Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2017 European Open Special Edition
Main Event
Day: 2
Day 2 of European Open Special Edition Las Vegas Ends Early for Security Concerns; Martin Soukup Leads Final 17 Players
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Day 2 of the European Open Special Edition at the Wynn Las Vegas has come to a conclusion with Martin Soukup leading the final 17 players into the final day of play on Monday.
Sunday began with 119 all looking to reach an in-the-money paying top 98 spots. The action began intensely, and as tables broke at a furious rate, the tournament was quickly shifted to hand-for-hand bubble proceedings. Unfortunately for Michael Macey, he would become the tournament bubble boy when he called off what remained of his chips holding 
against Federico Butteroni's 
. Things never improved for Macey, and he would be out the door with nothing to show for his efforts but this hand in the blog.
From there, action would flow at an incredibly fast rate as the likes of Scott McMillan (93rd), Ting Ho (91st), Frank Rusnak (85th), Denaa David (79th), Andrew Mackenzie (77th), Ryan Laplante (72nd), Rauno Tahvonen (68th), Dan Murariu (67th), Kirk Morrison (59th), Katie Lindsay (58th), David Sklansky (56th), David Lappin (53rd), and Jimmy Tran (28th) all were eliminated.
Due to security concerns of players and staff following an incident on the Las Vegas Strip, play was paused for the night with 17 players remaining. Martin Soukup amassed the biggest chip stack of the day with 1,977,000 and he has direct position on his nearest two rivals in Hong Zhang (1,283,000) and Jordan Cristos (1,202,000). Day 1b chip leader Egi Adriaans sits in fourth overall with 1,055,000, while Yngve Steen is the only other player over a million as he has 1,025,000 in chips. Federico Butteroni (876,000), Rex Clinkscales (788,000) and Joe Serock (687,000) are also still in contention as all eyes will be on the $113,059 first prize.
Play is set to resume at 2:00 p.m. (PDT) with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates of all the action until the European Open Special Edition Champion is crowned.
End-of-Day 2 Chip Counts and Seating Draw
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feature Table | 1 | Jordan Cristos | USA |
| Feature Table | 2 | Martin Soukup | Czech Republic |
| Feature Table | 3 | Joris Springael | Belgium |
| Feature Table | 4 | Ekrem Bozkurt | Turkey |
| Feature Table | 5 | Andrey Plotnikov | Russia |
| Feature Table | 6 | Rex Clinkscales | USA |
| Feature Table | 7 | Egi Adriaans | Belgium |
| Feature Table | 8 | Andrew Warren | USA |
| Feature Table | 9 | Hong Zhang | China |
| Secondary Table | 1 | Florin Haiduc | Romania |
| Secondary Table | 2 | --empty-- | -- |
| Secondary Table | 3 | Joe Serock | USA |
| Secondary Table | 4 | Mark Hagendijk | Netherlands |
| Secondary Table | 5 | Federico Butteroni | Italy |
| Secondary Table | 6 | Yngve Steen | Norway |
| Secondary Table | 7 | Ryan Readenour | USA |
| Secondary Table | 8 | Jim Agate | USA |
| Secondary Table | 9 | Henrik Tellving | Sweden |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,977,000
-48,000
|
-48,000 |
|
||
|
1,283,000
-169,000
|
-169,000 |
|
1,202,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
||
|
1,055,000
206,000
|
206,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,025,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
||
|
876,000
-174,000
|
-174,000 |
|
818,000
-136,000
|
-136,000 |
|
788,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
778,000
-69,000
|
-69,000 |
|
687,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
||
|
624,000
192,000
|
192,000 |
|
555,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
|
||
|
520,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
|
385,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
315,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
|
||
|
310,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
309,000
-41,000
|
-41,000 |
|
|
||
Change of Play
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Break Time
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
The remaining 17 players are heading on an unscheduled 15-minute break.
Serock Doubles
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Florin Haiduc opened to 45,000 from early position and Joe Serock moved all in for 309,000. Haiduc went deep into the tank before eventually calling.
Haiduc: 
Serock: 
The board ran out 
and Serock doubled to nearly 700,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
670,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
390,000
-220,000
|
-220,000 |
|
|
||
Steen Takes from Serock
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Joe Serock opened to 45,000 and Yngve Steen three-bet the button to 112,000. Serock called, and then checked the 
flop.
Steen pushed out a bet of 350, and Serock quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,040,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
315,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
|
||
Lawrence Ma Eliminated in 18th Place ($5,685)
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Lawrence Ma pushed all in holding 
and Joe Serock called with 
.
Unfortunately for Ma, there was no help on the board, and he was eliminated in 18th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
425,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Play Resumes
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
The cards are back in the air with just over 26 minutes remaining in this level.
Final 18 Chip Counts
Level 24
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,025,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,452,000
392,000
|
392,000 |
|
|
1,060,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,050,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,050,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
954,000
314,000
|
314,000 |
|
|
849,000
264,000
|
264,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
847,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
|
|
630,000
-61,000
|
-61,000 |
|
|
610,000
-530,000
|
-530,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
590,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
567,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
432,000
-81,000
|
-81,000 |
|
|
430,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
|
420,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
350,000
-98,000
|
-98,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
328,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
170,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |