Hand #72: Marti Roca De Torres raised from the small blind with , making it 270,000. Niall Farrell folded in the big blind with eight high.
Hand #73: Robert Bickley shoved all in for 1,675,000 with and everyone folded.
Hand #74: Maria Ho got a walk.
Hand #75: Niall Farrell raise from the cutoff with , making it 215,000. Maria Ho was in the small blind with and she asked Farrell for a count. She decided to fold and Bickley folded in the big blind.
Hand #76: Marti Roca De Torres raised to 215,000 with from under the gun. Ho reraised from the button to 700,000 with and Roca De Torres called.
The flop came and Roca De Torres checked. Ho bet 500,000 and Roca De Torres called. The turn was the and Roca De Torres checked again. Ho bet 855,000 and Roca De Torres called again.
The river was the and both players checked. Roca De Torres extended his chip lead winning that pot.
Hand #68: Robert Bickley raised to 220,000 with the and Mathijs Jonkers moved all in for 2.0 million with the . Bickley double-checked his cards and folded reluctanty.
Hand #69: Marti Roca De Torres raised to 215,000 from the hijack with the and Gianluca Speranza on the button folded ace-ten. Bickley defended the in the big blind and the flop fell . Bickley checked, Roca De Torres continued for 210,000 and that shut down all further action.
Hand #70: From under the gun, Roca De Torres made it 215,000 to go with and scooped the blinds and antes.
Hand #71: Maria Ho got involved into the action and raised to 225,000 from the cutoff with the . Roca De Torres called out of the big blind with and flopped bottom two pair on . Roca De Torres checked and Ho continued for 175,000 and the Spaniard called.
The fell on the turn and Roca De Torres quickly checked, as did Ho after some consideration. The on the river improved the Spaniard to a full house and considered his options before betting 680,000.
After five tournament days, only six hopefuls out of a 529-entry strong field remain in the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe €10,350 Main Event and it is Maria Ho that leads the charge with 7,830,000 after bagging up the most chips for the second day in a row.
Ho is closely followed by Marti Roca De Torres with 7,260,000, and the Spaniard won his entry to the tournament in a €250 winner takes it all satellite on 888poker.es. Third in chips is Gianluca Speranza with 4,400,000 while live Triple Crown winner Niall Farrell sits in fourth with 3,025,000. Furthermore, Mathijs Jonkers (2,785,000) and Robert Bickley (1,085,000) round out the list of contenders for one of the most prestigious titles in the world of poker.
Seat
Player
Country
Chips
Big Blinds
1
Niall Farrell
United Kingdom
3,025,000
30
2
Gianluca Speranza
Italy
4,400,000
40
3
Maria Ho
United States
7,830,000
78
4
Robert Bickley
United Kingdom
1,085,000
11
5
Mathijs Jonkers
Netherlands
2,785,000
28
6
Marti Roca De Torres
Spain
7,260,000
72
The lion's share of the €5,025,500 prize pool is still up for grabs at the King's Casino in Rozvadov and all six finalists have at least €174,365 for their efforts, while the coveted gold bracelet and first-place payout of €1,115,207 await for the winner.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Payout (in EUR)
Payout (in USD)
1
€1,115,207
$1,296,919
2
€689,246
$801,552
3
€476,585
$554,240
4
€335,089
$389,688
5
€239,639
$278,686
6
€174,365
$202,776
Action resumes at 12 p.m. local time with 42:17 minutes left in level 28 and blinds of 50,000/10,000 and a running ante of 15,000. The live stream with hole cards displayed is on a security delay of 30 minutes and the PokerNews hand-for-hand coverage will be published accordingly.
Niall Farrell was the first player from Scotland to win a WSOP bracelet a few days ago at the King's Casino in Rozvadov. The 30 year old professional poker player from Dumfries was the eighth player to earn the live Triple Crown with victories in the EPT, WPT and the WSOP.
