Event #10: €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 3 | 2018 World Series of Poker Europe

10-30-2018 15:27 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Serhii Balynskyi	Busted
Werner Eigner	Busted
Johannes Becker	Busted
James Romero	Busted
Paul Teoh	Busted
Ricardo Chauriye	Busted
Tomasz Raniszewski	Busted
Salvatore Camarda	Busted

10-30-2018 15:22 UTC+2

Salter Puts Badziakouski All-In

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The board read with over 150,000 in the middle already and both Mikita Badziakouski (hijack) and Jack Salter (button) had checked.

The on the river completed the board, Badziakouski tanked for about two minuted before betting 33,000. Now it was Salter's turn to take his time to consider his options, after a while, Salter moved forward his stack of 25,000-value chips worth almost 500,000 which would put Badziakouski all-in as he had left. Badziakouski got up from his chair, sat back down, shook his head, glanced at Salter, and dived into the tank. After a while, he looked at Salter once more before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	1,100,000	120,000
Mikita Badziakouski	125,000	-67,000

Tags: Jack Salter Mikita Badziakouski

10-30-2018 15:14 UTC+2

Loeser Doubles Through Duarte

Yori Epskamp

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Manig Loeser open-shoved 129,000 from the small blind, a little over 20 bigs, and Luiz Duarte called after some thought in the big blind.

Manig Loeser:
Luiz Duarte:

Board:

Loeser flopped a six and doubled up into a healthy stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manig Loeser	264,000
Luiz Duarte	200,000

Tags: Luiz Duarte Manig Loeser

10-30-2018 15:09 UTC+2

Farrell Gives Up Against Kurganov

Shirley Ang

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Igor Kurganov raised to 12,000 from the early position and Niall Farrell called in the cutoff.

The flop came , Kurganov continued with a bet of 20,000 which Farrell called.

The turn brought them the , now Kurganov bet 45,000 and Farrell took a few seconds before opting to slide his cards over the line.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	231,000	51,000
Niall Farrell	133,000	-72,000

Tags: Igor Kurganov Niall Farrell

10-30-2018 15:07 UTC+2

Doubles for Zhang and Plozza

Will Shillibier

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Allen Kessler opened to 16,000 and Dominik Matejka called in late position before Yang Zhang three-bet all in for just under 100,000. Kessler folded and Matejka called.

Yang Zhang:
Dominik Matejka:

The board ran out and Zhang doubled up.

Meanwhile, on an board Marius Gierse checked to Moreno Plozza who moved all in for 127,000. Gierse called.

Moreno Plozza:
Marius Gierse:

Both players held flush draws, but Gierse was ahead for the time being with top pair. The turn was the but the river gave Plozza top pair and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gierse	340,000	181,000
Moreno Plozza	290,000	124,000
Allen Kessler	230,000	-11,000
Dominik Matejka	200,000	-12,500
Yang Zhang	190,000	39,500

Tags: Allen Kessler Dominik Matejka Marius Gierse Moreno Plozza Yang Zhang

10-30-2018 15:06 UTC+2

Some Pictures Of Today

Shirley Ang

10-30-2018 14:56 UTC+2

WSOPE Main Event Now a "Survival Game" says Sinclair

Will Shillibier

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Different poker players have different approaches to social media. Some you very rarely hear from until they win a tournament, and others are updating at every break to keep their friends/fans/backers (delete as applicable) informed.

One such player is Jack Sinclair, whose Instagram posts document the rise and fall of his tournament so far.

"It's been a slow start," said Sinclair on the first break. "I have about what I came into today with; nothing's really happened. I have maybe a little bit more so I can't complain.

"By this point, it's just habit," said Sinclair when asked about his social media updates. "I don't think it's necessarily beneficial; especially in intense situations. At final tables or deep in very big tournaments I post a lot less because it can be a distraction, but in general, I just do it when I have a moment and it's not too much of a hassle."

With five more levels of play today, Sinclair insists that the Main Event has become more of a "survival game".

"We're 50-odd players off the money. I had a tough table which just broke, and now I'm at another slightly less tough table! It'd be kind of good to cash because I have no Euros after this! So if I want to keep playing in Europe, I'd like to cash this or I'll have to do some currency exchange.

"At the moment the structure is so deep that I'm able to wait a bit more than usual. So I'm just chilling out at the moment."

Tags: Jack Sinclair

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

10-30-2018 14:33 UTC+2

Break

Will Shillibier

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

In the first level of the day, 32 players were eliminated, and the remaining 131 are going on their first 15-minute break of the day.

When they return the blinds will be 3,000/6,000 with a big blind ante of 6,000. The current average stands atjust over 400,000.

10-30-2018 14:31 UTC+2

Eliminated Before the First Break

Shirley Ang

Level 14 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	Busted
Ioannis Chorianopoulos	Busted
Wai Leong Chan	Busted
Timur Margolin	Busted
Adi Aizin	Busted
Victor Choupeaux	Busted
Anton Johansson	Busted
Jun Wah Yap	Busted
Guillaume Diaz	Busted
James Rann	Busted
Nico Prokic	Busted
Quan Zhou	Busted
Claas Segebrecht	Busted
Anson Tsang	Busted
Luiz Ferreira	Busted
Diego Zeiter	Busted