Welcome to Day 2 of the 2015 TonyBet OFC World Championship Main Event
The second and final day of the 2015 TonyBet OFC World Championship Main Event is about to kick off in about 30 minutes when the final 12 players out of a total of 116 entrants will be battling it out until a winner is declared. All returning players are guaranteed a €2,009 payday.
The excitement at the Corinthia Hotel in Prague is growing as everyone is anxious to see who the second Main Event champion in history will be. What's on the line isn't just a place in history, but also the top prize of €30,007 and a coveted championship belt.
The Russian duo of Sergey Bagirov and Sergei Illarionov start the day in the best position. Not only because they are number one and number two in chips with 552,000 and 472,000 respectfully, but that they also will be able to battle each other along with fellow country-mate Yury Gulyy on the same table and not be capped on chips per points with all-ins.
These aren't the only Russian players left in contention as six players in total or half the remaining field are from the largest country in the world. The other three Russian players are Ilia Karasin (282,000 chips), Alexandra Usoltseva (270,000 chips), and Evgeniy Taranyuk (155,000 chips).
Canada has the next most representatives left in the tournament with Jean-Philippe Piquette (231,000 chips) and Beniot Jean (170,000 chips). The other four players are each representing different European countries including Roman Pavliuk (Ukraine - 393,000 chips), Tomas Ksenevicius (Lithuania - 392,000 chips), Kisel Dziayis (293,000 chips), and Johnny Johansen (117,000 chips).
Play will resume with points worth 3,000 chips each with chip levels increasing every 45 minutes. We expect a ton of action with the average stack of 295,000 almost at 100 points per player.
Stay tuned at PokerNews as we follow the TonyBet OFC Championship Main Event until a champion is declared.