Event #2: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #2: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Completed

09-25-2012 03:46 UTC+3

Teisseire & Esfandiari Neck and Neck as Final 15 Head to Day 3

Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The 2012 World Series of Poker Europe continued on Monday with Day 2 of Event #2: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em as the remaining 98 players of a 626-player field returned to battle down to the final 15. Leading the way is Antonin Teisseire, who bagged up 269,500, but the winner of the biggest buy-in poker tournament in history, Antonio Esfandiari, is just 5,500 behind.

The big story at the start of the day was who would make the top 63 and earn a piece of the €600,960 prize pool. Among the 35 players who came up short were Greg Merson, [Removed:163], Konstantin Puchkov, David Benyamine and John Tabatabai; however, the man who went the furthest with nothing to show was Jean Marie Morvan.

On the money bubble, action folded around to Dominik Nitsche in the small blind and he put in a raise. Morvan had 800 of his 1,300 stack in the big blind, and opted to call off the remaining 500.

Showdown
Nitsche: {K-Clubs} {3-Spades}
Morvan: {Q-Clubs} {3-Clubs}

The Frenchman was dominated and seemed a bit dejected as the board ran out {5-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} . Morvan finished as the bubble boy why those players still in the room applauded to celebrate making the money.

A little while later, a big hand developed when Tristan Wade moved all in from early position for 11,300 with {8-} {8-} and received a call from start-of-the-day chip leader Marvin Rettenmaier, who held {A-} {K-} offsuit in the cutoff. French pro Teisseire then moved all in over the top from the big blind with what turned out to be {A-} {A-} , and Rettenmaier opted to call off for over 30,000. Both Wade and Rettenmaier were at risk, but the former would be spared as the board ran out {K-} {4-} {8-} {4-} {10-} and he tripled with a full house; meanwhile, Teisseire took down a sizeable side pot and Rettenmaier was eliminated from the tournament in 47th place for €2,133. Wade would join Rettenmaier a short time later in 43rd place while Teisseire went on to capture the chip lead.

Other in-the-money finishers included Renaud Blangiardi (56th-€1,965), Roger Hairabedian (39th-€2,344), Daniel Weinman (35th-€2,608), Dominik Nitsche (34th-€2,608), Erik Cajelais (27th-€3,846), Gil George (25th-€3,846) and John Monnette (23rd-€4,489) and Andrey Gulyy (16th-€6,340).

While many fell, some survived and others even thrived. Among those returning for Day 3 are Day 1a chip leader Ashly Butler, Joe Kuether, Salvatore Bonavena, W.J. Vincent, McLean Karr and Casey Kastle.

Here’s a look at tomorrow’s lineup with chip counts:

Table 1

Seat	Player	Count
1	McLean Karr	61,000
2	-empty-	N/A
3	Valentin Detoc	174,000
4	Salvatore Bonavena	86,000
5	Casey Kastle	54,500
6	Ashly Butler	179,500
7	Remi Bollengier	136,000
8	Antonin Teisseire	269,500
9	-empty-	N/A

Table 2

Seat	Player	Count
1	Amaury Detoc	82,500
2	Jamel Haddad	85,000
3	Igor Kalinicenko	41,000
4	Antonio Esfandiari	264,000
5	-empty-	N/A
6	Joe Kuether	160,500
7	W.J. Vincent	74,000
8	Florian Ciuro	124,000
9	Anthony Pons	86,000

Tags: Antonin Teisseire Antonio Esfandiari

09-25-2012 03:38 UTC+3

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonin Teisseire	269,500	78,500
Antonio Esfandiari	264,000	14,000
Ashly Butler	179,500	9,500
Valentin Detoc	174,000	-6,000
Joe Kuether	160,500	49,500
Remi Bollengier	136,000	46,000
Florian Ciuro	124,000	39,000
Salvatore Bonavena	86,000	43,500
Anthony Pons	86,000	26,000
Jamel Haddad	85,000	15,000
Amaury Detoc	82,500	24,500
W.J. Vincent	74,000	2,000
McLean Karr	61,000	-5,000
Casey Kastle	54,500	-500
Igor Kalinicenko	41,000	-54,000

09-25-2012 03:24 UTC+3

Bag 'Em and Tag 'Em

Chad Holloway

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The clock has expired on Level 17, which means play has come to a stop. The players are now bagging and tagging, and we'll bring you a full round of counts plus a full recap of today's action in just a bit. Stay tuned.

09-25-2012 03:13 UTC+3

Gully Eliminated in Blind-Versus-Blind Battle

Chad Holloway

Action folded around to Andrey Gulyy in the small blind and he moved all in for around 35,000, which Valentin Detoc called from the big blind.

Showdown

Gulyy:

Detoc:

Gulyy was in need of some help with his best chance being a queen, but it wasn't in the cards as the board ran out {4-} {10-} {4-} {8-} {A-} . Gulyy took his leave in 16th place, good for €6,340.

Player	Chips	Progress
Valentin Detoc	180,000	135,000
Andrey Gulyy	Busted

Tags: Andrey Gulyy Valentin Detoc

09-25-2012 03:03 UTC+3

Butler Spikes Another Aces on the River to Eliminate Chapuis

Chad Holloway

After Ashly Butler had opened with a raise, Henri Chapuis moved all in for 35,500. The Day 1a chip leader made the call and it was off to the races.

Showdown

Butler:

Chapuis:

The {10-} {6-} {2} flop was kind to Chapius, as was the {J-Diamonds} turn, but then Butler did what he's done on more than one occasion today... spiked an {A-} on the river. With that, Chapuis dreams of a WSOP Europe bracelet came to an end in 17th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashly Butler	170,000	35,000
Henri Chapuis	Busted

Tags: Henri Chapuis Ashly Butler

09-25-2012 02:55 UTC+3

Vincent Doubles Through Esfandiari; Ekert Gone

Chad Holloway

Antonio Esfandiari opened for 8,000 from early position only to have W.J. Vincent move all in for 25,500 more. Esfandiari asked for an exact count and then slid in a call.

Showdown

Vincent:

Esfandiari: {A-Diamonds}

Vincent was way out in front, especially after the flop came down {Q-Clubs} {2-Spades} {A-Spades} . "Spade," Esfandiari yelled in hopes of a runner-runner flush, but he was silenced when the {3-Clubs} left him drawing dead. The {J-Hearts} was run out on the river for good measure and all Esfandiari could say was, "That's sick."

Meanwhile, Serge Ekert was eliminated in 18th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Esfandiari	250,000	-34,000
W.J. Vincent	72,000	38,500
Serge Ekert	Busted

Tags: Serge Ekert W.J. Vincent Antonio Esfandiari

09-25-2012 02:35 UTC+3

Two Table Redraw

Chad Holloway

After the eliminations of Sylvain Gibert (21st), Marc Bariller (20th) and Guy Pariente (19th), just 18 players remain. Here's a look at the seat draw: