2017 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #11: €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q5
Prize
€1,115,207
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,350
Prize Pool
€5,025,500
Entries
529
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
75,000

Lakhov Pushing for Lead, Riess Eliminated Late on Day 2 of WSOPE Main Event

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Alexander Lakhov
Alexander Lakhov

Alexander Lakhov nearly nabbed a bracelet, the last domestic one of the year, when he got second in this year's World Series of Poker Global Casino Championship. Unfortunately for the accomplished Russian, he fell heads-up to Sean Yu and had to settle for a payout of $183,527. Despite more than $3.2 million in cashes, Lakhov has yet to claim his first piece of WSOP gold.

It seems he's flown back across the pond hungrier than ever to finish what he came so close to accomplishing. At the close of Day 2 of the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, Lakhov bagged 424,000, putting him squarely in the top five.

Despite his hefty count though, Lakhov still trails overall chipleader Vishal Maini. The British player finished with a monstrous 651,500 at the close of the six levels of Day 2 play. He's got a few cashes totalling a little over $73,000, so the first-place prize of €1,115,207 here would represent quite the windfall for him.

With the close of registration at the start of play — and the customary last-minute entries of numerous high rollers, from the likes of Phil Hellmuth to a gaggle of German crushers — the prize pool was finalized early in the day. The aforementioned payout is of greatest interest of course, but it's also notable that the tournament did manage to inch past the €5 million guarantee with 529 entries, creating a total prize pool of €5,025,500.

Some of the players still in contention for the €1.1 million include bracelet winners Mike Leah, Kristen Bicknell, David Peters, Niall Farrell and Anthony Zinno, as well as defending champ Kevin MacPhee. Team 888poker is also well-represented with Vivian Saliba, Natalie Hof, Parker Talbot and High Roller for One Drop winner Dominik Nitsche making it through.

Ryan Riess
Ryan Riess got eliminated late on Day 2

Former Main Event champ Ryan Riess, tabbed as a player to watch coming as he closes out a smoking-hot 2017, fell near the end of play. He lost most of his stack in a huge flip with jacks against the ace-king of Julian Stuer about an hour before players bagged up.

Others going bust included the aforementioned Hellmuth, as well as Adrian Mateos, Chris Moorman, Nick Petrangelo and John Racener. The elimination of the latter meant Chris Ferguson became the WSOP Player of the Year.

Day 3 play kicks off at noon on Tuesday with blinds at 1,500/3,000 and a running ante of 500, so come back to PokerNews as the tournament marches toward the money bubble.

Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip Count
1Vishal MainiUnited Kingdom651,500
2Milad OghabianNetherlands463,500
3Alexander LakhovRussia424,000
4Jens LübbeGermany419,000
5Roman HeroldGermany412,000
6Gianluca SperanzaAustria408,500
7Michael MrakesCzech Republic408,500
8Stoyan ObreshkovBulgaria386,000
9Goran MandicCroatia377,500
10Anatoliy ZyrinRussia376,000

2017 WSOPE Main Event Day 3 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
11Andrei SiandzevichCzech Republic39,00013
12Natalie HofGermany80,00027
13Matas CimbolasLithuania264,00088
14Kai MünsterGermany83,50028
15Chi ZhangUnited Kingdom101,50034
16Razvan-Andrei DumeaRomania125,00042
17Liwei SunChina260,00087
18Pavel PlesuvMoldova209,50070
      
21Ramin HajiyevAzerbaijan363,000121
22Chun Ho LawUnited Kingdom257,00086
23Julian StuerGermany180,50060
24Aleksandar TomovićSerbia55,00018
25Ioannis Angelou-KonstasGreece170,00057
26Goran MandicCroatia377,500126
27Clement RichezFrance79,50027
28Philipp GruissemGermany273,00091
      
31Paul CoughlanUnited Kingdom44,00015
32Mark RobertsUnited Kingdom283,00094
33Grzegorz GoskPoland90,00030
34Neil SlaterUnited Kingdom79,50027
35David HudsonUnited Kingdom252,00084
36Erik SensNetherlands274,50092
37Franz DitzGermany110,00037
38Thomas HueberAustria35,00012
      
41Dominik NitscheGermany42,00014
42David PetersUnited Kingdom293,50098
43Mike LeahCanada324,000108
44Stieven RazabNetherlands102,00034
45Asi MosheIsrael287,50096
46Kristen BicknellCanada296,00099
47Simon HigginsUnited Kingdom211,50071
48John LeslieUnited Kingdom189,00063
      
