Poker news tagged with 'wsop europe cannes'

Another day of the WSOP Europe Main Event is now in the books, and today, when play continues, 115 players will continue the long road towards the final table. In a quite big lead are two Americans, Constand Rijkenberg with 462,800 chips and Hoyt Corkins with 429,900 chips. In 4th place is Jake Cody with 323k, and in 9th place is Erik Seidel with 291,900. Another 2 big names that made it through Day 2 with plenty of chips are Patrik Antonius (23rd place - 228k) and Liv Boeree (202,300).

The total prize pool is €5,692,800 and 64 players will receive a share from it. The winner will get amazing €1,400,000, and the runner-up will get €800,000.

Day 1a and b of the WSOP Europe Cannes Main Event have been played over the weekend. In total, 593 players signed up for the Main Event and made it to the biggest main event in WSOP Europe history. Today, 327players will return to the tables and play Day 2. The chip leader is Lari Sihvo, from Finland, with 144,725, closely followed by Tommy Vedes (142,775) and James Rosen (147,000). Unfortunately there aren't so many big names in the top of the remaining field, though, the first prize of 1,400,000 euro will make sure that the rest of the tournament will be interesting to follow.