WSOPE 2012 Main: Funk for Bram and Toby

[TightEnd]

It was a rare day of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe on Sunday as only one feature event was running. The Main Event held its Day 1b, and 205 players joined the field to bring the total number of entrants up to 420. Just 115 players survived the day with none other than Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier finishing on top. These players will meet with the 115 that survived Day 1a, and all 230 will see poker action on Day 2.

Compared to last year's 593 entrants, the field of 420 looks a lot smaller on paper. The fact of the matter is that, it is, but numbers are still up from the time of the WSOP Europe Main Event being held in London. With registration now closed for the Main Event, the numbers were tallied. The competitors will all be vying for their share of the €4.032 million prize pool, and the top 48 finishers will earn at least €20,150. Up top is a massive seven-figure payday worth over €1.022 million, and there's quite the star-studded group chasing after the title.

Play will resume Monday at 1200 CET


http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/10/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe-day-10-elky-leads-9244.htm

[TightEnd]

Brandon Cantu 2nd in the Mixed Max and, er, speaks his mind....

http://www.pokernews.com/video/wsope-2012-brandon-cantu-shares-his-mind-7232.htm

[titaniumbean]

getting coached by hellmuth obv.

[TightEnd]

Yesterday's field of 230 players saw the combination of runners from Day 1a and Day 1b combine to battle for WSOP glory. At the end of the night only 77 players remained in the hunt for the WSOPE Main Event title. With the top 48 making money, it is almost certain that the field will cash today. The man currently closest to achieving that goal is Sergii Baranov who is sitting on a massive stack of 607,000.

The combination of the two starting fields saw the elimination of many notable names. Among those who were eliminated from Day 2 play were Joe Hachem, Isaac Haxton, Mohsin Charania, Scotty Nguyen, Phil Ivey, Chance Kornuth, Antonio Esfandiari, October Niners Greg Merson, Russell Thomas, and Jacob Balsiger, and start-of-the-day chip leader Michael Mizrachi.

While those saw their WSOPE Main Event come to an end, many of the game's biggest names are still in the hunt. Phil Hellmuth worked up a stack of 364,900 which is good for the fourth biggest stack in the room. Joseph Cheong (328,400) and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (326,700) were also able to breach the top ten in chips. Also returning for Day 3 are Daniel Negreanu (290,000), Dan Smith (274,500), October Niner Jesse Sylvia (209,000), last year's champion Elio Fox (201,300), Liv Boeree (140,800), Eugene Katchalov (123,900), Steve Dannenmann (65,000), Jean-Robert Bellande (50,300), and many more.

2012 WSOP Europe End-of-Day-2 Top Ten Counts

Place   Player   Count
1   Sergii Baranov   607,000
2   Axel Pergolizzi   419,400
3   Vladimir Troyanovskiy   375,100
4   Phil Hellmuth   364,900
5   Maxime Conte   342,300
6   Lifeng Chen   340,500
7   Huichen Kuo   339,950
8   Max Silver   333,600
9   Joseph Cheong   328,400
10   Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier   326,700

Seat Draw for today http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/12229%5CMain-Event-Day-3-Starters-By-Table-Seat.pdf

Toby Lewis 247,100
Sam Trickett 134,600
Liv Boeree 140,800
Ben Roberts 117,500
Chris Brammer 246,300


Cards will be in the air at 12:00 PM

[smashedagain]

Sam tweeting he is out

[Royal Flush]

This has been dying since it left London IMO.

(Either that or I'm just jealous because I had the London gig and not Cannes )

By dying do you mean doubling in size?

[smashedagain]

This has been dying since it left London IMO.

(Either that or I'm just jealous because I had the London gig and not Cannes )

By dying do you mean doubling in size?

yeah I saw that numbers were down this year but still up on those in London.

[JK]

This has been dying since it left London IMO.

(Either that or I'm just jealous because I had the London gig and not Cannes )

By dying do you mean doubling in size?

Meant publicity wise more than number. Seemed to be a big thing when it was over here. If Im being honest, I have no idea how its doing numbers wise etc, as I said im just jealous because I worked WSOPE in London and cant get the gig in Cannes

[strak33]

Herbie not even mentioned toby lewis yet? Must have overlooked him

[titaniumbean]

This has been dying since it left London IMO.

(Either that or I'm just jealous because I had the London gig and not Cannes )

By dying do you mean doubling in size?

Meant publicity wise more than number. Seemed to be a big thing when it was over here. If Im being honest, I have no idea how its doing numbers wise etc, as I said im just jealous because I worked WSOPE in London and cant get the gig in Cannes

i'd rather it was held in scunthorpe than in the Empire again!

[TightEnd]

Best of luck to Chris Brammer and Toby Lewis, Max Silver and Liv Boeree

Deep into the money in the WSOPE Main

27 left

Bram 6th
Max 8th
Liv 10th
Toby 11th

as I write

€1,022,376 up top


let the funk begin

[Woodsey]

Nice GL to them, what's the g'td cash so far?

[TightEnd]

24 left

gtd 26k

updates at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker-europe/event-7-10-450-no-limit-hold-em-main-event/

[TightEnd]

top top line up

Seat   Player
1   Timothy Adams
2   Curt Kohlberg
3   Vadzim Markushevski
4   Joseph Cheong
5   Paul Tedeschi
6   Stephane Girault
7   Stephane Albertini
8   Liv Boeree
    
1   Phil Hellmuth
2   Andy Frankenberger
3   Scott Seiver
4   Vladislav Varlashin
5   Joe McGowan
6   Kyle Julius
7   Joe Kuether
8   Max Silver
    
1   Sebastien Guinand
2   David Benyamine
3   Christopher Brammer
4   Sergii Baranov
5   Toby Lewis
6   Jason Mercier
7   Steve Dannenmann
8   Nicolas Cardyn

[smashedagain]

Herbie not even mentioned toby lewis yet? Must have overlooked him

Toby is always in my heart. What happened to Jake? So many heros there again. And some for the haters too as I see Frankenburger is in the mix again. He keeps doing his own thing and I admire him for that. Chris n Toby h/u will be perfect