Event #6: €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Started
2017 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #6: €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€366,529
Entries
191
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0
Welcome to Day 1 of Event #6: €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha
At 2 p.m. local time, the sixth out of eleven bracelet events at the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe kicks off at the King's Casino in Rozvadov with Day 1 of Event #6 €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha. It is the second Omaha event of the festival and Event #2 €550 Pot-Limit Omaha champion Andreas Klatt is among those expected to join the action today.
Defending champion of the event is UK's Richard Gryko, who won his first WSOP bracelet back in 2015 in Berlin after defeating Mike Leah in heads-up in a 161-entry strong field. Gryko finished 18th in the 2017 WSOP Main Event for $340,000 but hasn't shown up yet in Rozvadov, while Leah has already cashed in two events including a 10th place in Event #3 €1,100 Turbo Bounty Hunter.
Day 1 will feature a total of 15 levels of 40 minutes each and the registration remains open for nine levels and the following dinner break, until approximately 9.40 p.m. local time. All players receive 40,000 in chips and unlimited re-entries are permitted during the registration period.
Also most likely back in action in the hunt for vital 2017 WSOP Player of the Year points are Chris Ferguson, Alex Foxen, John Racener, Ryan Hughes and Kenny Hallaert. Hughes and Ferguson cashed in Event #4 €1,650 6-max while Foxen and Racener bagged up chips on Day 1b of Event #5 €550 THE COLOSSUS last night.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action until a winner is crowned in this three-day tournament.
Action About to Kick Off
The clocks have been stopped while the first players are pouring into the tournament area and the screens show 30 entrants thus far. Below is the first list of notables that will take part right from the start.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000 | |
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40,000 | |
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40,000 | |
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40,000 | |
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40,000 | |
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40,000 |
Level: 1
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
The Next Batch of Entries
Level 1
: 75/150, 0 ante
Former football striker and Omaha aficionado Sergej Barbarez has sat down next to Barny Boatman and Fabrice Soulier also entered the competition a few minutes into Level one. Other early risers can be found below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000 | |
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40,000 | |
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40,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
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40,000 | |
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40,000 |
Only The Nuts for Albeck
Level 1
: 75/150, 0 ante
Bianca Jacobs is the only woman in the field so far and limped in from the small blind. Michal Maryska, who final-tabled the €550 Pot-Limit Omaha Event, raised to 450 from the big blind and Jacobs called. On the 
flop, Jacobs checked and folded to a bet.
One hand later a four-way limped pot brought the flop of 
and all players checked. On the turn, Georgios Koliofotis bet 600 from under the gun and just Maryska called. The 
fell on the river and Maryska check-folded to a bet of 1,800 by Koliofotis.
One table over a big pot was already brewing with 3,500 in the middle and the board showing 
. Samuel Albeck bet 2,200 and Pascal Lardy eventually called. Albeck announced "nuts, only the nuts" and showed 
for the eight-high straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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44,000 | 44,000 |
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41,000 | 1,000 |
|
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40,000 | 40,000 |
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39,500 | 39,500 |
|
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37,000 | 37,000 |
Jukovic Takes from Haddadnia
Level 1
: 75/150, 0 ante
After a limp by Samuel Albeck and Mustafa Jukovic, Mohammadjavad Haddadnia raised to 600 on the button and both limpers called. The flop fell 
and Haddadnia's pot-sized bet followed, which only Jukovic check-called. After the turn, Jukovic immediately announced a pot-sized bet of 5,800 and Haddadnia folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | 45,000 |
|
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35,000 | -5,000 |
Up to 52 Entries
Level 1
: 75/150, 0 ante
Half-way through the first level the screens show 52 entries and among the most recent notables to enter were former Pot-Limit Omaha WSOP Champion Jan-Peter Jachtmann, Jose Obadia, Federico Quevedo and Jose Obadia. As per usual, Obadia was seated on the same table as Barny Boatman, which prompted some greetings in Spanish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
|
40,000 | |
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40,000 |
Lescot Without Showdown
Level 1
: 75/150, 0 ante
Aaron Duczak claimed an early pot against Dario Alioto to build his stack but wasn't involved in the next bigger pot on the same table. Fabrice Soulier min-raised to 300 and Mikko Hirvonen three-bet to 1,100 from one seat over. Eric Lescot called from the cutoff, as did Alioto in the small blind, and Soulier also came along.
On the 
flop the action checked to Lescot and his bet of 1,700 won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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48,000 | 8,000 |
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43,000 | 3,000 |
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39,000 | 39,000 |
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38,000 | -2,000 |
|
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32,000 | -8,000 |
Jacobs Busts With Full House
Level 1
: 75/150, 0 ante
On the flop of 
, a pot of 6,275 had emerged and Stanislav Parkhomenko bet 6,000 out of the big blind. Bianca Jacobs raised the pot to 24,300 and Georgios Koliofotis called on the button before Parkhomenko tank-folded.
The 
fell on the turn and Jacobs moved all in for her remaining 7,500, which Koliofotis snap-called. "Do you have jacks?" Jacobs asked and Koliofotis nodded. "Yes I have jacks," and Jacobs was taken aback before the cards were tabled.
Bianca Jacobs: 
Georgios Koliofotis: 
Jacobs had improved to a full house, but was already drawing dead to the quads of Koliofotis, making the 
river a formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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90,000 | 49,000 |
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32,000 | 32,000 |
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Busted |