Roman Hrabec and Ioannis Angelou-Konstas got into a raising war blind-on-blind preflop. Eventually, all the chips went in the middle, with Hrabec being at risk.
Roman Hrabec: Q♠2♥
Iannis Angelou-Konstas: A♥Q♣
The board remained favorable for the superior hand, as the 10♥10♠4♠K♥3♦ runout formed no threat for Angelou-Konstas. Hrabec was eliminated after a short adventure on Day 2.
Wing Po Liu moved all in for 495,000 from the cutoff before Martin Kabrhel reshoved from the button. Gab Yong Kim and Orpen Kisacikoglu folded in the blinds.
Wing Po Liu: Q♣9♣
Martin Kabrhel: A♣10♥
Liu was behind but had some hope with his flush draw on the 6♣5♣2♥ flop, and he leapfrogged Kabrhel on the 10♣ turn. However, the 2♣ river gave Kabrhel the nut flush to send Liu to the rail.
Nacho Barbero open-raised to 85,000 from middle position, and only Ben Heath called, in the big blind. The flop of Q♠6♣7♥ then saw Heath check-call the 100,000 continuation-bet of Barbero before he led out for the minimum of 40,000 on the 8♥ turn.
Barbero made the call and the 7♦ river rolled off. Heath reverted to checking again, after which Barbero opted to put his opponent all-in for his final 490,000 chips.
Heath had to use several time banks but eventually came up with a call. Barbero could only show a bluff with his K♣5♣, which Heath beat by calling off with 6♥4♥ for bottom pair.
He raked in the pot and left Barbero with just over ten big blinds.
Chris Brewer raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and Ioannis Angelou-Konstas called from the button. Quan Zhou then three-bet jammed from the small blind, covering all remaining players.
Brewer made the call and Angelou-Konstas folded, leading to a heads up showdown.
Chris Brewer: K♠K♣
Quan Zhou: 9♥9♣
Brewer flopped a set on K♥10♦7♣ to extend his already big lead to a massive one. The turn came the 4♣, and that left Zhou drawing dead. His lower set on the 9♠ river did not matter, and Brewer was off to an amazing start early on Day 2.
The second and final day of World Series of Poker EuropeEvent #12: €50,000 NLH Diamond High Roller is set to kick off at 2 p.m. local time. Eighteen of the world’s best players will return to King’s Resort in Rozvadov to wage war for the golden WSOP bracelet and what is sure to be an astronomical first-place prize. What that prize will be is uncertain yet, however, as late registration remains open until the completion of the first level of the day.
What is close to certain, though, is that the field size of 29 and the accompanying collected prize pool of €1,363,725 will grow significantly before the late registration closes, as more familiar faces are expected to show up and the option for reentries also remains on the table for one full level.
One player who is looking set to avoid a reentry is Canadian superstar Daniel Dvoress. Dvoress won his second gold bracelet in Event #8: €25,000 GGMillion only three days ago, and is looking for repeat high-stakes victories as he comes into Day 2 as fourth in chips. His 2,690,000 chips give him 67 big blinds to play with when Day 2 commences, but he is still trailing chip leader Ren Lin by quite a bit. After a rough start and one reentry, Lin managed to bag 3,370,000 chips, being the only player to cross the three-million mark.
Ren Lin
The top three is then rounded out by high roller regulars Quan Zhou and Santhosh Suvarna. Less than one big blind separates these two players, as Zhou will start with 2,755,000 chips while Suvarna will have 2,725,000 chips on the table. Meanwhile, Czech home-field player Martin Kabrhel (2,090,000), four-time bracelet winner Adrian Mateos (2,085,000), and defending champion Orpen Kisacikoglu (1,465,000) also find themselves in the upper half of the leaderboard.
Start of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Ren Lin
China
3,370,000
84
2
Quan Zhou
China
2,755,000
69
3
Santhosh Suvarna
India
2,725,000
68
4
Daniel Dvoress
Canada
2,690,000
67
5
Martin Kabrhel
Czechia
2,090,000
52
6
Adrian Mateos
Spain
2,085,000
52
7
Hyunsup Kim
South Korea
1,755,000
44
8
Felipe Ketzer
Brazil
1,610,000
40
9
Orpen Kisacikoglu
Turkey
1,465,000
37
10
Nacho Barbero
Argentina
1,235,000
31
Those working with shorter stacks include Teun Mulder (885,000), and bracelet winners Ben Heath (755,000) and Wing Po Liu (735,000). Tamas Adamszki, meanwhile, is sitting at the very bottom of the leaderboard with 715,000 chips.
Tamas Adamszki
When the action restarts at 2 p.m. local time, blinds will be at Level 14: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. Anyone who decides to enter or reenter during that level will receive the starting stack of 1,000,000 chips, good for 25 big blinds. All levels will be 40 minutes in length, with a break scheduled after every three of them, and play will continue until a champion is crowned.
After the first three levels, a cards-up live stream is also starting on King’s Resort’s official Youtube and Twitch channels, and the PokerNews live report will operate on the same one-hour delay from there on out.
Stay tuned for an exciting day full of high-stakes bubble and final table action right here on PokerNews, and witness who will be awarded the latest High Roller bracelet.
