Karl claimed his bounty.
"Shit. Now we don't have a chance," a tablemate said.
The prize pool for the WSOPE Mystery Bounty has also been released and €92,300 awaits the winner along with the gold bracelet. The top three players will also receive a ticket for the WSOPE Main Event.
The top 121 players will make the money, with the min-cash being €1,100.
A gold World Series of Poker Europe bracelet awaits, but that’s not the only prize players will be anxiously hoping to capture when the second and final day of Event #9: €1,100 Mystery Bounty begins at 2 p.m. local time.
For the final 161 players, today is when the mystery bounty portion of the event kicks in. Every player left has a bounty on their head. Eliminate an opponent, and you claim their bounty and the right to step up to the platform, push the red button, and find out what your prize is. The bounties range from €300 all the way up to €30,000, with the exact distribution being announced along with the prize pool shortly after play resumes.
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Jacob Amsellem
Israel
440,000
147
2
Samuel Ju
Germany
412,000
137
3
Demetrio Caminita
Italy
385,000
128
4
Anestis Anagnostidis
Germany
354,000
118
5
Marco Poccia
Italy
341,000
114
6
Till Templin
Germany
336,000
112
7
Nicola Karl
Germany
331,000
110
8
Vladas Tamasauskas
Lithuania
326,000
109
9
Jan Wieckenberg
Germany
323,500
108
10
Fausto Tantillo
Italy
323,000
108
The top stacks heading into Day 2 are Jacob Amsellem (440,000), Samuel Ju (412,000), Demetrio Caminita (385,000), Anestis Anagnostidis (354,000), and Marco Poccia (341,000). The likes of Vladas Tamasauskas (326,000), Andras Balogh (283,500), Manig Loeser (175,500), and Alexandra Botez (162,000) are also in the top half of the leaderboard.
Samuel Ju
Also still in the mix for the bracelet are Nacho Barbero (142,500), Anton Suarez (129,000), Quan Zhou (127,000), Andrea Dato (122,500), Aliaksandr Shylko (113,500), Ana Marquez (108,000), and Viktor Blom (74,000). The first order of business for these players on Day 2 will be to make the money, start collecting bounties, and put themselves in a position to make a run for the final table and, ultimately, the title.
The action resumes with 26 minutes left on Level 15 with blinds of 1,500-3,000 and a 3,000 big blind ante. The plan is to play down to a winner, but with so many players still remaining and the average stack worth 50 big blinds at the start, whoever makes it to the end is surely in for a long night.
Put on your coffee pot and settle in as PokerNews provides all the live updates as the field narrows down and the bounties get claimed here at King’s Resort in Rozvadov.
