Shaun Deeb Second in Chips for Day 2 of Event #11: €777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's
Out of 553 total entries across two starting flights, just 84 players bagged chips for Day 2 of Event #11: €777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’s at the 2025 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), hosted at King’s Resort in Rozvadov.
Day 1a ended with 38 survivors from 252 entries, topped by Serbia’s Milan Aloric, who carries the overall lead into Day 2 with 760,000. He is followed by seven-time WSOP champion Shaun Deeb (593,000) and Ivan Tikhov (592,000).
From Day 1b, 46 players advanced out of 301 entries. Andreas Krause (561,000) led that flight with Matteo Intiso (518,000) and Mario Llapi (511,000), but with smaller stacks than the Day 1a leaders.
Day 1a and 1b Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milan Aloric | Serbia | 760,000 | 95 |
| 2 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 593,000 | 74 |
| 3 | Ivan Tikhov | Russian Federation | 592,000 | 74 |
| 4 | Andreas Krause | Germany | 561,000 | 70 |
| 5 | Matteo Intiso | Italy | 518,000 | 65 |
| 6 | Mario Llapi | Albania | 511,000 | 64 |
| 7 | Steffen Kaschel | Germany | 505,000 | 63 |
| 8 | Or Nezer | Israel | 468,000 | 59 |
| 9 | Ercan Atmaca | Netherlands | 430,000 | 54 |
| 10 | Heinz Traut | Germany | 414,000 | 52 |
WSOP champions Or Nezer (468,000), Fabio Peluso (256,000), Vivian Saliba (226,000) and Pawel Wojciechowski (212,000) also advanced to Day 2, as did last night's Event #9: €3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max champion Tobias Peters (208,000), Alessandro Pichierri (104,000), Antoine Vranken (70,000) and Ivo Donev (66,000).
Ercan Atmaca (430,000), Viorel Gavrila (379,000), Luca Marchetti (302,000), Dinesh Alt (193,000), Adrien Sanz (173,000), Dorian Melchers (147,000), Yakiv Syzghanov (129,000), Nolan Curatolo (72,000) and even the short stack Moncef Karoui (25,000) will also be names to watch heading into Day 2.
The 84 remaining players are already in the money, each guaranteed a minimum payout of €1,605, but all eyes are on the gold bracelet and the €82,350 top prize.
Play will resume at 2 p.m. local time with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and an 8,000 big blind ante. After the remaining three minutes of Level 16, levels will switch to 30 minutes, and action will continue until a new champion is crowned here in Rozvadov.
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