Stefan Fabian raised to 320,000 in the hijack before Radek Panoch moved all in for 920,000 in the cutoff. Samuel Stranak asked for a count on the button before calling, and Fabian also called.
The flop came 2♥J♣5♣ and Fabian checked over to Stranak, who fired out 750,000. Fabian snap-folded.
Radek Panoch: 10♣10♠
Samuel Stranak: K♠J♠
Stranak was ahead with his flopped pair of jacks, and Panoch couldn't catch up on the 3♦ turn or 6♣ river as he was went to the rail in 20th place.
"I had pocket nines. That's the weirdest spot ever," Fabian said after the hand.
Stepan Khachaturyan is the latest player to hit the rail, He was reduced to his last big blind after his AxJx could not leapfrog the Q♠Q♣ held by Juuso Luokkanen.
Two hands later, he put in his last 165,000 first to act. Elia Salerno and Alain Saka called from the blinds.
Action checked through to showdown for the final board to read K♦Q♦8♦A♦K♠.
Saka tabled 8x6x while Khachaturyan had 8x5x. Salerno had K♠4♦ and was the only player with a diamond and had the checkmark with his baby flush which marked Khachaturyan's departure.
Andrej Desset raised to 1,080,000, leaving himself just 30,000 behind, in the cutoff and Stefan Fabian called on the button.
The flop came 6♦K♥5♣ and Fabian put Desset all in. Desset turned around to look at what was happening on the other tables, then called the clock on himself. He eventually tossed in his last chips.
Andrej Desset: A♥5♦
Stefan Fabian: J♣J♦
Desset was trailing Fabian's jacks as the Q♣ fell on the turn. The 5♠ river, though, gave Desset trips and kept his tournament hopes alive.
"It happens," Fabian said with a smile as he handed over the pot.
Gavril-Dorel Peter jammed for 1,975,000 from the small blind and after getting a count, Cristian David called from the small blind.
Gavril-Dorel Peter: 7♥5♦
Cristian David: A♦9♠
The Q♥6♣4♦ flop kept David's ace-high ahead but Peter picked up an open-ended straight draw.
Both players were begging the dealer to do right by them but the J♣ turn and 10♣ river favored David who held out to seal the elimination, which also marks the end of Day 2.
Play will resume tomorrow at 2 p.m. local time on Level 33 with 27:42 still on the clock.
Day 2 of Event #5: €550 NLH Colossus of the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe at King’s Resort in Rozvadov has come to an end with two tables left.
The 16 players remaining are the last ones out of a field of 3,436 entrants, which generated a total prize pool of €1,632,100. So far, they are guaranteed to win €9,200. But what they are looking for is the €200,000 first-place prize.
After Day 2, Germany’s Dennis Magro sits closest to that top prize as he finished the day as the chip leader, being the only one with 10,000,000 chips. Xhavit Berisha sits in second place with 8,650,000, followed closely by Ermanno Di Nicola (8,275,000).
End of Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Counts
Big Blinds
1
Dennis Magro
Germany
10,000,000
50
2
Xhavit Berisha
Kosovo
8,650,000
43
3
Ermanno Di Nicola
Italy
8,275,000
41
4
Alain Saka
Poland
8,150,000
41
5
Gianluca Gallo
Italy
7,975,000
40
6
Julien Loire
France
7,125,000
36
7
Cristian David
Romania
6,300,000
32
8
Samuel Stranak
Slovakia
4,800,000
24
9
Stefan Fabian
Romania
4,475,000
22
10
Elia Salerno
Italy
3,925,000
20
Including Di Nicola and Gianluca Gallo (7,975,000), a total of five Italians will return on Day 3, which represents one-third of the field. Even though their stacks are below average, Elia Salerno (3,925,000), Alessandro Predaroli (3,375,000) and the short stack Angelo Marrone (800,000) will still be in the competition to win their first WSOP bracelet.
Samuel Stranak already won one in Rozvadov two years ago, so with 4,800,000 chips, he'll try to win another one. Julien Loire missed out on a bracelet in 2022 in Las Vegas, finishing second. So tomorrow, he will have the opportunity to reach that last step starting Day 3 with 5,300,000.
Julien Loire
However, a few other players will have the same goal as Loire, such as Alain Saka (8,150,000), Romanian players Cristian David (6,300,000) and Stefan Fabian (4,475,000), Finland's Juuso Luokkanen (3,525,000), Tobias Peters (3,400,000), Vadzim Lipauka (2,675,000), and Andrej Desset (2,200,000).
Event #5: €550 Colossus Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
€200,000*
8
€23,350*
2
€115,000*
9
€18,275*
3
€87,000*
10-11
€14,474*
4
€66,000*
12-13
€11,500*
5
€50,500*
14
€9,200*
6
€38,880*
15-16
€9,200
7
€30,000*
* €10,350 WSOPE Main Event Day 1a ticket added
Day 3 is scheduled to begin on November 6 at 2 p.m. local time and play down until a winner is crowned. Play will resume with 27:12 remaining on Level 33, which features 100,000/200,000 blinds with a 200,000 big blind ante.
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