Event #10: €25,500 Mixed Games Championship Day 1 | 2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Oct 22, 2019

Hellmuth Left on a Nub

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 5,000/10,000, 15,000 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

In a four-way pot to the flop, action checked all the way around and the turn brought no betting action either. Phil Hellmuth then bet the river and Sam Higgs called, Phil Hui and Roland Israelashvili folded.

"Good call," Hellmuth said and Higgs only revealed his for a straight.

Hui asked to see the full hands and Hellmuth replied with a dry voice "I am happy to show my cards" as he was caught bluffing with the , Higgs had the to rake in the pot.

Higgs and Israelashvili then chopped a pot in O8 while Hellmuth was left with very few chips.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Phil Hui Roland Israelashvili Sam Higgs

Oct 22, 2019

Higgs Applies Pressure

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 5,000/10,000, 15,000 ante

Seven Card Stud

Julien Martini: / /
Phil Hellmuth: / fold
Sam Higgs: / /

Julien Martini was ahead with a pair of deuces on sixth in three-way action and checked, as did Phil Hellmuth, and Sam Higgs bet. Martini made the call while Hellmuth opted to fold.

On seventh, Martini checked once more and a bet of Higgs won the pot uncontested. Martini wanted Higgs to show, who just flashed his cards for the virtual rail as nobody was standing behind on the balcony that overlooks the poker arena.

Tags: Julien Martini Phil Hellmuth Sam Higgs

Oct 22, 2019

The POY Contenders at a Glance

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 5,000/10,000, 15,000 ante

Shaun Deeb has chipped up again and played for some time at the same table as Robert Campbell and Daniel Negreanu to have the 2019 WSOP Player of the Year top three all together. However, with the addition of Dario Sammartino there were 25 active players and Deeb was moved to a new table that now also contains Ivo Donev, James Chen and Phil Ivey.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Dario Sammartino Ivo Donev James Chen Phil Ivey Robert Campbell Shaun Deeb

Level: 7

Limit Flop / Draw 10,000-20,000
Stud Games 5,000-20,000 Ante 5,000
No-Limit & Pot-Limit 5,000-10,000 Ante 15,000

Oct 22, 2019

Final Break on Day 1

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

The remaining 24 players have headed into their final 15-minute break of the day. The new short stack is Phil Hellmuth, who has seen his stack dwindle to around 200,000 while Sam Higgs chipped up a lot.

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Sam Higgs

Oct 22, 2019

Up to 25 Entries

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

Roland Israelashvili was already contemplating to join the field earlier on after he was eliminated in the money in Event #9: €1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha/No-Limit Hold'em Mix, but only now he has entered and that boosted the field to 25 entries with 24 players remaining.

Tags: Roland Israelashvili

Oct 22, 2019

Ivey Back For More

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Phil Ivey has re-entered and sat back down in the very same seat he had at the start of the day. He was immediately involved in two Stud Hi-Lo hands, winning one and chopping the other.

Thomer Pidun: / fold
Phil Ivey: /

Thomer Pidun completed and called a raise by Ivey, who then bet fourth and fifth street. Pidun check-called once and check-folded to the second bet.

Phil Ivey: / /
Anthony Zinno: / /
Tobias Leknes: / fold

Ivey check-called a bet by Tobias Leknes on fourth and Anthony Zinno also came along. Ivey check-raised a Zinno bet on fifth and Leknes folded, Zinno called. Ivey check-called twice more and Zinno tabled , Ivey won the high pot with .

Tags: Anthony Zinno Phil Ivey Thomer Pidun Tobias Leknes

Oct 22, 2019

Negreanu Takes From Campbell

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 4,000/8,000, 12,000 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

On the turn, Daniel Negreanu made it 40,000 to go from the cutoff and Robert Campbell called on the button. They checked the river and Negreanu turned over , which ended up as the winning hand.