356 Players Advance to Day 3 of a Record-Breaking WSOP Europe Main Event

Late registration has closed and the bubble burst during Day 2, so the main milestones of the €5,300 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event at King’s Casino in Hilton Prague are now behind us. However, one goal remains: the €2,000,000 top prize and the prestigious WSOPE gold bracelet.

From a record-breaking field of 2,617 entries, which pushed the prize pool past the €10 million guarantee to reach €13,085,000, 356 players remain and are in the money heading into Day 3 this Thursday, all hoping to advance another step.

One player who certainly can’t complain about his position is Thomas Eychenne, who bagged the chip lead at the end of Day 2 with a massive 2,010,000, more than 250 big blinds at the restart. The Frenchman is followed by Daan Mulders (1,721,000), who burst the bubble, while Giovanni Zanette sits third in chips with 1,467,000.

WSOPE Main Event Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Thomas Eychenne	France	2,010,000	251
2	Daan Mulders	Netherlands	1,721,000	215
3	Giovanni Zanette	South Africa	1,467,000	183
4	Yuhan Wang	China	1,374,000	172
5	Rokas Asipauskas	Lithuania	1,350,000	169
6	Gabriel Martini Nobrega	Brazil	1,241,000	155
7	Alex Anton	United States	1,183,000	148
8	Eimantas Adomavicius	Lithuania	1,168,000	146
9	Niklas Deitmer	Germany	1,159,000	145
10	Alex Keating	United States	1,150,000	144

Even though Day 2 of this WSOPE Main Event saw nearly 1,000 players eliminated in a single day, the field remains highly competitive, with players like Alex Keating (1,150,000), Chris Hunichen (1,047,000), Alexandre Reard (1,017,000), Shiina Okamoto (982,000), and Day 1c chip leader Daniel Rezaei (967,000) among the top stacks.

The 2019 WSOPE Main Event champion Alexandros Kolonias (854,000) is also still in contention, alongside Josh Arieh (812,000), Roberto Romanello (803,000), Shaun Deeb (689,000), who doubled on the bubble, Tom-Aksel Bedell (673,000), and Nacho Barbero (631,000).

Nineteen years after her victory, Annette Obrestad bagged 581,000 and will be seated next to Jesse Lonis (540,000) on today’s Day 3. Espen Jorstad (471,000), Aliaksei Boika (441,000), and Anthony Zinno (425,000) are all above the average stack, while Zdenek Zizka (284,000), Jason Wheeler (260,000), Erick Lindgren (246,000), vlogger Martin Kabrhel (162,000), and Simone Andrian (141,000) trail further behind, all the way down to Stoyan Madanzhiev (44,000) and Eero Palmu (11,000).

Play resumes at noon local time, with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and a 10,000 big blind ante. Six more 90-minute levels are scheduled for today’s Day 3, with a 15-minute break after each level and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 20. As on the previous days, the action can also be followed on stream on the WSOP YouTube channel.

Remaining Payouts

Place	Prize	Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	€2,000,000	9	€140,000	56–63	€25,000
2	€1,200,000	10–11	€100,000	64–71	€22,500
3	€800,000	12–15	€75,000	72–79	€20,200
4	€575,000	16–23	€60,000	80–103	€18,000
5	€425,000	24–31	€50,000	104–135	€16,000
6	€320,000	32–39	€40,000	136–191	€14,000
7	€245,000	40–47	€35,000	192–272	€12,000
8	€185,000	48–55	€30,000	273–356	€10,000