Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
Day 1a Started
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€274,417
Entries
572
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0
Day 1a of Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Kicks Off at 3PM
The first Non-Hold'em Event of the 2018 World Series of Poker kicks off today with Day 1a of Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed. The third tournament of the festival at King's Casino in Rozvadov comes with a guaranteed prize pool of €100,000 and two starting days, which will certainly attract familiar faces from near and far to Europe's biggest poker arena.
Defending champion of this very event is Germany's Andreas Klatt, who capped off a very successful year at the poker tables in 2017 by claiming his first gold bracelet in a field of 523 entries. Klatt defeated fellow countryman Nico Ehlers in heads-up to claim a payday of €56,400. Other finalists included such notables as Georgios Zisimopoulos, Theodoros Aidonopolos and Michal Maryska.
The event will be played in an eight-handed format and each Day 1 is scheduled to play a total of 18 levels of 30 minutes. Depending on the number of entries, this may, however, be adjusted. The registration and unlimited re-entry period remain open until the end of level 10 at approximately 9.20 p.m. local time and all participants receive 20,000 in chips when they sit down.
Day 1 Level Structure
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 | 100 |
| 2 | 75 | 150 |
| 3 | 100 | 200 |
| 4 | 150 | 300 |
| 5 | 200 | 400 |
| 6 | 250 | 500 |
| 7 | 300 | 600 |
| 8 | 400 | 800 |
| 9 | 500 | 1,000 |
| 10 | 600 | 1,200 |
| End of registration approx. 9.20 pm | ||
| 11 | 800 | 1,600 |
| 12 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| 13 | 1,200 | 2,400 |
| 14 | 1,500 | 3,000 |
| 15 | 2,000 | 4,000 |
| 16 | 2,500 | 5,000 |
| 17 | 3,000 | 6,000 |
| 18 | 4,000 | 8,000 |
As usual, the PokerNews live reporting team will be there from start-to-finish to cover all the action on the way to crown another WSOP bracelet winner at the 2018 WSOPE.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal in Event #3
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
All tables that have at least three players seated have commenced with the action and there are ten tables opened with more than 30 players registered already. A first list of notables on Day 1A is to follow.
First Notables in the Field
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Warren Shows the Nuts
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
On the river of a board 
, Zdenek Sedlacek in the cutoff checked over to Grant Warren and the American bet 2,500 on the button. Sedlacek called and was shown the 
for the turned straight and rivered nutflush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,000 | 5,000 |
|
15,000 |
Next Batch of Day 1A Entries
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 |
Set Over Set Favors Biancoviso
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
On a four-way flop of 
, Giuseppe Biancoviso bet 1,000 and Michele Iracani raised to 3,000. That forced a fold from Pasquale Vinci and Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy, while Biancoviso stuck around. Neither the 
turn nor the 
river brought any further action and Iracani showed a set of deuces, which Biancoviso had beat with the 
for a set of fours.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
24,000 | 4,000 |
|
|
17,000 |
Abdella Involved in Early Action
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
On their short-handed table, Ahmed Abdella has been heavily involved in the early action and clashed several times with Madhukar Pandya. Yet another bigger pot was shipped to Abdella when he tabled 
for a set of fives on the board 
.
Danny Covyn also chipped up early on while new entries include Peter Siemund, Rakesh Lalwani and the Canadians Aaron Duczak and Christopher Back.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
26,000 | 6,000 |
|
23,000 | |
|
23,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
|
19,000 | -1,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0