Main Event
Day 1b Started
bwin.be WPTN Brussels
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
bwin.be WPTN Brussels
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€417,197
Entries
391
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
15,000
Welcome to Day 1b of the 2015 bwin.be WPT National Brussels
The second starting day of the €1,100+€100 bwin.be WPT National Brussels Main Event promises to attract a far bigger field than yesterday's 144 entries, as already 160 players had purchased their ticket before the doors of the Grand Casino Brussels Viage had opened its doors at 12 p.m. CET. Yesterday's €170 Satellite reached its maximum cap of 100 participants with 12 seats being awarded, the 13th place finisher received a consolation prize of €600.
In about 90 minutes from now at 2 p.m. CET, Day 1b will get underway and everyone that played in the first flight is welcome back at the tables in order to build a bigger stack for Day 2. Among those to likely return after busting on Day 1a are Guillaume Darcourt, Barny Boatman, Martin Mulsow, Jörg Peisert and Pierre Neuville. WPT Nottingham champion Matas Cimbolas is on the way from London and Sinem Melin also arrived in the Belgian capital as well.
Day 1b will feature a total of 12 levels of 45 minutes each with a 15-minute break every three levels. After the end of level eight there is a 75-minute dinner break and registration officially closes at the end of level nine. Bagging and tagging should take place half past midnight and 21 tables upstairs as well as another eight tables downstairs are ready to welcome poker enthusiasts from near and far. Will anyone be able to turn his starting stack of 30,000 chips to more than the 210,900 of Mike Gerry?
The PokerNews team will be right there until another WPT National champion is crowned on Sunday, make sure to tune back in often. If you are the venue, the MyStack app will be available as well to always update your chip count. Below is the day 1b blind structure.
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | 100 | |
| 2 | 75 | 150 | |
| 3 | 75 | 150 | 25 |
| 4 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
| 5 | 150 | 300 | 50 |
| 6 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
| 7 | 250 | 500 | 75 |
| 8 | 300 | 600 | 75 |
| 9 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
| 10 | 500 | 1,000 | 100 |
| 11 | 600 | 1,200 | 200 |
| 12 | 800 | 1,600 | 200 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
On their Second Bullet
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The below players all ran out of chips and had to purchase a second entry in order to take a shot at WPT glory. Action is underway with the button in seat four.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
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A Trio of Dutchmen
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Rob Strong won the first hand on his table against the only other two opponents that were already seated. He raised preflop and made a 300-continuation bet on the 
flop, which was called by both opponents. The 
turn was checked through and the 
river then got Strong off to an early chip lead when his bet of 600 was not called.
"I don't like to be the early chip leader," joked the Dutchman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
A Welcome Surprise
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
George Danzer just sat down to play and after a quick chat, it turns out that his girlfriend has a workshop in Brussels this week and the German decided to jump into the event. Another familiar face is Daniel Duthon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
That Escalated Quickly
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The twitter feed with the hashtag #WPTNBrussels seems to be used quite often and that alerted us to the below update of Simon Hemsworth. The Brit apparently lost almost half of his stack already after flopping top two pair and running into a flopped flush of his opponent with 
.
2nd hand of #WPTNBrussels I squeeze AKo and bet/bet/bet/fold on AhKhxhTs7s and he kindly shows 85hh. Down to 17k from 30k tho.Follow @simonhemsworth
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000 |
Lauck Drops Early On
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
After a turn of 
, Jonas Lauck bet 2,600 and his opponent raised to 7,500. The German asked the dealer for the amount and then dropped in the call before facing another massive bet of 12,000 when the 
fell on the river. Lauck decided to wait for a better spot and didn't want to invest half his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000 | -7,000 |
The Flying Dutchman
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
In the secondary area to the right, Michel Pomaret and Marcel Luske are seated. We arrived just in time to see the "Flying Dutchman" taking down a pot, so he is slightly above starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 | |
|
30,000 |