2018 World Series of Poker Europe

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

A Gift for Ruzicka

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The action folded around to Boubekeur Benhalima who raised it up from the hijack. Vojtech Ruzicka stuck in a three-bet only to have Benhalima four-bet shove for 47,200. Ruzicka slammed his chips into the middle and the cards were tabled.

Vojtech Ruzicka: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Boubekeur Benhalima: {a-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}

Ruzicka was surprisingly way ahead of his opponent and the flop of {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} changed nothing other than it provided some chop outs. The {j-Hearts} landed on the turn and the {a-Clubs} fell on the river. Ruzicka's two pair with a king kicker was good enough to eliminate Benhalima. The rest of the table sat with open mouths as to how fortunate Ruzicka was to pick up the 47,000 plus chips.

Player Chips Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
135,500 60,500
Boubekeur Benhalima dz
Boubekeur Benhalima
Busted

Tags: Boubekeur BenhalimaVojtech Ruzicka

Banana for the Win

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Francois Evard raised to 2,200 from under the gun and Serif Gozegir called in the hijack. Alexander Neff looked at Gozegir to see how much the raise was.

"He raised!" Gozegir said to Neff while pointing at Evard, "me, banana".

Neff smiled, "Ok, I'm banana, I'm gonna call".

Florin Rusu also called in the big blind.

The flop came {8-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}, everyone checked to Gozegir who bet 3,000. Neff and Evard both made the call while Rusu gave up on the hand.

They all checked through the {4-Clubs} on the turn to the {a-Hearts} on the river. Neff now fired a bet of 12,000 over the line. Evard looked at the bet and folded. Gozegir needed a bit more time to consider his options and then folded showing the {9-Spades}. Neff got the pot pushed his way and didn't show any cards.

"Eight?" Gozegir asked Neff. Neff shook his head.

"I had an eight," Yoan Argence said.

"He had the other one," Gozegir said.

"No eight" Neff said but didn't provide any further information on what he did have in the end.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Neff de
Alexander Neff
83,000 43,000
Francois Evard ch
Francois Evard
58,000 58,000
Giuliano Bendinelli it
Giuliano Bendinelli
EPT 1X Winner
23,000 23,000
Serif Gozegir de
Serif Gozegir
22,500 -17,500
Yoan Argence be
Yoan Argence
16,000 16,000

Tags: Alexander NeffFrancois EvardSerif GozegirYoan ArgenceFlorin Rusu

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Latest Selection of Chip Counts

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jorg Peisert de
Jorg Peisert
WSOP 1X Winner
180,000 180,000
Christian Thiry lu
Christian Thiry
122,000 55,000
Yehuda Cohen il
Yehuda Cohen
88,000
Jia Tang cn
Jia Tang
80,000 80,000
Romain Lewis fr
Romain Lewis
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax.fr
75,000 75,000
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
75,000 -13,000
Viktor Kovachev bg
Viktor Kovachev
70,000 30,000
Adolf Huber ch
Adolf Huber
66,000 26,000
Asi Moshe il
Asi Moshe
WSOP 4X Winner
61,000 -1,000
Ognjen Sekularac rs
Ognjen Sekularac
43,000
Marcin Chmielewski pl
Marcin Chmielewski
39,000 -85,000
Jonathan Abdellatif be
Jonathan Abdellatif
35,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
29,000 29,000
Nico Mussini it
Nico Mussini
28,000 5,000
Anatolii Zyrin ru
Anatolii Zyrin
WSOP 2X Winner
27,000 -7,000
Christopher Back ca
Christopher Back
23,000 -1,000
Sebastian Kos cz
Sebastian Kos
8,000 -27,000

Big Slick Works for Boyaciyan

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
David Boyaciyan
David Boyaciyan

David Boyaciyan opened to 2,200 from under the gun and Sinisa Bodrozic called on the button. The small blind shipped all in for 14,500 and Boyaciyan also pushed all in for around 25,000. Bodrozic quickly folded and the cards were on their backs.

David Boyaciyan: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Opponent: {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}

The flop came {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and Boyaciyan took the lead with a pair of aces. The {a-Diamonds} landed on the turn and the {2-Hearts} hit the river as Boyaciyan eliminated his opponent to return to a starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Sinisa Bodrozic hr
Sinisa Bodrozic
209,500 209,500
David Boyaciyan nl
David Boyaciyan
40,300 40,300

Tags: David BoyaciyanSinisa Bodrozic

Somers Doesn't Get Paid

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Fabrice Somers
Fabrice Somers

David Urban raised to 1,400 from the early position and was called by Rastislav Paleta in the cutoff. Fabrice Somers three-bet to 4,400 from the big blind and only Urban called.

The flop came {k-Clubs}{2-Spades}{k-Diamonds} for Somers to check-call the 2,700 bet of Urban.

They both checked through the {a-Diamonds} on the turn to the {10-Spades} on the river. Somers sneaked a peak at Urban and then bet 22,500. Urban took a few seconds before folding.,

Somers claimed to have held ace-king.

Player Chips Progress
David Urban sk
David Urban
87,000 87,000
Fabrice Somers be
Fabrice Somers
63,000 23,000

Tags: David UrbanFabrice Somers

Selection of Chip Counts

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Marcin Chmielewski pl
Marcin Chmielewski
124,000 84,000
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
70,000 32,000
Viliyan Petleshkov bg
Viliyan Petleshkov
50,000 16,000
Philipp Zukernik ca
Philipp Zukernik
44,000 4,000
Nico Mussini it
Nico Mussini
23,000 -17,000
Gary Hasson be
Gary Hasson
10,000
Marc Anthony Joseph za
Marc Anthony Joseph
Busted
Madhav Gupta in
Madhav Gupta
Busted
Tomasz Chmiel pl
Tomasz Chmiel
Busted
Martin Kuba cz
Martin Kuba
Busted
Alexander Dmitrienko ru
Alexander Dmitrienko
Busted
Alexis De Vroey be
Alexis De Vroey
Busted
Alexander Konovalov ru
Alexander Konovalov
Busted
Adrian Buzan de
Adrian Buzan
Busted