2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
€167,056
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,350
Prize Pool
€873,240
Entries
766
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
174
Players Left
34

Another Break

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With 173 entries showing on the clock, the 77 remaining players have been sent for another 15-minute break. At the end of this break, the late registration and reentry period will be closed.

Vaitiekunas Catches Kessler's Bluff

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Alen Kessler (in a previous event)
Alen Kessler (in a previous event)

The players at Allen Kessler's previous table were kind enough to recount what has just happened when Kessler busted:

Paulius Vaitiekunas raised to 8,000 from the button and was called by Matthew Webb and Kessler in the blinds.

They all checked through the {a-}{10-Clubs}{9-Clubs} flop to the {3-Diamonds} on the turn. Webb checked, Kessler bet 12,500 which only Vaitiekunas called.

The river completed the board with the {a-Diamonds}, Kessler jammed for 42,000 and Vaitiekunas called with {k-}{10-}. Kessler held {q-}{j-}.

The table joked around a bit: "If Kessler had an ace, he would have jammed preflop!"

Player Chips Progress
Paulius Vaitiekunas lt
Paulius Vaitiekunas
WSOP 1X Winner
445,000 145,000
Mihai Niste ro
Mihai Niste
165,000 65,000
Steven Jones us
Steven Jones
101,000 -43,000
Louis Helm us
Louis Helm
56,000 -19,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
Busted

Tags: Paulius VaitiekunasAllen Kessler

Elezra Shoves on Loeser and Peter

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Manig Loeser just walked in and got seated on the same table as Jaroslav Peter, Fabian Gumz, and Eli Elezra. He raised to 10,000 from the hijack and was called by Peter in the cutoff. Action folded to Elezra in the big blind who three-bet to 24,000 and both Loeser and Peter called.

The flop came {6-Spades}{9-Clubs}{k-Clubs}, Elezra shoved, Loeser folded, and Peter asked for a count. The dealer confirmed Elezra had 196,500 behind. Peter was going through the options in his head and then opted to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
276,500 111,500
Jaroslav Peter cz
Jaroslav Peter
80,000 -25,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
76,000

Tags: Eli ElezraFabian GumzJaroslav PeterManig Loeser

Change of Plans

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The tournament organization has just announced that a change has been applied to the structure for today and the two other starting days. Instead of playing down to 15% of the field, the day will now end when there's 20% of the field left.

Level: 12

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Recent Chip Counts and Eliminations

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Amit Goldin il
Amit Goldin
360,000 183,000
Martin Preiss de
Martin Preiss
300,000 176,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
275,000 175,000
Phillip Hui us
Phillip Hui
WSOP 3X Winner
156,500 56,500
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
WSOP 4X Winner
123,000 23,000
Apostolos Chatzopoulos gr
Apostolos Chatzopoulos
100,000 100,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
95,000 -13,000
Christopher Putz at
Christopher Putz
90,000 29,000
Dragos Trofimov md
Dragos Trofimov
68,500 -65,500
Artur Sychov ua
Artur Sychov
Busted
Blaz Zerjav si
Blaz Zerjav
Busted
Stanislav Koleno sk
Stanislav Koleno
Busted
Hua Wang cn
Hua Wang
Busted
Aviad Regev il
Aviad Regev
Busted
Anatoly Korochenskiy ru
Anatoly Korochenskiy
Busted
Stephen Elliott us
Stephen Elliott
Busted
Marcel Brunner ch
Marcel Brunner
Busted
Dervis Usak tr
Dervis Usak
Busted

Joergensen Apologizes for Bluffing Blom

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The board read {a-Spades}{3-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and Jan Joergensen had checked in the small blind. Viktor Blom bet 14,000 from under the gun and Joergensen called.

The {q-Diamonds} on the river completed the board, Joergensen now fired a bet of 25,000 over the line and Blom folded.

Joergensen apologized and showed he held {j-Spades}{10-Spades}. Blom just smiled and said it was all okay.

Player Chips Progress
Tarik Ozdemir de
Tarik Ozdemir
322,000 322,000
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
135,000 24,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
98,000 5,000
Jan Joergensen dk
Jan Joergensen
95,000 95,000

Tags: Jan JoergensenViktor Blom