2018 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #10: €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q9
Prize
€1,122,239
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,350
Prize Pool
€5,073,000
Entries
534
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000

Psychic Simunic Calls the Runner-Runner

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Josip Simunic
Josip Simunic

Vladimir Geshkenbein moved all in for 144,000 in middle position and Markus Durnegger looked him up.

Vladimir Geshkenbein: {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}
Markus Durnegger: {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}

The {A-Diamonds} landed in the window, followed by the {10-Clubs} and {2-Clubs} to give Geshkenbein a commanding lead in the hand. At that point, Josip Simunic walked over from a different table to sweat his friend Durnegger.

Simunic briefly looked at the board and at both hands.

"King," he said, and the dealer flipped the {K-Hearts}.

"Jack" he followed up, and sure enough the {J-Spades} landed on the river to chop the pot between both players. While others looked at him with large eyes, Simunic treated it as just another day at the card calling office and casually strolled back to his table. Meanwhile, Durnegger briefly thought he'd won with the rivered straight before the dealer pointed out the chop.

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
840,000
180,000
180,000
Dominik Matejka cz
Dominik Matejka
585,000
-45,000
-45,000
Markus Durnegger at
Markus Durnegger
550,000
-150,000
-150,000
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
335,000
42,000
42,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
295,000
-74,000
-74,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
190,000
49,000
49,000
Vladimir Geshkenbein ru
Vladimir Geshkenbein
160,000
EPT 1X Winner
Vincent Robert fr
Vincent Robert
160,000
-20,000
-20,000
Fabian Bernhauser at
Fabian Bernhauser
Busted

Tags: Josip SimunicMarkus DurneggerVladimir Geshkenbein

Morgan Doubles Through Yankov

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Dario Sammartino opened to 18,000 and Krasimir Yankov flat-called. James Morgan then three-bet to 64,000 and Sammartino called. Yankov then four-bet all in for 456,000 and Morgan called all-in for 249,000.

Sammartino tanked before folding, but looked displeased when Yankov showed {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} and Morgan {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{8-Spades}{3-Spades}{q-Spades} and Morgan doubled up just before the break.

Player Chips Progress
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
1,560,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Marek Blasko sk
Marek Blasko
700,000
James Morgan ca
James Morgan
510,000
Steven Warburton gb
Steven Warburton
510,000
Ming Xi cn
Ming Xi
500,000
Milos Skrbic rs
Milos Skrbic
380,000
Krasimir Yankov bg
Krasimir Yankov
207,000
Thomas Hammerl at
Thomas Hammerl
200,000

Tags: Dario SammartinoJames MorganKrasimir Yankov

Wacha Won't be Cashing

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Rafael Wacha shoved from the hijack for 62,000 and Aymon Hata made the call from the button.

Rafael Wacha: {2-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}
Aymon Hata: {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}

The board ran out {8-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} to give Hata the set of eights on the flop and stay ahead during the rest of the board to eliminate Wacha from the tournament.

Over on one of the other tables, Jia Tang was eliminated too.

Player Chips Progress
Bahram Chobineh ir
Bahram Chobineh
980,000
180,000
180,000
Norbert Szecsi hu
Norbert Szecsi
731,000
170,500
170,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Igor Tregoubov ca
Igor Tregoubov
700,000
340,000
340,000
Michael Sklenicka cz
Michael Sklenicka
650,000
-72,000
-72,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert de
Jan-Eric Schwippert
547,000
-203,000
-203,000
Aymon Hata gb
Aymon Hata
422,000
-358,000
-358,000
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
157,000
-188,000
-188,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Rafael Wacha at
Rafael Wacha
Busted
Jia Tang cn
Jia Tang
Busted

Tags: Aymon HataRafael Wacha

Grossmann Doubles Through Noach

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

From the blinds, Lukasz Grossmann three-bet to 55,000 after Tal Noach had raised. Noach four-bet shoved all in and Grossmann hesitated slightly before calling it off for 399,000.

Lukasz Grossmann: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}
Tal Noach: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

Board: {K-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{3-Clubs}

The classic flip landed in Grossmann's favor and he doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Lukasz Grossmann pl
Lukasz Grossmann
810,000
498,500
498,500
Tal Noach il
Tal Noach
200,000
-400,000
-400,000

Tags: Tal NoachLukasz Grossman

Bayer and Dzido Bust the Main Event

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jack Salter opened from under the gun and Robert Skopalik called in middle position. Dario Dzido then three-bet all-in for 175,000 from the button. Salter called and Skopalik folded.

Jack Salter: {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Dario Dzido: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}

The board came {k-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{j-Spades}{7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} with Salter flopping a set to bust Dzido from the WSOPE Main Event.

Meanwhile, there was a commotion at a table involving Ryan Riess and Daniel Bayer. Bayer was all in and ahead holding {4-Spades}{4-Clubs} against Riess' {a-}{j-}

However there was a fright in store for Bayer on the day before Halloween as a jack on the river of a {10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{7-Spades}{q-Hearts}{j-Spades} board sent him to the rail.`

Player Chips Progress
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
1,300,000
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
600,000
285,000
285,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Dario Dzido hr
Dario Dzido
Busted
Daniel Bayer at
Daniel Bayer
Busted

Tags: Jack SalterRobert SkopalikRyan RiessDario DzidoDaniel Bayer

Matejka Gets Kempe to Fold

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Rainer Kempe raised to 18,000 from the early position and Dominik Matejka was the only one to make the call from the mid-position.

The flop came {9-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{4-Spades}, Kempe check-called the 26,000 continuation-bet of Matejka.

The turn was the {10-Clubs}, Kempe now check-called the 81,000 bet of Matejka.

The river completed the board with the {k-Spades}, Kempe checked for the last time. Matejka barreled another bet over the line, now for 72,000. Kempe pondered for quite a while but opted to fold in the end.

Player Chips Progress
Markus Durnegger at
Markus Durnegger
700,000
358,500
358,500
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
660,000
80,000
80,000
Dominik Matejka cz
Dominik Matejka
630,000
180,000
180,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
369,000
-231,000
-231,000
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
293,000
-17,000
-17,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
Vincent Robert fr
Vincent Robert
180,000
-415,000
-415,000
Vladimir Geshkenbein ru
Vladimir Geshkenbein
160,000
-240,000
-240,000
EPT 1X Winner
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
141,000
-81,000
-81,000

Tags: Dominik MatejkaRainer Kempe

Batch of Counts from the Field

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
1,300,000
250,000
250,000
Arran Fletcher gb
Arran Fletcher
815,000
110,000
110,000
Danilo Velasevic rs
Danilo Velasevic
810,000
81,000
81,000
Bahram Chobineh ir
Bahram Chobineh
800,000
480,000
480,000
Aymon Hata gb
Aymon Hata
780,000
378,500
378,500
Yaki Hevron il
Yaki Hevron
700,000
70,000
70,000
Oleksandr Lagoda ua
Oleksandr Lagoda
630,000
262,500
262,500
Tal Noach il
Tal Noach
600,000
110,000
110,000
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
255,000
-49,500
-49,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
222,000
32,000
32,000