2018 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #5: €1,100 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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

Three Tables Left

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Table #80Player Table #81Player Table #94Player
1Danny Covyn 1Asher Assis 1Dhawal Lachhwani
2Andres Zepeda 2Luiz Antonio Duarte Ferreira Filho 2Mykhailo Gutyi
3Alexandre Viard 3Raul Henriquez 3Daniel Smilkkovic
4Tamas Szunyoghy 4Andrei Konopelko 4Sebastian Ulrich
5Michal Mrakes 5  5Anson Tsang
6Amar Begovic 6Christian Thiry 6Aleksandar Denishev
7Henrik Brockmann 7Petr Svoboda 7Mario Llapi
8Yuriy Barna 8Yang Zhang 8Markus Steger
9Quan Zhou 9Luiz Ferreira 9Timur Margolin

Walker and Ivanov Eliminated

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Aleksei Ivanov raised to 115,000 in the hijack and Henrik Brockmann shipped all in for 437,000 on the button. James Walker was in the small blind and called off his last 430,000. Ivanov only had 15,000 chips remaining but waited to see if he could score a pay jump before sticking his last chips in the middle.

Henrik Brockmann: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
James Walker: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Aleksei Ivanov: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}

The flop of {q-Spades}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades} left Brockmann in charge along with the largest stack. The {4-Diamonds} on the turn gave Ivanov some hope but the {q-Hearts} on the river brought the tournament down to the final three tables.

Player Chips Progress
Henrik Brockmann de
Henrik Brockmann
1,030,000 370,000
James Walker gb
James Walker
Busted
Aleksei Ivanov by
Aleksei Ivanov
Busted

Tags: Aleksei IvanovHenrik BrockmannJames Walker

Ivanov Almost Hits a Straight Flush

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Aleksei Ivanov and Manish Goenka were all-in and heads-up and Ivanov was at risk with the shorter stack of 222,000.

Aleksei Ivanov: {k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Manish Goenka: {A-Clubs}{q-Spades}

The flop came {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for Ivanov to hit a straight draw.

The turn was the {j-Hearts} to give Ivanov the straight indeed but he could also improve to the straight flush or normal flush. Goenka was looking for the king to give him the broadway but the {9-Clubs} on the river kept Ivanov ahead to double up.

Goenka was left behind with less than 8 big blinds which he lost shortly after.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksei Ivanov by
Aleksei Ivanov
494,000 274,000
Manish Goenka in
Manish Goenka
Busted
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
Busted

Tags: Aleksei IvanovManish Goenka

Ferreira Doubles Through Covyn

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The cards were already spread out across the table and Luiz Ferreira's pocket kings was the only hand still face up. Ferreira and Danny Covyn got all of the chips in the middle preflop and Ferreira was the player at risk for 433,000.

The board came {j-Hearts}{6-Spades}{3-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and Ferreira's {k-Spades}{k-Hearts} were good enough to earn him a full double up at the hands of Covyn.

Player Chips Progress
Luiz Ferreira br
Luiz Ferreira
895,000 460,000
Danny Covyn be
Danny Covyn
435,000 108,000

Tags: Danny CovynLuiz Ferreira

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Steger Doubles Through Zhou

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

Quan Zhou raised to 37,000 from the button and Markus Steger shoved in the small blind. Zhou asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Steger had 191,000 behind. Zhou asked if the dealer could put the bet in so he could see the difference. The dealer complied and advised Zhou it would be 154,000 extra. Andres Zepeda called the clock on Zhou immediately. The floor came over and the dealer explained the situation. The floor took no action yet. Zhou took a few more seconds before making the call in the end.

Markus Steger: {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Quan Zhou: {q-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

The board ran out {2-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} for Steger to stay in the lead and double up by the time the river was dealt.

Player Chips Progress
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
Day 1A Chip Leader
1,138,000 309,000
Markus Steger at
Markus Steger
412,000 251,000

Tags: Andres ZepedaMarkus StegerQuan Zhou

A Set Earns Begovic the KO

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

Roman Svab shipped all in for 120,000 in early position and was called by Amar Begovic on the button and Aleksei Ivanov in the small blind. The flop came {8-Spades}{7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} and both remaining players checked to the {4-Diamonds} on the turn.

Ivanov checked again and then quickly folded when Begovic tossed in a bet. Svab flipped over {a-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} but Begovic turned a set of fours with {4-Spades}{4-Hearts}. The river was the {j-Spades} and Svab was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Amar Begovic ba
Amar Begovic
2,150,000 755,000
Aleksei Ivanov by
Aleksei Ivanov
220,000 -37,000
Roman Svab cz
Roman Svab
Busted

Tags: Aleksei IvanovAmar BegovicRoman Svab

Mrakes Bluffs Abdella Away; Zhang Triples Up

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Michal Mrakes
Michal Mrakes

The board read {j-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{9-Hearts}{k-Spades} with Yang Zhang all-in for 144,000 from the mid-position and called by Ahmed Abdella in the small blind and Michal Mrakes in the late position.

Abdella and Mrakes were playing for the side-pot that already contained 220,000. Abdella had checked and Mrakes bet 175,000. Abdella tanked while getting a massage and decided to call.

The river completed the board with the {6-Spades} and Abdella checked for the last time. Mrakes counted out some chips and put 450,000 over the line for the bet. Abdella tanked and tanked, and then decided to fold. Mrakes tabled {a-Hearts}{q-Spades} to scoop the side-pot but Zhang tripled up as he held {9-Spades}{8-Spades} for the rivered flush.

Player Chips Progress
Michal Mrakes cz
Michal Mrakes
1,710,000 120,000
Ahmed Abdella kn
Ahmed Abdella
550,000 -177,000
Yang Zhang cn
Yang Zhang
WSOP 1X Winner
472,000 144,000

Tags: Ahmed AbdellaMichal MrakesYang Zhang