Main Event Day 2 | 2017 WSOP International Circuit King's Casino Rozvadov

10-15-2017 18:26 UTC+2

Cantu Rivers a Straight

Adam Lamers

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The pot had a little over 65,000 in it and the board read . Brandon Cantu was in the big blind and led out for a casual 35,000. His opponent went into the tank for a couple minutes before eventually making the call.

Cantu turned over for a straight and his opponent sent his cards to the muck. Cantu racked up a stack of over 200,000 and then got moved tables, now sitting to the left of Bertrand Grospellier.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Cantu	202,500	45,500

Tags: Brandon Cantu

10-15-2017 18:16 UTC+2

Any Aces Around

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Vojtěch Škalák raised to 6,000 and Dov Peterfreund moved all in for 74,000, which caused Rifat Gegic to reshove from late position and forced out all opponents including Skalak.

Dov Peterfreund:
Rifat Gegic:

The board came and Peterfreund doubled.

One hand later, Vardan Lapayan shoved for 59,000 and Manuel Fischer reshoved from the small blind.

Vardan Lapayan:
Manuel Fischer:

Fischer could all but laugh, having made the same move as Gegic the hand before, and the board of let the player from Georgia double up as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rifat Gegic	180,000	-65,000
Dov Peterfreund	160,000	108,500
Vardan Lapayan	125,000	16,900
Manuel Fischer	50,000	-69,700

Tags: Dov Peterfreund Manuel Fischer Rifat Gegic Vardan Lapayan

10-15-2017 18:05 UTC+2

Khakhalyev Busts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Dmytro Khakhalyev moved all in for 54,000 from the cutoff and Van Tiep Nguyen reshoved out of the small blind to see Khakhalyev already expose his cards. However, Tezer Cetindag in the big blind was still to act and eventually folded.

Dmytro Khakhalyev:
Van Tiep Nguyen:

The board came and that was it for Khakhalyev.

One table over, Pavel Stolar raised to 6,500 and called the three-bet to 27,000 by Catalin Pop in the small blind. Both checked the flop before Pop check-called a bet of 25,000 by Stolar on the turn. The duo checked the river and Stolar won the pot with , much to the displeasure of Pop who mucked his cards with force. Jan Mach is now the player with the most chips on their table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Mach	370,000	70,400
Tezer Cetindag	300,000	20,000
Pavel Stolar	255,000	9,000
Catalin Pop	230,000	35,000
Van Tiep Nguyen	120,000	-15,000
Dmytro Khakhalyev	Busted

Tags: Catalin Pop Dmytro Khakhalyev Pavel Stolar Tezer Cetindag Van Tiep Nguyen

10-15-2017 17:58 UTC+2

Stephan Triples Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Steven Stephan, who finished runner-up to Andrej Desset in the €225 partypoker Grand Prix Main Event in Rozvadov in April 2017, was all in for 33,000 and saw Peter Boros at risk for 41,000. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier looked them both up with the superior stack and best hand.

Steven Stephan:
Peter Boros:
Bertrand Grospellier:

The board came and Stephan tripled up, while Boros won the small side pot to remain on five big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Stephan	105,000	-24,600
Bertrand Grospellier	60,000	-70,600
Peter Boros	16,000	-45,200

Tags: Andrej Desset Bertrand Grospellier Peter Boros Steven Stephan

10-15-2017 17:56 UTC+2

Van Wesemael Flips for Stacks

Adam Lamers

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

There was a raise to 6,500 from early position and call from the hijack with the action on Sander van Wesemael in the big blind. He three-bet to 22,500 and his opponent in early position four-bet shoved all-in for 112,600. The player in the hijack folded and van Wesemael called after taking his time on the decision.

van Wesemael:
Opponent:

It was a race situation and the flop came . Van Wesemael was still behind but the on the turn quickly gave him the lead. The river was the van Wesemael eliminated his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sander van Wesemael	295,000	150,000

Tags: Sander van Wesemael

10-15-2017 17:49 UTC+2

Feature Table Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The live-streamed feature table includes Phil Hellmuth and the action can be viewed on a security delay of 30 minutes. Hellmuth has bumped his stack to the average after starting mighty short of that, while Tudor Popa has the biggest stack right there.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tudor Popa	195,000	34,800
Micky Blasi	140,900	30,900
Phil Hellmuth	133,900	29,800
Viacheslav Belyaev	124,900	10,600
Sergei Petrushevskii	118,000	10,600
Viktor Kovachev	94,000	-74,700
Majid Ejlal Noubarian	92,200	-11,900
Dzmitry Rabotkin	38,200	38,200

Tags: Tudor Popa Phil Hellmuth

10-15-2017 17:40 UTC+2

Gegic Gets Some More

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

There are some 150 players remaining and the average is currently at 132,000. Both Michael Magalashvili and Rifat Gegic are above that threshold and the latter scooped a pot. Picking up the action on the turn, Magalashvili checked out of the small blind and called a bet of 20,000 by Gegic.

The river was checked through again and Gegic won the pot with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Rifat Gegic	245,000	45,000
Michael Magalashvili	150,000	27,100

Tags: Michael Magalashvili Rifat Gegic

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

10-15-2017 17:30 UTC+2

The Mach 3 Blades Take the Pot

Adam Lamers

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Jan Mach raised to 6,000 from middle position and was called by the cutoff and Catalin Pop in the big blind. The flop fell and the action was checked around to the on the turn.

Pop led out for 8,000 and Mach made the call as did the cutoff. The double-paired the board and Pop went for a larger bet of 32,000. Mach still called while the cutoff laid his hand down. Pop turned over to get counterfeit on the river. Mach showed for the best hand and raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Mach	299,600	163,400
Catalin Pop	195,000	-55,000

Tags: Catalin Pop Jan Mach

10-15-2017 17:27 UTC+2

Schreiber Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Down to 22,400, Frank Schreiber three-bet all in out of the small blind and initial raiser Aleksandr Pantiukhin called with the . Schreiber took the flip with the and spiked an ace on the board .