Event #1: €350 Opener No-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Started
Event #1: €350 Opener No-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Started
After two days of action, a new champion is about to be crowned today at the King's Resort. The first event of the event of the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe gathered 1,011 entries after two Day 1 flight to reach a €302,541prizepool. The final day's action gets underway at 2 p.m local time with the last ten players set to battle it out for the prestigious bracelet and the €53,654 top prize.
Eyal Bensimhon leads the field with 6,800,000 and is looking for his first career WSOP title. Behind him is Norbert Mosonyi to start today with 5,110,000 and cashing today his first ever WSOP event. The race for the gold won't be easy with some serious contenders still in play such as six-time bracelet winner Jeff Lisandro, short stack with 600,000 and looking for an early double up, and Rafi Elharar with 2,020,000 , who finished third last summer in the massive $ 500 No Limit Hold'em - BIG 50 WSOP Event and will try to capture the 13th bracelet for players from Israel.
The ten remaining players have secured a minimum cash of $2,996 but are all desperate to take down the precious title of first event of the series. When the action begins, the blinds will be 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante. The levels will increase every 40-minute with a 15-minute break every two levels.
Seat Assignments for the Final Day
Table | Seat | Playery | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
80 | 2 | Rafi Elharar | Israel | 2,020,000 | 20 |
80 | 5 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 600,000 | 6 |
80 | 7 | Renat Bohdanov | Ukraine | 4,000,000 | 40 |
80 | 8 | Michal Kral | Czech Republic | 2,050,000 | 21 |
80 | 9 | Samuel Mika | Slovakia | 3,060,000 | 31 |
94 | 1 | Eyal Bensimhon | Israel | 6,800,000 | 68 |
94 | 2 | Marcus Mondel | Austria | 660,000 | 7 |
94 | 4 | Mykhailo Hryhoriev | Ukraine | 2,860,000 | 29 |
94 | 5 | Norbert Mosonyi | Hungary | 5,110,000 | 51 |
94 | 8 | Ricardas Vymeris | Lithuania | 3,225,000 | 32 |
Remaining Payouts
Position | Prize (in EUR) | Prize (in USD) |
---|---|---|
1 | €53,654* | $59,019 |
2 | €43,462* | $36,423 |
3 | €23,386 | $25,725 |
4 | €16,736 | $18,410 |
5 | €12,138 | $13,352 |
6 | €8,923 | $9,815 |
7 | €6,651 | $7,316 |
8 | €5,026 | $5,529 |
9 | €3,853 | $4,238 |
10 | €2,996 | $3,296 |
*The 1st and 2nd place finishers also receive an entry to the 2019 WSOPE Main Event worth €10,350
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Level: 30
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
The tournament director just announced the awaited shuffle up and deal and cards are now back in the air for the last ten players of event Event #1: €350 Opener No-Limit Hold'em.
Marcus Mondel open-shoved 610,000 from under the gun and everyone folded to chipleader Eyal Bensimhon in the big blind, who quickly called.
Marcus Mondel:
Eyal Bensimhon:
The board provided no help for either player, keeping the Israeli's king-high in the lead. Action was subsequently halted to redraw for the final table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eyal Bensimhon
|
7,800,000 | 1,000,000 |
Marcus Mondel | Busted |
Seat | Playery | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mykhailo Hryhoriev | Ukraine | 2,600,000 | 26 |
2 | Michal Kral | Czech Republic | 2,500,000 | 25 |
3 | Eyal Bensimhon | Israel | 7,860,000 | 79 |
4 | Renat Bohdanov | Ukraine | 3,980,000 | 40 |
5 | Norbert Mosonyi | Hungary | 5,100,000 | 51 |
6 | Rafi Elharar | Israel | 1,780,000 | 18 |
7 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | 380,000 | 4 |
8 | Samuel Mika | Slovakia | 2,800,000 | 28 |
9 | Ricardas Vymeris | Lithuania | 2,950,000 | 30 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eyal Bensimhon
|
7,860,000 | 60,000 |
Norbert Mosonyi | 5,100,000 | -10,000 |
Renat Bohdanov
|
3,980,000 | -20,000 |
Ricardas Vymeris | 2,950,000 | -275,000 |
Samuel Mika | 2,800,000 | -260,000 |
Mykhailo Hryhoriev | 2,600,000 | -260,000 |
Michal Kral | 2,500,000 | 450,000 |
Rafi Elharar | 1,780,000 | -240,000 |
Jeff Lisandro
|
380,000 | -220,000 |
The final table started off with two all-ins from Samuel Mika and Jeff Lisandro, with the latter shoving the small blind for just 350,000. Mika folded the big blind to give Lisandro some much-needed chips.
Renat Bohdanov then raised to 210,000 from middle position and picked up the blinds. He raised again to 210,000 the next hand but met resistance as Ricardas Vymeris put in a three-bet to 530,000 from the small blind.
From the big blind, Mykhailo Hryhoriev four-bet shoved all in for 2,410,000 and Bohdanov quickly folded. Vymeris went deep in the tank before calling it off for nearly all of his remaining stack.
Mykhailo Hryhoriev:
Ricardas Vymeris:
The board ran out to keep Hryhoriev's aces in the lead, leaving Vymeris with crumbs.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mykhailo Hryhoriev | 5,130,000 | 2,530,000 |
Ricardas Vymeris | 350,000 | -2,600,000 |
Left short after the previous hand, Ricardas Vymeris chucked his last scraps into the middle and Michal Kral put in the few extra chips from the big blind.
Ricardas Vymeris:
Michal Kral:
It was all smooth sailing for Vymeris up until the river on , improving Kral's rags to a straight and making Vymeris the first player to bust at the final table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michal Kral | 3,150,000 | 650,000 |
Ricardas Vymeris | Busted |
Jeff Lisandro open-shoved under the gun for his last five blinds with a stack worth 520,000 and Samuel Mika opted to reshove behind. The rest of the players folded to create the following showdown:
Jeff Lisandro:
Samuel Mika:
Lisandro needed help if he was to survive but the board even improved Mika's hand into a set of queens. The Australian's attempt to win his seventh bracelet came up short and he left the final table in 8th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Samuel Mika | 3,450,000 | 650,000 |
Jeff Lisandro
|
Busted |
Level: 31
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000