Event #7: €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
Day 2 Completed
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #7: €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€358,853
Entries
187
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Ilya Bulychev Leads Eight Players to the Final Day
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 0 ante
Just eight players survived at the end of Day 2 of Event #7: €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed at the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe in King's Casino. Ilya Bulychev sits on top of the leaderboard with a stack of 1,513,000. He’s closely followed by Anson Tsang with 1,139,000 and Ludvig Sterner with 1,133,000. The three of them are the only players with more than a million in chips.
Hokyiu Lee (995,000), Jason Gray (827,000), Alexander Norden (747,000), Gisle Olsen (701,000), and Quan Zhou (420,000) make up the rest of the 8-handed final table. They’ll be battling it out tomorrow, October 24th, at 3 p.m. local time to see who takes home the first place prize of €91,730 and the WSOP gold bracelet.
Final table Seat Assignments
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gisle Olsen | Denmark | 701,000 | 29 |
| 2 | Ludvig Sterner | Sweden | 1,133,000 | 47 |
| 3 | Hokyiu Lee | Hong Kong | 995,000 | 41 |
| 4 | Alexander Norden | Sweden | 747,000 | 31 |
| 5 | Jason Gray | United Kingdom | 827,000 | 34 |
| 6 | Anson Tsang | Hong Kong | 1,139,000 | 47 |
| 7 | Ilya Bulychev | Russian Federation | 1,513,000 | 63 |
| 8 | Quan Zhou | China | 420,000 | 18 |
Day 2 action
A total of 35 players returned at the start of Day 2, but there were only 29 players lucky enough to end up with a piece of the prize pool. Among the eliminations at the start of Day 2 were Michal Mrakes, James Chen, and Ronald Keijzer, who won a WSOP bracelet in a Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed tournament this year in Las Vegas. Tomasz Gluszko ended up as the unfortunate bubble after he lost with aces against a rivered flush.
The remaining players were all guaranteed €3,147 and the eliminations started to come in at a fast pace. Chin Wei Lim and Anton Johansson were among the first eliminations and both got to collect €3,147.
Chris Ferguson was eliminated in 22nd place after he got it in with two pair and a gutshot straight draw against a better two pair and the same gutshot straight draw. The river was a blank and that meant that Ferguson got eliminated from the tournament banking €3,518.
Shaun Deeb had made the final table of Event #6: €1,650 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha/No-Limit Hold’em and after he reached the final table yesterday he hopped in the €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed event and reached Day 2. He was multi-tabling for quite a while before eventually being eliminated in 20th place. Deeb got it in with an open-ended straight draw against the top two pair of Ludvig Sterner. Deeb wasn’t able to improve and could single table himself to a runner-up finish in the Mixed event. Deeb cashed in this event for €3,518.
Jan-Peter Jachtmann (19th - €3,518), Allen Kessler (16th - €4,034), Anthony Zinno (15th - €4,034), and Ryan Riess (14th - €4,742) all busted out before the final table was reached. Gergely Bartos ended up in tenth place, bubbling the unofficial final table after he got it in against the aces of Zhou. Bartos failed to catch up and banked €7,042 for his efforts.
The remaining nine players continued the battle on one table and Daniel Rezaei was the unfortunate final table bubble boy. He got his money in with top pair and a gutshot straight draw against the flopped nut straight of Gray. Rezaei couldn’t catch up and was eliminated as the final player before they started bagging and tagging. Rezaei took home €7,042.
The eight players that reached the final table will come back tomorrow, October 24th, at 3 p.m. local time in King's Casino to play down to a winner. They will have 2 minutes and 51 seconds remaining in level 22 (12,000/24,000). The winner will receive a WSOP gold bracelet and the first place prize of €91,730.
The final day will be streamed on Twitch and PokerNews will be covering the event until a winner is crowned.
End-Of-Day Chip Counts
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 0 ante
The remaining eight players bagged up with 2:51 minutes left in the level and will return at 3 p.m. local time on Wednesday, October 24th, 2018, to play down to a champion.
