Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1b | 2017 World Series of Poker Europe

10-25-2017 01:46 UTC+2

Georgios Zisimopoulos Leads After WSOPE Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1B

Will Shillibier

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

The second starting day of the World Series of Poker Europe Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha attracted 306 players creating the largest ever WSOPE Omaha tournament and the largest ever Omaha tournament ever held at King's Casino.

18 players from Day 1B will join the 13 players who advanced from Day 1A in Day 2, with the overall payouts getting confirmed tomorrow before play gets underway.

Leading the 18 survivors is Greek player Georgios Zisimopoulos who bagged 347,000. Zisimopoulos has over $1.6m in lifetime earnings, with his biggest WSOP cash coming last year when he finished second in the WSOP Event #38: $3,000 Limit Hold'em for $104,646.

Zisimopoulos also enjoyed a deep run in this year's Main Event, finishing a respectable 160th for just over $50,000.

Other players advancing include double bracelet winner Kristen Bicknell (143,000), Andreas Klatt (196,000), Sergio Fernandez (319,000) and Edouard Mignot (100,000)

The bubble was reached when Mandhukar Pandya's flush eliminated the rivered set of Cheng Wei Yin. The 46 players were all at that stage guaranteed €806.

Roberto Romanello (44th - €806), Krasimir Yankov (39th - €855), Jerome Sgorrano (35th - €855) and Teunis Kooij (27th - €936) were among the players to finish in the money today.

Day 1B Payouts

Position	Name	Country	Payout
19	Mohammadjavad Haddadnia	Iran	€ 1,055
20	Josep Galindo	Spain	€ 1,055
21	Ralf Werner	Germany	€ 1,055
22	Robert Wirth	Germany	€ 1,055
23	Andreas Kolsch	Germany	€ 1,055
24	Michael Magalashvili	Israel	€ 1,055
25	Phil Hellmuth	United States	€ 936
26	Stanislav Wright	Ukraine	€ 936
27	Teunis Kooij	Netherlands	€ 936
28	Erik Cajelais	Canada	€ 936
29	Pavel Gurist	Slovakia	€ 936
30	Giovanni Di Donato	Italy	€ 936
31	Sandor Gyorfey	Hungary	€ 936
32	Christian Arstad	Norway	€ 936
33	Martin Frank	Switzerland	€ 855
34	Philipp Caranica	Germany	€ 855
35	Jerome Sgorrano	Belgium	€ 855
36	Dario Alioto	Italy	€ 855
37	Pavel Sourek	Czech Republic	€ 855
38	Ivaylo Sivinov	Bulgaria	€ 855
39	Krasimir Yankov	Bulgaria	€ 855
40	Igor Sharaskin	Russia	€ 855
41	Yves Kumpfermunz	Belgium	€ 806
42	Gutmundur Gunnarsson	Iceland	€ 806
43	Antonin Felfel	Czech Republic	€ 806
44	Roberto Romanello	United Kingdom	€ 806
45	Federico Francisco Diaz	Costa Rica	€ 806
46	Aaron Duczak	Canada	€ 806

14-time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth bubbled the final three tables after his top pair was outkicked by Pandya, with Hellmuth taking home €936 and a record-extending 126th World Series of Poker cash.

Just like yesterday, the first eight levels were a frenzy of players entering and re-entering. Player of the Year contenders Chris Ferguson, Ryan Hughes, John Racener, Alex Foxen, Kenny Hallaert and Mike Leah were all in action early, but all would bust soon thereafter (some after more bullets than others).

Along with the POY contenders, former WSOPE Omaha event winners Jeff Lisandro and Jani Vilmunen were in the field, along with defending champion Barny Boatman. All three would fail to reach the money.

Alexander Lakhov was one of the bigger stacks early in the day, as well as Ismael Bojang, fresh from his final table in the WSOPE Monster Stack event.

By the time we reached dinner, there were 101 players left but they soon diminished until the bubble was reached and Zisimopoulos took hold at the head of proceedings. After the bubble the eliminations continued until the final 19 was reached, creating a Day 2 field of 31.

The plan for tomorrow is to play down to a winner, so there will be no Day 3. Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for all the updates from King's Casino Rozvadov and the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe.

