Sander van Wesemael Bags the Lead After Day 1C
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 
. 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
| Table | Seat | Player | Nationality | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | 1 | Ivo Donev | Austria | 72,000 | 24 |
| 83 | 2 | Sasa Stancic | Canada | 42,000 | 14 |
| 83 | 3 | Erich Kollmann | Austria | 119,000 | 40 |
| 83 | 4 | Pavel ?ourek | Czech Republic | 54,000 | 18 |
| 83 | 5 | Walid Abdi Ali | Germany | 73,500 | 25 |
| 83 | 6 | Serge Danis | Switzerland | 113,500 | 38 |
| 83 | 7 | Viktor Kovachev | Bulgaria | 88,000 | 29 |
| 83 | 8 | Theodoros Aidonopoulos | Greece | 75,000 | 25 |
| 83 | 9 | Jonas Holm | Sweden | 72,500 | 24 |
| 84 | 1 | Eddy Scharf | Germany | 59,000 | 20 |
| 84 | 2 | Arsenii Karmatckii | Russian Federation | 72,500 | 24 |
| 84 | 3 | Jesper Mertz | Denmark | 64,000 | 21 |
| 84 | 4 | Aleksandr Pantiukhin | Russian Federation | 100,500 | 34 |
| 84 | 5 | David Dolák | Czech Republic | 40,000 | 13 |
| 84 | 6 | Aleksandar Tomovi? | Serbia | 22,000 | 7 |
| 84 | 7 | Patrik Ciklamíni | Slovakia | 35,500 | 12 |
| 84 | 8 | Alexander Schlien | Germany | 31,500 | 11 |
| 84 | 9 | Alexandre Viard | France | 118,500 | 40 |
| 89 | 1 | Domenico Gala | Italy | 64,500 | 22 |
| 89 | 2 | Hamza Miri | Germany | 124,000 | 41 |
| 89 | 3 | Usman Siddique | United Kingdom | 111,000 | 37 |
| 89 | 4 | Zhivko Sotirov | Bulgaria | 63,000 | 21 |
| 89 | 5 | Maciej Kondraszuk | Poland | 46,000 | 15 |
| 89 | 6 | Avelino Hernani Ribeiro | Portugal | 51,500 | 17 |
| 89 | 7 | Sergio Hamamoto | Portugal | 107,000 | 36 |
| 89 | 8 | Micky Blasi | Malta | 213,000 | 71 |
| 89 | 9 | Pawel Czichowski | Germany | 199,000 | 66 |
| 90 | 1 | Ali Sameeian | Germany | 80,500 | 27 |
| 90 | 2 | Helma Weber | Germany | 102,000 | 34 |
| 90 | 3 | Werner Scharnagl | Australia | 39,000 | 13 |
| 90 | 4 | Vincent Moscati | United States | 105,500 | 35 |
| 90 | 5 | Adi Rajkovic | Austria | 90,000 | 30 |
| 90 | 6 | Ján Bendík | Slovakia | 101,000 | 34 |
| 90 | 7 | Yohan Zenou | France | 88,500 | 30 |
| 90 | 8 | Olivian Balint | Romania | 42,000 | 14 |
| 90 | 9 | Darren Delahunty | United Kingdom | 44,000 | 15 |
| 95 | 1 | Sergio Fernandez | Spain | 267,000 | 89 |
| 95 | 2 | Sander van Wesemael | Netherlands | 323,500 | 108 |
| 95 | 3 | Mario Mosb?ck | Austria | 71,500 | 24 |
| 95 | 4 | Konstantinos Tsirakidis | Germany | 178,000 | 59 |
| 95 | 5 | Andriy Palyuga | Czech Republic | 40,500 | 14 |
| 95 | 6 | Ricardo Chauriye | Chile | 96,000 | 32 |
| 95 | 7 | Andre Reich | Germany | 26,500 | 9 |
| 95 | 8 | Bruno Tarisco | Italy | 41,500 | 14 |
| 95 | 9 | Thomas Morstad | Norway | 64,500 | 22 |
| 96 | 1 | Jakob Miegel | Germany | 29,500 | 10 |
| 96 | 2 | Petter Solli Berg | Norway | 33,500 | 11 |
| 96 | 3 | Emil Luká? | Slovakia | 192,000 | 64 |
| 96 | 4 | Maxim Lykov | Russian Federation | 153,500 | 51 |
| 96 | 5 | Mike Leah | Canada | 96,000 | 32 |
| 96 | 6 | Jeff Cormier | Canada | 265,000 | 88 |
| 96 | 7 | Sondre Einarsen | Norway | 57,000 | 19 |
| 96 | 8 | Dominik Arnold | Austria | 167,500 | 56 |
| 96 | 9 | Yaniv Botbol | France | 72,000 | 24 |
| 101 | 1 | Scott Stewart | United States | 207,500 | 69 |
| 101 | 2 | Valentin Vornicu | United States | 296,500 | 99 |
