2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #1: €350 Opener No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
€53,654
Event Info
Buy-in
€350
Prize Pool
€302,541
Entries
1,011
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000

Maliqi Takes One to Koomen

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

A player opened to 1,000 and Bleron Maliqi raised to 3,100 in the cutoff. Jordi Koomen called on the button and the initial player folded.

The dealer brought a flop {4-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and Maliqi check-called for 3,500. Both players checked on the {7-Spades} turn.

The {10-Clubs} appeared on the river and Maliqi led out for 5,000. It was enough to make Koomen fold.

Player Chips Progress
Bleron Maliqi ch
Bleron Maliqi
34,500
-7,500
-7,500
Jordi Koomen nl
Jordi Koomen
30,500

Tags: Bleron Maliqi

Trofimov Doubles Through Liskovics

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

Stephen Elliott raised to 1,000 on the button and it was three-bet to 4,000 by Jozsef Liskovics before Dragos Trofimov pushed his last 7,000 in the middle. Elliott quickly folded and Liskovics called to create the following showdown:

Dragos Trofimov: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Jozsef Liskovics: {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}

It was a typical flip situation and the board fell {q-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{2-Clubs} to give the double up to Trofimov with a pair of kings.

Player Chips Progress
Christopher Schofield us
Christopher Schofield
50,000
28,500
28,500
Jozsef Liskovics
Jozsef Liskovics
40,000
Stephen Elliott us
Stephen Elliott
38,500
18,500
18,500
Dragos Trofimov md
Dragos Trofimov
15,000

Tags: Dragos Trofimov

New Break

Level 6 : 200/400, 400 ante

The players of Event #1: €350 Opener No-Limit Hold'em are now heading to a new 15-minute break. The tournament is now showing 325 entries on the tournament clock.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

In and Out for Kessler

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

According to the table, Kostiantyn Vovchenko opened preflop and it was called by Allen Kessler and Bartel Kars in the blinds.

Things heated when the flop brought {8-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}. Vovchenko continued after two checks and Kessler raised, called by Kars. Vovchenko reraised and Kessler moved all-in for 20,900. Kars moved all-in as well for a stack around 27,000 and Vovchenko called to create a three-way showdown:

Allen Kessler: {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}
Bartel Kars: {q-Spades}{8-Clubs}
Kostiantyn Vovchenko: {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

Kessler was in good shape to triple up with the flush. The {10-Hearts} on the turn didn't change anything but the river fell the {q-Hearts} to give a full house to Kars who took down the big pot while Kessler made his way to re-enter the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Bartel Kars nl
Bartel Kars
82,000
82,000
82,000
Kostiantyn Vovchenko ua
Kostiantyn Vovchenko
73,000
73,000
73,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
Busted

Tags: Allen KesslerBartel Kars

Lucky River for Roumier

Level 7 : 300/500, 500 ante

In a button versus small blind situation, Steven Jones five-bet all in on the button and Pascal Roumier quickly made the call with a total stack worth 51,400.

Pascal Roumier: {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}
Steven Jones: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

Roumier was in a desperate shape to stay in the tournament and found at first a flop {k-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{j-Spades}. The {5-Hearts} gave more outs to the French player, who hit the flush when the {8-Hearts} came on the river. Jones stood up from his chair and was left with a stack around 18,000 after that hand.

Player Chips Progress
Pascal Roumier fr
Pascal Roumier
103,000
103,000
103,000
Steven Jones us
Steven Jones
18,000
18,000
18,000

Tags: Pascal RoumierSteven Jones

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600