Event #1: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker Europe

10-22-2017 23:35 UTC+2

Savinelli Limps Aces and gets Paid

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Carlo Savinelli limped from under the gun, as did Ismael Bojang from one seat over and Ricardo Chauriye in the cutoff. Hannes Neurauter in the small blind and Valentin Vornicu checked from the big blind. The flop of saw a bet of 65,000 by Savinelli and Chauriye was the only caller.

Both checked the turn and Savinelli's bet of 125,000 on the river was called by Chauriye. Savinelli showed and a frustrated Chauriye mucked face up. "Fuck ... I had king jack," Bojang said and they talked through some scenarios on how the hand might have played out if Bojang had stayed in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlo Savinelli	750,000 197,000	197,000

Ricardo Chauriye	155,000 -97,000	-97,000
Hannes Neurauter	150,000 -120,000	-120,000

Tags: Carlo Savinelli Ismael Bojang Ricardo Chauriye Valentin Vornicu

10-22-2017 23:41 UTC+2

Neurauter Sent to the Rail

Adam Lamers

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Ricardo Chauriye got all of his money in the middle with and was up against Hannes Neurauter. Chauriye hit an ace on the turn and the majority of Neurauter's chips were sent to Chauriye.

Neurauter was left with just 20,000 chips and would get them all in the middle on the next hand. He was called by Oleksandr Shcherbak and Robert Schulz. Neurauter was unable to connect with the board and was seen walking to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ricardo Chauriye	280,000 125,000	125,000
Hannes Neurauter	Busted

Tags: Hannes Neurauter

10-22-2017 23:42 UTC+2

Ryan Hughes Eliminated in 20th Place

Adam Lamers

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Ryan Hughes was down to just 168,000 and he shipped all-in from the hijack. Peter Bstieler called from the small blind and the cards were on their backs.

Peter Bstieler:
Ryan Hughes:

The board ran out and Hughes' MONSTER STACK run came to an end. Hughes will still collect some Player of the Year points which will put him in the lead for the title. Hughes was the only one of the contenders to make the money in the opening event of the WSOP Europe.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Bstieler	635,000
Ryan Hughes	Busted

Tags: Peter Bstieler Ryan Hughes

10-22-2017 23:46 UTC+2

Two Double Ups

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

At the same time on different tables, Micky Blasi and Oleksandr Shcherback were all in and at risk.

Shcherbak showed and Ricardo Chauriye had that dominated with , but the board of let Shcherbak double for 111,000.

Blasi shoved for 172,000 from the cutoff and Rene Crha reshoved from the button to force a fold.

Micky Blasi:
Rene Crha:

The board of kept the short stack in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Micky Blasi	380,000 218,000	218,000
Rene Crha	300,000 -240,000	-240,000
Oleksandr Shcherbak	240,000 175,000	175,000

Ricardo Chauriye	160,000 -120,000	-120,000

Tags: Micky Blasi Oleksandr Shcherbak Rene Crha Ricardo Chauriye

10-22-2017 23:51 UTC+2

Crha Doubles Through Treccarichi

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Rene Crha raised to 32,000 and Georgios Zisimopoulos called from the hijack. Walter Treccarichi in the big blind moved all in and Crha called all in after brief consideration, which forced out Zisimopoulos.

Rena Crha:
Walter Treccarichi:

The board came and Crha doubled for 310,000, leaving Treccarichi with only a few big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rene Crha	650,000 350,000	350,000
Walter Treccarichi	100,000 -160,000	-160,000

Tags: Georgios Zisimopoulos Rene Crha Walter Treccarichi

10-22-2017 23:54 UTC+2

Last Break of the Night

Adam Lamers

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The remaining 19 players are heading on their last 15-minute break of the night, two further levels of 60 minutes eachor down to the last nine players remain, whichever of the two comes first.

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

10-23-2017 00:11 UTC+2

Blasi Jams Into Danis' Aces

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Only three minutes into the new level, Micky Blasi shoved from the button for around 360,000 and Serge Danis snap-called in the big blind.

Micky Blasi:
Serge Danis:

The flop of was as bad as it could get for Blasi, and he was drawing dead on the turn, making the river a formality.

All remaining 18 players will now redraw to the last two tables and switch to a different part of the poker arena.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serge Danis	1,240,000 90,000	90,000
Micky Blasi	Busted

Tags: Micky Blasi Serge Danis

10-23-2017 00:16 UTC+2

Redraw of the Last Two Tables

Christian Zetzsche

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Dominik Arnold	Austria	120,000	6
1	2	Ismael Bojang	Austria	590,000	30
1	3	Alexandre Viard	France	455,000	23
1	4	Serge Danis	Switzerland	1,330,000	67
1	5	Rene Crha	Czech Republic	610,000	31
1	6	Peter Bstieler	Germany	993,000	50
1	7	Walter Treccarichi	Italy	123,000	6
1	8	Ali Sameeian	Germany	788,000	39
1	9	Valentin Vornicu	United States	730,000	37

2	1	Sergio Fernandez	Spain	1,365,000	68
2	2	Robert Schulz	Germany	380,000	19
2	3	Pierre Neuville	Belgium	780,000	39
2	4	Georgios Zisimopoulos	Greece	405,000	20
2	5	Ricardo Chauriye	Chile	210,000	27
2	6	Pawel Czichowski	Germany	536,000	11
2	7	Viliyan Petleshkov	Bulgaria	765,000	38
2	8	Carlo Savinelli	Italy	904,000	45
2	9	Oleksandr Shcherbak	Ukraine	255,000	13

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Fernandez	1,365,000 65,000	65,000

Serge Danis	1,330,000 90,000	90,000
Peter Bstieler	993,000 358,000	358,000
Carlo Savinelli	904,000 154,000	154,000

Ali Sameeian	788,000 -92,000	-92,000
Pierre Neuville	780,000 300,000	300,000
Viliyan Petleshkov	765,000 115,000	115,000
Valentin Vornicu	730,000 70,000	70,000
Rene Crha	610,000 -40,000	-40,000
Ismael Bojang	590,000 -255,000	-255,000

Pawel Czichowski	536,000 -234,000	-234,000
Alexandre Viard	455,000 -45,000	-45,000
Georgios Zisimopoulos	405,000 190,000	190,000
Robert Schulz	380,000 -2,000	-2,000

Oleksandr Shcherbak	255,000 15,000	15,000

Ricardo Chauriye	210,000 50,000	50,000
Walter Treccarichi	123,000 23,000	23,000
Dominik Arnold	120,000 -70,000	-70,000