Timothy Adams was seen paying Claas Segebrecht a double-up. Adams' hole-cards were already mucked but Segebrecht had in front of him with the board showing for Segebrecht to have found a pair of kings on the river to stay alive.
Liv Boeree and Marius Gierse were among the shortest stacks coming into Day 2 and both were eliminated right away. James Romero doubled through Wai Leong Chan and the latter then ended up all in with Romero on the button and Steffen Sontheimer in the big blind playing for the bigger side pot. On the turn, Sontheimer check-folded to a bet of 325,000 and the cards were turned over.
Wai Leong Chan:
James Romero:
The river kept the hopes of Chan for a miracle alive.
Winning a WSOP gold bracelet is potentially the biggest accomplishment for a poker player, and winning two is a momentous occasion.
Since its introduction in 2007, several players have managed to obtain a WSOP gold bracelet outside of Las Vegas and much fewer have done the double having won a bracelet in both Vegas and at the WSOP Europe.
However, there is one more step for poker players to aim to achieve. That is to win a WSOP bracelet in Las Vegas and at the WSOP Europe in the same year. Here we take a look at the eight players to have achieved this feat to date.
2008
In 2008 Jesper Hougaard won his first WSOP gold bracelet in Event #36: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em[/URL] and followed that up two months later with a bracelet at the second-ever WSOP Europe held at the Empire Casino in Leicester Square, London.
Name
WSOP Event
Payout
WSOP Europe Event
Payout
Jesper Hougaard
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em
$610,304
￡1,500 No Limit Hold'em
￡144,218
2009
John-Paul Kelly
The very next year, J.P. Kelly joined Hougaard in winning bracelets in both Vegas and Europe in the same year. Kelly was the first player to win his two bracelets in different disciplines.
Since then Kelly has made several deep runs in the WSOP Main Event, finishing 26th for $302,005 in 2011.
Name
WSOP Event
Payout
WSOP Europe Event
Payout
J.P. Kelly
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em
$194,434
￡1,000 No Limit Hold'em
￡136,803
2012
Whether it is Phil Hellmuth's record of 15 WSOP bracelets or Antonio Esfandiari's record Big One for One Drop win, it seems like no list in poker is complete without the Poker Brat or the Magician.
Hellmuth's bracelet in the $2,500 Seven-Card Razz also happened to be his first in a non-hold'em event, and he also became the first player to win a bracelet in Vegas and also take down the WSOP Europe Main Event.
Name
WSOP Event
Payout
WSOP Europe Event
Payout
Antonio Esfandiari
$1,000,000 Big One for One Drop
$18,346,673
€1,100 No Limit Hold'em
€126,207
Phil Hellmuth
$2,500 Seven-Card Razz
$182,793
€10,450 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
€1,022,376
2015
Just like Hellmuth, Kevin MacPhee won his second bracelet of the year in the WSOP Europe Main Event at the Spielbank Casino in Berlin. And just like Esfandiari, Jonathan Duhamel won his first of the year in a One Drop High Roller, albeit in the slightly smaller one; just the $111,111 High Roller(!)
Name
WSOP Event
Payout
WSOP Europe Event
Payout
Kevin MacPhee
$5,000 Turbo No Limit Hold'em
$490,900
€10,450 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
€883,000
Jonathan Duhamel
$111,111 High Roller for One Drop
$3,989,985
€25,600 No Limit Hold'em High Roller
€554,395
2018
Hanh Tran
Of the eight players to have achieved this unique feat, Hanh Tran is one of only three to win their bracelets in different disciplines. The other two were J.P. Kelly and Phil Hellmuth.
Timur Margolin is the latest to "do the double" and win in Vegas and Europe in the same year. There are still events to come here at King's Casino in Rozvadov.
Name
WSOP Event
Payout
WSOP Europe Event
Payout
Hanh Tran
$1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw
$117,282
€550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Max
€ 59,625
Timur Margolin
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em
$507,724
€1,100 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack
€ 134,407
Near Misses
There have been a number of people who have come close to joining this select few group of players. Last year Chris Ferguson finished second in a WSOP bracelet event, before taking down the WSOPE €1,650 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better for €39,289 and his sixth WSOP gold bracelet.
In 2013, Noah Schwartz also finished runner-up in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet event in Las Vegas, before winning Event #6: €3,250 Mixed-Max Pot-Limit Omaha for €104,580 at the Casino Barrière d'Enghien-les-Bains.
Wai Leong Chan opened to 125,000 from under the gun and was called by Ivan Leow on his left. James Romero was next to act and three-bet to 500,000. The action folded back to Chan who shoved all in for over 2,000,000 which got Leow to quickly fold. It was Romero's first hand of the day and his fresh stack of 1,000,000 chips went into the middle.
James Romero:
Wai Leong Chan:
The flop came 7c5c3s] and Chan was still out front with his pocket queens. The turn brought the and Romero spiked a king to take the lead. The on the river changed nothing and Romero received an early double up.
Benjamin Pollak had reentered just before the start of Day 2 and was sitting with a fresh stack of 1,000,000 which he decided to shove from the hijack. Ole Schemion also shoved but with the bigger stack of over 2 million from the small blind. Shan Huang asked for a count but while the dealer was counting, Huang already announced he was folding his pair of aces.
"Show it!' the table said and Huang showed .
Benjamin Pollak:
Ole Schemion:
Huang claimed to have folded ace-ten.
The board ran out for Huang to exclaim he would have won but instead it was Pollak who would double up through Schemion.
Sergio Aido made it 125,000 to go first to act and was called by Adrian Mateos in the cutoff and Michael Bleg in the big blind. On the flop, Bleg checked and Aido continued for 145,000, which only Mateos called. The two Spaniards checked the turn and Aido led the river for 450,000, Mateos folded.
