Four ways to the flop, the action checked to Catalin Diac and he bet 27,000. Narcis Nedelcu called in the hijack while a third player folded. Andreas Chalkiadakis then check-jammed out of the small blind for 198,500 and earned the pot without resistance.
In a preflop raising war, the chips went into the middle of the table between Iman Ghashayar and Alaettin Keles with the latter as the player at risk.
Alaettin Keles:
Iman Ghashayar:
There was no upset in the cards on the board as Keles became the next casualty. "I also had aces the last time," Ghashayar told him on the way out of the tournament area.
Lars Kamphues opened the action with a raise to 10,000 and Murat Yasa then three-bet to 30,000 on the button. The four-bet shove by Kamphues for 151,500 followed and Yasa called.
Lars Kamphues:
Murat Yasa:
The flop vaulted Kamphues into the lead, which he retained thanks to the turn and river.
The action started with a raise to 11,000 by Frantisek Jirout and Levente Pal called. Zhong Chen moved all-in for 57,000 and both opponents came along. On the flop, Pal bet 71,000 when checked to and then folded when Jirout pushed all-in.
Zhong Chen:
Frantisek Jirout:
The turn gave Chen some more outs but he missed them all on the river.
Pasquale Di Ceglie started the action with a raise in late position and Waldemar Kopyl then three-bet on the button. The four-bet shove by Di Ceglie followed and Kopyl called for more than half of his stack.
Pasquale Di Ceglie:
Waldemar Kopyl:
The dominated pair gained no equity throughout the board and Di Ceglie briefly celebrated his victory.
"Who folded an ace?" Tom Orpaz inquired but received no answer from any of the opponents.
On a completed board of , Matthew Bushell had a stack of T-25,000 chips pushed out in front while in the big blind and the action was on Georgios Vrakas. The latter had some 240,000 behind and eventually called it off.
Bushell revealed the for a flopped set and Vrakas exposed his before leaving the tournament area. While stacking the chips, Bushell mentioned that he had check-raised the flop, bet the turn and jammed the river.
As the board showed , Adrian Koermoeczy paid off a bet worth 78,000 by the table big stack Onur Unsal. He was shown the for a ten-high straight flush and several players gasped.
"Jesus ..." Rachid El Yaacoubi sighed as he was sitting on a short stack in the two seat. Unsal had just taken a picture of the board with his smart phone and had a smile on the face.
"You need some coaching on how to make a straight flush?" Unsal asked back to El Yaacoubi as he holds nines times as many chips right now.
Eden Anzio faced a three-bet to 70,000 by Christian Bertu in the small blind and then clicked it back to 198,000 in middle position. Bertu called after short consideration and both checked the flop.
After the turn, Bertu bet 115,000 for Anzio to swiftly call and that led them to the river. Bertu now checked and Anzio pushed all-in for 266,000.
More than five minutes into the tank, the clock was called on Bertu and he tossed in a chip for the call within the thirty second countdown. Once Anzio tabled the and Bertu was reluctant to reveal his, the player from Israel already celebrated.
The dealer exposed the as per all-in showdown rule and Anzio scooped a massive seven-figure pot.
Down to the last three big blinds and in the under-the-gun position, Ilie Smintana Januszewski pushed all-in and was called by Marek Blasko on the button as well as Pierre Trauer in the big blind.
Both active players checked down the board and Trauer tabled the for a pair of sevens. Smintana Januszewski had that beat with the and Blasko mucked the .
At the same time, Silviu Baltaenu was knocked out by Andrea Sirigu and that brought the field down to 89 players.
The 2022 World Series of Poker International Circuit €1,700 Main Event Autumn Edition at the King's Resort in Rozvadov is one step closer to crowning a champion. Out of a field of 748 entries, only 84 players remain in contention in Europe's biggest poker arena and they all aim to secure a portion of the €1,101,430 prize pool.
Upon completion of nine 60-minute levels, the money bubble was all but reached as the top 80 finishers will earn at least €3,395 for their efforts. With just a few eliminations away from the stone cold bubble, the end of the night was a tense affair and six players claimed a seven-figure stack to their name in pursuit of WSOP glory.
The UK's Matthew Bushell leads the way with 1,208,000, narrowly ahead of Eden Anzio (1,183,000) and Mirza Veletanlic (1,147,000). Czech WSOP Main Event finalist Vojtech Ruzicka retained his prime spot after bagging the most chips on Day 1b and showcased his talents on the live-streamed feature table to finish the night with 1,028,000.
Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 2
Position
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Matthew Bushell
United Kingdom
1,208,000
101
2
Eden Anzio
Israel
1,183,000
99
3
Mirza Veletanlic
Sweden
1,147,000
96
4
Vojtech Ruzicka
Czech Republic
1,028,000
86
5
Renat Bohdanov
Ukraine
1,027,000
86
6
Dawid Smolka
Poland
1,019,000
85
7
Samuel Tebege
Germany
987,000
82
8
Lars Kamphues
Germany
880,000
73
9
Andrea Sirigu
Italy
867,000
72
10
Iman Ghashayar
Netherlands
819,000
68
The overnight top ten also features the WSOP Europe bracelet winner Renat Bohdanov, Dawid Smolka, and Lars Kamphues. Bohdanov was involved in a dramatic turn of events during the final hands of the night when his four-bet shove with kings was paid off by Radu Pitic, who only had king-queen and lost the vast majority of his stack.
Bushell's rise to the top of the leaderboard culminated in level 16 when the Brit flopped a set of fours and Georgios Vrakas was unable to lay down pocket aces for an overpair. Second-placed Anzio won the largest pot of the day after he scored a massive double through Italy's Christian Bertu in a four-bet pot.
Other notables in prime position for a run to the nine-handed final table on Day 3 include Waheed Ashraf, Nicola Angelini, Onur Unsal, Jason Wheeler, Georgios Tsouloftas, Sergiu Covrig, and Marek Blasko.
The de facto defending champion Volkan Alkan - who topped the April edition in a field of 648 entries - is also still in the mix with a stack of 340,000. Likewise, former WSOP Circuit King's Main Event winner Andrea Ricci has 261,000 at his disposal.
Those who came up short of surviving another day were the likes of Tom Orpaz, Emil Bise, Kully Sidhu, William Kassouf, Ori Hasson, Matous Skorepa, Antoine Vranken, Dalibor Dula, and Vangelis Kaimakamis. Argentina's Maria Lampropulos was also a high-profile casualty of the day but she earned redemption in the early morning hours after topping a field of 155 entries in the €1,100 Bounty Hunter ring event. She defeated King's regular Yehuda Cohen in heads-up for a payday of €24,694 and additional 2022 WSOP Europe €10,350 Main Event ticket.
The same highly sought-after entry will also be awarded to the top 12 finishers in the WSOP Circuit €1,700 Main Event as well. However, until then, it's still a long way to go and the money bubble dynamics will go into effect when Day 3 kicks off at 2pm local time on Monday, October 10, 2022.
Stay tuned right here on PokerNews and on the King's Resort Twitch channel for the conclusion of the tournament in the following two days.