Event #2: Super MILLION$ Main Event, $10,300 [Day 2, WSOP Ring]
Day 2 Started
Event #2: Super MILLION$ Main Event, $10,300 [Day 2, WSOP Ring]
Day 2 Started
Day 2 action in the Event #2: Super MILLION$ Main Event, $10,300 [Day 2, WSOP Ring] on is about to commence on GGPoker, with 99 players returning out of 748 entrants. The tournament had a guarantee of $5 million but smashed that with a total prize pool of $7.5 million.
Austria's Marius Gierse enters Day 2 as chip leader with a 128-big blind stack of 2.6 chips, followed closely by Roman "RRomashka" Emelyanov of Russia and Ravid Garbi of Israel. Other top grinders who made it through Day 1 include fellow Austrian pro Christian Rudolph, Chris Moorman, Justin Bonomo, Sam Greenwood and Isaac Haxton , who enters Day 2 as a short stack with just 8.5 big blinds.
The first place finisher will earn a coveted WSOP ring and seven-figure cash of $1.2 million , while the runner-up will earn $920,185 and the third place finisher will receive $709,560.
Day 2 will break when there are nine players remaining in the tournament, and those players will return for final table action on Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. GMT.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be here bringing you updates as soon as the action begins.
Action has begun.
Level: 1
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,500
Isaac Baron three-bet to 110,000 in middle position and James Anderson called after opening from UTG+ 1. Baron down-bet to 76,000 on the flop and his opponent called. Baron sized up to 139,260 on the turn and his opponent laid it down.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Isaac Baron
|
962,111 | |
James Anderson
|
814,046 |
In a single-raised heads-up pot, Christian Jeppsson c-bet 53,950 from UTG+1 on the flop and Vicent Ramon called in the cutoff. Both players checked the turn and Jeppsson fired for 124,532 on the river, which his opponent called.
Ramon showed for a pair of jacks, while Jeppsson also had a pair of jacks with but was out-kicked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christian Jeppsson | 2,045,571 | |
Vicent B Ramon
|
926,889 |
Joshua McCully opened to 41,785 from UTG+1 and Sam Greenwood three-bet to 104,000 in middle position. It folded to David Yan in the small blind, who put in a four-bet shove for 820,512. The shove got a fold from both opponents.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sam Greenwood
|
1,073,851 | |
David Yan
|
1,006,297 | |
Joshua McCully | 689,372 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 12,500/25,000
Ante: 3,000
Just before blinds went up, Christian Jeppsson opened to 40,000 in the cutoff and Sergei Denisov flatted on the button. Jeppsson continued for 45,950 on the flop and Denisov called, and also called when his opponent bet [107,252 on the turn. The river brought the and Jeppsson continued his story with a 335,802 bet. Denisov responded by moving all-in for 1.1 million, and Jeppsson laid it down.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sergei Denisov | 2,457,589 | |
Christian Jeppsson | 1,424,067 | -621,504 |
"Whitelied" three-bet shoved in the small blind for 159,750 and Marius Gierse called after opening in middle position.
"Whitelied":
Marius Gierse:
"Whitelied" did not want to see an ace or a seven but they saw both of them as the board ran out and they were eliminated. The knockout gave Gierse the chip lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marius Gierse | 2,818,861 | |
Whitelied | Busted |