On another table nearby, Tony Bike raised to 150,000 and Ryan Riess three-bet to 445,000 in order to force a fold.
The cards are now in the air and late registration is officially closed. There were 9 new entries today to bring the total to 133 with 58 players remaining. The prizepool and payouts will be posted shortly.
After an action-packed Day 1 of Event #8: €25,500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller, there will be at least 49 players returning to their seats for the final day of the tournament. That number will be given the chance to increase with late registration still open until the cards go in the air at 3:00 PM local time.
Heading into the day, Michael Addamo will start with the chip lead after an impressive opening day that saw him bag up 8,120,000. Addamo rode a heater throughout most of the day and seemingly just ran over the field to finish well ahead of any of his counterparts. The next closest stack belonged Jean-Noel Thorel who is also a regular on the high roller circuit. Thorel wound up with 5,910,000, making use of his second bullet on the day. Ivan Leow rounded out the top three with an equally impressive 5,050,000.
The field was filled with familiar names at each and every table in the room and plenty of bracelet winners among them. Kristen Bicknell (3,890,000), Dominik Nitsche (3,020,000), Martin Kabrhel (2,650,000), Ryan Riess (2,460,000), David Peters (2,410,000), Adrian Mateos (2,275,000), and defending champion Niall Farrell (1,575,000) are just some of the bracelet winners still in the mix.
Day 2 Seating Assignments
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip count
Big Blinds
42
2
Winfred Yu
Hong Kong
4,645,000
77
42
3
Johannes Becker
Germany
1,595,000
27
42
4
Asaf Berman
Switzerland
3,325,000
55
42
5
Igor Kurganov
Germany
875,000
15
42
7
Mustapha Kanit
Italy
2,200,000
37
42
8
David Peters
United States
2,410,000
40
43
1
Ryan Riess
United States
2,460,000
41
43
3
Timothy Adams
Canada
4,775,000
80
43
4
Joni Jouhkimainen
Finland
3,450,000
58
43
5
Claas Segebrecht
Germany
1,295,000
22
43
6
Manig Loeser
Germany
2,295,000
38
43
8
Liv Boeree
United Kingdom
585,000
10
44
2
Ognjen Sekularac
Serbia
1,825,000
30
44
4
Ali Tariq
United Kingdom
2,985,000
50
44
5
Jun Wah Yap
Malaysia
2,110,000
35
44
6
Niall Farrell
United Kingdom
1,575,000
26
44
7
Michael Addamo
Australia
8,120,000
135
44
8
Aymon Hata
United Kingdom
1,045,000
17
45
1
Jean-Noel Thorel
France
5,910,000
99
45
2
Michael Bleg
Czech Republic
3,460,000
58
45
3
Sergio Aido
Spain
1,570,000
26
45
5
Marius Gierse
Germany
480,000
8
45
6
Orpen Kisacikoglu
Turkey
1,640,000
27
45
7
Adrian Mateos
Spain
2,275,000
38
45
8
Christoph Vogelsang
Germany
2,560,000
43
46
1
Steffen Sontheimer
Germany
1,865,000
31
46
2
Dominik Nitsche
Germany
3,030,000
51
46
3
Stefan Schillhabel
Germany
1,415,000
24
46
5
Wai Leong Chan
Malaysia
2,075,000
35
46
6
Ivan Leow
Malaysia
5,050,000
84
46
8
Mikita Badziakouski
Belarus
865,000
14
47
1
Ole Schemion
Germany
2,190,000
37
47
2
Shan Huang
China
2,025,000
34
47
3
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Russian Federation
4,450,000
74
47
4
Chin Wei Lim
Malaysia
1,615,000
27
47
7
Martin Kabrhel
Czech Republic
2,650,000
44
47
8
Rainer Kempe
Germany
3,490,000
58
48
1
Sylvain Loosli
France
2,765,000
46
48
2
Pavel Binar
Czech Republic
1,220,000
20
48
3
James Chen
Taiwan
2,306,000
38
48
4
Paul Teoh
Malaysia
2,055,000
34
48
5
Kristen Bicknell
Canada
3,890,000
65
48
6
Tobias Ziegler
Germany
840,000
14
49
1
Christian Rudolph
Germany
1,665,000
28
43
2
Koray Aldemir
Germany
1,625,000
27
49
3
Gianluca Speranza
Italy
3,100,000
52
49
4
Richard Yong
Malaysia
3,750,000
63
47
6
Danny Tang
Hong Kong
1,090,000
18
49
8
Matthias Eibinger
Austria
4,635,000
77
As mentioned, the action will resume at 3:00 PM in the upper level of the poker room at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. The blinds will continue on level 15 at 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante. For those players that choose to enter before the start of the day, they will receive 1,000,000 in chips, which is good for around 16.5 big blinds. The blinds will continue to increase every 40 minutes with a 15-minute break every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break after the sixth level of the day.
The schedule is to play down to a winner tonight and award another WSOPE gold bracelet. The live stream will also be taking place today on Twitch with the time still to be determined. When the official final table of eight players is reached, the hole cards will become available.
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team for all of the live updates throughout the day and find out who will be crowned the newest WSOPE champion.
in front of him with the board showing 
for Segebrecht to have found a pair of kings on the river to stay alive.
turn, Sontheimer check-folded to a bet of 325,000 and the cards were turned over.
river kept the hopes of Chan for a miracle alive.
and Romero spiked a king to take the lead. The 
.
for Huang to exclaim he would have won but instead it was Pollak who would double up through Schemion.
river for 450,000, Mateos folded.
