Abdelhakim Zoufri and Andrei Makavets were heads-up in the blinds with Makavets all-in for 102,500 and Zoufri had him covered. According to one of the players, there was a raise, a three-bet, a four-bet, a five-bet shove, and a call in the end.
Andrei Makavets:
Abdelhakim Zoufri:
The board ran out which caused Makavets to fist pump as a celebration a few times while he secured his double-up.
Sasa Lalos was left with 40,000 chips and found a spot to put them in the middle from the big blind against Giuseppe Rago's open from the button. Rago called and Lalos was looking good to double up.
Sasa Lalos:
Giuseppe Rago:
The flop was decisive for the hand, with the giving the lead to Rago. The on the turn and the on the river didn't change anything and Lalos departed from the event.
The tournament organization has confirmed that there were 768 entries in total which includes the 55 online players. The players will play until there are 71 players left in the field here in the King's Resort as there are 6 players who made it through the online tournament on partypoker who will be added to the field on Day 3.
They have also confirmed that the winner of the WSOP International Circuit Main Event will receive €205,000, the WSOP Circuit Ring, and the WSOPE Main Event ticket worth €10,350.
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier was found all in on the turn from middle position with the board showing . His opponent was Ilya Yakunin from the button, who was holding and had a big advantage over the Frenchman's .
The river was the giving the pot to Yakunin and Grospellier was left with just 5,000 chips, which he lost a couple of hands later.