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

11-01-2017 17:26 UTC+2

Mateos Drops Three-Bet Pot

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Level 2 : 1,000/2,000, 500 ante

Jan Schwippert opened second to act to 6,000 and got two callers before Adrian Mateos made it 40,000 to go in the big blind. Schwippert called and it went heads up to a board of after both players checked the flop. Mateos checked and folded fairly quickly to a bet of 28,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Schwippert	542,000 42,000	42,000
Adrian Mateos	386,000 -114,000	-114,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Jan Schwippert

11-01-2017 17:36 UTC+2

Daher Fires Twice But Gives Up, Pidun Benefits

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Level 2 : 1,000/2,000, 500 ante

Daniel Pidun opened from early position to 6,500 and Albert Daher three-bet on the button to 20,000. Pidun called.

The flop came and Pidun checked. Daher bet 16,000 and Pidun called. The turn was the and Pidun checked again. Daher bet 83,000 this time and Pidun called again.

The river was the and both players checked this time. Pidun showed and Daher mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Pidun	655,000 655,000	655,000
Albert Daher	350,000 -150,000	-150,000

Tags: Albert Daher Daniel Pidun

11-01-2017 17:44 UTC+2

Adams Sinking Early

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Level 2 : 1,000/2,000, 500 ante

Timothy Adams bet 14,000 from under the gun on a flop and was facing a check-raise to 31,000 from Eli Elezra, in the small blind. Adams peeled one off and it was the . This time, he mucked to a barrel of 58,000 from Elezra.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Elezra	650,000 150,000	150,000

Timothy Adams	310,000 -190,000	-190,000

Tags: Eli Elezra Timothy Adams

11-01-2017 17:50 UTC+2

Altergott Up Early

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Level 2 : 1,000/2,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Altergott	800,000
Ole Schemion	500,000

Igor Kurganov	500,000

Stefan Schillhabel	500,000

Sam Grafton	500,000

11-01-2017 18:00 UTC+2

Igor Kurganov Adds Almost 200,000 on His First Hand

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Level 2 : 1,000/2,000, 500 ante

Igor Kurganov joined the field and immediately added almost 200,000 to his stack. Koray Aldemir opened to 6,000 under the gun and Yair Bitoun three-bet to 18,000. Kurganov four-bet to 51,000 from the small blind and Aldemir folded. Bitoun called.

The flop was and Kurganov checked. Bitou bet 110,000 and Kurganov shoved all in for 448,000. Bitoun folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	680,000 180,000	180,000

Yair Bitoun	295,000 295,000	295,000

Tags: Igor Kurganov Koray Aldemir Yair Bitoun

Level: 3

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

11-01-2017 18:07 UTC+2

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

11-01-2017 18:17 UTC+2

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 18:26 UTC+2

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.