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

10-21-2019 19:10 UTC+2

Martini Can't Shake Off Hellmuth

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 2,000/3,000, 5,000 ante

Seven Card Stud

Julien Martini: / /
Phil Hellmuth: / /

Picking up the action on fourth street, Julien Martini faced a bet by Phil Hellmuth and called. On fifth street, Hellmuth bet and Martini raised, Hellmuth called. The very same action repeated on sixth and Hellmuth check-called a bet on seventh.

"You win," Martini said and tabled the for tens up, while Hellmuth had for a set of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	1,150,000	125,000
Julien Martini	835,000	-245,000

Tags: Julien Martini Phil Hellmuth

10-21-2019 19:18 UTC+2

Kessler Wins From Glaser

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 2,000/3,000, 5,000 ante

2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

Allen Kessler drew three and the same applied for Benny Glaser on the first draw. Kessler check-called a bet and took two next, while Glaser discarded one card. Kessler once again check-called a bet and discarded one on the final draw, Glaser stood pat.

Kessler check-raised and Glaser folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	1,075,000	95,000
Benny Glaser	975,000	-25,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Benny Glaser

10-21-2019 19:28 UTC+2

Higgs In the Profit

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 2,000/3,000, 5,000 ante

Sam Higgs has split up his stack with 1 million on the left side and the smaller chips in profit on the right, and he appears to be the early chip leader. In a recent Seven Card Stud hand, he took on Shaun Deeb and scooped the pot without showdown.

Seven Card Stud

Shaun Deeb: / /
Sam Higgs: 7 /

Higgs bet fourth and seventh street while fifth and sixth were checked. Deeb was contemplating a call on seventh as both had a pair of kings showing and eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Higgs	1,250,000	150,000
Phil Hui	1,100,000	80,000
Shaun Deeb	900,000	-75,000

Tags: Sam Higgs Shaun Deeb

10-21-2019 19:35 UTC+2

Martini Gets Some Back From Hellmuth

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 2,000/3,000, 5,000 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Julien Martini in the cutoff and Phil Hellmuth on the button had multiple bets for 72,000 each in total invested throughout a board of and the final bet of Martini was called by Hellmuth.

Martini tabled for a full house and Hellmuth was clearly upset.

"I had much better than a flush draw," he said in table chat and lost a portion of his previous profit against Martini.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	1,050,000	-100,000
Julien Martini	950,000	115,000

Tags: Julien Martini Phil Hellmuth

10-21-2019 19:42 UTC+2

One Pot for Lisandro

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 2,000/3,000, 5,000 ante

Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Allen Kessler raised from under the gun and was called by Jeff Lisandro in the small blind and Joao Vieira in the big blind. The trio checked the flop and Lisandro bet the turn, Vieira called and Kessler folded.

After the river, Lisandro bet and Vieira reluctantly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	980,000	-95,000
Joao Vieira	970,000	90,000
Jeff Lisandro	930,000	-70,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Jeff Lisandro Joao Vieira

10-21-2019 19:45 UTC+2

Ivey Joins the Action

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 2,000/3,000, 5,000 ante

Phil Ivey has been eliminated in Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better and entered the field to make it 13 entries. As a result, three players were moved to his table and that happened to be Shaun Deeb, Allen Kessler, and Benny Glaser.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	1,000,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Benny Glaser Phil Ivey Shaun Deeb

10-21-2019 19:49 UTC+2

First Break of the Day

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 2,000/3,000, 5,000 ante

The first two levels are completed and the 13 remaining players headed into their first 15-minute break of the day.

It has also been confirmed that a total of eight levels are played on Day 1, thus the late registration remains open for the first two levels on Day 2.

Level: 3

Limit Flop / Draw 4,000-8,000
Stud Games 2,000-8,000 Ante 2,000
No-Limit & Pot-Limit 2,000-3,000 Ante 5,000

10-21-2019 20:07 UTC+2

Deeb Wins From Kessler

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 2,000/3,000, 5,000 ante

Seven Card Stud

Allen Kessler: / /
Shaun Deeb: / /

Allen Kessler bet fourth and fifth street against Shaun Deeb, both then checked sixth and seventh.

Kessler tabled the with a shrug and Deeb won the pot with for a pair of sixes while adding "you run so bad Allen" in table chat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	940,000	40,000
Allen Kessler	910,000	-70,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Shaun Deeb

10-21-2019 20:11 UTC+2

Leknes Joins The Action

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 2,000/3,000, 5,000 ante

There are now 14 players registered as Tobias Leknes has entered the field and drew the table of Phil Ivey, Benny Glaser, Allen Kessler and Shaun Deeb. The Norwegian lost a small fraction of his stack in a Seven Card Stud hand when he folded to a bet by Deeb on sixth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Leknes	970,000
Shaun Deeb	970,000	70,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Benny Glaser Phil Ivey Shaun Deeb Tobias Leknes