Day 2 Seat Draw

Table	Seat	Player	Nationality	Chipcount	Big Blinds
15	1	Kristen Bicknell	Canada	143,000	18
15	2	Georgios Zisimopoulos	Greece	347,000	43
15	3	Fabrice Halleux	Belgium	179,000	22
15	4	Theodoros Aidonopoulos	Greece	129,000	16
15	5	Edouard Mignot	France	100,000	13
15	6	Sergio Fernandez	Spain	313,000	39
15	7	Krysztof Magott	Poland	226,000	28
15	8	Nursultan Abilkassym	Kazakhstan	66,000	8

16	1	Vivian Saliba	Brazil	21,000	3
16	2	Alexander Lakhov	Russia	249,000	31
16	3	James Akenhead	United Kingdom	129,000	16
16	4	Andreas Klatt	Germany	196,000	25
16	5	Michal Maryška	Czech Republic	94,000	12
16	6	Sander van Wesemael	Netherlands	68,000	9
16	7	Marek Tatar	Slovakia	241,000	30
16	8	Ivo Donev	Austria	131,000	16

17	1	Rene Berube	Canada	84,000	11
17	2	Jani Vilmunen	Finland	168,000	21
17	3	Daniele Primerano	Italy	200,000	25
17	4	Vlado Sevo	Austria	90,000	11
17	5	[Removed:108]	Norway	200,000	25
17	6	Joseph Di Rosa Rojas	Venezuela	81,000	10
17	7	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	490,000	61
17	8	Nico Ehlers	Germany	272,000	34

18	2	Vasile Stancu	United Kingdom	62,000	8
18	3	Fabian Gumz	Germany	189,000	24
18	4	Madhukar Pandya	Switzerland	109,000	14
18	5	Thomas Pohnke	Germany	196,000	25
18	6	Maciej Kondraszuk	Poland	163,000	20
18	7	Tu Tuan To	Germany	248,000	31
18	8	Brandon Cantu	United States	51,500	6

Tags: Alex Foxen Alexander Lakhov Andreas Klatt Barny Boatman Cheng Wei Yin Chris Ferguson Dario Alioto Erik Cajelais Georgios Zisimopoulos Ismael Bojang Jani Vilmunen Jeffrey Lisandro Jerome Sgoranno John Racener Josep Galindo Kenny Hallaert Krasimir Yankov Kristen Bicknell Madhukar Pandya Mike Leah Mohammadjavad Haddadnia Phil Hellmuth Robert Wirth Roberto Romanello Ryan Hughes Sergio Fernandez Teun Kooij

10-25-2017 00:48 UTC+2

Hellmuth Eliminated

Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante

Phil Hellmuth made it 14,000 from under the gun. Maciej Kondraszuk called in the small blind, as did Theodoros Aldonopoulos in the big blind. The flop of was checked by all players. The turn was the . Kondraszuk bet 14,000. Aldonopoulos folded and Hellmuth open-mucked .

The next hand, Hellmuth was in the big blind and checked after Madhukar Pandya limped under the gun and Aldonopoulos completed in the small blind.

The flop came . Aldonopoulos bet 7,000 and Hellmuth moved all in for 9,500. Pandya called, as did Aldonopoulos. Both remaining players checked the turn and the river and all cards were turned over.

Madhukar Pandya:
Theodoros Aldonopoulos:
Phil Hellmuth:

Hellmuth's two pair, nines and threes with a king kicker, was no good and Pandya won the pot with aces up. Hellmuth was eliminated from the tournament. There will be a short pause as the players redraw around three tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Madhukar Pandya	180,000	25,000
Theodoros Aldonopoulos	130,000	-17,000
Phil Hellmuth	Busted

Tags: Madhukar Pandya Phil Hellmuth Theodoros Aldonopoulos

10-25-2017 00:12 UTC+2

Fernandez Into the Chip Lead

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 0 ante

Sergio Fernandez raised to 8,000 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Alexander Lakhov.

They both checked through the on the flop. The turn brought them the , now Fernandez bet 12,000 and was called again by Lakhov.

The on the river completed the board. Fernandez bet 37,000 and Lakhov snap-called. Fernandez showed for trip sixes. Lakhov looked at his cards, sort of mucked and then counted out the chips for Fernandez.

In the end, Lakhov still showed his red aces to the table before they went into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Fernandez	320,000	90,000
Alexander Lakhov	154,000	-53,000

Tags: Alexander Lakhov Sergio Fernandez

10-24-2017 22:40 UTC+2

Bubble Bursts; All Players in Money

Will Shillibier

Level 14 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

After Pavel Guris with eliminated a player holding on a board, there were 47 players remaining. With tournament officials waiting for all hands to finish at the other tables, there was an all-in and a call between Cheng Wei Yin and Madhukar Pandya on the river.

Once the other tables finished their hands, the cards were turned over:

Cheng Wei Yin:
Madhukar Pandya:

The board ran out and Pandya's flush was good enough to eliminate Yin, getting the field to the money in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Madhukar Pandya	136,000	136,000
Cheng Wei Yin	Busted

Tags: Cheng Wei Yin Madhukar Pandya

10-24-2017 21:52 UTC+2

Motormouth Kabrhel Eliminated by Klatt

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

"If I win I think I make profit!" said Martin Kabrhel at a rowdy pre-bubble table.

