Day 1b of WSOP Europe Main Event Starts at Noon
Today at noon, Day 1b of Event #14: €10,350 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event kicks off. This is the pre-ultimate bracelet event of 2019, with Event #15: €550 The Colossus No-Limit Holdem closing the festival.
Yesterday's flight had a total of 194 entries and only 113 survived Day 1A. Alex Foxen ended Day 1A as the chip leader after he bagged 537,200 in chips. Anton Morgenstern with 460, 000 and Oleh Okhotskyi with 433,900 are second and third in the chip counts.
The reigning champion Jack Sinclair also took a seat in the event yesterday and managed to find a bag with 143,000 and will keep defending his title on day 2.
The WSOPE Main Event History at a Glance
| Year | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | First Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | £10,350 | 362 | £3,676,990 | Annette Obrestad | Norway | £1,000,000 |
| 2008 | £10,350 | 362 | £3,620,000 | John Juanda | United States | £868,800 |
| 2009 | £10,350 | 334 | £3,340,000 | Barry Shulman | United States | £801,603 |
| 2010 | £10,350 | 346 | £3,460,000 | James Bord | United Kingdom | £830,401 |
| 2011 | €10,400 | 593 | €5,692,800 | Elio Fox | United States | €1,400,000 |
| 2012 | €10,450 | 420 | €4,032,000 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | €1,058,403 |
| 2013 | €10,450 | 375 | €3,600,000 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | €1,000,000 |
| 2015 | €10,450 | 313 | €3,067,400 | Kevin MacPhee | United States | €883,000 |
| 2017 | €10,300 | 529 | €5,025,500 | Marti Roca de Torres | Spain | €1,115,207 |
| 2018 | €10,350 | 534 | €5,073,000 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | €1,122,239 |
Players started with 100,000 and the average chip stack at the end of Day 1A was 171,681. The players today will play the same seven 90-minute levels that the players on Day 1A played. They will start at the level 100/300 ante 300 and have a one-hour dinner break around 7 p.m.
As last year, there is a guaranteed prize pool of €5,000,000 with €1,000,000 guaranteed for first place. The buy-in will be €10,350 and players only have one- re-entry allowed. Levels will last 90 minutes each with a 20-minute break after each level. The players will be playing six levels today with a 90-minute dinner break after Level 4.
Players that have been eliminated today can choose to reenter before the start of Day 2 on Sunday, October 27th, at 12 p.m. local time. Registration will also be open until then. The tournament will continue until a winner has been declared on November 4th.
Make sure to keep following the PokerNews updates as the live reporting team will be on hand to bring all the action from the biggest poker arena in Europe!
, Mothes continued with a bet of 2,400 and Bensimhon called after contemplating it for about ten seconds.
, Mothes put in a 5,000-chip and announced a bet of 4,500. Bensimhon took a bit longer this time and then raised to 14,500. This made Mothes consider his options for a minute or so before letting the hand go.
with just over 10,000 in the middle already. 
completed the board on the river. Raka checked and Chudapal bet 15,500 after glancing at the pot. Raka took a few seconds and then made the call. Chudapal tabled 
for the turned full house. Raka showed the 
for just trips for the pot to get awarded to Chudapal.
with a pot containing around 33,000 when Pierre Neuville pushed his last 12,100 chips and was called by Roman Sahin. 
for the straight while Sahin had to show 
and the pot was sent to Neuville.
on the turn and the 
and was called by Tobias Anttila with the bigger stack as he held 
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to not bring any help to Ruijs as he was sent to the rail.
with one club, Wu checked, Bensimhon continued with a bet of 4,500 which was called by both Negreanu and Wu.
to complete the board. Wu checked, Bensimhon led out for 14,500. Negreanu shoved for 61,000 and only Bensimhon made the call with 
for the pair of queens to be sent to the rail just before the dinner break.
and Merzhvinskii check-called another bet from Loeser for 13,000 after a few minutes.
paired the board on the river and Merzhvinskii checked to Loeser who pushed all in for 48,000 remaining chips. Merzhvinskii went deep into the tank and tossed in a chip for the call. Loeser tabled 
for a flopped straight while Merzhvinskii showed 
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on the turn. Merzhvinskii check-called the 13,500 bet of Ruzicka.
and saw he was bested by the 
