2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
153
Players Left
7

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

Day 2 Completed

Shahar Levi Takes Massive Chip Lead Into The Final Table of Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event With 7 Left

Level 30 : 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante
Shahar Levi
Shahar Levi

Shahar Levi takes commanding chip lead into the final day of Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event with seven players out of 766 entries in total making it through. All seven players are guaranteed at least €20,396 but they will have their sights set on that first-place prize of €167,056, the coveted gold WSOP bracelet, and the WSOPE Main Event Ticket worth €10,350.

Levi has cashed five times this summer in Las Vegas and came close to reaching a final table in Event #70: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’Em 6-Handed when he was eliminated in 11th place for $44,771. But he has a huge lead right now going into the final day with almost 40% of all the chips in play in his possession. Levi went into the final two tables fifth in the chip counts but that’s when he went on a rampage.

Levi first took out Moritz Koelsch with a flush, then 6-time bracelet winner Jeff Lisandro with the top two pair he flopped. He also eliminated Rainer Heneka to go onto the final table with almost 100 big blinds. He didn’t let up on the final table either, keeping the pressure on his opponents, raising in almost every hand. He added more than four million to his stack when his raise got three-bet shoved by Gerardo Giammugnani and was called by Andrew Bak. Levi four-bet raised for Bak to get out of the hand. His pocket fours turned into quads to send Giammugnani to the rail in ninth place.

Levi also ensured the day ended around 1 a.m. when he took out Leonid Yanovski with pocket kings. Yanovski had shoved after another Levi-raise while holding ace-eight and got no help. Levi is followed by Leeds’ Andrew Bak with 13,650,000 which is worth 57 big blinds when play resumes. Closing out the podium is Didier Rabl from Switzerland with 11,240,000.

Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event Final Table
Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event Final Table

The rest of the final table is completed by Jose Rivas, Vangelis Kaimakamis, Luigi Macaluso, and Markus Jordan. This is how things are looking for the final day:

Final Table Seat Draw

SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Jose RivasVenezuela7,060,00029
3Vangelis KaimakamisGreece6,270,00026
4Andrew BakUnited Kingdom13,650,00057
6Luigi MacalusoFrance5,230,00022
7Didier RablSwitzerland11,240,00047
8Markus JordanGermany3,525,00015
9Shahar LeviIsrael30,035,000125

Start of the day

With 153 players returning to the felt and 115 players getting paid, the bubble approached quite quickly around 90 minutes after the start. Dutchman Zhong Chen’s three-bet shoved with pocket eights was called by Koelsch who held ace-jack. The jack on the flop didn’t help Chen and the ace on the river was the final drop to burst the bubble and send Chen packing without any cash.

Zhong Chen
Zhong Chen Bubbles the Mini Main Event

The eliminations after that came in rapidly and never really let up. Many bracelet winners and other notable players fell by the wayside, the same was the case for all the Day 1 chip leaders. Day 1c chip leader Ismail Kalkan fell to Rabl with pocket eights. pulkit Goyal, the day 1b chip leader, was eliminated by Heneka who also earned a full double-up through Day 1a chip leader, Aleksandr Merzhvinskii. A few hands later, he took the rest of Merzhvinskii’s stack.

Robert Campbell was eliminated by Asi Moshe but is still ahead in the 2019 WSOP Player of the Year race. Brand-new bracelet winner Renat Bohdanov was at the top of the chip counts for a while but he busted to Kaimakamis with the lower kicker. Bohdanov finished in 16th place for €5,913.

The seven remaining players will return to battle it out for the win at 3 p.m. local time on Sunday, October 20. There are 24 minutes left in Level 30 which features a small blind of 120,000, big blind of 240,000, and a big blind ante of 240,000. A 15-minute break is scheduled after Level 32 and every three levels after. The PokerNews live reporting team will be there from the first bag that is opened until the final all-in has been won and this is what they are playing for:

PlacePrize (EUR)Prize (USD)
1€ 167,056*$184,218
2€ 103,216*$113,819
3€ 72,474*$79,919
4€ 51,628*$56,932
5€ 37,321*$41,155
6€ 27,382$30,195
7€ 20,396$22,491

