2017 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #6: €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj63
Prize
€93,677
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€366,529
Entries
191
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0

Day 1 of Event #6: €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Ends Near the Money Bubble

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 0 ante
Liran Twito Leads 31 Players Into Day 2
Liran Twito Leads 31 Players Into Day 2

The second Omaha tournament of the 2017 World Series of Poker Europe at the King's Casino in Rozvadov attracted a field of 191 entries for Event #6 €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha to generate a prize pool of €366,529. After 15 levels of 40 minutes each, the money spots were narrowly missed as 31 hopefuls bagged up for the night.

Day 2 will recommence at 1 p.m. local time right on the money bubble with blinds of 3,000/6,000, and two further players will be sent home empty-handed before locking up a min cash of €3,215, while the winner can look forward to a payday of €93,677 and the elusive golden bracelet. Leading the field of survivors after Day 1 is Event #3 €1,100 Turbo Bounty Hunter 4th place finisher Liran Twito with 802,000 followed by Vahid Amirzahiri (685,000) and Pim van Holsteyn (627,000). The top three of the overnight counts all earned their stacks after winning massive pots in the last level of the night.

Other big stacks and notables still in contention include Dario Alioto (369,000), former football striker Sergej Barbarez (340,000), Sumit Sapra (297,000), 2017 WSOP bracelet winner Sebastian Langrock (255,000), Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler (217,000), Erik Cajelais (185,000), Mike Leah (142,000), and the 2017 WSOP Player of the Year contenders John Racener (130,000) and Chris Ferguson (98,000). Langrock was down to 800 chips at big blind 2,000 and made it through while Racener and Ferguson spent the last levels of the night next to each other (see below).

Chris Ferguson and John racener

Despite starting with more than 300 big blinds in the first level, there was one casualty in Bianca Jacobs after running with middle set into top set and Georgios Koliofotis turned quads when the remaining chips went in. Just before the first break, Koliofotis and John Racener played a pot worth five times the starting stack and the German with Greek roots flopped the nut flush to skyrocket into a commanding lead.

Until the start of level 10 when the registration closed after the dinner break, the entries and re-entries kept pouring in at an incredible speed and among those to come and go were such big names as Phil Hellmuth, Ismael Bojang, Ryan Hughes, Alex Foxen, Vivian Saliba, Eli Elezra, Fabrice Soulier, Marcel Luske and Kenny Hallaert. A four-way all in showdown was not uncommon and the field was whittled down quickly.

Towards the end of the night, Barny Boatman, Anthony Zinno and Felipe Ramos all ran out of chips before five big clashes headlined the last level of the night. Alexander Livingston's flopped straight draw got there against the top two pair of Vladimir Troyanovskiy and the top set of Jan-Peter Jachtmann before Pim van Holsteyn's flopped straight on the same table held up against the nut flush draw and inferior straight draw of Lukas Zaskodny. Ryan Riess turned the nut flush but Ivan Fedor rivered a full house to eliminate the 2013 WSOP Main Event champion before bagging and tagging.

Once the last hands of the night were announced, the money bubble was near but it wouldn't burst. Gerd Eichinger and Vahid Amirzahiri got into a raising war with drawing hands and Amirzahiri had also flopped a pair, the Brit would eventually win the second-biggest pot of the tournament so far with just a pair of sixes. In the penultimate hand of the night, Jonathan Abdellatif's overpair and nut flush draw failed to get there against the turned straight of Liran Twito and the Israeli skyrocketed into the lead.

The event is scheduled to play down to a final table on Day 2 and determine a champion on Monday October 30th 2017, and the PokerNews live reporting team will provide all the action from the floor.

Event #6 Day 2 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerNationalityChipcountBig Blinds
1491Erik CajelaisCanada185,00031
1492Alexandre ViardFrance241,00040
1493Alexander LivingstonCanada309,00052
1494Jozef MlcochSlovakia139,00023
1495Andriy LyubovetskiyUkraine258,00043
1496Chris FergusonUnited States98,00016
1497Samuel AlbeckGermany95,00016
1498Liran TwitoIsrael802,000134
      
1501Pim van HolsteynNetherlands627,000105
1502Sergej BarbarezGermany340,00057
1503Thomas PedersenDenmark117,00020
1504Sebastian LangrockAustria255,00043
1505John RacenerUnited States130,00022
1506Angelo BenedettoItaly280,00047
1507Gisle OlsenDenmark250,00042
1508Jonathan AbdellatifBulgaria55,0009
      
1551Georgios KoliofotisGermany180,00030
1552Dario AliotoItaly369,00062
1553Mike LeahCanada142,00024
1554Peter BstielerGermany167,00028
1555Christian RachelGermany54,0009
1556Ivan FedorSlovakia258,00043
1557Willm EngelkeGermany302,00050
1558Allen KesslerUnited States217,00036
      
1561Mustafa JukovicSweden160,00027
1562Vahid AmirzahiriUnited Kingdom685,000114
1563Krasimir YankovBulgaria305,00051
1564Martin RothärmelGermany158,00026
1566Lukas ZaskodnyCzech Republic124,00021
1567Sumit SapraIndia297,00050
1568Vitezslav PestaCzech Republic31,0005

Tags: Alexander LivingstonAllen KesslerAnthony ZinnoBarny BoatmanBianca JacobsChris FergusonDario AliotoEli ElezraErik CajelaisFabrice SoulierFelipe RamosGeorgios KoliofotisGerd EichingerIsmael BojangIvan FedorJan-Peter JachtmannJohn RacenerJonathan AbdellatifKenny HallaertLiran TwitoLukas ZaskodnyMarcel LuskeMike LeahPhil HellmuthPim van HolsteynRyan HughesRyan RiessSebastian LangrockSergej BarbarezSumit SapraVahid AmirzahiriVivian SalibaVladimir Troyanovskiy