His impressive poker resume with 36 prior WSOP cashes for $2,283,405 in total saw him take down Event #9: €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller for his first WSOP bracelet and a payday of €745,287 earlier in the series, besting a field of the biggest names on the live poker circuit.
Farrell was among those players involved in the late all in showdowns of Day 5 and bagged up 3,025,000 for the final day, good enough for 30 big blinds when action resumes.
Gianluca Speranza is 30 years of age and was born in L'Aquila / Italy, but currently resides in Vienna / Austria along with other Italian poker pros such as Mustapha Kanit. The poker pro has already racked up more than $880,000 in cashes on the international poker circuit, including 11 WSOP cashes for a total of $221,288.
Speranza already came close to winning a WSOP bracelet in 2011 after finishing 2nd to Andrew Hinrichsen in a €1,000 Event of the WSOPE in Cannes, taking home €91,262 for his efforts.
After a late double up on Day 5, Speranza claimed 4,400,000 for the final day and will be third in chips when action resums.
Maria Ho is 34 years old, born in Taiwan and lives in Los Angeles / USA. She graduated from the University of California, San Diego in the summer of 2005 with a major in Communications and a minor in Law, and started playing poker in her second year of college.
Ho is a professional poker player and TV host for eSports and poker. She has three prior WSOP final table appearances to her name and came close to a victory in Event #4: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em back in 2011 after finishing runner-up to Allen Bari for a career-best score of $540,020.
Ho claimed the top spot after Day 4 and Day 5 respectively, and enters the final day with 7,830,000 in chips. She may become the second woman to win a World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, following into the foot steps of Annette Obrestad.
Robert Bickley is 29 years old and works in the sand bag manufacturing industry. He was born in Bristol, and currently lives in Manchester / United Kingdom. With the new structure of the WSOPE Main Event in Rozvadov, players were able to re-enter once and enter the tournament before the start of Day 2. The Brit was among those to take advantage of that and signed up before the cards got underway for Day 2, joining the action with his first entry at the last possible minute.
Bickley has three WSOP cashes for a total of $9,654 and his total live earnings include $75,871 with all results split between Las Vegas and two tiny scores in Recurring Tournaments in Manchester back in 2016. The Brit enters the final day as the short stack with just under 11 big blinds.
Dutchman Mathijs Jonkers lives in his home country in Ermelo and is 27 years old. He is the owner of the open Dutch Championship of Poker, an amateur poker championship with more than 10,000 players competing each year in an individual and team championship. Jonkers is friends with Marcel Luske, who was on the rail for the late stages of the tournament to support his countryman.
Jonkers doesn't have any WSOP cash yet and mostly plays in €100-€500 tournaments with cashes of $8,580 so far. He was one of the most interactive and talkative players at the tables, exchanging jokes and banter with his opponents. The Dutchman reached the final day with 2,785,000 in chips, good enough for almost 28 big blinds when play resumes.
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, making it 270,000. Niall Farrell folded in the big blind with eight high.
and everyone folded.
, making it 215,000. Maria Ho was in the small blind with 
and she asked Farrell for a count. She decided to fold and Bickley folded in the big blind.
from under the gun. Ho reraised from the button to 700,000 
with and Roca De Torres called.
and Roca De Torres checked. Ho bet 500,000 and Roca De Torres called. The turn was the 
and Roca De Torres checked again. Ho bet 855,000 and Roca De Torres called again.
and both players checked. Roca De Torres extended his chip lead winning that pot.
and Mathijs Jonkers moved all in for 2.0 million with the 
. Bickley double-checked his cards and folded reluctanty.
in the big blind and the flop fell 
. Bickley checked, Roca De Torres continued for 210,000 and that shut down all further action.
and scooped the blinds and antes.
. Roca De Torres checked and Ho continued for 175,000 and the Spaniard called.
fell on the turn and Roca De Torres quickly checked, as did Ho after some consideration. The 
and Bickley doubled up on the first hand of play today.
.
and Farrell checked. Jonkers bet 225,000 and Farrell raised to 725,000 and Jonkers folded.
