Event #10: €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker Europe

10-29-2018 16:36 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Robin Hegele	100,000 100,000	100,000
Roland Israelashvili	100,000 9,300	9,300

Rainer Kempe	100,000 100,000	100,000

Yang Zhang	100,000 100,000	100,000

Artur Rudziankov	100,000 100,000	100,000
[Removed:174]	100,000 100,000	100,000
Matthias Eibinger	100,000 100,000	100,000

Gary Hasson	100,000 100,000	100,000
Pete Chen	Busted

Marco Leonzio	Busted
Anson Tsang	Busted

Marcus Wyskovsky	Busted
Krasimir Yankov	Busted
Georgi Slavov	Busted
Xiaojie Cheng	Busted
Andrey Ivlev	Busted
Konstantin Beylin	Busted
Micky Blasi	Busted
Milad Oghabian	Busted

Bujtas Bests Netaliev

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Picking up the action in a three-bet pot and on the flop, Laszlo Bujtas bet 17,000 out of the big blind and Oleg Netaliev called from early position. The on the turn slowed down the action and both players checked, then did so again on the river. Bujtas turned over the and that was good enough to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Gabrieli	500,000 80,000	80,000
Ben Heath	450,000 38,000	38,000

Oleg Netaliev	350,000 4,000	4,000
Oliver Weis	310,000 90,000	90,000

Viliyan Petleshkov	250,000 43,000	43,000
Maria Lampropulos	225,000 108,000	108,000
Andrei Boghean	175,000 90,000	90,000
Laszlo Bujtas	170,000 142,100	142,100
Gianluca Speranza	115,000 15,000	15,000
Pedro Marques	110,000 49,000	49,000

Igor Kurganov	100,000

Krasimir Yankov	100,000 100,000	100,000
Jordan Cristos	90,000 49,000	49,000

Boris Kuzmanovic	60,000 26,300	26,300

Tags: Laszlo Bujtas Oleg Netaliev

10-29-2018 16:43 UTC+1

Kessler Eliminates Eibinger for Good

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Adam Lamers

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The action folded to Matthias Eibinger who raised it up on the button. Allen Kessler three-bet from the small blind and Eibinger four-bet shoved all in, putting his new stack of around 100,000 to work. Kessler quickly made the call and the cards were on their backs.

Allen Kessler:
Matthias Eibinger:

Kessler held a dominant preflop advantage and the flop of never changed anything. The on the turn gave Kessler a bit of a sweat as Eibinger picked up a flush draw, but the on the river bricked off. This was Eibinger's second bullet of the day and he is no longer allowed to re-enter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ognjen Sekularac	715,000 25,000	25,000
Allen Kessler	216,000 94,500	94,500
Christian Weichhart	199,000 111,400	111,400
Will Givens	196,000 87,800	87,800

Rainer Kempe	115,000 15,000	15,000

Mikolaj Zawadzki	62,000 23,200	23,200
Saar Wilf	47,000 700	700
Matthias Eibinger	Busted

Tags: Allen Kessler Matthias Eibinger

10-29-2018 16:44 UTC+1

Chip Count Updates

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Slacanac	774,000 174,000	174,000

Tobias Peters	340,000 36,000	36,000

Steven Warburton	315,000 2,000	2,000
Mustapha Kanit	250,000 10,000	10,000

Alberto Stegeman	178,000 78,000	78,000
Jurgen Prolls	110,000
Pim Gieles	100,000 100,000	100,000
Rifat Gegic	100,000
Abdelhakim Zoufri	60,000 10,000	10,000
Mikolaj Zawadzki	Busted
Davidi Kitai	Busted

Renato Nowak	Busted
Vojtech Ruzicka	Busted
Roland Israelashvili	Busted

10-29-2018 16:50 UTC+1

Shabalin Doubles Through Soyza

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Vladimir Shabalin ended up all in and risk after four-bet shoving and three-bettor Michael Soyza called on the button. The flop was a sweat for Shabalin with , as Soyza had for a pair and gutshot.

The turn and river were both blanks, yet Shabalin was ready to leave.

"I win?" he asked and Soyza nodded. "I thought you made the flush," Shabalin continued while sitting back down and stacking the chips, as he had doubled for 34,600.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Shabalin	80,000 48,000	48,000
Michael Soyza	65,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Michael Soyza Vladimir Shabalin

10-29-2018 16:57 UTC+1

Skopalik Leads; Bickley Doubles With Quads

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Wai Leong Chan is no longer in the lead as he took a massive blow against Robert Skopalik when he ran with kings into aces. Skopalik had spades covered and turned the nut flush, the ace on the river was already insignificant.

Another interesting hand played out soon after on the same table. In a battle of the blinds, the flop showed and Robert Bickley bet 6,000 into 14,000 out of the small blind. Xixiang Luo raised to 13,500 and Bickley clicked it back to 32,000, Luo called. On the turn, Bickley moved all in for 59,400 and Luo called after he had asked for a count.

Robert Bickley:
Xixiang Luo:

The was a formality as Bickley had locked up the double with quads already. One year ago, Bickley finished 4th in the 2017 WSOPE Main Event and will aim for another deep run once more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Skopalik	850,000 563,000	563,000
Xixiang Luo	350,000 94,300	94,300

Adrian Mateos	260,000 140,000	140,000

Robert Bickley	140,000 40,000	40,000
Wai Leong Chan	70,000 455,000	455,000
Vladimir Shabalin	Busted

Tags: Robert Bickley Robert Skopalik Wai Leong Chan Xixiang Luo

10-29-2018 17:05 UTC+1

Weis Holds With the Higher Cards

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ming Xi raised to 2,000 from the hijack and Oliver Weis three-bet to 7,500 on the button. Anatolii Vasilev shoved from the small blind for 43,900. Xi considered it for a bit but then folded. Weis checked the amount and then called.

Anatolii Vasilev:
Oliver Weis:

The board ran out for Weis to hold with the higher cards to eliminate Vasilev from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Weis	398,000 88,000	88,000

Anatolii Vasilev	Busted

Tags: Anatolii Vasilev Ming Xi Oliver Weis

10-29-2018 17:09 UTC+1

Schwippert Takes Round Two

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Adam Lamers

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Three players saw a flop of and the action was on James Rann in the big blind. He checked to Alex Foxen on his left who bet 6,800. Jan-Eric Schwippert just called and Rann got out of the way.

The turn was the and Foxen fired in another bet of 21,500. Schwippert still called and the completed the board. Foxen barrelled another 33,000 and Schwippert instantly threw in a single chip to call. Foxen showed for a missed flush draw and Schwippert tabled to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Foxen	377,000 174,000	174,000

Jan-Eric Schwippert	321,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Alex Foxen James Rann Jan Eric Schwippert

10-29-2018 17:10 UTC+1

Geshkenbein Back on Track After Double Knockout

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The flop showed and Vitaliy Bykov had bet 57,000 with few chips behind. Stefan Schillhabel moved all in for 104,700 and Vladimir Geshkenbein from one seat over gave it some thought, then called. Bykov also called all in and the cards were turned over.

Vitaliy Bykov:
Stefan Schillhabel:
Vladimir Geshkenbein:

"That's not good," Geshkenbein said as he saw the cards of Schillhabel. However, the turn immediately secured the double knockout for the Swiss with Russian roots, and the river was a formality.