Event #9: €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Day 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker Europe

11-01-2017 18:28 UTC+1

Updated Counts

Level 4 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	630,000 70,000	70,000

Yair Bitoun	580,000 80,000	80,000
Manig Loeser	565,000 65,000	65,000

Davidi Kitai	560,000 560,000	560,000

Mike Leah	500,000

Eli Elezra	490,000 160,000	160,000

Felipe Ramos	460,000 40,000	40,000

Benjamin Pollak	450,000 50,000	50,000
Dan Shak	420,000 80,000	80,000
Timothy Adams	325,000 15,000	15,000

Adrian Mateos	280,000 10,000	10,000

Ryan Riess	265,000 235,000	235,000

11-01-2017 18:19 UTC+1

Bicknell Coolered, Given False Hope

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 4 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

We came upon two players all in with aces and kings in front of them. It turned out Kristen Bicknell, who was under the gun, had gotten it in there with , and Paul Newey had her coolered from the next seat with . The flop looked beautiful for Bicknell but an turn quashed her hopes. Paint completed the board but it was the .

Newey had about 580,000 and that covered Bicknell's 528,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Newey	1,100,000 600,000	600,000
Kristen Bicknell	Busted

Tags: Kristen Bicknell Paul Newey

11-01-2017 18:14 UTC+1

Rainer Kempe Joins the Fray

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Level 4 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The field for Event #9 is now 55 players strong, with 60 total entries so far. Rainer Kempe joined the field recently and just played a hand against Christian Christner.

He raised the button to 11,000 with Christner in the big blind. Christner called. The flop came and Christner checked to Kempe. Kempe bet 17,000 and Christner called.

The turn was the and both players checked. Both players checked again when the river paired the board with the . Christner showed only a busted straight draw holding . Kempe won the hand with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	580,000

Christian Christner	270,000 230,000	230,000

Tags: Rainer Kempe Christian Christner

11-01-2017 18:09 UTC+1

Mateos Ships on Ruzicka

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 4 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Vojtech Ruzicka checked from under the gun on a completed board of and Adrian Mateos shoved all in from the button. It was 151,500 and appeared to be a roughly pot-sized wager. Ruzicka tanked about a minute and then released.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	485,000 15,000	15,000
Adrian Mateos	290,000 96,000	96,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Vojtech Ruzicka

Level: 4

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

11-01-2017 17:37 UTC+1

Break Time

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

The players are on a 20-minute break.

11-01-2017 17:34 UTC+1

Photos: €25,000 High Roller Day 1

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Photos by Alin Ivanov.

11-01-2017 17:26 UTC+1

Sammartino Takes it All from Kisacikoglu

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

Timothy Adams opened under the gun for 7,000 and got two callers before Christian Christner made it 30,000 in the cutoff. Adams mucked but both Dario Sammartino and Orpen Kisacikoglu called. The flop came and Christner bet 35,000. Kisacikoglu called but Sammartino made it 115,000 to go. Christner mucked with a sigh but Kisacikoglu counted out his stack and jammed for about 400,000. Sammartino quickly called.

Sammartino:
Kisacikoglu:

Kisacikoglu's flush hopes went down the drain right away when the hit the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	1,100,000 600,000	600,000

Benjamin Pollak	500,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	Busted

Tags: Dario Sammartino Orpen Kisacikoglu

11-01-2017 17:17 UTC+1

Kurganov Keeps Going Up, Knocks Out Bitoun and Kitai

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

Igor Kugranov was the third player all in on a flop. He retold the preflop action.

Three players were already in for 8,000 before Davidi Kitai raised to 36,000 on the button. Kurganov and Yair Bitoun both called.

The flop came and Kurganov checked. Bitoun raised all in for 230,000 and Kitai shoved over the top for about 550,000. Kurganov called both all ins and had both players covered. He was ahead with a set of twos holding . Kitai had two pair with [ and Bitoun was in last place with only a pair holding .

The turn was the and the river was the and Kurganov eliminated both players and has already more than tripled his stack in about 20 minutes of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	1,600,000 920,000	920,000

Yair Bitoun	Busted
Davidi Kitai	Busted

Tags: Davidi Kitai Igor Kurganov Yair Bitoun

11-01-2017 17:07 UTC+1

Saout and Badziakouski Battle in Long Hand

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

In a hand that stretched well into the new level, Mikita Badziakouski appeared to complete the small blind and then limp-raise to 27,000 when Antoine Saout made it 8,000 to go. Saout called and they took in a flop. Badziakouski bet 30,000 and Saout called. On the turn, Badziakouski checked and called 70,000. The river brought a . Badziakouski checked again and Saout bet 131,500.

Badziakouski took a deep breath and stretched. He counted out a call and then held on to the chips, tanking for a couple of minutes. Eventually, he smiled at his neighbor and mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Saout	685,000 185,000	185,000
Kristen Bicknell	500,000

Mikita Badziakouski	390,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Antoine Saout Mikita Badziakouski