Both Tobias Peters and Henry Szmelcer have busted early under unknown circumstances. Though, they each started with half-average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Pascal Masset quickly got up to more than 120,000 chips and then got involved into a raising war with Nicolas Nicolopoulos. The latter five-bet shoved with pocket aces and Masset called with pocket kings to fall down to around 13,000 in chips. The Belgian just now moved almost all in, leaving himself a T-100 chip behind to scoop the blinds and antes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000
118,100
|
118,100 |
|
17,000
-55,900
|
-55,900 |
Danut-Florin Chisu defended his big blind against the raise of Olivier Duran from under the gun. On the 
turn, Duran moved all in with 
and Chisu snap-called with the 
for a straight. Only a diamond could save Duran, though the 
river was a brick.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
51,300
|
51,300 |
|
|
Busted |
The below post contains all players that busted on Day 2 under unknown circumstances.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Down to his last seven big blinds, Quentin Lecomte moved all in with 
and was called by Samuel Bovy in the big blind with 
. There was no surprise on the board and the Frenchman was gone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000
21,400
|
21,400 |
|
Busted |
Dieter van Itterbeeck three-bet to 8,800 and then called the shove of Omar Dahmani for 78,200 with 
. Dahmani held the 
and was ready to leave his table once the 
flop fell. Sure enough, right after Dahmani stood up the 
arrived on the turn and the 
river completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
|
50,000
-80,200
|
-80,200 |
Jonathan Abdellatif started the day with just over one big blind and got that in with 
. Niels Gybels scored the knockout with 
after eight high won the pot with kicker seven!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
The winner of the event will walk home with the trophy, title of World Poker Tour National champion as well as a first-place payout of €80,000. The first 45 spots will get paid and a minimum cash is worth €2,335. You can find the full payouts by clicking here.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
In one hour from now at 2 p.m. local time, Day 2 of the €1,100 + €100 bwin.be World Poker Tour National Brussels Main Event restarts with level 13. Out of a field of 391 entries, 145 hopefuls remain and the action recommences with blinds of 1,000-2,000 and a running ante of 300.
On the second day of the event, the level duration increases to 60 minutes each and 100 participants will leave the Grand Casino Brussels Viage empty-handed still. A maximum of 10 levels will be played on Day 2 and the first 45 spots will get paid, the payout will be announced by WPT tournament director Christian Scalzi once the cards are back in the air.
Leading the field of survivors is Yves Senterre with astonishing 311,100 followed by Niels Gybels (225,200). Day 1a chip leader Mike Gerry (210,900) ranks in third place overall whereas other familiar names on above-average stacks include World Series Of Poker bracelet winner Barny Boatman (176,100), WPTN Cyprus finalist Marco Della Tommasina (171,500), Anthony Rodrigues (152,000), 2014 French player of the year Erwann Pecheux (151,200), Bert Geens (143,800), Matthias de Clercq (121,000) and Antoine Saout (112,000).
As of 17:00 local time there is also the start of the two-day €2,000 + €200 High Roller with 50,000 in chips and 40-minute levels. Among others, Guillaume Darcourt won his ticket in a €220 Satellite yesterday evening after busting out of Day 1b of the Main Event.
Main Event Day 2 blind level structure:
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 300 |
| 14 | 1,200 | 2,400 | 400 |
| 15 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 500 |
| 16 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 500 |
| 17 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 500 |
| 18 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 1,000 |
| 19 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 |
| 20 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 1,000 |
| 21 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 2,000 |
| 22 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 2,000 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide all the key situations on the way to crown another WPT National champion on Sunday, so make sure to tune back in regularly and enjoy the show.
