Bouwe Claushuis Takes the Field to School to Lead €10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty
A small but high-quality field of 41 entrants assembled today at King's Resort, Rozvadov, to indulge in the great game of Pot-Limit Omaha, with Event #10: €10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Mystery Bounty offering a guarantee of €1,000,000, and a further opportunity for players to grab a coveted World Series of Poker Europe bracelet.
There were no fewer than eight bracelets held by the field, which included 2023 WSOPE Main Event winner Max Neugebauer, Zdenek Zizka, Jan-Peter Jachtmann, Robert Cowen, Nikolaos Lampropoulos and Dennis Weiss, all of whom bagged for Day 2, although some would be required to dip into their coffers more than once.
When play finished after nine 40-minute levels, only 21 players remained seated, with Dutchman Bouwe Claushuis sitting atop the standings on 455,000. He holds a healthy lead over Krasimir Yankov (350,500), with Lampropoulos (335,500) completing the podium places.
However, with late registration open until the end of Level 12 in Day 2, the field is expected to be significantly bolstered tomorrow.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bouwe Claushuis | Netherlands | 455,000 | 228 |
| 2 | Krasimir Yankov | Bulgaria | 350,500 | 175 |
| 3 | Nikolaos Lampropoulos | Greece | 335,500 | 168 |
| 4 | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | 293,000 | 147 |
| 5 | Jeremy Trojand | Germany | 275,000 | 138 |
| 6 | Harald Casagrande | Austria | 257,000 | 129 |
| 7 | Vakhtang Javakhishvili | Georgia | 240,000 | 120 |
| 8 | Max Neugebauer | Austria | 224,000 | 112 |
| 9 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | 222,000 | 111 |
| 10 | Dorel Eldabach | Israel | 202,000 | 101 |
Claushuis has recorded tournament results of over $200,000, and will be gunning for his first bracelet and a potential career-best score. Yankov is seventh on the Bulgarian all-time money list, and has a win in a €10,000 Omaha High Roller side event at the 2024 WSOPE on his resume, among over $4,200,000 in career earnings. His career-best score is a third-place finish in the WSOPE Main Event in 2018 for €480,028.
Lampropoulos is sixth on the Greek all-time money list with over $2,000,000 in earnings, and won his bracelet in the $25,000 Omaha High Roller at WSOP Paradise in 2023 for $871,600. (All figures courtesy of The Hendon Mob).
Day 1 Action
Nino Pansier got off to a hot start, jamming the river to take a 300 big blind pot in the second hand, before busting Vakhtang Javakhishvili in the very next. Pansier proceeded to claim a double knockout, and rode that early momentum to bag for Day 2.
Claushuis was aggressive throughout the day, and his stack began to take shape when he left Weiss with crumbs, and then tangled with Yankov. Lampropoulos' stack started to build when he coolered Neugebauer, and he went on to claim a double knockout.
Yankov continued to dance with Claushuis, and earnt a top-three stack after eliminating Michael Tabarelli toward the end of play.
Day 2 Information
Day 2 is scheduled to kick off Tuesday, September 30, at 2 p.m. local time, with late registration open for three 40-minute levels at the start of the day. Late arrivals will sit down to a 100,000 starting stack, and play will begin at Level 10, with blinds of 1,500/3,000, with a 3,000 big blind ante.
Mystery bounties will come into play once the field is reduced to 20%, with prize pool and payout details to be confirmed once late registration is closed. Play will continue until a winner is crowned and the bracelet is awarded.
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