51Aaron DuczakCanada56,50019
52Kevin MacPheeUnited States135,00045
53Julian ThomasAustria300,000100
54Vlado BanicevicMontenegro211,00070
55Alexander LakhovRussia424,000141
56Markus DürneggerAustria244,00081
57Ole SchemionGermany173,00058
58Alexandre ViardFrance125,00042
      
61Maximilian LehmanskiGermany251,00084
62Robert SchulzGermany125,00042
63Lee LawrensonUnited Kingdom129,00043
64Ivan LucaArgentina169,50057
65Michal MrakešCzech Republic408,000136
66Marc MacDonnellIreland251,00084
67Peter SmythUnited Kingdom223,50075
68Maria HoUnited States51,00017
      
71Luis Rodriguez CruzSpain228,50076
72Vishal MainiUnited Kingdom651,500217
73Norbert MadarasHungary85,00028
74Oleh HaisiukUkraine255,50085
75Nicky RomanelloUnited Kingdom297,00099
76Anthony GardnerUnited Kingdom60,00020
77Pierre NeuvilleBelgium220,00073
78Mirza NezirevicSweden42,50014
      
81Milad OghabianNetherlands463,500155
82Mohamed MamouniFrance73,50025
83William LiangCanada100,00033
84Sam GraftonUnited Kingdom60,00020
85Diego VenturaPeru192,00064
86Marius GierseGermany146,50049
87Lauren RenderUnited Kingdom125,50042
88James Keith WalkerUnited Kingdom84,00028
      
91Stephen AyresUnited Kingdom261,50087
92Markus StegerGermany170,50057
93László BujtásHungary361,000120
94Dmitry IvanovRussia275,00092
95Ante VarnicaCroatia159,50053
96Niall FarrellUnited Kingdom240,00080
97Eugene KatchalovUkraine117,50039
98Anatoliy ZyrinRussia376,000125
      
101Stoyan ObreshkovBulgaria386,000129
102[Removed:172]Germany250,00083
103Ben FarrellUnited Kingdom60,00020
104Sebastian LangrockAustria213,00071
105Usman SiddiqueUnited Kingdom71,50024
106Tomasz ChmielPoland288,50096
107Andrei DemidovRussia189,50063
108Norson SahiBrazil68,50023
      
111Ismael BojangAustria212,50071
112Thomer PidunGermany298,00099
113Lander LijoSpain327,000109
114Roberto RomanelloUnited Kingdom55,00018
115Roman HeroldGermany412,000137
116Connor HogartyIreland83,50028
117Ihar SoikaBelarus91,00030
118Jan-Peter JachtmannGermany261,50087
      
121Anatoly FilatovRussia241,50081
122Henry TranCanada112,00037
123Omid MojaverianIran261,00087
124Max AltergottGermany68,00023
125Michaël GoossensBelgium170,00057
126Stephen ShaylerUnited Kingdom154,00051
127Dominik PankaPoland202,00067
128Leo Worthington-LeeseUnited Kingdom265,50089
      
131Leo NashUnited Kingdom82,00027
132Robert BickleyUnited Kingdom195,00065
133Gilbert DiazFrance91,50031
134Andrei BogheanRomania315,000105
135Haroldo Da SilvaBrazil114,50038
136Christian StoyanovGermany370,500124
137Jens LübbeGermany419,500140
138Vlad DarieRomania186,50062
      
141Evgeny KafelnikovRussia98,00033
142Davidi KitaiBelgium121,00040
143Anthony ZinnoUnited States179,00060
144Steffen SontheimerGermany57,00019
145Stepan OsinovskiRussia251,50084
146Eusebiu JalbaRomania165,00055
147Stefan SchillhabelGermany183,00061
148Christian RachelGermany318,000106
      
151Abdelhakim ZoufriNetherlands275,00092
152Marti Roca De TorresSpain148,50050
153Kyle OakCanada41,00014
155Javier ZarcoSpain303,500101
156Jack SalterUnited Kingdom345,000115
157Parker TalbotCanada83,50028
158Pavel IgnatovRussia58,50020
      
161James AblottUnited Kingdom116,50039
162Alexandru PapazianRomania158,00053
163Maria LampropulosArgentina101,00034
164Lucas Gomes SilvaBrazil205,50069
165Angelo MiliotoUnited Kingdom48,00016
166Osman MustanogluUnited Kingdom260,00087
167Mathijs JonkersNetherlands367,500123
168Gianluca SperanzaAustria408,000136
      
171Rainer KempeGermany330,500110
172Vivian SalibaBrazil226,50076
173David LopezSpain177,00059
174Mikhail SurinRussia318,500106
175Neil RyderUnited Kingdom60,00020
176Antoine SaoutFrance151,00050
177Mustapha KanitItaly151,00050
178Will KassoufUnited Kingdom91,50031

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