Wladimir Gerner raised to 300,000 out of the small blind and was called by Stefan Pezzarossa in the big blind. The duo headed to the K♥J♦10♠ flop on which Gerner continued for 250,000. Pezzarossa raised it up to 725,000 and took it down uncontested.
Hristofor Kolev moved his short stack of 480,000 all in from under the gun and was at risk when Schayan Schakeri shoved on the button. William Kang then also moved all in from the big blind, covering both stacks.
Hristofor Kolev: 10♣10♦
Schayan Schakeri: A♠K♥
William Kang: Q♠Q♦
Schakeri was looking for help and found it on the 7♥K♠5♦ flop to take the lead. The 8♦ turn and 8♠ river changed nothing, leaving Schakeri with the best hand while eliminating Kolev in 23rd place.
Play has begun for the final 23 players and cards are in the air.
PokerNews updates will be delayed by one hour to match up with the King’s Resort Twitch and YouTube channel stream, which begins at 2:00 p.m. local time.
The first piece of hardware is set to be awarded today at the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe in in Event #1: €350 NLH Opener. The final 23 remaining players will return to King's Resort in Rozvadov for the third and final day of action before the top prize of €110,000 will be claimed.
Leading the way is Stefan Drusca, who amassed nearly 7,000,000 chips in his bag at the end of Day 2 good for almost 60 big blinds. He is followed by Lukas Pazma as the only players returning with more than 5,000,000 chips in their stacks.
All of the remaining contenders are chasing the largest share of the €1,048,272 prize pool, to go along with the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. There is also some extra incentive for the players, as the top 12 will also lock up a ticket to Day 1a of Event #13: €10,350 Main Event NLH European Championship.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Stefan Drusca
Romania
6,985,000
58
2
Lukas Pazma
Czechia
5,910,000
49
3
Emil Bise
Switzerland
4,965,000
41
4
Stephan Glausch
Austria
4,850,000
40
5
Wladimir Gerner
Germany
4,600,000
38
6
Stanislav Koleno
Slovakia
4,565,000
38
7
Stefan Pezzarossa
Italy
4,265,000
36
8
Iman Ghashayar
Netherlands
4,190,000
35
9
Alfredo Vega Meister
Spain
3,935,000
33
10
Frank Leykauf
Germany
3,075,000
26
Emil Bisse
Among the names giving chase is two-time WSOP Europe bracelet winner Emil Bise, sitting third in chips while looking to make more history at King’s Resort. Stephan Glausch is the only other player bringing a stack of 40 big blinds into play today, while Wladimir Gerner rounds out the top five.
Day 3 begins at 1:00 p.m. local time, with the clock showing 22:13 remaining in Level 31. Blinds will continue at 60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 big blind ante, and all of the action will be streamed on the King’s Resort Twitch and YouTube channels on a one hour delay.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews team covers all of the exciting action as the first WSOP gold bracelet is set to be handed out in Rozvadov.
