2018 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #5: €1,100 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j9
Prize
€134,407
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€639,027
Entries
666
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000

Kessler Wins a "Tough One"

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Allen Kessler pictured in another event
Allen Kessler pictured in another event

The cards were already on their backs and Allen Kessler was all in for 22,000. The board read {j-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} with around 12,000 already in the middle and Kessler had been called by Salvatore Camarda.

Kessler tabled {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs} for top set but wasn't in the clear yet as Camarda had an open-ended straight draw with {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}. The river brought the {k-Clubs} and Kessler survived elimination to double up.

"It's tough to win a hand around here," Kessler said.

"He's not gonna tweet about this one. If he lost, he would've tweeted about it for sure!" Rex Clinkscales said who is also sitting at the table.

Player Chips Progress
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
63,000 26,000

Tags: Allen KesslerRex ClinkscalesSalvatore Camarda

Boyd Back to the Start

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Dutch Boyd raised to 1,600 from the hijack and Chin Wei Lim called in the small blind.

They both checked through the {10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{5-Hearts} on the flop to the {j-Diamonds} on the turn. Lim checked again but then folded when Boyd bet 2,200.

Player Chips Progress
Bharath Janardhan in
Bharath Janardhan
150,000 110,000
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
47,000 1,000
Renato Kaneoya br
Renato Kaneoya
41,000 -7,000
Paul Teoh my
Paul Teoh
40,000 40,000
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
WSOP 3X Winner
39,000 9,000
Eduards Kudrjavcevs lv
Eduards Kudrjavcevs
37,000 -16,000
Michael Soyza my
Michael Soyza
30,000 7,000
Thomas Hofmann ch
Thomas Hofmann
19,000 -14,000
Nikolaos Lampropoulos gr
Nikolaos Lampropoulos
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Chin Wei LimDutch Boyd

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Schofield Doubles Through Liang

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

The board read {9-Spades}{q-Clubs}{3-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and Christopher Schofield had checked. Feng Liang bet 5,500 for Schofield to respond with a shove for 23,700. Liang looked at the bet and called.

Christopher Schofield: {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Feng Liang: {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

They had both flopped a pair of queens but Schofield had the better hand with the ace-kicker.

The rest of the board was completed with the {4-Hearts} on the river for Schofield to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Pete Chen hk
Pete Chen
89,000 49,000
Krasimir Yankov bg
Krasimir Yankov
65,000 25,000
Christopher Schofield us
Christopher Schofield
62,000 25,000
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
33,000 -7,000
Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
31,000 -9,000
Guoliang Wei cn
Guoliang Wei
WSOP 1X Winner
25,000
Feng Liang cn
Feng Liang
22,000 -28,000

Tags: Feng LiangChristopher Schofield

More Chips for Mussini

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Nico Mussini and Matous Houzvicek were heads-up in a three-bet pot with the flop reading {j-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{3-Spades}. Houzvicek checked to Mussini who bet 5,550 and Houzvicek called to see the {2-Clubs} on the turn.

Both players checked and the {k-Clubs} on the river put four clubs on the board. Houzvicek led out for 16,000 and Mussini raised to 40,000. Houzvicek instantly shot his cards to the muck and Mussini raked in the pot to move over 100,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Nico Mussini it
Nico Mussini
123,500 43,500
Matous Houzvicek cz
Matous Houzvicek
74,300

Tags: Matous HouzvicekNico Mussini

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Dinner Break

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Another three levels have completed and the players are headed on a 40-minute dinner break. There are currently 135 entries with just 98 players remaining and late registration open for another six levels of play.