2018 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
Day: 1b
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
9764
Prize
€59,625
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€274,417
Entries
572
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0

Gal Essentially Triples Up in Spectacular Hand

Level 5 : 200/400, 0 ante
Zoltan Gal
Zoltan Gal

On the three-way flop of {A-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{2-Hearts}, the fireworks started over on table 123 and three players got their stacks in with Andreas Walnum holding the far biggest stack of them. Zoltan Gal tabled his cards and the dealer suddenly mucked them before other players at the table spoke up and confirmed what Gal had . His cards were retrieved out of the muck and the three-way showdown came as follows:

Nikolaos Lampropulos: {J-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Zoltan Gal: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}
Andreas Walnum: {K-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{2-Spades}

The magic {A-Diamonds} turn gave Gal a superior full house and he only needed to dodge the case deuce for quads of Walnum. A blank {J-Diamonds} came on the river and Gal knocked out Lampropulos while doubling his stack of 19,975 through Walnum.

Player Chips Progress
Zoltan Gal hu
Zoltan Gal
60,000
41,000
41,000
Andreas Walnum no
Andreas Walnum
45,000
45,000
45,000
WPT 1X Winner
Nikolaos Lampropulos
Nikolaos Lampropulos
Busted

Tags: Andreas WalnumNikolaos LampropulosZoltan Gal

Almost Up to 200 Entries

Level 5 : 200/400, 0 ante

The re-entries keep on pouring in with Cord Garcia, Pedjman Hamie, Florian Sarnow and Christopher Back already having paid visit to the registration desk to get back in the game. According to the screens, there are 142 players out of 197 entries remaining in the fourth level of the day and it seems very likely that the already strong turnout of Day 1a will be surpassed easily.

Player Chips Progress
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
20,000
-13,000
-13,000
Pedjman Hamie de
Pedjman Hamie
20,000
-23,000
-23,000
Florian Sarnow de
Florian Sarnow
20,000
20,000
20,000
Christopher Back ca
Christopher Back
20,000
20,000
20,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
20,000
20,000
20,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy ru
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy
Busted

Tags: Christopher BackCord GarciaFlorian SarnowPedjman Hamie

Koliofotis Eliminated in First Bullet

Level 5 : 200/400, 0 ante
Georgios Koliofotis
Georgios Koliofotis

At the end of the previous level, Georgios Koliofotis bet the pot on the {8-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop and jammed the {4-Clubs} turn against Sergei Popov.

Georgios Koliofotis: {J-Spades}{10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{6-Spades}
Sergei Popov: {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{10-Spades}{9-Spades}

The {4-Spades} river was a blank and Popov dragged in the pot, Koliofotis will likely be back soon.

Player Chips Progress
Sergei Popov ru
Sergei Popov
30,000
30,000
30,000
Georgios Koliofotis de
Georgios Koliofotis
Busted

Tags: Georgios KoliofotisSergei Popov

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

Dahan Dusts Stack Off to Ondejka

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante
Asher Dahan in The COLOSSUS
Asher Dahan in The COLOSSUS

In a four-bet preflop, Asher Dahan and Daniel Ondejka clashed in a battle button versus small blind. More than 24,000 were in the middle with the flop showing {A-Spades}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades} and the stacks went in. Dahan held the {A-}{4-}{2-}{2-} for bottom set and Ondejka had the {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} for top set.

Both the {6-Hearts} turn and {9-Spades} river brought no miracle and the stacks were counted, both had exactly as many chips and thus Dahan was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Ondejka cz
Daniel Ondejka
85,000
85,000
85,000
Asher Dahan de
Asher Dahan
Busted

Tags: Asher DahanDaniel Ondejka

Savill and Garcia Chip Up

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

Sebastian Langrock raised to 1,000 and was called one way before Sterling Savill three-bet to 4,000 out of the big blind. Langrock and the other player in the hand called to see the {10-Spades}{6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}, on which Savill bet 3,000. The continuation bet did the trick to get both opponents out of the pot.

Cord Garcia and Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy created a pot of 13,000 to the {A-Clubs}{9-Spades}{3-Spades} flop and the Russian checked. Garcia bet the pot and forced a fold.

Player Chips Progress
Sterling Savill us
Sterling Savill
38,000
38,000
38,000
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
33,000
33,000
33,000
Sebastian Langrock de
Sebastian Langrock
19,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy ru
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy
14,000
-1,000
-1,000
Jan Bendik sk
Jan Bendik
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Aleksandr MerzhvinskiyCord GarciaSebastian LangrockSterling Savill

Hallague Leads in Level Four

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

Yves Hallague appears to be the current chip leader with four times the starting stack. Florian Sarnow was among those to bust before the break while new entries feature Jeff Lisandro, Max Pescatori and Ting Ho.

Player Chips Progress
Yves Hallague fr
Yves Hallague
80,000
60,000
60,000
Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
20,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
20,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Ting Ho us
Ting Ho
20,000
20,000
20,000
Oleh Haisiuk ua
Oleh Haisiuk
20,000
Michele Iracani it
Michele Iracani
Busted
Florian Sarnow de
Florian Sarnow
Busted
Heinz Traut de
Heinz Traut
Busted

Tags: Yves HallagueTing HoMax PescatoriFlorian SarnowJeffrey Lisandro

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

First Break on Day 1b

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

According to the screens there are 126 players out of 149 entries remaining and they have been sent into a 15-minute break.

In the last hand of the level, Jerome Sgorrano scooped a pot without showdown when check-raising the pot on a flop of {Q-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. His opponent had bet 4,500 and Sgorrano's raise to 20,000 forced a very reluctant fold.

Player Chips Progress
Jerome Sgorrano be
Jerome Sgorrano
43,000
23,000
23,000

Tags: Jerome Sgorrano