Peter Kamaras Leads 461 Players on Day 2 of the 1,350 Mini Main Event
The 2023 World Series of Poker Europe at the King's Resort in Rozvadov continues with Day 2 of Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event. The tournament began on Sunday, October 29 with Day 1a, and after four flights, a total of 1,729 entries were recorded with 461 players qualifying for Day 2.
Among them, Peter Kamaras is the overall chip leader, as he ended Day 1d with 1,264,000 chips. Joining Kamaras are eight other players returning on Day 2 with more than one million chips, such as Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu (1,183,000), Day 1b chip leader Viktor Lavi (1,164,000), and Day 1a chip leader Ihar Khursin (1,131,000).
€1,350 Mini Main Event Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Kamaras | Hungary | 1,264,000 | 126 |
| 2 | Marius-Alexandru Gicovanu | Romania | 1,183,000 | 118 |
| 3 | Viktor Lavi | Israel | 1,164,000 | 116 |
| 4 | Ihar Khursin | Belarus | 1,131,000 | 113 |
| 5 | Salih Atac | Switzerland | 1,087,000 | 109 |
| 6 | Bernd Werner | Germany | 1,068,000 | 107 |
| 7 | Oleksii Kovalchuk | Ukraine | 1,031,000 | 103 |
| 8 | Adrian Martin | Romania | 1,007,000 | 101 |
| 9 | Tawfik Samih | Belgium | 966,000 | 97 |
| 10 | Artiom Poddubnii | Moldova | 965,000 | 97 |
Out of the Top 10 but not far behind, 2022 WSOPE Main Event champion Omar Eljach filled his bag with 856,000 chips and will try to win another bracelet, after he took down Event #2: €550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Max for €65,900. Brazil's Felipe Ketzer also qualified with a big stack (822,000), along with Fabio Peluso (797,000) and Jason Wheeler (720,000).
Closer to the average stack, Maria Lampropulos qualified with 387,000 chips, just a blind more than Juan Lamprea (375,000). Among the shorter stacks is 2019 EPT Monte-Carlo winner Manig Loeser (242,000) and 2023 PSPC champion Aliaksandr Shylko with 228,000 chips.
Day 2 will start on Level 16 (5,000/10,000 with a big blind ante of 10,000) and end after Level 25. So ten 60-minute levels will be played today, with 15-minute breaks every two levels (30 minutes after Level 19). The payouts will be announced at the beginning of the day.
€1,350 Mini Main Event Entries
| Day | Entries | Players Left |
|---|---|---|
| 1a | 263 | 66 |
| 1b | 297 | 77 |
| 1c | 399 | 110 |
| 1d | 770 | 208 |
| Total | 1729 | 461 |
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