Event #10: €25,500 Mixed Games Championship Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker Europe

10-22-2019 15:49 UTC+2

Higgs Goes for Value on the River

Adam Lamers

Level 9 : 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Dzmitry Urbanovich opened to 27,000 from under the gun and Sam Higgs defended from the big blind. The flop fell and Higgs check-called a bet of 18,000 from Urbanovich.

The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Higgs led out with a bet of 33,000 and Urbanovich looked him up. Higgs showed for two pair and Urbanovich mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Higgs	1,940,000	240,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	1,615,000	221,000

Tags: Sam Higgs Dzmitry Urbanovich

10-22-2019 15:48 UTC+2

Pisarenko and Hellmuth Enter

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante

The field size has increased to 32 entries as Phil Hellmuth and Maksim Pisarenko entered. The latter finished 10th in Event #9: €1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha/No-Limit Hold'em Mix last night and now sits right next to Daniel Negreanu.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Pisarenko	1,000,000
Phil Hellmuth	1,000,000	1,000,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Maksim Pisarenko Phil Hellmuth

10-22-2019 15:44 UTC+2

Deeb Even Shorter Now

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante

Seven Card Stud

Shaun Deeb: / fold
Anthony Zinno: /

Shaun Deeb went through the No-Limit Hold'em part without being able to build his stack and then completed in Seven Card Stud against Anthony Zinno. Deeb bet fourth and was called, Zinno then check-called on fifth and bet sixth after pairing his four. Deeb gave it some thought and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Zinno	2,250,000	87,000
Shaun Deeb	130,000	-91,000

Tags: Anthony Zinno Shaun Deeb

10-22-2019 15:40 UTC+2

Kessler More Than Through Danzer

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante

2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

George Danzer has lost another substantial portion of his stack when he doubled Allen Kessler, who had a against his . Kessler had been very short and essentially tripled twice to get back to a playable stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Kessler	750,000	567,000
George Danzer	490,000	-310,000

Tags: Allen Kessler George Danzer

10-22-2019 15:35 UTC+2

Israelashvili Catches Up on Third Street

Adam Lamers

Level 9 : 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante

2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

Benny Glaser raised it up on the button and Roland Israelashvili defended from the big blind. Both players each drew two cards and Israelashvili check-called a bet from Glaser.

On second street, each player drew one card and Israelashvili check-called another bet from Glaser. On third, both players drew one more card. Israelashvili checked and Glaser fired another time. Israelashvili quickly called and Glaser showed a jack. Israelashvili turned over for a nine to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Glaser	2,420,000	-55,000
Roland Israelashvili	1,540,000	156,000

Tags: Roland Israelashvili Benny Glaser

10-22-2019 15:26 UTC+2

Higgs and Ivey Chip Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante

2-7 Lowball Triple Draw

Sam Higgs raised and Marek Blasko called on the button. Higgs discarded three on the first draw, Blasko took two new cards. Both checked and discarded one each on the second and third draw. Higgs check-called a bet after the final draw and Blasko showed a pair of deuces with an ace, while Higgs had that beat with .

One table over, still in Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better, George Danzer lost a pot to Phil Ivey when he could not beat the eights and fives of Ivey.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Higgs	1,700,000	94,000
Phil Ivey	1,200,000	200,000
Marek Blasko	900,000	-100,000
George Danzer	800,000	-200,000

Tags: Marek Blasko Sam Higgs George Danzer Phil Ivey

10-22-2019 15:20 UTC+2

Ivey and Blasko Enter

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante

Phil Ivey has entered the event for a third time and Marek Blasko signed up for the first bullet to boost the field to 29 entries.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	1,000,000	1,000,000
Marek Blasko	1,000,000

Tags: Marek Blasko Phil Ivey

10-22-2019 15:19 UTC+2

Leknes Doubles Up Early

Adam Lamers

Level 9 : 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

In one of the first hands of the day, short-stacked Tobias Leknes wound up with all of his chips in the middle against Johannes Becker. All seven cards were tabled from both players and Leknes rolled over a monster after being all in for around 180,000.

Tobias Leknes:
Johannes Becker: / /

Becker had two pair, aces and queens, but Leknes had a wheel to scoop both the high and low ends of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johannes Becker	818,000	-182,000
Tobias Leknes	360,000	188,000

Tags: Johannes Becker Tobias Leknes

10-22-2019 15:14 UTC+2

Donev and Vieira Chop

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Ivo Donev: / /
Joao Vieira: / /

Allen Kessler folded on fourth with a king-four showing and Joao Vieira check-called a bet by Ivo Donev, who then paired his four on fifth and bet all the way. Vieira called fifth and sixth, raised on seventh and Donev called.

Vieira flipped over for a straight and a low, Donev had the better low with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivo Donev	2,450,000	28,000
Joao Vieira	1,580,000	15,000
Allen Kessler	183,000	-30,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Ivo Donev Joao Vieira

10-22-2019 15:09 UTC+2

Danzer the Only New Entry

Adam Lamers

Level 9 : 6,000/12,000, 18,000 ante

George Danzer was the only new player to take a seat at the start of play. There are a total of 27 current entries and late registration will remain open for another two levels.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Danzer	1,000,000