A Winner Will be Crowned in Event #6: €1,650 PLO/NLH Mixed
Out of a field of 339 entries in Event #6: €1,650 PLO/NLH Mixed, only 76 players remain in contention for the €483,075 prize pool and the top 51 finishers will be paid. The fourth gold bracelet of the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe will be up for grabs when the action resumes at noon local time in Europe's biggest poker arena at the King's Resort in Rozvadov.
Leading the field into Day 2 is Frenchman Julien Sitbon with a stack of 551,000, followed by Mario Llapi (521,500) as the only player above half a million in chips.
Big stacks for the final day also include Michael Magalashvili (438,500), Claudio Di Giacomo (361,000), and Linda Nguyen (328,000). Only a few days ago, Dutchman Bjorn Verbakel earned his maiden WSOP bracelet in Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha and will aim to double that tally today but he will have a long road ahead with a stack of just 34,500.
Top 10 Chip Counts for Day 2 Event #6: €1,650 PLO/NLH Mixed
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julien Sitbon | France | 551,000 | 138 |
| 2 | Mario Llapi | Albania | 521,500 | 130 |
| 3 | Michael Magalashvili | Israel | 438,500 | 110 |
| 4 | Moncef Karoui | Tunisia | 430,500 | 108 |
| 5 | Denys Fedorenko | Ukraine | 377,500 | 94 |
| 6 | Claudio Di Giacomo | Italy | 361,000 | 90 |
| 7 | Bjorn Verbakel | Netherlands | 345,000 | 86 |
| 8 | Linda Nguyen | Norway | 328,000 | 82 |
| 9 | Israel Bulut | Germany | 318,000 | 80 |
| 10 | Christopher Wood | United Kingdom | 317,500 | 79 |
Other notables in contention for the coveted gold bracelet are familiar names such as Dario Alioto, Stoyan Madanzhiev, Krasimir Yankov, Roland Israelashvili, Antoine Vranken, Andriy Lyubovetskiy, Jonathan Abdellatif, Michal Mrakes, and Abdelhakim Zoufri.
The action will recommence in level 15 at blinds of 1,500/3,000 with a big blind of 3,000. Every nine hands, the game type will alternate between No-Limit Hold'em and Pot-Limit Omaha. All levels will last 40 minutes each and the tournament is scheduled to play down to a winner tonight.
Stay tuned to find out who claims the gold bracelet at the King's Resort as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor from start to finish.