* Plus €10,350 WSOPE Main Event Ticket

Tags: Aleksandr MerzhvinskiiAndrew BakAsi MosheDidier RablGerardo GiammugnaniIsmail KalkanJeff LisandroJose RivasLuigi MacalusoMarkus JordanMoritz KoelschPulkit GoyalRainer HenekaRenat BohdanovShahar LeviVangelis KaimakamisZhong Chen

Leonid Yanovski Eliminated in 8th Place (€15,426)

Level 30 : 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante
Leonid Yanovski
Leonid Yanovski

Shahar Levi raised to 600,000 from the hijack and action folded to Leonid Yanovski in the big blind who shoved for around 3,100,000. Levi snap-called.

Leonid Yanovski: {a-Spades}{8-Clubs}
Shahar Levi: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{j-Spades}{7-Diamonds} for Levi to hold as no help came for Yanovski and he was eliminated in eighth place for €15,426.

The seven remaining players are now bagging up their chips for the final day on Sunday, October 21 at 3 p.m. local time.

Player Chips Progress
Shahar Levi il
Shahar Levi
Day 2 Chip Leader
30,035,000 3,755,000
Leonid Yanovski il
Leonid Yanovski
Busted

Tags: Leonid YanovskiShahar Levi

Level: 30

Blinds: 120,000/240,000

Ante: 240,000

Rabl Four-Bet Shoves

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Didier Rabl raised to 500,000 from the button and Shahar Levi looked at Rabl's stack and three-bet to 2,300,000 in the big blind. Rabl snap-shoved and Levi asked for a count. The dealer confirmed that Rabl had 8,640,000 behind in total. Levi tanked for a while but then decided to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Shahar Levi il
Shahar Levi
Day 2 Chip Leader
25,300,000 -2,300,000
Didier Rabl ch
Didier Rabl
11,240,000 2,020,000

Tags: Didier RablShahar Levi

Gerardo Giammugnani Eliminated in 9th Place (€11,850)

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Gerardo Giammugnani
Gerardo Giammugnani

Shahar Levi raised to 500,000 from the hijack and Gerardo Giammugnani shoved from the button. Andrew Bak asked for a count in the big blind and the dealer confirmed Giammugnani had 2,195,000 behind. Bak called. Levi took some time and then four-bet to 10,500,000 for Bak to glance at Levi and then folded.

Gerardo Giammugnani: {a-Hearts}{2-Spades}
Shahar Levi: {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}

The board ran out {4-Spades}{9-Hearts}{10-Spades}{4-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for Levi to flop a set and then turn quads to eliminate Giammugnani in ninth place for €11,850.

Player Chips Progress
Shahar Levi il
Shahar Levi
Day 2 Chip Leader
27,600,000 5,510,000
Andrew Bak gb
Andrew Bak
14,750,000 -2,395,000
Gerardo Giammugnani it
Gerardo Giammugnani
Busted

Tags: Shahar LeviGerardo GiammugnaniAndrew Bak

Levi Keeps Betting

Level 29 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Luigi Macaluso raised to 600,000 from the hijack and was called by both Shahar Levi and Jose Rivas in the blinds. The flop came {4-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Clubs}, Levi continued with a bet of 800,000 and got no action.

The hand after, Levi raised to 400,000 from the button and Gerardo Giammugnani defended his big blind. The flop came {7-Spades}{2-Hearts}{3-Clubs}, Levi's continuation-bet of 550,000 was enough to pick up the pot.

Then he raised to 500,000 from the cutoff and got called by Vangelis Kaimakamis in the big blind. The flop came {k-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{a-Clubs}, the 250,000 continuation-bet of Levi was enough to take it down again.

Player Chips Progress
Shahar Levi il
Shahar Levi
Day 2 Chip Leader
22,090,000 1,600,000
Jose Rivas ve
Jose Rivas
7,760,000 -800,000
Luigi Macaluso fr
Luigi Macaluso
4,125,000 -1,685,000
Gerardo Giammugnani it
Gerardo Giammugnani
2,400,000 -3,495,000

Tags: Gerardo GiammugnaniJose RivasLuigi MacalusoShahar LeviVangelis Kaimakamis

Level: 29

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000