2017 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #1: �1,100 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK
Day: 1c
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
€117,708
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€538,280
Entries
561
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Sander van Wesemael Bags the Lead After Day 1C

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Sander van Wesemael
Sander van Wesemael

The three starting flights have all come to an end in Event #1: �1,100 No-Limit Hold'Em MONSTER STACK at the World Series of Poker Europe. Sander van Wesemael bagged the largest stack after Day 1C and will head into Day 2 with the chip lead bringing 323,500 chips with him.

Van Wesemael is coming off an impressive summer in Europe, capturing the title in three �330 PokerStars Cup events in a row. His largest cash came at the event in Barcelona where he took home �127,000. Van Wesemael made a deep run in the WSOP International Circuit Main Event in Rozvadov but bowed in 38th place. He will be looking to add to his already impressive $541,220 career earnings dating back to the end of 2014.

There were a total of 306 entries that took to the felt on Day 1C but only 64 were able to find a bag at the end of the day. Valentin Vornicu was one of those, bagging the second largest stack of 296,500. Vornicu, now calling California home, has over $1,000,000 in live tournament earnings. His largest came just one year ago when he finished in 23rd place at the WSOP Main Event for $269,430. Giovanni Petroni rounds out the top three with 239,000 after he sent Phil Hellmuth packing earlier in the day.

Some other familiar names to make it through to Day 2 include Scott Stewart (207,500), Konstantinos Tsirakidis (178,000), Georgios Zisimopoulos (102,500), Allen Kessler (95,500), Ivo Donev (72,000), and Dominik Desset (47,000).

Many notables sat down for their third bullet today but were still unable to make anything happen. John Racener, Alex Foxen, Kristen Bicknell, Kenny Hallaert, Chris Ferguson, Jeff Lisandro, and Marc MacDonnell were a few to come up empty-handed. Bertrand Grospellier, Phil Hellmuth, Roberto Romanello, Brandon Cantu, and Jan Timo Jobmann were also sent to the rail throughout the day.

Martin Kabrhel entered the field rather early compared to usual, and he had a rollercoaster kind of day. At some points, his chips were moving more than his mouth which is also uncharacteristic. Kabrhel found a massive double up with pocket fours versus ace-king when the flop came {6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. Soon after, however, Kabrhel's pocket aces got cracked by Konstantinos Tsirakidis when Tsirakidis flopped a set of sevens. Kabrhel left the tournament area but not without leaving a few memorable comments behind.

There will be a total of 114 players returning on Sunday for Day 2 and the money bubble will be in everyone's eyes when the action resumes. With a total of 561 entries throughout the three starting flights, there will be a prizepool of �538,280 to battle for. There will be 85 places being paid, with a min-cash worth �1,592 and the eventual champion taking home �117,708.

The action will resume on Sunday at 2:00 P.M. local time inside the Poker Arena at King's Casino. Continue to follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as we bring you all of the live updates from the tournament floor.

Day 2 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerNationalityChip CountBig Blinds
831Ivo DonevAustria72,00024
832Sasa StancicCanada42,00014
833Erich KollmannAustria119,00040
834Pavel ?ourekCzech Republic54,00018
835Walid Abdi AliGermany73,50025
836Serge DanisSwitzerland113,50038
837Viktor KovachevBulgaria88,00029
838Theodoros AidonopoulosGreece75,00025
839Jonas HolmSweden72,50024
      
841Eddy ScharfGermany59,00020
842Arsenii KarmatckiiRussian Federation72,50024
843Jesper MertzDenmark64,00021
844Aleksandr PantiukhinRussian Federation100,50034
845David Dol��kCzech Republic40,00013
846Aleksandar Tomovi?Serbia22,0007
847Patrik Ciklam��niSlovakia35,50012
848Alexander SchlienGermany31,50011
849Alexandre ViardFrance118,50040
      
891Domenico GalaItaly64,50022
892Hamza MiriGermany124,00041
893Usman SiddiqueUnited Kingdom111,00037
894Zhivko SotirovBulgaria63,00021
895Maciej KondraszukPoland46,00015
896Avelino Hernani RibeiroPortugal51,50017
897Sergio HamamotoPortugal107,00036
898Micky BlasiMalta213,00071
899Pawel CzichowskiGermany199,00066
      
