2019 WSOP International Circuit Holland Casino Rotterdam

€2,750 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 WSOP International Circuit Holland Casino Rotterdam

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
107
Prize
€55,727
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,750
Prize Pool
€181,875
Entries
75
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
10,000 / 25,000
Ante
25,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
57
Players Left
21

€2,750 High Roller

Day 1 Completed

Hu Bags Chip Lead in WSOP Circuit Rotterdam High Roller; Gieles Still In to Defend Title

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
David Hu
David Hu

A hectic first day of the €2,750 High Roller at the World Series of Poker International Circuit has come to an end after fourteen levels in the Holland Casino in Rotterdam. Initially, the tournament was supposed to play twelve levels of 40-minutes each but during the first level of the day, all players agreed to change the duration of the levels to 30 minutes and play 14 levels instead. During the day, 57 entries were attracted to the biggest buy-in tournament of the series and only 21 players have made it through to Day 2.

David Hu finished at the top of the chip counts with 316,500 in chips. Hu chipped up early in the day and kept chipping up throughout the day to get to the top of the counts and stay there. Hu is followed closely by Gary Hasson from Belgium. Third in the counts is Tom Vogelsang with 266,900 who was happy to have bagged more than Teun Mulder who finished fifth in the chip counts with 208,200. Joris Ruijs takes fourth place with 234,000 after having had to reenter at some point in the day.

Gazmen Bekteshi, Vojtech Ruzicka, and Roland Rokita were the only other players to have bagged an above average stack. But the rest of the field contains many well-known players still in the running. Players like Jonathan Abdellatif, Govert Metaal, Gregory Luttke-Grech, Alexandre Reard, Rens Feenstra, and Zhong Chen have all found a bag to put chips in.

Luuk Gieles
Luuk Gieles is still in it to defend his title

Luuk Gieles was down to his last 10,000 but managed to build that stack back up to 98,400 to keep on defending his title. Abdelhakim Zoufri won this event in 2017 and had to reenter in the latter stages of Day 1 and ended up bagging 70,800. But not everyone was fortunate enough to do the same as Raoul Refos, Tobias Peters, Maksym Lavrov, Kevin Paqué, Sonny Franco, Javier Zarco, and Alberto Stegeman all busted.

But they don’t have to despair, the late registration and reentry period will remain open during the first two levels of Day 2. The 21 remaining players will return to the felt at 1 p.m. local time on Tuesday, November 19 to continue to battle it out to take down the tournament and win the WSOP Circuit Ring plus the first-place prize. The seat draw will be done at the start of Day 2 and posted by the PokerNews live reporting team as soon as possible. Play will continue with a restart of Level 14 which features a small blind of 1,500, big blind of 3,000, and big blind ante of 3,000. The level duration will be increased to 40 minutes each.

The Main Event will also recommence at 2 p.m. local time with Day 1b. Day 1c has been moved to 10 p.m. local time as it already featured a turbo structure and the organization wanted to give all players who participated in the High Roller to jump into the Main Event after getting eliminated. The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to cover both events with a winner taking the down the High Roller at the end of the day. Don’t miss out on the updates so make sure to return right here.

Tags: Abdelhakim ZoufriAlberto StegemanAlexandre ReardDavid HuGary HassonGovert MetaalJonathan AbdellatifJoris RuijsKevin PaquéLuuk GielesMaksym LavrovRaoul RefosRens FeenstraRoland RokitaSonny FrancoTeun MulderTobias PetersTom VogelsangVojtech RuzickaZhong Chen

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
David Hu nl
David Hu
Day 1 Chip Leader
316,500 107,500
Gary Hasson be
Gary Hasson
300,600 51,600
Tom Vogelsang nl
Tom Vogelsang
266,900 -5,100
Joris Ruijs nl
Joris Ruijs
234,000 184,000
Teun Mulder nl
Teun Mulder
208,200 84,200
Gazmend Bekteshi kv
Gazmend Bekteshi
206,000 206,000
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
149,800 -40,200
Roland Rokita at
Roland Rokita
146,000 43,000
Jonathan Abdellatif be
Jonathan Abdellatif
125,300 30,300
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
117,600 69,600
Gregory Luttke-Grech fr
Gregory Luttke-Grech
110,300 5,300
Luuk Gieles nl
Luuk Gieles
Defending Champion
98,400 73,000
Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
95,500 -85,500
Rasmus Larsen dk
Rasmus Larsen
85,600 64,100
Abdelhakim Zoufri nl
Abdelhakim Zoufri
70,800 20,800
George Rensen nl
George Rensen
56,700 -15,300
Dwayne Sluis nl
Dwayne Sluis
50,500 500
Rens Feenstra nl
Rens Feenstra
48,500 -1,500
Zhong Chen nl
Zhong Chen
39,500 -10,500
Marius Kudzmanas lt
Marius Kudzmanas
WSOP 1X Winner
39,500 -20,500
Simon Burns gb
Simon Burns
36,000 -14,000

Play Ended

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The full chip counts and recap of today's action are to follow. There will be no seat draw until just before the start of the event as the tournament organization will do this on the spot as the late registration and reentry period will remain open for the first two levels of Day 2.

Rensen Triples Up; Refos Doubles for the Rest

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The flop read {8-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{a-Clubs} with 24,000 in the middle.

Raoul Refos checked his small blind, George Rensen shoved in the big blind for 16,000. Gregory Luttke-Grech raised from the cutoff and Refos shoved for 48,000. Luttke-Grech called.

George Rensen: {k-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Raoul Refos: {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Gregory Luttke-Grech: {a-Spades}{4-Spades}

The rest of the board was completed with the {2-Hearts} on the turn and the {k-Spades} on the river. Rensen earned a triple-up with two pair and Refos doubled for the 32,000 he had left after paying Rensen.

Player Chips Progress
Gregory Luttke-Grech fr
Gregory Luttke-Grech
105,000 1,000
George Rensen nl
George Rensen
72,000 36,600
Raoul Refos nl
Raoul Refos
64,000 3,000

Tags: George RensenRaoul Refos

Rokita Triples Up; Grech Busts Peters

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Tobias Peters
Tobias Peters

Gregory Luttke-Grech raised to 6,000 from under the gun and Roland Rokita shoved in the small blind for 33,500. Tobias Peters looked down at his cards in the big blind and then decided to shove too. Grech looked at Peters' stack and then made the call.

Roland Rokita: {a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Tobias Peters: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Gregory Luttke-Grech: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

The board ran out {6-Spades}{8-Spades}{9-Clubs}{5-Spades}{j-Spades} for Rokita to hit the runner-runner flush to triple up and for Luttke-Grech to take the remainder of Peters' stack with the rivered set of jacks.

Player Chips Progress
Gregory Luttke-Grech fr
Gregory Luttke-Grech
104,000 66,000
Roland Rokita at
Roland Rokita
103,000 58,000
Tobias Peters nl
Tobias Peters
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Roland RokitaTobias Peters

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000