A recap of today's action is to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,513,000 | 13,000 |
|
1,139,000 | 9,000 |
|
1,133,000 | 13,000 |
|
995,000 | -255,000 |
|
827,000 | |
|
747,000 | 72,000 |
|
701,000 | 163,000 |
|
420,000 | -15,000 |
Daniel Rezaei Eliminated in 9th Place (€7,042)
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 0 ante
Jason Gray opened the action with a raise to 70,000 from middle position and big blind Daniel Rezaei called from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and Rezaei announced pot. Gray put in a big stack of 25,000 chips to put Rezaei all in and at risk and the call was made by Rezaei.
Jason Gray: 
Daniel Rezaei: 
The turn was the 
and the river the 
and that meant that Gray took down the hand with the nut straight and Rezaei was eliminated on the official final table bubble, banking €7,042.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
827,000 | 307,000 |
|
Busted |
Bulychev Bullies Zhou
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 0 ante
Anson Tsang raised it up to 70,000 on the button and was called by Ilya Bulychev and Quan Zhou.The flop brought 
and Bulychev led for 150,000, which resulted in a call from Zhou and a fold from Tsang. After the 
turn, Bulychev asked for the size of the pot, which happened to be 510,000, and bet as much.
Zhou was covered by this bet and headed deep into the think tank. Both players asked their respective massage girls to pause while they were on the tail end of this possibly crucial hand and Zhou needed more than three minutes to make up his mind. The clock was called on him and 30 seconds ran down without any decision, Zhou's hand was declared dead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000 | 150,000 |
|
|
1,130,000 | -70,000 |
|
|
435,000 | -247,000 |
Rezaei Gets a Jam Through
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 0 ante
Daniel Rezaei raised it up to 85,000 with 87,000 behind and Anson Tsang studied the tournament information screen carefully before electing to call. The flop came 
and Tsang checked, Rezaei jammed and Tsang folded after brief table chat.
"I am starting to like you more and more," Rezaei joked while dragging in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
269,000 | 89,000 |
Gray and Sterner Chop With Aces
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 0 ante
Hokyiu Lee claimed a pot without showdown after cbetting a flop against Ludvig Sterner while Daniel Rezaei lost a few chips more.
Then, Jason Gray limped in and Ilya Bulychev raised to 80,000. Sterner called and Gray limp-raised the pot. That forced out Bulychev, while Sterner moved all in and picked up an instant call of Gray.
Jason Gray: 
Ludvig Sterner: 
"He has the better kicker," Rezaei joked while Sterner pointed out he had the clubs live draw. Indeed there was a sweat, but the boars of 
ensured the split pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,350,000 | -286,000 |
|
|
1,250,000 | 155,000 |
|
|
1,120,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
520,000 | 46,000 |
|
|
180,000 | -63,000 |
Another one for Gray
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 0 ante
With 180,000 in the middle and the flop showing 
, Jason Gray bet 180,000 out of the big blind and Daniel Rezaei asked for his bet to be cut out. Gray had another 114,000 behind and Rezaei was in fact covered by that, as he only had 243,000 total behind.
After giving it some thought, the Austrian elected to fold and dropped to the bottom of the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
474,000 | 124,000 |
|
|
243,000 | -112,000 |
Sterner Takes From Rezaei
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 0 ante
On the turn of 
, Daniel Rezaei bet 75,000 in the cutoff and he was called by Ludvig Sterner from one seat over on the button. The came on the river and Rezaei announced a bet of 160,000. Sterner gave him a quick stare and called.
Rezaei showed the and Sterner claimed the pot with the 
for kings and eights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000 | 320,000 |
|
|
355,000 | -214,000 |
More for Gray
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 0 ante
In the last hand of the previous level, Jason Gray jammed up his stack without showdown.
Early into the new level, Gray limped in and Daniel Rezaei did so from the small blind, Ludvig Sterner checked his option in the big blind. The 
flop was checked through and Rezaei checked the turn. Sterner bet 50,000 and that ended the hand right there.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
780,000 | 42,000 |
|
|
350,000 | 63,000 |