901Ali SameeianGermany80,50027
902Helma WeberGermany102,00034
903Werner ScharnaglAustralia39,00013
904Vincent MoscatiUnited States105,50035
905Adi RajkovicAustria90,00030
906J��n Bend��kSlovakia101,00034
907Yohan ZenouFrance88,50030
908Olivian BalintRomania42,00014
909Darren DelahuntyUnited Kingdom44,00015
      
951Sergio FernandezSpain267,00089
952Sander van WesemaelNetherlands323,500108
953Mario Mosb?ckAustria71,50024
954Konstantinos TsirakidisGermany178,00059
955Andriy PalyugaCzech Republic40,50014
956Ricardo ChauriyeChile96,00032
957Andre ReichGermany26,5009
958Bruno TariscoItaly41,50014
959Thomas MorstadNorway64,50022
      
961Jakob MiegelGermany29,50010
962Petter Solli BergNorway33,50011
963Emil Luk��?Slovakia192,00064
964Maxim LykovRussian Federation153,50051
965Mike LeahCanada96,00032
966Jeff CormierCanada265,00088
967Sondre EinarsenNorway57,00019
968Dominik ArnoldAustria167,50056
969Yaniv BotbolFrance72,00024
      
1011Scott StewartUnited States207,50069
1012Valentin VornicuUnited States296,50099
1013Tobias BornefalkSweden207,00069
1014Yehuda CohenGermany105,50035
1015Carlo SavinelliItaly55,50019
1016Matthias GerigkGermany47,00016
1017David PetrzelkaCzech Republic83,50028
1018Sebasti��n KosCzech Republic104,50035
1019Tezer CetindagGermany21,5007
      
1021Ariel MorgenshternIsrael74,00025
1022Zdenko Slav��kSlovakia33,00011
1023Dzmitry RabotkinCzech Republic96,50032
1024Andrej DessetSlovakia86,50029
1025Walter TreccarichiItaly90,00030
1026Ismael BojangAustria268,50090
1027Hannes NeurauterGermany106,00035
1028Stoyan ObreshkovBulgaria45,00015
1029Matou? Hou?v��?ekCzech Republic37,50013
      
1071Kai GimreNorway84,00028
1072James AkenheadUnited Kingdom46,50016
1073Paul MichaelisGermany11,5004
1074Andriy GertsUkraine106,50036
1075Viliyan PetleshkovBulgaria178,50060
1076Ryan HefterUnited States208,00069
1077Pierre NeuvilleBelgium122,50041
1078Avi HamoIsrael41,00014
1079Josef Gul��?Czech Republic88,50030
      
1081Ryan HughesUnited States81,50027
1082Oleksandr ShcherbakUkraine140,00047
1083Robert SchulzAustria143,00048
1084Timo KamphuesGermany97,00032
1085Peter BstielerGermany96,50032
1086Fahredin MustafovBulgaria183,00061
1087Richard PfefferHungary39,50013
1088Chi Cuong HuynhSwitzerland85,00028
1089Thanh HoangCzech Republic179,00060
      
1132Giovanni PetroniItaly239,00080
1133Benjamin Garcia RiveraSpain155,50052
1134Urs HauserSwitzerland40,00013
1135James HoeppnerUnited States39,50013
1136Georgios ZisimopoulosGreece102,50034
1137Francois CorougeFrance69,50023
1138Dominik DessetSlovakia47,00016
1139Federico QuevedoCosta Rica56,50019
      
1141Aneris AdomkeviciusLithuania153,00051
1142Milan TopolySlovakia26,0009
1144Matthias K��rschnerGermany135,00045
1145Ren�� CrhaCzech Republic186,50062
1146Tal Shemon CohenIsrael90,00030
1147Thomas LentrodtGermany47,50016
1148Allen KesslerUnited States95,50032
1149Vlado SevoAustria123,00041
      
1191Atila AydinGermany34,50012
1192Viktor KatzenbergerHungary92,00031
1194Georges GhossanLebanon104,00035
1195Christophe PereiraPortugal170,00057
1196Morten GlosliNorway23,5008
1197Steffen RetterholtNorway37,00012
1198Dario MarinelliItaly117,00039
1199Romain FolletFrance44,50015

Tags: Alex FoxenAllen KesslerBertrand GrospellierBrandon CantuChris FergusonDominik DessetGeorgios ZisimopoulosGiovanni PetroniJan Timo JobmannJeffrey LisandroJohn RacenerKenny HallaertKristen BicknellMarc MacDonnellMartin KabrhelPhil HellmuthRoberto RomanelloSander van WesemaelScott StewartValentin Vornicu