Today sees the start and finish of Event #3: €1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Bounty Hunter and the tournament is set to begin at 3 p.m local time. This is a brand-new event for the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe; the player capturing the coveted gold WSOPE bracelet will go down in history as a first-time ever winner.
The usual suspects are expected to take a seat today, including Ryan Hughes, Chris Ferguson, John Racener and Alex Foxen, who are all vying for the WSOP Player of the Year top spot. Other notables expected to show up include Chris Moneymaker, Phil Hellmuth, Roberto Romanello, Mike Leah, Allen Kessler, Kenny Hallaert, Barny Boatman, Ismael Bojang and Oleksandr Shcherbak, who captured the first WSOPE Bracelet here in Rozvadov a few days ago.
Event #3 is a one-day event and will reach its conclusion later today. Once the official final table has been reached, a live stream will start broadcasting with hole-cards and a 30-minute security delay. Players who enter the event will receive 20,000 in tournament chips and every player has a €300 bounty on their head. Levels will be 20 minutes long with 20-minute breaks after every six levels. A 60-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 14, which will be around 8 p.m. local time. Registration will be open up until the start of Level 11 (approximately 7 p.m) and unlimited reentries are available, giving the hunters plenty of ammo to work with.
Alongside this tournament, Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha will play to a conclusion today and also crown a bracelet winner. 31 players have returned earlier today for Day 2 and all updates of this event can be followed here. Follow PokerNews and don't miss all the action as we crown two brand-new winners today right here at King's Casino in Rozvadov!
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Micky Blasi was among the first players to bust and just re-entered and John Racener will be back shortly as well. Racener got it in with pocket nines and Elena Litvinyuk called with the to see the board run out .
A short stack moved all in for 3,200 from early position and Minh Hoang called before Marek Tatar moved all in for more. Andrej Desset moved in over the top and Hoang folded.
Short Stack:
Marek Tatar:
Andrej Desset:
The flop gave Desset the nut flush, and the turn and river awarded two bounties to the Slovakian in the same hand.
Yehuda Cohen also had two opponents at risk with versus and . The shortest stack ended up being chopped for his last 12,650 as the board ran out . Since the third player in the hand had 13,400, Cohen had to settle for half of the bounty instead of the full €300.
"Two seat open," the announcement of the dealer came and Rolf Galasen left the table while John Racener dragged in a big pot.
According to Racener, Galasen's raise on the button was called by the 2017 WSOP Player of the Year contender in the small blind and Antonio Merone called from the big blind. Racener checked a flop and Merone shoved, as did Galasen. Racener happily called with pocket fours for bottom set and bested the of Merone and the of Galasen.
The eliminations keep coming at a lightning-fast pace and among those to run out of chips was Tiziano Di Romualdo. He got it in with queen-ten against the pocket queens of Jan Mach and the of Lawrence Whyte. The board ran out jack-high and Whyte missed out on a gutshot to see Mach double in a massive pot.
Ricardo Chauriye faced a raise to 11,000 by Bernd Gleissner and moved all in for 31,500. Gleissner called with the and Chauriye had a flip with . The board came and that was it for the Chilean.
Viacheslav Goryachev moved all in for his last 22,500 from the cutoff and Jan Mach called on the button, as did Bernd Gleissner in the big blind. Both active players checked the flop and Gleissner checked the turn. Mach bet 34,500 to force a fold and the cards were turned over after all other tables were finished.
Viacheslav Goryachev:
Jan Mach:
The river was a blank and all remaining 49 players were in the money, with Goryachev leaving as the unfortunate bubble boy.
Chris Ferguson moved all in for around 80,000 from the small blind and Mike Leah called from the big blind.
Chris Ferguson:
Mike Leah:
The board came and Ferguson was eliminated.
Soon after, Ivo Donev also joined the rail. He got it in for five big blinds with and Tobias Schaaf called with to spike a jack on the flop.
In another recent hand, Jeff Cormier shoved for around 150,000 with the and Philipp Caranica reshoved with pocket tens. The board came and Cormier doubled.
Kristen Bicknell raised to 25,000 from early position and was followed by fellow Canadian, Mike Leah. He went all in, everyone else folded, and Bicknell put in her last few chips to make the call.
Mike Leah:
Kristen Bicknell:
The board ran out - no help for Bicknell as Leah's sixes held for two pair, sixes and fours. Bicknell was eliminated in 32nd place, while Leah took the chip lead sitting with more than 450,000 chips.
to see the board run out 
.
flop gave Desset the nut flush, and the 
turn and 
river awarded two bounties to the Slovakian in the same hand.
versus 
and 
. The shortest stack ended up being chopped for his last 12,650 as the board ran out 
. Since the third player in the hand had 13,400, Cohen had to settle for half of the bounty instead of the full €300.
flop and Merone shoved, as did Galasen. Racener happily called with pocket fours for bottom set and bested the 
river was a blank and all remaining 49 players were in the money, with Goryachev leaving as the unfortunate bubble boy.
to spike a jack on the flop.
- no help for Bicknell as Leah's sixes held for two pair, sixes and fours. Bicknell was eliminated in 32nd place, while Leah took the chip lead sitting with more than 450,000 chips.
