Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker Europe

10-17-2018 15:59 UTC+2

Mrakes and Saliou Depart

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

There are only 27 players remaining after the eliminations of Michal Mrakes and Jerome Saliou.

Mrakes was first to go after his ended up second-best to the of Luchezar Pumpalov on a board of .

Saliou busted in a battle of the blinds with Christian Teubner when the stacks went in preflop to create the following showdown.

Jerome Saliou:
Christian Teubner:

The flop gave Saliou outs to a straight, while some of those were gone due to Teubner's flush draw. After the turn and river, Saliou was left empty-handed and finished in 28th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luchezar Pumpalov	475,000
Christian Teubner	410,000 -22,000	-22,000
Jerome Saliou	Busted
Michal Mrakes	Busted

Tags: Christian Teubner Jerome Saliou Luchezar Pumpalov Michal Mrakes

10-17-2018 15:11 UTC+2

Deeb Busts in Big Pot Against Rothaermel

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Shaun Deeb was spotted on the way out of the tournament area and the cards at his table were still visible with Martin Rothaermel dragging in a massive pot.

Deeb had some 450,000 left when the stacks went in after a flop of and the following cards were turned over:

Shaun Deeb:
Martin Rothaermel:

Deeb was marginally ahead with his overpair and second nut flush draw, but Rothaermel had a ton of outs. The turn was a blank, but the fell on the river to give Rothaermel not only the straight but also the nut flush. Deeb, who started the day second in chips, has been eliminated in 38th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Rothaermel	1,400,000 805,000	805,000
Shaun Deeb	Busted

Tags: Martin Rothaermel Shaun Deeb

10-17-2018 14:55 UTC+2

Alioto Eliminated by Back

Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Dario Alioto was left short after missing a lot of outs in a previous showdown and he would do so again when he was at risk himself against Christopher Back.

Dario Alioto:
Christopher Back:

The flop gave Alioto a ton of outs, but he bricked off on the turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Back	850,000 -35,000	-35,000

Dario Alioto	Busted

Tags: Christopher Back Dario Alioto

10-17-2018 14:39 UTC+2

Amedi and Strugari Eliminated

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Sebastian Obermeier raised to 22,000 and Netanel Amedi three-bet the pot out of the small blind with a total stack of around 180,000. Obermeier pushed all in and Amedi called.

Netanel Amedi:
Sebastian Obermeier:

The board came and Amedi was eliminated.

Shortly after, Vasile Strugari had most of his chips in preflop and ended up all in and at risk on the flop, Guillaume Diaz called.

Vasile Strugari:
Guillaume Diaz:

"King one time," Strugari said and Diaz just shook his head. The board completed with the turn and river and Strugari headed to the rail as well, while Diaz continued his meteoric rise in the first level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillaume Diaz	670,000 255,000	255,000
Sebastian Obermeier	460,000 211,000	211,000
Vasile Strugari	Busted
Netanel Amedi	Busted

Tags: Guillaume Diaz Netanel Amedi Sebastian Obermeier Vasile Strugari

10-17-2018 14:29 UTC+2

Diaz Busts Gkatzas With Quads

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

On a flop of , Dimitrios Gkatzas ended up all in and at risk against Guillaume Diaz and showed the for a flush draw and gutshot. Diaz held the for trips and the turn left the Greek drawing dead, which made the river a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillaume Diaz	415,000 202,000	202,000
Dimitrios Gkatzas	Busted

Tags: Dimitrios Gkatzas Guillaume Diaz

10-17-2018 13:30 UTC+2

WSOP Bracelet Winners Deeb, Tran and Pescatori Among Big Stacks for Day 2

Christian Zetzsche

The third event of the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe is one step closer to crowning a champion after two starting days in Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed have whittled down a field of 572 entries down to the 46 hopefuls. The lion's share of the €274,417 prize pool is still up for grabs after each Day 1 already paid out a portion of the money, and the winner can look forward to the elusive gold bracelet and a payday of €59,625 that comes along with it.

Best-positioned after 18 levels of 30 minutes each is Canada's Christopher Back, who shot to the top of the leaderboard at the very end of Day 1B and bagged up 885,000. He is followed by none other than four-time WSOP bracelet winner and 2018 Player of the Year contender Shaun Deeb (667,000), and Day 1A chip leader Dor Tal (643,000). Two other WSOP bracelet winners are in the overnight top 10 in Hanh Tran (626,000) and Max Pescatori (565,000).

Further notables in contention include Peter Jaksland (343,000), Michael Magalashvili (339,000), Alfredo Vega Meister (300,000), Viliyan Petleshkov (219,000), Aussie Hall of Famer Jason Gray (197,000), Roland Israelashvili (196,000), six-time WSOP bracelet winner Chris Ferguson (148,000) and one-time champion Dario Alioto (82,000).

The action recommences with level 19 and blinds of 5,000/10,000, the level duration increases to 40 minutes for the remaining duration of the tournament. Day 2 is scheduled to play down to the eight-handed final table. Tune back in to PokerNews to find out who will make it to the final day and play for the coveted gold bracelet.

Tags: Alfredo Vega Meister Chris Ferguson Christopher Back Dario Alioto Dor Tal Hanh Tran Jason Gray Max Pescatori Michael Magalashvili Peter Jaksland Roland Israelashvili Shaun Deeb Viliyan Petleshkov