Stratmeyer Leads After Record 2021 WSOP Europe Main Event
It's official! The 2021 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event is the largest ever. With 688 entries, it has surpassed the 2011 WSOPE Main Event field of 593 after an extraordinary Day 2.
Leading the survivors appears to be German Christian Stratmeyer with over 1.3 million chips, but there are several others who bagged seven-figure stacks including Jovan Kenjic, Luuk Gieles, Ian Bradley and GGPoker Qualifier Dawid Smolka.
2021 WSOP Europe Main Event Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Stratmeyer | Germany | 1,354,000 | 169 |
| 2 | Boris Kuzmanovic | Croatia | 1,223,000 | 153 |
| 3 | Jovan Kenjic | Serbia | 1,175,000 | 147 |
| 4 | Luuk Gieles | Netherlands | 1,139,000 | 142 |
| 5 | [Removed:315] | Netherlands | 1,100,000 | 138 |
| 6 | Ian Bradley | United Kingdom | 1,092,000 | 137 |
| 7 | Dawid Smolka | Poland | 1,017,000 | 127 |
| 8 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | 970,000 | 121 |
| 9 | Alexander Tkatschew | Austria | 926,000 | 116 |
| 10 | David Kaesler | Germany | 914,000 | 114 |
Joining the big stacks in Day 2 are bracelet winners Jan-Peter Jachtmann, Simone Andrian, Ole Schemion, Stoyan Madanzhiev, Dalibor Dula, Hossein Ensan, Davide Suriano, Dominik Panka, and defending champion Alexandros Kolonias.
Other notables include Natural8 Ambassador Pete Chen, Fahredin Mustafov, Akin Tuna, Guillaume Diaz, Tobias Peters, Johan Guilbert, Dzmitry Urbanovich, Roland Israelashvili, Christoph Vogelsang, Zhong Chen, and Anatoly Filatov.
Day 2 Recap
With seven levels played, and late registration open for five of them, there was always going to be action early. And so it proved with the likes of two-time bracelet-winner Martin Kabrhel and former champion Jack Sinclair eliminated early, with neither adding to their tally in this year's Main Event.
As the levels drew on, big stacks began to emerge such as Bradley and Dario Quattrucci and by the time late registration closed, a new record of 688 had been set, confirming it as the largest WSOP Europe Main Event in history and generating a prize pool of €6,536,000.
WSOP Europe Main Event new RECORD : 688 entries and over €6.5M in prize pool ! Thanks to all players and to the… https://t.co/nKVOnFMpOI
— WSOP (@WSOP)
Just 104 players will cash in this year's WSOPE Main Event, with the min-cash €16,500 while the first-place prize is a whopping €1,276,712.
2021 WSOP Europe Main Event Final Table Payouts
| PLACE | PRIZE (EUR) |
|---|---|
| 1 | €1,276,712 |
| 2 | €789,031 |
| 3 | €558,505 |
| 4 | €401,344 |
| 5 | €292,862 |
| 6 | €217,854 |
| 7 | €163,434 |
| 8 | €125,052 |
| 9 | €97,260 |
The surviving players will return for Day 3 in this year's WSOP Europe Main Event at 10 a.m. local time at King's Resort, Rozvadov. Stay tuned to PokerNews with our dedicated team of live reporters bringing you all the action as it happens.