A 1 PM Start for the 165 Surviving Players in the WSOP International Circuit Main Event in Rotterdam
At 1 p.m. local time Day 2 of the €1,100 Main Event will start with 165 players out of 495 entries returning to the felt to battle it out to reach the final day here at the World Series of Poker International Circuit in Holland Casino Rotterdam. The €250,000 guaranteed prize pool has been surpassed and the exact prize pool details are to be announced soon after the start of the tournament.
Starting the day with the overall chip lead is Fadi Ghabour with 396,500 in chips. He is followed by Orhan Ates, Pim Gieles, Majid Bozakraft, and Day 1a chip leader, Renato Messina. Other players to keep an eye on include Gregory Luttke-Grech, Kevin Paqué, Ori Hasson, day 1c chip leader Andrea Ricci, Michal Mrakes, Andrei Berinov, Javier Zarco, and many more Dutch and international poker stars.
The seat draw has not been received from the organization yet but the PokerNews live reporting team will post it once it is on our hands. When the players return to the tables, Level 13 will be the first level of the day. It features a small blind of 1,000, big blind of 2,000, and a big blind ante of 2,000. Level duration will increase to 50 minutes throughout the event and a break has been scheduled after every two levels. A dinner break of 60 minutes is expected to take place after Level 21 and play should stop once the final table has been reached.
Keep reading the updates right here as the team will be bringing you all the action from the first card off the deck to the bubble until the final bag has been sealed for the final day!
for Biz to hold with the higher pocket pair to burst the bubble.
to not bring any help to Farag as he was sent away in 27th place.
for Paque to hold and eliminate Aerts in 25th place.
, Ntoumos bet 78,000, Biz tank-shoved with the bigger stack. Ntoumos tanked for two minutes and then called for his last 430,000 with 
. Biz held 
.
for Biz to hold and eliminate Ntoumos in 24th place.
, Bozakraft check-raised the 22,000 bet of Schaap to 100,000. Schaap responded with a shove for 480,000 in total and Bozakraft called with 
for two pair. Schaap held 
for the open-ended straight draw.
to give Schaap a pair of aces but he bricked the river to be sent to the rail in 22nd place.
