Level: 14
Blinds: 5,000/5,000
Ante: 0
2015 Tonybet OFC World Championship
€1,000 Main Event
Day: 2
Break Time!
Level 14
: 4,000/4,000, 0 ante
Two levels are in the books, and players are on the first 20 minute break in the day. Points will be worth 5,000 chips each when play resumes.
Evgeniy Taranyuk Eliminated in 10th Place (€2,009)
Level 14
: 4,000/4,000, 0 ante
Over on the feature table, Evgeniy Taranyuk was just eliminated in 10th place for €2,009. Russia's Sergey Bagirov now joins Alexandra Usoltseva and Tomas Ksenevicius on the feature table.
While 10th-12th places all were paid the same amount, each elimination going forward will receive an escalating amount of money. The next person eliminated in ninth place will be awarded €2,761.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
472,000 | 80,000 |
|
340,000 | 70,000 |
|
Busted |
Beniot Jean Eliminated in 11th Place (€2,009)
Level 14
: 4,000/4,000, 0 ante
The tournament's third shortest stack to head into the day, Beniot Jean, was the today's second person to exit the tournament. While the Canadian was ultimately eliminated by Russian Ilia Karasin, some of his chips went to his friend Jean-Philippe Piquette as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
383,000 | 101,000 |
|
300,000 | 69,000 |
|
Busted |
Table Four Pictures - Russian Battle
Table four features three playres all from Russia. Sergey Bagirov and Sergei Illarionov were the two chip leaders to start the day, so its certainly possible if players collide one of them will emerge with a huge stack.
Level: 14
Blinds: 4,000/4,000
Ante: 0
Johnny Johansen Eliminated in 12th Place (€2,007)
Level 13
: 3,000/3,000, 0 ante
Norway's Johnny Johansen was the first casualty of the day. It took almost 40 minutes of play before Roman Pavliuk was able to get his chips. Pavliuk in the process was also able to grab some of the chip stack from Belarus' Dzianis Kisel.
Johansen was the short-stack heading into today and collected €2,007 for his 12th place finish. This represented his third largest cash in a live tournament after his seventh place finish in the €750 JP Poker Masters event in March 2012 for €2,510 and his 14th place finish in the € 800+80 NM Omaha Pot Limit - Triple Chance event for €2,410 .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
603,000 | 210,000 |
|
200,000 | 200,000 |
|
Busted |
Table Three Pictures
Norway's Johnny Johansen, Ukraine's Roman Pavliuk, and Belarus' Kisel Dziayis battle it out on table #3.
Feature Table Pictures - Russia vs. Lithuania
Russia's Alexandra Usoltseva and Evgeniy Taranyuk and Lithania's Tomas Ksenevicius are all battling it out on the featuring table.
Table Two Pictures - Canadian Friends Battle
Russia's Ilia Karasin is battling it out with Canada's Beniot Jean and Jean-Philippe Piquette on table two.
Beniot and Piquette actually traveled to Prague together and are sharing the same room. The two are often battling it out on an OFC app and now are facing off against each other for a chance at over €30,000 and the championship belt.
