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

10-22-2017 19:10 UTC+2

"ChiKKita BanAAna" Says Goodbye

Adam Lamers

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Yehuda Cohen, also known to many as "ChiKKita BanAAna", lost a big pot to Valentin Vornicu and was left with under 10 big blinds. He moved all-in from the cutoff and was called by Dario Marinelli on the button.

Marinelli tabled and Cohen was slightly ahead with . "No king, no queen," Cohen prayed to the dealer. The flop fell and Cohen's prayers were not answered as Marinelli paired his king. The on the turn gave Cohen a flush draw but the on the river ended his tournament hopes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Marinelli	250,000 133,000	133,000
Yehuda Cohen	Busted

Tags: Dario Marinelli Yehuda Cohen

10-22-2017 19:13 UTC+2

Updated Counts

Adam Lamers

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Valentin Vornicu	630,000 50,000	50,000
Georgios Zisimopoulos	468,000 123,000	123,000
Viliyan Petleshkov	410,000 115,000	115,000
Scott Stewart	365,000 25,000	25,000
Robert Schulz	305,000 15,000	15,000

Ryan Hughes	280,000 -95,000	-95,000

Walter Treccarichi	277,000 -13,000	-13,000
Fahredin Mustafov	76,000 -174,000	-174,000

10-22-2017 19:20 UTC+2

Zisimopoulos Tears Table Apart

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Georgios Zisimopoulos had knocked out Helma Weber and Aneris Adomkevicius, and he followed that up by sending Andriy Gerts and Thanh Hoang to the rail.

Gerts three-bet shoved some 100,000 out of the big blind with the and Zisimopoulos called with . The board came and Gerts was drawing dead on the turn already.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Zisimopoulos	880,000 412,000	412,000
Aneris Adomkevicius	Busted
Andriy Gerts	Busted
Thanh Hoang	Busted

Tags: Andriy Gerts Aneris Adomkevicius Georgios Zisimopoulos Helma Weber

10-22-2017 19:26 UTC+2

Mustafov No More

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Fahredin Mustafov got his stack in with only to find Alexandre Viard from one seat over to look him up with . There was no upset on the board and Mustafov was gone.

Pierre Neuville was more fortunate after getting it in for 114,000 with the . Sergio Fernandez had him dominated with only to see the board run out . "Nice hand Pierre," Fernandez said before the table broke right after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Viard	350,000 135,000	135,000
Sergio Fernandez	290,000 -160,000	-160,000

Pierre Neuville	240,000 95,000	95,000
Fahredin Mustafov	Busted

Tags: Alexandre Viard Fahredin Mustafov Pierre Neuville Sergio Fernandez

10-22-2017 19:33 UTC+2

Gulas Sends Two More Home

Adam Lamers

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

There was an all-in for 68,000 from early position by Usman Siddique and Zhivko Sotirov was next to act and pushed all-in for a little less. Josef Gulas was on the button and announce all-in as well, having both players covered. Gulas turned over , Sotirov tabled , and Siddique held .

The flop came and Sotirov was still ahead with nobody holding a heart in their hand. The turn brought the and the river was the giving Gulas trip queens to eliminate two players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josef Gulas	320,000 231,500	231,500

Zhivko Sotirov	Busted
Usman Siddique	Busted

Tags: Josef Gulas Usman Siddique Zhivko Sotirov

10-22-2017 19:37 UTC+2

Sameeian Gets a Big Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

After knocking out another player not long before, Ali Sameeian also sent Giovanni Petroni to the rail.

Sameeian was on the button and called a raise to 18,000 before Petroni shoved for 117,000 in total. The initial raiser folded and Sameeian called with the . Petroni had pocket nines and the bopard came .

Soon after, Aleksandr Pantiukhin busted on a different table and the frantic speed of eliminations continued.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ali Sameeian	680,000 585,000	585,000
Giovanni Petroni	Busted
Aleksandr Pantiukhin	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Pantiukhin Ali Sameeian Giovanni Petroni

10-22-2017 19:40 UTC+2

Holm Busts Courouge

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The next two casualties include Francois Corouge and Sondre Einarsen, who ran out of chips in quick succession.

As far as Courouge was concerned, he three-bet shoved for 60,000 out of the big blind with and Jonas Holm was the only caller from under the gun.

Francois Corouge:
Jonas Holm:

The board of brought no help for the Frenchman and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonas Holm	350,000 150,000	150,000
Sondre Einarsen	Busted
Francois Corouge	Busted
Dario Marinelli	Busted

Tags: Francois Corouge Jonas Holm Sondre Einarsen

10-22-2017 19:44 UTC+2

Lykov Runs Out of Steam

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The roller coaster ride of Maxim Lykov throughout the Day 1s and also today has eventually come to an end. Lykov was all in and at risk for some 165,000 from the button and Pawel Czichowski looked him up from the hijack to create the following showdown.

Maxim Lykov:
Pawel Czichowski:

Czichowski wasn't the player at risk but stood up either way, a trick that had previously worked well for Lykov. This time it was the Russian that ended up second best after a board of to eliminate Lykov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pawel Czichowski	410,000 182,000	182,000
Maxim Lykov	Busted

Tags: Maxim Lykov Pawel Czichowski

10-22-2017 19:53 UTC+2

Vornicu Soars Over One Million Chips

Adam Lamers

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Serge Danis opened to 26,000 from early position and Jonas Holm three-bet to 75,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Denis who four-bet shoved all-in and Holm called off his 172,000 chips. Danis was out front with against Holm's . The board ran out and Holm was off to collect his money.

In the next hand, the action folded to James Hoeppner who moved his short stack into the middle. Valentin Vornicu called from the big blind and turned over . Hoeppner had a pocket pair with but when the flop fell , Vornicu took the lead. The turn was the and the river landed the . Vornicu won another flip on Day 2 and is the first player to reach the seven-figure mark.