WSOPE Main Event Has Begun; Foxen Bags Big on Day 1A
Day 1A of Event #10: €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event is in the books at the King’s Casino in Rozvadov. Marco Slacanac from Germany is the chip leader at the end of seven 90-minute levels with 544,300 in chips. Other notable players that are still in include Vladimir Geshkenbein (500,000), Alex Foxen (411,700), Sylvain Loosli (340,700), Kristen Bicknell (329,200), and Niall Farrell (325,000).
The day started with only a mere 40 players at the tables, but the number kept rising until the end of the day as they ended with 140 players. They all started the day with 100,000 chips and at the end of the day, 73 out of 140 players managed to survive the day. That makes up for an average chip stack of 191,781.
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco Slacanac | Germany | 544,300 | 454 |
| 2 | Vladimir Geshkenbein | Russia | 500,000 | 417 |
| 3 | Alex Foxen | United States | 411,700 | 343 |
| 4 | Yunsheng Sun | China | 401,800 | 335 |
| 5 | Ivan Gabrieli | Italy | 363,100 | 303 |
Will Givens, Viktor Blom, Martin Kabrhel, Davidi Kitai, and Shaun Deeb, unfortunately, didn’t make it to Day 2. Last year’s third-place finisher Mathijs Jonkers also didn’t manage to make Day 2. The 2018 WSOP Main Event champion, John Cynn, was eliminated as well on the first starting day.
Hakim Zoufri lost a big pot at the end of the day against Alex Foxen. Foxen six-bet all in with ace-ten and Zoufri called with ace-king. The board ran out ten high and the Dutchman was eliminated, while Foxen bagged the third biggest stack of the day.
There is nothing to worry about though, as the players who busted out today still have the option to register for another flight. They have the option to register on Day 1B or directly buy in to Day 2. Late registration is still open until the end of the fourth level of Day 2 and all the players that have busted out today still have a shot of grabbing a piece of the €5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Other players were more fortunate and managed to make Day 2 on just one bullet. Among those players are Vojtech Ruzicka (259,400), Ole Schemion (233,700) , and Anthony Zinno (179,500). Ryan Riess (249,300) also managed to make Day 2, despite making a misclick that cost him 20,000 chips. Riess wanted to call a 5,000 bet and put in five 5,000 chips instead of five 1,000 chips. Despite ending up at the losing side of that pot he still managed to bag 249,300.
Day 1B will kick-off on Sunday, October 28th, at 12 p.m. local time. They will play the same seven 90-minute levels as the players did today and the field will combine on Monday, October 29th. Day 2 will start with level 8: 600/1,200 with a big blind ante of 1,200.
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Milko van Winden has been a part of the poker media corps since 2017. Starting out as [I]PokerNews[/I] contributor and live reporter, Milko is now the Digital Media Manager at [i]PokerNews[/i].
