Event #5: €1,100 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold'em Day 1b | 2018 World Series of Poker Europe

10-19-2018 19:02 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Hanna	Busted
Arif Khan	Busted
Fabien Motte	Busted
Romain Lewis	Busted

Philipp Zukernik	Busted
Guoliang Wei	Busted

Rob Geerlings	Busted
Asi Moshe	Busted

Gerrit Muller	Busted
Francesco Delfoco	Busted
Tobias Karl	Busted
Evian Christ	Busted
David Novak	Busted
Petar Petrov	Busted
David Urban	Busted
Grzegorz Idziak	Busted
Bernd Werner	Busted
Jorg Peisert	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Covyn	170,000 -20,000	-20,000
Renato Kaneoya	115,000 75,000	75,000
Refael Dahan	101,000 101,000	101,000
Zhong Chen	84,000 26,000	26,000
Michael Magalashvili	75,000 29,000	29,000
Thomas Rebscm	73,000
Michael Soyza	63,000 13,000	13,000

Krasimir Yankov	60,000 60,000	60,000
Tobias Peters	46,000 6,000	6,000

Marek Ohnisko	40,000
Jessica Teusl	37,000 -8,000	-8,000

Andrej Desset	32,000 -8,000	-8,000
Peter Kamaras	32,000 -8,000	-8,000
Alexandre Viard	30,000 -10,000	-10,000
Ting Ho	27,500 -12,500	-12,500
Anson Tsang	22,000 2,000	2,000

Viliyan Petleshkov	22,000 1,900	1,900

After a series of preflop raises, Zakhar Galper and Ovidiu Oprea got all of the chips in the middle with Oprea being the player at risk for around 14,000. Galper held a dominating lead heading to the flop.

Zakhar Galper:
Ovidiu Oprea:

The flop of improved Galper's odds even more as Oprea was only drawing to two aces now. The turn brought the and the river was the , sending Oprea to the rail before the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zakhar Galper	93,500
Ovidiu Oprea	Busted

Tags: Ovidiu Oprea Zakhar Galper

10-19-2018 19:22 UTC+2

One for Clinkscales

Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Rex Clinkscales raised to 1,200 from early position and was called by Shai Dill in the hijack.

The flop came , Clinkscales check-called the 2,100 bet of Dill.

They both checked through the on the turn and the on the river. Clinkscales tabled for the flush to scoop the pot, just before the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafi Elharar	128,000 128,000	128,000
Markus Steger	100,000 3,000	3,000
Florian Sarnow	75,000 42,000	42,000
Rex Clinkscales	63,000 19,400	19,400
Christopher Back	43,000 3,000	3,000
Tsan Wa Li	43,000 -2,000	-2,000
Jia Tang	41,000 -10,000	-10,000
Marek Tatar	28,000 -12,000	-12,000
Peter Jaksland	23,000 13,000	13,000
Shai Dill	22,000
Theodoros Aidonopoulos	19,000 -20,000	-20,000

Tags: Rex Clinkscales Shai Dill

10-19-2018 19:22 UTC+2

Garcia Gets a Fold from Femont

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

The action folded to Frederic Femont on the button who made it 1,200 to go. Cord Garcia instantly three-bet to 4,800 and Femont called. The flop fell and Garcia led out for 2,500 which Femont called.

The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Garcia threw in a bet of 10,000 and Femont went into the tank for a minute. He eventually laid his hand down and Garcia dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cord Garcia	57,500 5,200	5,200
Frederic Femont	24,000

Tags: Cord Garcia Frederic Femont

10-19-2018 19:23 UTC+2

Dinner Break

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

There are currently 179 entries with 131 players remaining. Those players are heading on a 40-minute dinner break.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

10-19-2018 20:03 UTC+2

Some Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Asher Assis	149,000 119,000	119,000

Markus Steger	117,000 17,000	17,000
Richard Toth	80,000 80,000	80,000

Tsan Wa Li	55,000 12,000	12,000
Rex Clinkscales	51,000 -12,000	-12,000
Ronny Voth	45,000 -15,000	-15,000
Hao Tian	37,000 -15,000	-15,000
Daniel Rezaei	32,500 32,500	32,500
Marek Tatar	29,000 1,000	1,000
Jan Mach	27,000 -18,000	-18,000
Peter Jaksland	18,000 -5,000	-5,000
Theodoros Aidonopoulos	18,000 -1,000	-1,000
Frank Rohrmueller	11,000 -7,000	-7,000

10-19-2018 20:10 UTC+2

Vroey Makes a Tight Laydown

Adam Lamers

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Aleksandar Trajkovski raised it up from under the gun and was called by Helmut Hoflehner in middle position and both of the blinds. The flop came and the blinds checked to Trajkovski who continued for 2,900. Hoflehner called along with Alexis Vroey in the big blind.

The turn brought the and the action checked to Hoflehner this time who fired in a bet of 7,000. Vroey called again and Trajkovski got out of the way. The river was the and Vroey checked for the third time. Hoflehner casually tossed in a bet of 10,000 and Vroey mulled it over before sending his cards to the muck, flashing the in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Helmut Hoflehner	87,500 87,500	87,500
Aleksandar Trajkovski	69,500 69,500	69,500
Alexis De Vroey	37,100 37,100	37,100

Tags: Alexis Vroey Helmut Hoflehner

10-19-2018 20:15 UTC+2

Kessler Wins One

Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

The board read with 15,000 in the middle already. Zakhar Galper checked in the cutoff and Allen Kessler bet 5,000 on the button which Galper called.

The river completed the board with the and Galper checked for the last time. Kessler threw in another bet of 5,000 and Galper called again but mucked when Kessler tabled for the overpair.