2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #10: €25,500 Mixed Games Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj97
Prize
€385,911
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,500
Prize Pool
€1,068,750
Entries
45
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
100,000 / 250,000
Ante
350,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
26
Players Left
21

Deeb Takes From Vieira

Level 4 : 3,000/5,000, 8,000 ante

Pot-Limit Omaha

Shaun Deeb limped the small blind and Joao Vieira raised to 15,000 from the big blind, which Deeb called. Deeb led the {7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Clubs} flop for 20,000 and Vieira came along to see the {3-Spades} on the turn. Another bet of 55,000 by Deeb followed and this time Vieira opted to fold.

Deeb flashed some of his cards including the {6-Hearts} before raking in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
840,000 70,000
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
800,000 -95,000

Tags: Joao VieiraShaun Deeb

Zinno Chips Up Against Ivey

Level 4 : 3,000/5,000, 8,000 ante

2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

Anthony Zinno has scooped back-to-back pots in 2-7 against Phil Ivey to chip up further and become an early chip leader soon after sitting down. The first pot was with an eighty-six and he followed that up with an eighty-seven.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
1,375,000 175,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
730,000 -270,000

Tags: Anthony ZinnoPhil Ivey

Higgs Takes From Hellmuth

Level 4 : 3,000/5,000, 8,000 ante

Limit Hold’em

On the tail end of a Limit Hold'em hand between Phil Hellmuth in the big blind and Sam Higgs from under the gun, the former check-called a bet on the {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{6-Spades}{10-Hearts}{q-Hearts} with the words "I flopped an ace" and mucked the {a-Spades} when Higgs tabled his {k-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for a flush.

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Higgs au
Sam Higgs
WSOP 1X Winner
1,240,000 -40,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
850,000 -110,000
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
WSOP 4X Winner
850,000 -100,000
Yusuf Kurt at
Yusuf Kurt
850,000 -100,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
680,000 -120,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
650,000 -30,000

Tags: Phil HellmuthSam Higgs

Glaser and Zinno Meet Twice

Level 4 : 3,000/5,000, 8,000 ante

Seven Card Stud

Benny Glaser: {x-}{x-} / {5-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Anthony Zinno: {x-}{x-} / {8-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} fold

Benny Glaser bet all the way from fourth to sixth street against Anthony Zinno, who called the first two bets and then folded. Glaser flashed the {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}.

Benny Glaser: {x-}{x-} / {7-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} / {x-}
Anthony Zinno: {x-}{x-} / {j-Hearts}{7-Spades}{5-Spades}{j-Clubs} / {x-}

Shortly after they met again and it was Glaser that bet fifth with a pair of sevens showing, Zinno called. Sixth paired up Zinno and they both checked, Zinno bet seventh and Glaser folded.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
1,475,000 100,000
Benny Glaser gb
Benny Glaser
WSOP 5X Winner
1,250,000 -100,000

Tags: Anthony ZinnoBenny Glaser

Pidun Joins the Field

Level 4 : 3,000/5,000, 8,000 ante

Thomer Pidun finished 5th in Event #5: €2,500 8-Game Mix and recorded his sixth WSOP cash. The German, who was also in Event #8: €25,500 Platinum High Roller No-Limit Hold'em and busted before the money, has taken a seat between Allen Kessler and Tobias Leknes.

Player Chips Progress
Thomer Pidun de
Thomer Pidun
WSOP 1X Winner
1,000,000 1,000,000

Tags: Allen KesslerThomer PidunTobias Leknes

Urbanovich and Kurt Chop

Level 4 : 3,000/5,000, 8,000 ante

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Dzmitry Urbanovich: {x-}{x-} / {8-Spades}{7-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} / {x-}
Ivo Donev: {x-}{x-} / {k-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} fold
Yusuf Kurt: {x-}{x-} 7 {6-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{5-Spades} / {x-}

Betting action on fifth forced out Ivo Donev while Yusuf Kurt and Dzmitry Urbanovich remained involved in the action. Urbanovich paired his eight on sixth and check-called a bet, then bet seventh to pick up a call by Kurt.

Urbanovich tabled {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} for a pair and a low, while Kurt had {10-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{2-Clubs} for trips sixes to receive the extra chip for the high hand in the chopped pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ivo Donev at
Ivo Donev
WSOP 1X Winner
1,100,000 150,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
EPT 1X Winner
1,100,000 100,000
Yusuf Kurt at
Yusuf Kurt
920,000 70,000

Tags: Dzmitry UrbanovichIvo DonevYusuf Kurt

Hui in the Lead; Glaser and Zinno Close Behind

Level 4 : 3,000/5,000, 8,000 ante
Phil Hui
Phil Hui

The early chip leaders on Day 1 are Phil Hui, Benny Glaser and Anthony Zinno.

Julien Martini has lost almost half of his stack and mentioned he was getting rivered a lot.

Razz

Anthony Zinno: {x-}{x-} / {2-}{k-}{6-}{3-} / {x-}
Thomer Pidun: {x-}{x-} / {3-}{6-}{9-}{2-} / {x-}

Zinno picked up a Razz pot against Thomer Pidun when he bet after seventh and was shown the {8-}{7-}{4-} by Zinno. He flashed his {j-}{7-}{5-} which ended up second-best. Zinno then lost a small pot against Glaser without any major action.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hui us
Phil Hui
1,550,000 275,000
Benny Glaser gb
Benny Glaser
WSOP 5X Winner
1,480,000 230,000
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
1,440,000 -35,000
Sam Higgs au
Sam Higgs
WSOP 1X Winner
1,180,000 -60,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
975,000 125,000
Thomer Pidun de
Thomer Pidun
WSOP 1X Winner
910,000 -90,000
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
WSOP 4X Winner
530,000 -320,000

Tags: Anthony ZinnoBenny GlaserJulien MartiniPhil HuiThomer Pidun