Event #8: €25,500 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller Day 1 | 2018 World Series of Poker Europe

10-24-2018 23:04 UTC+1

Sozya Out Flopped

Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

The board read and Michael Soyza bet 130,000. Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 585,000 which incited a response of Soyza to shove for 1,026,000. Troyanovskiy tanked for a quite a while and ended up calling with the bigger stack. Soyza held for the flopped trip aces but was beat when Troyanovskiy tabled for the flopped full house.

Sylvain Loosli has reentered and taken Soyza's old seat. Joni Jouhkimainen joined the field too and has taken seat two on the same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	2,700,000 1,750,000	1,750,000
Sylvain Loosli	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Joni Jouhkimainen	1,000,000

Michael Soyza	Busted

Tags: Michael Soyza Vladimir Troyanovskiy Sylvain Loosli Joni Jouhkimainen

Level: 11

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 24,000

10-24-2018 22:50 UTC+1

Some Gone, Some Back

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Shirley Ang

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

All the players below have been eliminated and some of them have reentered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	1,000,000 350,000	350,000

Koray Aldemir	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Ivan Leow	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Chin Wei Lim	Busted

Aymon Hata	Busted
Eder Murata	Busted
$Profile photo of Gal Yifrach$ Gal Yifrach	Busted

Bertrand Grospellier	Busted

10-24-2018 22:45 UTC+1

Fast Finds a Triple Up

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Adam Lamers

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

Dietrich Fast shoved all in for 236,000 in the hijack and Christian Rudolph called on the button. Will Givens stuck in a three-bet to 800,000 from the small blind and Rudolph tanked for a minute before folding.

Dietrich Fast:
Will Givens:

Givens held the lead preflop but the flop favored Fast. The on the turn narrowed Givens' outs even further and the on the river secured the pot for Fast.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christoph Vogelsang	2,390,000 190,000	190,000
Will Givens	1,890,000 470,000	470,000

Danny Tang	1,680,000 580,000	580,000

Christian Rudolph	1,270,000 270,000	270,000
Dietrich Fast	720,000 280,000	280,000

Aymon Hata	415,000 585,000	585,000

Tags: Christian Rudolph Dietrich Fast Will Givens

10-24-2018 22:39 UTC+1

Farrell Takes Big Pot From Hsiang

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Milko van Winden

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

Niall Farrell opened the action with a raise to 45,000 from the cutoff. Small blind Yue Wei Hsiang had different ideas and three-bet to 95,000. The player in the big blind folded and Farrell called the bet.

The flop came down and Hsiang put in a continuation bet of 80,000. Farrell called again and the turn was the . Hsiang fired another bet and he put in 225,000. Farrell called another time and the completed the board.

Hsiang checked this time and Farrell was the one to bet as he put in a stack worth about 1,100,000, which was enough to put Hsiang all in. Hsiang took his time but decided to fold after several minutes.

Martin Kabrhel and Stefan Schillhabel have both reentered the tournament and have taken their seats again with a stack of 1,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	1,970,000 959,000	959,000

Stefan Schillhabel	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Martin Kabrhel	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Yue Wei Hsiang	778,000 172,000	172,000

Tags: Niall Farrell Yue Wei Hsiang

10-24-2018 22:37 UTC+1

More Ins and Outs

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Shirley Ang

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Anson Tsang	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Dietrich Fast	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Julian Thomas	1,000,000

Abdelhakim Zoufri	Busted
Tobias Ziegler	Busted
Sylvain Loosli	Busted

Koray Aldemir	Busted

10-24-2018 22:32 UTC+1

Yong Can't Get a Bluff Through

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Adam Lamers

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

On a board reading , Wai Kin Yong was in early position and bet 180,000 into a pot of nearly 300,000. Thomas Muehloecker called on the button and the completed the board.

Yong moved all in for his last 420,000 and Muehloecker asked for a count. A few moments later, Muehloecker made the call and Yong turned over for a missed straight draw. Muehloecker tabled and sent Yong to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Muehloecker	2,400,000
Wai Kin Yong	Busted

Tags: Thomas Muehloecker Wai Kin Yong

10-24-2018 22:31 UTC+1

Schillhabel Doubles Back Up and Then Busts

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Shirley Ang

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

Stefan Schillhabel was left short after doubling James Chen up but now he shoved from the button for his last 49,000. Jean-Noel Thorel three-bet to 160,000 from the small blind and Johannes Becker quickly folded his big blind.

Stefan Schillhabel:
Jean-Noel Thorel:

The board ran out to give Schillhabel the pair of eights on the flop to double up. Unfortunately Shillhabel busted shortly after to Thorel.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel	1,900,000 900,000	900,000
Stefan Schillhabel	Busted

Tags: James Chen Johannes Becker Stefan Schillhabel

10-24-2018 22:22 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Milko van Winden

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

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	2,790,000 1,320,000	1,320,000

John Cynn	2,400,000 1,105,000	1,105,000

Timothy Adams	2,100,000 100,000	100,000

Ole Schemion	1,695,000 705,000	705,000

Thomas Muehloecker	1,504,000 504,000	504,000
Mustapha Kanit	1,465,000 465,000	465,000

Shan Huang	995,000 90,000	90,000
Marius Gierse	960,000 40,000	40,000
Wai Kin Yong	840,000 160,000	160,000
Chin Wei Lim	651,000 349,000	349,000

Matthias Eibinger	635,000 271,000	271,000

10-24-2018 22:18 UTC+1

Chen Doubles Through Schillhabel

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Shirley Ang

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

James Chen raised to 45,000 from the cutoff and Stefan Schillhabel shoved with the slightly bigger stack from the small blind. Jean-Noel Thorel quickly folded his big blind and Chen called after considering it for a while for the 657,000 he had behind.

James Chen:
Stefan Schillhabel:

The flop came to give Chen two pair immediately.

The turn was the to give Chen a full house and Schillhabel was drawing dead.

The on the river was just a formality to complete the board and after paying Chen his double-up, Schillhabel was left with a mere 49,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Chen	1,354,000 1,034,000	1,034,000

Stefan Schillhabel	49,000 1,003,000	1,003,000

Manig Loeser	Busted

Tags: James Chen Jean-Noel Thorel Stefan Schillhabel