Max Silver just raised under the gun and Mazlum Acar was his only caller from the button.
The flop came down and Silver bet 6,200, Acar quickly called.
On the turn the hit and Silver grabbed chips again. He threw out 12,800, and once again Acar called quickly. The river brought out the , and after a ten-second pause Silver threw out 30,000. Acar folded quickly and Silver took down this early pot.
Welcome to the PokerNews coverage of Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. Yesterday's field of 230 players saw the combination of runners from Day 1a and Day 1b combine to battle for WSOP glory. At the end of the night only 77 players remained in the hunt for the WSOPE Main Event title. With the top 48 making money, it is almost certain that the field will cash today. The man currently closest to achieving that goal is Sergii Baranov who is sitting on a massive stack of 607,000.
The combination of the two starting fields saw the elimination of many notable names. Among those who were eliminated from Day 2 play were Joe Hachem, Isaac Haxton, Mohsin Charania, Scotty Nguyen, Phil Ivey, Chance Kornuth, Antonio Esfandiari, October Niners Greg Merson, Russell Thomas, and Jacob Balsiger, and start-of-the-day chip leader Michael Mizrachi.
While those saw their WSOPE Main Event come to an end, many of the game's biggest names are still in the hunt. Phil Hellmuth worked up a stack of 364,900 which is good for the fourth biggest stack in the room. Joseph Cheong (328,400) and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (326,700) were also able to breach the top ten in chips. Also returning for Day 3 are Daniel Negreanu (290,000), Dan Smith (274,500), October Niner Jesse Sylvia (209,000), last year's champion Elio Fox (201,300), Liv Boeree (140,800), Eugene Katchalov (123,900), Steve Dannenmann (65,000), Jean-Robert Bellande (50,300), and many more.
2012 WSOP Europe End-of-Day-2 Top Ten Counts
Place
Player
Count
1
Sergii Baranov
607,000
2
Axel Pergolizzi
419,400
3
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
375,100
4
Phil Hellmuth
364,900
5
Maxime Conte
342,300
6
Lifeng Chen
340,500
7
Huichen Kuo
339,950
8
Max Silver
333,600
9
Joseph Cheong
328,400
10
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier
326,700
Cards will be in the air at 12:00 PM CET so be sure to stay tuned to all of our coverage as we play down and through the money bubble.