After Michael Ferrell opened with a raise on the button to 1,300, two-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Oleksii Kovalchuk reraised to 4,100 from the small blind. Action got back to Ferrell, and he made the call.
The flop came down , and Kovalchuk checked. Ferrell slid out 5,800, but his wager was upped by Kovalchuk's check-raise to 12,500. Ferrell called.
The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Kovalchuk bet 16,000, and Ferrell called.
Kovalchuk showed the for a set of aces, and Ferrell mucked his hand.
Picking up the action on the board, Brian Park fired a bet of 10,800. His opponent in the hand, Roman Romanovskyi, took a minute, then announced that he was all in.
"Oh boy," sighed Park before pausing for a few seconds. He then announced a call.
Romanovskyi showed the for quad fours. Park showed the for a flopped full house, but unfortunately Romanovskyi's hand was best in this massive cooler.
With this pot, Park was eliminated in 20th place and the first player to go on the day. Romanovskyi moved to 112,000 in chips.
Over on Table 30, Matt Stout raised from middle position and Faraz Jaka reraised from the cutoff seat. Stout called, and the flop came down . Sout checked, and Jaka checked behind.
The two also checked the turn card before seeing the pair the board on the river. After Stout checked, Jaka fired 4,200. Stout folded, and Jaka won the pot.
A couple hands later, Adrien Allain raised from middle position to 1,300. Valentin Messina flatted in the hijack seat, and Michael Ferrell three-bet to 5,600 from the big blind. Allain and Messina both folded, giving Ferrell the pot.
The returning 20 players are currently unbagging their chips and getting rid of the yellow T25 chips. We're a little past the scheduled start time, but the cards will be in the air shortly.
Welcome back for Day 2 of Event #4: €3,250 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout at the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe. Yesterday, 141 players came out to action with just 20 of them moving through to the second, and final, round.
Although most of the players ended with the same amount of chips, Phil Hellmuth's table had an extra player, which allowed him to finish on 71,775. That will give Hellmuth a jump start on the competition as he chases his 13th WSOP gold bracelet.
Some of the names that will be joining Hellmuth are Matt Stout, Chance Kornuth, Dan O'Brien, Daniel Negreanu, John Monnette, Faraz Jaka, Mohsin Charania, Oleksii Kovalchuk and Dominik Nitsche. That's quite an amazing field that's left, which should set things up for one outstanding final table.
Due to the small field size, the tournament officials opted to adjust the structure a bit for this event. Instead of being a three-day event, the event will end here today on Day 2. The final 20 players that all won their table on Day 1 to advance will be playing a regular, multi-table-style tournament until a champion is crowned.
Up top is not only the gold bracelet, but €107,614 in cold, hard cash. As it stands right now, all remaining players are in the money and guaranteed €5,428.
Play kicks off at 2:00 PM local time, so be sure to stick right here with PokerNews for the coverage of the event. We'll see you shortly!
, and Kovalchuk checked. Ferrell slid out 5,800, but his wager was upped by Kovalchuk's check-raise to 12,500. Ferrell called.
, and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Kovalchuk bet 16,000, and Ferrell called.
for a set of aces, and Ferrell mucked his hand.
board, Brian Park fired a bet of 10,800. His opponent in the hand, Roman Romanovskyi, took a minute, then announced that he was all in.
for quad fours. Park showed the 
for a flopped full house, but unfortunately Romanovskyi's hand was best in this massive cooler.
, and Boucher fired 4,200. Romanovskyi folded.
