2018 World Series of Poker Europe

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

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Kovalenko and Oghabian Depart

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Milad Oghabian
Milad Oghabian

Pavel Kovalenko and Jan Gompers got their near identical stacks in preflop with the former at 37,000 and the latter holding 39,000.

Pavel Kovalenko: {A-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Jan Gompers: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

The board came {Q-Spades}{J-Hearts}{2-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} and Kovalenko departed without anything to show for.

Martin Kabrhel open-shoved out of the small blind into short stack Milad Oghabian in the big blind, and the Dutchman called.

Milad Oghabian: {A-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Martin Kabrhel: {5-Spades}{3-Diamonds}

The {5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds} flop gave Kabrhel top pair and the straight draw, and he held onto the lead thanks to the {10-Spades} turn and {2-Spades} river.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
155,000
35,000
35,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jan Gompers de
Jan Gompers
80,000
45,000
45,000
Pavel Kovalenko ru
Pavel Kovalenko
Busted
Milad Oghabian ir
Milad Oghabian
Busted

Tags: Jan GompersMartin KabrhelMilad OghabianPavel Kovalenko

Yakimov Gets Shorter

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Rafael Dahan and Plamen Yakimov were involved in a bigger pot and the former check-raised a second barrel of Yakimov on the {J-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} turn. Yakimov had bet 19,000 only for Dahan to raise to 44,000. That ended up winning the pot without any further resistance, as Yakimov sent his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Refael Dahan
Refael Dahan
160,000
160,000
160,000
Plamen Yakimov bg
Plamen Yakimov
70,000
-60,000
-60,000

Tags: Plamen YakimovRafael Dahan

Late Casualties in Level 13

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Among those to bow out at the end of the level were Milan Sasek, Antal Roth, Jasper van 't Hoff, Greg Hawes and Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy. Hawes had been down to around 70,000 as of lately and sent his stack over to Mykhalio Gutyi.

Player Chips Progress
Mykhailo Gutyi ua
Mykhailo Gutyi
250,000
250,000
250,000
Antal Roth hu
Antal Roth
Busted
Milan Sasek cz
Milan Sasek
Busted
Jasper Van 't Hoff nl
Jasper Van 't Hoff
Busted
Greg Hawes gb
Greg Hawes
Busted
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy ru
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy
Busted
Day 1E Chip Leader

Tags: Aleksandr MerzhvinskiyAntal RothGreg HawesJasper Van 't HoffMilan SasekMykhalio Gutyi

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Kabrhel Finishes Off Sonnenholzner

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Korbinian Sonnenholzner
Korbinian Sonnenholzner

Martin Kabrhel raised to 6,500 and Jaroslav Peter called in the small blind. Korbinian Sonnenholzner moved all in for 77,000 in the big blind and Kabrhel reshoved to isolate successfully.

Korbinian Sonnenholzner: {A-Hearts}{J-Spades}
Martin Kabrhel: {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

The {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flop gave Kabrhel the nut flush and the {K-Diamonds} turn locked things up for the Czech master of speech play. This made the {3-Diamonds} river a formality and Sonnenholzner departed.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
250,000
95,000
95,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Korbinian Sonnenholzner de
Korbinian Sonnenholzner
Busted

Tags: Jaroslav PeterKorbinian SonnenholznerMartin Kabrhel

Tsang Wins a Flip

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Anson Tsang was all in and at risk for the last 30,000 with {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} and Michael Braeutigam looked him up from three seats over with the {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}. The flip went in favor of Tsang, who hit a full house on the board {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{10-Hearts}{6-Spades}{8-Hearts}.

At almost the same time, Netanel Amedi departed from a different table to reduce the field further.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Braeutigam de
Michael Braeutigam
90,000
90,000
90,000
Anson Tsang hk
Anson Tsang
65,000
15,000
15,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Netanel Amedi il
Netanel Amedi
Busted

Tags: Anson TsangMichael BraeutigamNetanel Amedi

Down to 35 Players

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Jaroslav Peter was all in for the last 59,000 before the flop and turned over the {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} in showdown against Michael Braeutigam. The German had the superior pocket pair in {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}, but Peter had a sweat with three diamonds until the {A-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} turn. The river was a blank and that was it for Peter.

Only moments later, Maksym Lavrov got his last 14,500., Allen Kessler reraised to isolate and create the following showdown.

Maksym Lavrov: {K-Hearts}{3-Clubs}
Allen Kessler: {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}

Lavrov paired the king on the {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} turn, but the {7-Diamonds} river improved Kessler to a flush. He was still left with the head shaking after the turn card and only then noticed that it wasn't yet another bad beat story.

"I didn't even notice it," Kessler admitted in table chat.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Braeutigam de
Michael Braeutigam
155,000
65,000
65,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
90,000
33,000
33,000
$25K Fantasy
StakeKings
Jaroslav Peter cz
Jaroslav Peter
Busted
Maksym Lavrov ua
Maksym Lavrov
Busted

Tags: Allen KesslerJaroslav PeterMaksym LavrovMichael Braeutigam

Della Longa Loses Flip to Blasko

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Davide Della Longa
Davide Della Longa

A raise to 20,000 was in front of Davide Della Longa on the button and Marek Blasko then moved all in from the under-the-gun position. Della Longa was sent deep into the think tank. The clock had been called on the Italian previously and it happened once more. Della Longa was given 30 seconds to act and he tossed in a single chip for the call with one second left.

Davide Della Longa: {J-Spades}{J-Diamonds}
Marek Blasko: {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts}

The {K-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} flop paired up Blasko, and the {Q-Hearts} turn and {A-Spades} river failed to keep Della Longa in contention for Day 1D.

Player Chips Progress
Marek Blasko sk
Marek Blasko
160,000
95,000
95,000
Davide Della Longa it
Davide Della Longa
Busted

Tags: Davide Della LongaMarek Blasko