Niko Koop Leads WPT Cyprus Championship After Day 2
The German player finished ahead of 45 survivors as the $2 million prize pool and $368,900 first prize came into focus.
Niko Koop finished Day 2 of the WPT Cyprus Championship Main Event in front, with 1,750,000 chips, or 117 big blinds, as 45 players remained in contention for the title. Sergiu Cornea was the nearest challenger, sitting just three big blinds behind.
SpadePoker reported that the Main Event carried a $3,500 buy-in. Late registration closed when Day 2 began, after the three opening flights and the start of the second day, and total participation reached 520 entries.
The field was still short of the event’s $2 million guarantee, so the prize pool settled at exactly $2 million rather than going beyond that mark. The top prize listed for the winner was $368,900.
According to the WPT live update, Day 2 added 122 entries and ran through 10 levels before play stopped. Koop and Cornea topped the standings, followed by Anatoly Suvorov on 1,400,000, Weiran Pu on 1,185,000 and Ara Melkistian on 1,170,000.
The final 65 players would make the money, with at least $7,700 locked in for each of them, while the remaining jumps included $238,000 for second, $175,000 for third, $130,000 for fourth, $97,000 for fifth and $73,000 for sixth.