The player under the gun limped, before Kabrhel called also. The small blind called and Andreas Klatt made it four players to a flop of . It checked to the original limper who bet 5,000. Kabrhel, in his usual pre-bubble mode of talking one hundred words a minute, made a big show of checking his cards before raising to 15,800. The small blind called and Klatt raised all in.

"Ahh Stuttgart!" said Kabrhel, using a new nickname for Klatt. "That's why you distracted me, you want me to make a mistake on the bubble!" The limper folded and action was back on Kabrhel.

"Come on Martin," said Klatt, "Yesterday I saw you playing craps for thousands and now you're here stalling on the bubble?"

"Yes, but this would be my first WSOPE cash!" he explained. "Stuttgart, you are the worst. I like you, but I bust you." Kabrhel paused for a bit, "Maybe next hand."

Eventually, Kabrhel pushed all of his chips into the middle.

Martin Kabrhel:
Andreas Klatt:

The turn was the and the river the . It was house over house, and Kabrhel motioned to take his chips back as if the hand were a chop. But Kabrhel had lost with his nines full and will have to wait a while longer for his first WSOPE cash.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Klatt	80,000	34,300
Martin Kabrhel	Busted

Tags: Andreas Klatt Martin Kabrhel

10-24-2017 21:33 UTC+2

Zisimopoulos Eliminates Odeen; Up Over 200k

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

On a flop Georgios Zisimopoulos checked to Jerry Odeen who bet 9,000. Zisimopoulos check-raised to 21,000. After some thought Odeen reraised all in for 39,000 and Zisimopoulos snap-called.

"I have a five," said Odeen.

Jerry Odeen:
Georgios Zisimopoulos:

Odeen may have had Aces and a five, but Zisimopoulos had flopped a full house. The turn was the and the river the and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Zisimopoulos	223,000	153,000
Jerry Odeen	Busted

Tags: Georgios Zisimopoulos Jerry Odeen

10-24-2017 20:31 UTC+2

Hellmuth Holds Against Hallaert

Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

Kenny Hallaert was on his way out from the tournament area but was kind enough to tell us his bustout hand.

"I had in mid-position and still had 4,600 and raised to 3,500 pre-flop. Phil Hellmuth and the player in the big blind called. The flop came with one spade so I had a backdoor flush draw. I shoved for my remaining 1,100, Hellmuth made it 3,500. The big blind went all-in for about 9,000 and then Hellmuth called. Hellmuth had and the other player had and I bricked the turn and river. Hellmuth eliminated both of us."

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	36,000	23,000
Kenny Hallaert	Busted

Tags: Kenny Hallaert Phil Hellmuth

10-24-2017 20:12 UTC+2

Pescatori Flushed Out

Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

The board read and three players were all in including Max Pescatori and Jani Vilmunen.

Jani Vilmunen:
Max Pescatori:
Other player:

Vilmunen had turned a flush and eliminated Pescatori and the other player from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jani Vilmunen	71,000	71,000
Max Pescatori	Busted

Tags: Jani Vilmunen Max Pescatori

10-24-2017 18:27 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 300/600, 0 ante

Alex Foxen just won a pot on with the Player of the Year contender holding for a flopped full house. Other big stacks around the room including Alexander Lakhov, Ismael Bojang and Jerome Sgorrano.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Lakhov	95,000	5,000
Ismael Bojang	75,000	65,000
Jerome Sgorrano	65,000	5,000
Kenny Hallaert	37,000	28,500
John Racener	35,000	7,000
Andreas Klatt	34,000	26,500
Roberto Romanello	30,000	30,000
Ryan Hughes	29,000	19,000
Alex Foxen	29,000	15,000
Chris Ferguson	24,000	-6,000
Chris Moneymaker	19,000	-1,000
Max Pescatori	18,000	18,000
Mike Leah	14,000	9,000
Kristen Bicknell	10,000	-2,000
Allen Kessler	7,000	-3,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Alexander Lakhov Ismael Bojang

10-24-2017 18:08 UTC+2

Assorted Pots; Sgorrano Triples Up

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 300/600, 0 ante

Martin Kabrhel just doubled to around 20,000 with on a flop. His opponent held for top pair and a flush draw, but Kabrhel's Kings held on a turn and an river.

Meanwhile Jerome Sgoranno was involved in a three-way all-in on a flop. Mike Leah and Sgoranno checked to a third player who bet 6,000. Leah called and Sgoranno moved all in. The other two players both called.

Jerome Sgoranno:
Mike Leah:
Player 3:

Leah held a flush draw and a pair of jacks, but the third player in the hand had a better flush draw to go with their pair of jacks. Sgoranno had two pair and improved to a full house on the turn and the rvier was the and he tripled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Lakhov	90,000	8,000
Jerome Sgorrano	60,000	51,000
Martin Kabrhel	18,000	18,000
Mike Leah	5,000	-4,000

Tags: Jerome Sgoranno Martin Kabrhel Mike Leah