The second starting day of Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha will start at 2 p.m. local time here at the King’s Casino where the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe is being held. On Day 1a yesterday, there were 217 entries in total of which 33 players would be in the money and 13 of those players have advanced to Day 2. In 2015 this event had 503 entries so Day 1b needs to gather at least another 287 buy-ins to better that result.
The defending champion from the event in 2015, Barny Boatman, managed to cash yesterday but did not make it through to Day 2 so he will be back today to give it another shot. Ryan Hughes, John Racener, Chris Ferguson and Alex Foxen are all still in the running for the top spot in the 2017 WSOP Player of the Year so they will be back too. Other notables to be on the lookout for today are Phil Hellmuth, Felipe Ramos, Mike Leah, Pierre Neuville, Kristen Bicknell and Kenny Hallaert.
The players will play 18 levels of 30 minutes and the players will be in the money again today. They will be starting with 10,000 chips with registration open for the first eight levels and the 60-minute dinner break that follows. Unlimited reentries are allowed during that registration period.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to update you with all the action from the floor from start till end.
Hand #1:
The player in mid-position raised to 500 and action folded to the player in the small blind who called. Jan Peter Jachtmann, in the big blind, also called. The flop came on which they all checked, the turn brought the , the small blind check-folded to the 800 bet of Jachtmann. The other player however called. The on the river completed the board on which Jachtmann now check-folded to the 1,300 bet of his opponent.
Hand #2:
The player in the hijack raised to 400 and was called by the cutoff, Jachtmann and the big blind. The flop came , Jachtmann checked as did the players in the big blind and hijack. The cutoff, however, bet 500, but Jachtmann then decided to raise to 1,500 which prompted the other players including the initial bettor to fold.
Hand #3:
Jachtmann limped in the cutoff and was joined by the button, small blind and big blind. The flop came . The small blind bet 450 and the big blind folded. Jachtmann then raised to 2,000 and took down the pot.
The board read and Barny Boatman, the defending champion, had already bet 2,700 from the big blind in a sizable pot. The player on the button shoved all in to give Boatman a decision to make. He considered his options for a bit, tried to figure out what his opponent could have and then eventually called.
Button:
Barny Boatman:
Boatman's opponent had a bigger boat and the Brit was off to the cashier's desk to reenter.
Viliyan Petleshkov, who final tabled the WSOPC Main Event and finished second in Event #1: Monster Stack yesterday, is in the field and just knocked out two players.
Viliyan Petleshkov:
Player 2:
Player 3:
The board ran out . Petleshkov eliminated two players with the nut flush and boosted his stack over 20,000.
A player raised under the gun and Ismael Bojang three-bet. Alexander Lakhov four-bet from the big blind. The initial raiser folded and Bojang moved all in. Lakhov called.
Alexander Lakhov:
Ismael Bojang:
The flop came giving Bojang a pair. He moved his ten out in the hope that he made two pair. The turn was the giving Lakhov a straight and the river was the eliminating Bojang.
Martin Kabrhel just doubled to around 20,000 with on a flop. His opponent held for top pair and a flush draw, but Kabrhel's Kings held on a turn and an river.
Meanwhile Jerome Sgoranno was involved in a three-way all-in on a flop. Mike Leah and Sgoranno checked to a third player who bet 6,000. Leah called and Sgoranno moved all in. The other two players both called.
Jerome Sgoranno:
Mike Leah:
Player 3:
Leah held a flush draw and a pair of jacks, but the third player in the hand had a better flush draw to go with their pair of jacks. Sgoranno had two pair and improved to a full house on the turn and the rvier was the and he tripled up.
Alex Foxen just won a pot on with the Player of the Year contender holding for a flopped full house. Other big stacks around the room including Alexander Lakhov, Ismael Bojang and Jerome Sgorrano.
and all players checked. The turn was the 
and Ferguson bet 500. The second limper was the only caller.
and both players checked.
for a Queen-high flush and took down the pot.
, the small blind check-folded to the 800 bet of Jachtmann. The other player however called. The 
on the river completed the board on which Jachtmann now check-folded to the 1,300 bet of his opponent.
, Jachtmann checked as did the players in the big blind and hijack. The cutoff, however, bet 500, but Jachtmann then decided to raise to 1,500 which prompted the other players including the initial bettor to fold.
. The small blind bet 450 and the big blind folded. Jachtmann then raised to 2,000 and took down the pot.
. Petleshkov eliminated two players with the nut flush and boosted his stack over 20,000.
eliminating Lisandro.
on a 
for a flopped full house. Other big stacks around the room including Alexander Lakhov, Ismael Bojang and Jerome Sgorrano.
