2018 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #1: €550 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
€203,820
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€1,435,412
Entries
2,992
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000

Kaneoya In the Mix

Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Renato Kaneoya has had a very successful summer in Las Vegas and reached two WSOP final tables. Kaneoya finished 4th in Event #6: GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em and followed that up with a 7th place in Event #68: The Little One for One Drop - $1,000 +111 No-Limit Hold'em. The Brazilian was back home for a different festival and then headed over to Europe with some 14 hours in flights to take part in the World Series of Poker Europe.

Also in Day 1A are Mick Heder and Matous Houzvicek. Guoliang Wei, who won the Little One for One Drop, has already been eliminated and subsequently re-entered.

Player Chips Progress
Mick Heder dk
Mick Heder
25,000
25,000
25,000
Matous Houzvicek cz
Matous Houzvicek
25,000
25,000
25,000
Renato Kaneoya br
Renato Kaneoya
25,000
25,000
25,000
Guoliang Wei cn
Guoliang Wei
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Guoliang WeiMatous HouzvicekMick HederRenato Kaneoya

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

Strobel Busts Krzyzewski

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Eugen Strobel raised it up to 600 and Mateusz Krzyzewski three-bet to 2,000. Strobel took some time to consider his options and clicked it up to 7,600. Strobel moved all in and Krzyzewski called to see he was in desperate shape.

Mateusz Krzyzewski: {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts}
Eugen Strobel: {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}

The board came {7-Spades}{6-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Spades}{A-Diamonds} and Krzyzewski joined the rail. In the first hour of play, already 10 players were eliminated and many more will follow in the hours to come.

Player Chips Progress
Eugen Strobel de
Eugen Strobel
50,000
50,000
50,000
Mateusz Krzyzewski pl
Mateusz Krzyzewski
Busted

Tags: Eugen StrobelMateusz Krzyzewski

Kessler and Israelashvili on Board

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Allen Kessler and Roland Israelashvili were among the late entrants and were seated manually. A new table opened and they happened to be seated right next to each other. World Series of Poker bracelet winner Sebastian Langrock has also been spotted in the field, and Sander van Wesemael has joined the grind on the first of eight starting days.

Player Chips Progress
Sander van Wesemael nl
Sander van Wesemael
25,000
25,000
25,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
25,000
25,000
25,000
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
25,000
25,000
25,000
Sebastian Langrock de
Sebastian Langrock
25,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Allen KesslerRoland IsraelashviliSander van WesemaelSebastian Langrock

Valent Chips Up

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

A substantial pot had already built with 8,000 in the middle and the completed board showing {K-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{6-Clubs}. Czech Republic's Ondrej Lon bet 5,300 with some 6,000 behind and his sole opponent Vladimir Valent gave it some thought before calling.

Lon tabled the {3-Spades}{3-Hearts} and Valent raked in the pot with the {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts} for kings and sixes.

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Valent sk
Vladimir Valent
40,000
40,000
40,000
Ondrej Lon cz
Ondrej Lon
6,000
6,000
6,000

Tags: Ondrej LonVladimir Valent

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

Kaneoya Folds the River

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante
Renato Kaneoya
Renato Kaneoya

Renato Kaneoya has had a decent start into Day 1A and chipped up quickly before being moved tables. Just now he was in a heads-up pot and checked the {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{6-Hearts} turn. His opponent in the cutoff bet 4,000 and Kaneoya called, then checked again quickly on the {A-Clubs} river.

What followed was a bet of 7,000 by the player in the cutoff and Kaneoya sent his cards into the muck.

In the meanwhile, Anatoly Korochenskiy has been eliminated from a nearby table and will likely be back soon.

Player Chips Progress
Renato Kaneoya br
Renato Kaneoya
32,000
7,000
7,000
Oliver Heidel de
Oliver Heidel
30,000
5,000
5,000
Matous Houzvicek cz
Matous Houzvicek
30,000
5,000
5,000
Anatoly Korochenskiy ru
Anatoly Korochenskiy
Busted

Tags: Anatoly KorochenskiyRenato Kaneoya

Muller in the Lead

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Gerrit Muller has been able to more than triple up his stack already while Evangelos Vougiouklakis just tripled up his tiny stack. Vougiouklakis was already all in and awaiting his fate with the turn and river of a board {9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{J-Clubs} being checked through by two other players.

The Greek tabled the {J-Spades}{7-Spades} for rivered two pair, his opponents mucked {Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts} and {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} respectively.

Player Chips Progress
Gerrit Muller de
Gerrit Muller
80,000
80,000
80,000
Evangelos Vougiouklakis gr
Evangelos Vougiouklakis
7,000
7,000
7,000

Tags: Evangelos VougiouklakisGerrit Muller

Boyd Busts One

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Towards the end of level four, Dutch Boyd was involved in another big pot and bet 20,000 on the river of a board {Q-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. His opponent quickly called and Boyd turned over {K-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for second pair on the flop that improved to a runner runner king-high flush. His opponent flashed {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for the turned straight and inferior flush on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
72,000
22,000
22,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Dutch Boyd

First Break on Day 1A

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

The first four levels of 30 minutes each are done and dusted, which means the first 15-minute break of the day has kicked off. According to the screens, there are 94 players out of 119 entries remaining and most of them will take advantage of the free buffet at the King's Casino already.