2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #11: €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kqq10
Prize
€128,314
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Entries
271
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
271
Players Left
46

Chen Cripples Lagergren

Level 6 : 300/600, 0 ante

Zhong Chen and Jim Lagergren were in the small and big blind respectively, with a {10-Hearts}{7-Spades}{7-Diamonds} flop. Sergei Verkhoturov and Jochen Kaiser were in the pot too, both from middle position. Chen checked and Lagergren checked, Verkhoturov bet 2,000, Kaiser and Chen called with Lagergren shoving all in.

Only Chen called him and the two players opened their cards.

Jim Lagergren: {9-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Spades}
Zhong Chen: {10-Spades}{8-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}

Chen had flopped a full house while Lagergren had trip sevens. The {5-Hearts} in the turn and the {2-Spades} in the river didn't change anything and Chen doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Zhong Chen nl
Zhong Chen
54,000 14,000
Jim Lagergren se
Jim Lagergren
700 -39,300

Tags: Zhong ChenJim Lagergren

Viard Eliminates Kollmann

Level 6 : 300/600, 0 ante

Erich Kollmann raised from the button and Alexandre Viard called him from the big blind.

The flop came {a-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} and Viard check-raised to 4,000 after Kollmann made a continuation bet for 1,600.

Kollmann called and the {8-Diamonds} appeared in the turn. This time Viard bet 6,500 and Kollmann called again.

The {8-Hearts} completed the board on the river and Viard went all in, with Kollmann putting 9,000 chips he had behind. Viard opened {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades} for a full house while Kollmann had {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and departed from the event.

Player Chips Progress
Alexandre Viard fr
Alexandre Viard
80,000 40,000
Erich Kollmann at
Erich Kollmann
Busted

Tags: Alexandre ViardErich Kollmann

Rivas Returns With a Double Up

Level 6 : 300/600, 0 ante

Jose Rivas doubled up shortly after he re-entered the event and now has 68,000 chips.

In the hand he was in the big blind against Bartolomiej Staszczak in the small blind and the board had {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{3-Spades}. Staszczak bet 7,000 and Rivas called, with the dealer opening the {a-Diamonds} as the last hand of the board.

This time Staszczak checked and Rivas put the rest of his chips in the middle, approximately 19,000. Staszczak called and mucked when he saw Rivas open {j-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} for a rivered straight.

Player Chips Progress
Jose Rivas ve
Jose Rivas
68,000 28,000
Bartlomiej Staszczak pl
Bartlomiej Staszczak
46,000 -2,000

Tags: Jose RivasBartolomiej Staszczak

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0

Thorel Sends Rivas to the Cashier

Level 5 : 300/500, 0 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel keeps on building his stack and in order to achieve this, he busted Jose Rivas earlier. The board was {j-Clubs}{j-Spades}{4-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} and Thorel check-called a bet at 13,000 by Rivas.

The river was the {8-Hearts} and Thorel checked again, only to snap-call Rivas when he announced allin.

Thorel showed {k-Hearts}{8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} while Rivas had {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{3-Spades} and went to the cashier for a re-entry.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
87,000 23,000
Jose Rivas ve
Jose Rivas
40,000

Tags: Jose RivasJean-Noel Thorel

New Players Keep Coming

Level 5 : 300/500, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Alexander Norden se
Alexander Norden
40,000
Omar Huang se
Omar Huang
40,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
40,000
Michael Ugucctoni it
Michael Ugucctoni
40,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000
Jeffrey Cormier ca
Jeffrey Cormier
40,000
Nicola Angelini it
Nicola Angelini
40,000
Mihail Andonov dk
Mihail Andonov
40,000
Zhong Chen nl
Zhong Chen
40,000
Marek Golebiewski pl
Marek Golebiewski
40,000
Rafail Sushkin ru
Rafail Sushkin
40,000
William Chattaway gb
William Chattaway
40,000
Erich Kollmann at
Erich Kollmann
40,000
Claus Carlsen dk
Claus Carlsen
40,000
Alexandre Viard fr
Alexandre Viard
40,000
Jagdeep Singh in
Jagdeep Singh
40,000

Over 100 Entries

Level 5 : 300/500, 0 ante

Entries and re-entries combined have already crossed the 100-mark after four levels of play. Registrations will remain open until Level 12, and last year's number of total entries was 187.

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 0