Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em Day 1b | 2019 World Series of Poker Europe

10-17-2019 16:54 UTC+2

Margolin Doubles With Kings

Shirley Ang

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Zhong Chen raised to 1,500 from the middle position, Georgios Koliofotis was sitting on his left in the hijack and three-bet to 4,000. Action folded to Timur Margolin who four-bet to 10,400 while Chen quickly got out of the way, Koliofotis asked how much Margolin had behind. Margolin showed his stack and Koliofotis decided to throw in a five-bet to 34,000. Margolin shoved for 36,800 in total which Koliofotis called.

Timur Margolin:
Georgios Koliofotis:

The board ran out for Margolin to hold and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhong Chen	170,000	70,000
Timur Margolin	76,000	-24,000
Georgios Koliofotis	58,000	-42,000

Tags: Georgios Koliofotis Timur Margolin Zhong Chen

10-17-2019 16:45 UTC+2

More New Entries

Shirley Ang

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafi Elharar	100,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	100,000
Mykhailo Gutyi	100,000
Ali Akok	100,000	100,000
Louis Helm	100,000	100,000
Han Kuo	100,000

10-17-2019 16:30 UTC+2

Herbers' River-Bet Is Good

Shirley Ang

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Johannes Herbers raised to 1,700 from the cutoff and was called by Thomas Hofmann on the button and Stanislav Zegal in the big blind.

The flop came , Zegal check-folded to the 3,500 continuation-bet of Herbers while Hofmann made the call.

The turn was the and both players checked to see the complete the board. Herbers now bet 7,000 and that was enough to pick up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johannes Herbers	106,000
Stanislav Zegal	83,000	-17,000
Thomas Hofmann	80,000	-20,000

10-17-2019 16:23 UTC+2

One Out, One Back In, More New Players

Shirley Ang

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Diana Volcovschi	100,000
Carmen Wern	100,000	100,000
Amit Goldin	100,000	100,000
Martin Preiss	100,000	100,000
Yi Ye	100,000	100,000
Guy Holtzman	Busted

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

10-17-2019 16:04 UTC+2

First Break of the Day

Shirley Ang

Level 3 : 300/500, 500 ante

With 98 entries showing on the clock, the 94 remaining players have been sent for their first 15-minute break of the day.

10-17-2019 15:54 UTC+2

Back In and Newly In

Shirley Ang

Level 3 : 300/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jimmy Bord	100,000
Leonid Yanovski	100,000
Gudmundur Sigurjonsson	100,000
Renato Ljubas	100,000	100,000

10-17-2019 15:48 UTC+2

Ljubas Can't Recover

Shirley Ang

Level 3 : 300/500, 500 ante

The flop read with around 12,000 in the middle.

Roberto Benedetti checked in the big blind and Renato Ljubas shoved for 48,500 from the cutoff. Benedetti snap-called and immediately got up from his chair.

Roberto Benedetti:
Renato Ljubas:

Benedetti held aces again and lost almost half of his stack previously to Ljubas at the beginning of the day.

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for Benedetti to hold and double up for the 45,700 he had called for.

The hand right after, Guy Holtzman raised to 1,200 from the middle position and Ljubas put his last 2,800 in from the hijack. Action folded back to Holtzman who made the call.

Renato Ljubas:
Guy Holtzman: