Event #14: €10,350 WSOPE Main Event Day 2 | 2021 World Series of Poker Europe

12-06-2021 00:14 UTC+2

Stratmeyer Leads After Record 2021 WSOP Europe Main Event

Will Shillibier

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

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.

12-05-2021 22:41 UTC+2

Ricci Shows Bluff of the Day

Calum Grant

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With 145,000 in the pot and the board reading , Adnan Toric checked in the small blind and Andrea Ricci jammed for 420,000.

Toric, with 345,000 behind, tried his best to get some information out of Ricci but it was to no avail. Toric was stuck and the clock was called. The floorman got to the end of the countdown and Toric's hand was dead.

Ricci turned over the which was then followed by the and Toric slapped the table. The pair exchanged some heated words but things cooled down shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Ricci	565,000	65,000
Adnan Toric	345,000	-5,000

12-05-2021 21:49 UTC+2

Ruzicka Scoops With Aces

Calum Grant

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ran Shahar opened to 12,000 from under the gun and was called by Danilo Velasevic in early position. Action folded to Vojtech Ruzicka who three-bet to 60,000.

Shahar called and then Velasevic moved all in for around 335,000. Ruzicka called with the slightly shorter stack and Shahar folded.

Vojtech Ruzicka:
Danilo Velasevic:

Velasevic was in rough shape as his opponent's aces also had his suits covered however he picked up an additonal four outs due to the flop. The turn was a picture card but it was the . The river meant it was Ruzicka's pot and Velasevic was left short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	654,000	654,000
Danilo Velasevic	35,000	-195,000

12-05-2021 21:23 UTC+2

Schemion Pays Off Gieles

Calum Grant

Level 13 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Luuk Gieles opened to 13,000 on the button and was called by Ole Schemion and Kevin Paque in the blinds.

Action checked to Gieles on the flop, who then continued for 9,000. Only Schemion called.

Schemion check-called after Gieles sized up to 60,000 on the turn. Schemion checked the river before Gieles fired a third barrel, this time to the tune of 115,000. Schemion thought for a moment and called.

Gieles turned over for a set and Schemion mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luuk Gieles	980,000	580,000
Ole Schemion	592,000	-133,000

12-05-2021 21:00 UTC+2

Quatrucci Caught Speeding; Big Stacks Join Table

Calum Grant

Level 13 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jovan Kenjic limped in the small blind before three-betting to 80,000 after Dario Quattrucci bet 20,000.

Quattrucci called to see the flop, Kenjic continued for 40,000 and was called which brought in the turn. Kenjic check-called his opponent's bet of 80,000.

On the river, Kenjic checked for a second time before Quatrucci sized up to 230,000. Kemjic began frowning at his opponent but made the call. Quatrucci had which was no good against Kenjic's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jovan Kenjic	1,300,000	550,000
Enrico Campanile	1,020,000	-230,000
Alexander Tkatschew	915,000	815,000
Dario Quattrucci	900,000	-40,000
Pete Chen	680,000	110,000

12-05-2021 20:46 UTC+2

First Place Prize Confirmed

Calum Grant

Level 13 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Just 104 of 188 remaining players will make the money. The min-cash has been confirmed as €16,500 while the first-place prize is a whopping €1,276,712.

12-05-2021 20:43 UTC+2

Rollercoaster Ride for Madanzhiev

Calum Grant

Level 13 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Noah El Ammar moved all-in for his last 45,000 in the small blind and was called by Stoyan Madanzhiev in the big blind.

Noah El Ammar:
Stoyan Madanzhiev:

El Ammar got the double as the board ran out .

The very next hand Madanzhiev jammed for his remaining 57,000 from the small blind after Karol Janiszewski opened to 10,000. After a minute of thinking, Janiszewski called.

Stoyan Madanzhiev:
Karol Janiszewski:

Madanzhiev wasn't dominated for long as the flop came , the turn was safe and the sealed his resurgence.

Ian Bradley commented the result was "justice," due to the tank of Janiszewski.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Bradley	950,000	430,000
Stoyan Madanzhiev	125,000	-105,000
Noah El Ammar	95,000	-81,000
Karol Janiszewski	85,000	-75,500

12-05-2021 20:20 UTC+2

Stratmeyer Doubles Through Darie

Calum Grant

Level 13 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

On the board of , Christian Stratmeyer checked before Vlad Darie bet 263,000 leaving him just 5,000 behind.

Stratmeyer made the call for his tournament life with which was good versus his opponent's .

Darie then tripled up to 19,000 the next hand before being felted by Adnan Toric's pocket kings the hand after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Stratmeyer	1,200,000	825,000
Adnan Toric	350,000	221,500
Vlad Darie	Busted

12-05-2021 19:59 UTC+2

Dato Done for the Day

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

In the last hand prior to the scheduled break, Simone Andrian had min-raised and Andrea Dato called on the button. Alessio Podda jammed for 82,000 in the small blind and Andrian then shipped it in over the top.

Dato was sent into a brief tank but he called it off for around 160,000 total.

Alessio Podda:
Andrea Dato:
Simone Andrian:

The flop paired up Podda and Andrian, which left Dato with just two outs. Both the turn and river were blanks and Dato was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simone Andrian	650,000	10,000
Alessio Podda	125,000	-26,600
Andrea Dato	Busted

Tags: Alessio Podda Andrea Dato Simone Andrian

12-05-2021 19:56 UTC+2

Late Registration Closes

Calum Grant

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Late registration for the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event has officially closed. There have been 688 total entries with just 217 players remaining.

The prizepool stands at €6,536,000.