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Welcome back to the Wynn Las Vegas and the Wynn Fall Classic for Day 2 of the European Open Special Edition.
Friday and Saturday played host to the two grueling opening flights that saw 259 and 414 players turn out respectively to create a 673-player field that created a whopping $665,866 prize pool that smashed the $400,000 guarantee. Only 119 players remain today, and the first goal will be surviving until that money bubble bursts when the top 98 players are guaranteed a $1,984 payout for their hard earned efforts.
From there, everyone's focus will be jostling for position as the tournament plays down to the final table of nine that will return on Monday to battle it out until a European Open Special Edition Champion is crowned.
The player in prime position is Egi Adriaans who amassed a massive 410,500-chip stack after going on a heater in the final level of play. Adriaans has a monster lead over his nearest rival who is Day 1a chip leader Joseph Wertz and his 305,500 in chips. The top few chip stacks are held by players of the highest caliber and skill as the top ten combined chip stacks are:
Top 10 Chip Counts
Player
Country
Chip Count
Egi Adriaans
Belgium
410,500
Hong Zhang
China
289,000
Rex Clinkscales
USA
249,500
Matty Levine
USA
246,000
Karel Kratochvil
Czech Republic
223,000
Jo Anders Hauklan
Norway
218,500
Lawrence Ma
USA
216,500
Mark Rink
Netherlands
212,000
John Bonadies
UK
210,500
Jussi Perlinen
Finland
209,000
A plethora of notables are still in the field with the likes of Darren Rabinowitz, Federico Butteroni, Kirk Morrison, Ryan Laplante, Dutch Boyd, and David Sklansky all still in contention along with Unibet Qualifiers and Ambassadors.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be back on the floor of the Wynn Las Vegas once Day 2 play starts at 12:00 p.m. (PST), so make sure to stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the action from the European Open Special Edition.
Unibet Ambassador Ian Simpson has just been eliminated from today's tournament.
Simpson opened the action with a raise and was met with two callers before he check-raised all in on an flop. One opponent called and tabled to be well ahead of Simpson's .
The turn and river blanked out, and Simpson was headed to the rail.
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Kenny Ho opened to 17,000 in the hijack and Rauno Tahvonen moved all in from the small blind for roughly 120,000. Ho quickly called having Tahvonen slightly covered.
Ho:
Tahvonen:
The flop landed to give Ho outs to a straight, and when the dealer dropped the on the turn, Ho would complete his straight but still leave Tahvonen drawing to a ten for a chop, or a heart to make a flush.
The river landed the , and with that, Tahvonen was eliminated while Ho climbed to roughly 265,000 in chips.
The beautiful city of Bucharest will host a main event for the Unibet Open Poker Tour 2017 from November 30th to December 4th, 2017.
Players will stay at the luxury-grade Marriott hotel and will be treated to the famous Unibet hospitality, including welcome drinks, players’ party and lots of activities away from the poker table.
Last year, Traian Bostan defeated Eli Heath heads-up when his held true against Heath's on a final board of . Bostan collected the €100,000 first prize after topping the 603-player field as the final table payouts were as following:
Iwan Jones pushed all in from middle position for roughly 180,000 and Jordan Cristos called in the small bling. The action was then on Hyeongjin Kim in the big blind, and he moved all in for roughly 223,000. Cristos called the additional amount, and the cards were tabled.
Kim:
Jones:
Cristos:
The dealer spread a flop to give all three players backdoor chop outs, but when the turn landed the , it saw the advantage strongly shift into Cristos' favor.
Kim and Jones would either need to spike their own set or see a spade land on the river to remain in the tournament, but when the completed the board on the river, both Kim and Jones were eliminated.
The action folded round to Nissar Quraishi in the small blind, and he shoved all in for 228,000. Joseph Wertz went into the tank for some time before making the call to put Quraishi at risk.
Quraishi:
Wertz:
The board ran out and Quraishi was eliminated in 32nd place while Wertz climbed to roughly 510,000 in chips.
flop. One opponent called and tabled 
to give Ho outs to a straight, and when the dealer dropped the 
on the turn, Ho would complete his straight but still leave Tahvonen drawing to a ten for a chop, or a heart to make a flush.
, and with that, Tahvonen was eliminated while Ho climbed to roughly 265,000 in chips.
held true against Heath's 
on a final board of 
flop to give all three players backdoor chop outs, but when the turn landed the 
, it saw the advantage strongly shift into Cristos' favor.
completed the board on the river, both Kim and Jones were eliminated.
and Quraishi was eliminated in 32nd place while Wertz climbed to roughly 510,000 in chips.
