Martin Kabrhel raised to 5,600 and was called by Abdelhakim Zoufri. Jose Obadia then three-bet the pot to 24,600 and Kabrhel jammed for 25,000, Zoufri folded.
Martin Kabrhel:
Jose Obadia:
The board left Kabrhel drawing dead on the turn and he quickly headed out of the tournament area to purchase a re-entry.
Three ways to the turn, Tobias Peters faced the bet of 20,000 by Florian Sarnow and the call of Nikolaos Lampropoulos. Peters on the button raised the pot and Sarnow then called all-in for 95,000, while Lampropoulos reluctantly folded.
Florian Sarnow:
Tobias Peters:
Sarnow's wrap and flush draw had plenty of outs albeit the club draw was no good. He bricked the river and Peters soared to the top of the leaderboard.
Nicola Angelini raised to 9,000 and was called by Hen Rosilio and Saulius Tumosa. On the flop, the raising war brought all three stacks into the middle as Rosilio was at risk for 82,000 and Tumosa for 107,000.
Hen Rosilio:
Saulius Tumosa:
Nicola Angelini:
The turn and river gave Tumosa the winning hand and Rosilio was eliminated before the payouts on Day 1b.
At essentially the same time, Peter Kvisthammar and Nicola Angelini were eliminated on separate tables. The cards of the former were already mucked while Angelini was all-in against Saulius Tumosa on the turn.
Nicola Angelini:
Saulius Tumosa:
Angelini needed a ten but missed it on the river to let the bubble burst.
The second and final starting day of Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha attracted a large field in Europe's biggest poker arena at the King's Resort in Rozvadov. After 199 entries on the first flight the day prior, a strong turnout more than doubled that tally as 424 entries were recorded on the final starting day. That brought the total field up to 623 entries and created an overall prize pool of €295,925.
The lion's share of that, $264,910 to be exact, will be up for grabs in the upcoming two days as the second gold bracelet event of the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe will play down to a champion. Only 43 players survived Day 1b and they will join the 19 contenders of Day 1a to battle for their chance at claiming live poker's most coveted prize.
Dorel Eldabach claimed the Day 1b and overall lead after accumulating 625,000 in chips. The King's regular and Pot-Limit Omaha specialist has eight WSOP cashes to his name, most notably a runner-up finish in the 2020 GGPoker.com Event #62: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha for $168,478. Eldabach surpassed Bjorn Verbakel (609,000), Ken Beckers (551,000) and Ugur Coskun (514,000) on the overnight leaderboard as the only four players with more than half a million in chips.
Top 10 Chip Counts Day 1b Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha
Position
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Dorel Eldabach
Israel
625,000
2
Bjorn Verbakel
Netherlands
609,000
3
Ken Beckers
Belgium
551,000
4
Ugur Coskun
Switzerland
514,000
5
Tobias Peters
Netherlands
483,000
6
Blaz Zerjav
Slovenia
479,000
7
Taras Slabyk
Germany
459,000
8
Udo Hemmert
Germany
434,000
9
Saulius Tumosa
Lithuania
398,000
10
Jose Obadia
Spain
368,000
Big stacks after Day 1b also belong to Tobias Peters, Blaz Zerjav, Saulius Tumosa and Jose Obadia. Peters was forced to re-enter and steadily built his stack from there on out and notched up large pots with the eliminations of Simon Taberham and Florian Sarnow. Likewise, Zerjav thrived after a late surge when he first doubled and then knocked out Pierre Mothes.
Other notables to advance from Day 1b include Michael Magalashvili, Quirin Zech, David Hu, and Aliaksandr Shylko. A trio of WSOP bracelet winners also made it through as Martin Kabrhel, Sebastian Langrock and Stoyan Madanzhiev bagged and tagged for the night. Kabrhel fired multiple bullets before running up a stack but was one of the players at risk right before the money bubble.
Once the min-cash of €900 was secured, 21 players collected payouts in the final two levels of the night including notables such as Andriy Lyubovetskiy, Dario Alioto, Danny Covyn, and Tomasz Gluszko. Alioto cashed on both Day 1s but failed to make the cut in his bid for a potential second gold bracelet.
Payouts on Day 1b Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha
Place
Winner
Country
Prize (in EUR)
44
Michael Adam
Czech Republic
€ 1,055
45
Arkadiusz Liszewski
Poland
€ 1,055
46
Hamoun Habibi
Netherlands
€ 1,055
47
Pierre Mothes
Germany
€ 1,055
48
Nick Maljers
Belgium
€ 1,055
49
Andriy Lyubovetskiy
Ukraine
€ 985
50
Tomasz Puchalski
Poland
€ 985
51
Danny Covyn
Belgium
€ 985
52
Christina Joergensen Solli
Norway
€ 985
53
Adrian Kyiak
Ukraine
€ 985
54
Alexander Eder
Austria
€ 985
55
Linda van de Ree
Netherlands
€ 985
56
Pawel Keller
Poland
€ 985
57
Benoit Michielsens
Belgium
€ 900
58
Dario Alioto
Italy
€ 900
59
Denys Fedorenko
Ukraine
€ 900
60
Valter Hansson
Sweden
€ 900
61
Konstantinos Tzimas
Greece
€ 900
62
Karsten Kobbing
Germany
€ 900
63
Tomasz Gluszko
Poland
€ 900
64
Hristo Peychev
Bulgaria
€ 900
The 62 remaining contenders will return at 2pm local time on Monday, November 22 for the penultimate tournament day. Blinds will recommence at 4,000-8,000 and a big blind ante of 8,000. Day 2 is scheduled to play down to the final table, which will then be live-streamed the following day. As usual, the PokerNews live reporting team will provide as many of the key hands as possible en route to crowning a champion here in Rozvadov.