20 Remain as Hellmuth Chases Lucky Number 13
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!