| 101 | 3 | Tobias Bornefalk | Sweden | 207,000 | 69 |
| 101 | 4 | Yehuda Cohen | Germany | 105,500 | 35 |
| 101 | 5 | Carlo Savinelli | Italy | 55,500 | 19 |
| 101 | 6 | Matthias Gerigk | Germany | 47,000 | 16 |
| 101 | 7 | David Petrzelka | Czech Republic | 83,500 | 28 |
| 101 | 8 | Sebastián Kos | Czech Republic | 104,500 | 35 |
| 101 | 9 | Tezer Cetindag | Germany | 21,500 | 7 |
| 102 | 1 | Ariel Morgenshtern | Israel | 74,000 | 25 |
| 102 | 2 | Zdenko Slavík | Slovakia | 33,000 | 11 |
| 102 | 3 | Dzmitry Rabotkin | Czech Republic | 96,500 | 32 |
| 102 | 4 | Andrej Desset | Slovakia | 86,500 | 29 |
| 102 | 5 | Walter Treccarichi | Italy | 90,000 | 30 |
| 102 | 6 | Ismael Bojang | Austria | 268,500 | 90 |
| 102 | 7 | Hannes Neurauter | Germany | 106,000 | 35 |
| 102 | 8 | Stoyan Obreshkov | Bulgaria | 45,000 | 15 |
| 102 | 9 | Matou? Hou?ví?ek | Czech Republic | 37,500 | 13 |
| 107 | 1 | Kai Gimre | Norway | 84,000 | 28 |
| 107 | 2 | James Akenhead | United Kingdom | 46,500 | 16 |
| 107 | 3 | Paul Michaelis | Germany | 11,500 | 4 |
| 107 | 4 | Andriy Gerts | Ukraine | 106,500 | 36 |
| 107 | 5 | Viliyan Petleshkov | Bulgaria | 178,500 | 60 |
| 107 | 6 | Ryan Hefter | United States | 208,000 | 69 |
| 107 | 7 | Pierre Neuville | Belgium | 122,500 | 41 |
| 107 | 8 | Avi Hamo | Israel | 41,000 | 14 |
| 107 | 9 | Josef Gulá? | Czech Republic | 88,500 | 30 |
| 108 | 1 | Ryan Hughes | United States | 81,500 | 27 |
| 108 | 2 | Oleksandr Shcherbak | Ukraine | 140,000 | 47 |
| 108 | 3 | Robert Schulz | Austria | 143,000 | 48 |
| 108 | 4 | Timo Kamphues | Germany | 97,000 | 32 |
| 108 | 5 | Peter Bstieler | Germany | 96,500 | 32 |
| 108 | 6 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 183,000 | 61 |
| 108 | 7 | Richard Pfeffer | Hungary | 39,500 | 13 |
| 108 | 8 | Chi Cuong Huynh | Switzerland | 85,000 | 28 |
| 108 | 9 | Thanh Hoang | Czech Republic | 179,000 | 60 |
| 113 | 2 | Giovanni Petroni | Italy | 239,000 | 80 |
| 113 | 3 | Benjamin Garcia Rivera | Spain | 155,500 | 52 |
| 113 | 4 | Urs Hauser | Switzerland | 40,000 | 13 |
| 113 | 5 | James Hoeppner | United States | 39,500 | 13 |
| 113 | 6 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | Greece | 102,500 | 34 |
| 113 | 7 | Francois Corouge | France | 69,500 | 23 |
| 113 | 8 | Dominik Desset | Slovakia | 47,000 | 16 |
| 113 | 9 | Federico Quevedo | Costa Rica | 56,500 | 19 |
| 114 | 1 | Aneris Adomkevicius | Lithuania | 153,000 | 51 |
| 114 | 2 | Milan Topoly | Slovakia | 26,000 | 9 |
| 114 | 4 | Matthias Kürschner | Germany | 135,000 | 45 |
| 114 | 5 | René Crha | Czech Republic | 186,500 | 62 |
| 114 | 6 | Tal Shemon Cohen | Israel | 90,000 | 30 |
| 114 | 7 | Thomas Lentrodt | Germany | 47,500 | 16 |
| 114 | 8 | Allen Kessler | United States | 95,500 | 32 |
| 114 | 9 | Vlado Sevo | Austria | 123,000 | 41 |
| 119 | 1 | Atila Aydin | Germany | 34,500 | 12 |
| 119 | 2 | Viktor Katzenberger | Hungary | 92,000 | 31 |
| 119 | 4 | Georges Ghossan | Lebanon | 104,000 | 35 |
| 119 | 5 | Christophe Pereira | Portugal | 170,000 | 57 |
| 119 | 6 | Morten Glosli | Norway | 23,500 | 8 |
| 119 | 7 | Steffen Retterholt | Norway | 37,000 | 12 |
| 119 | 8 | Dario Marinelli | Italy | 117,000 | 39 |
| 119 | 9 | Romain Follet | France | 44,500 | 15 |