2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #4: €250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
€2,844,215
Event Info
Buy-in
€250,000
Prize Pool
€7,125,000
Entries
30
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
3,000,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
24
Players Left
16

Tang Loses Some to Vogelsang

Level 7 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Danny Tang and Christoph Vogelsang checked a {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} flop and Tang check-called a bet on the {q-Clubs} turn to see the {4-Clubs} river pair the board.

Tang called an overbet by Vogelsang for 1,050,000 and was shown the {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a flush while revealing an inferior flush and dropping some chips.

Player Chips Progress
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
9,200,000 -500,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
6,500,000 70,000

Tags: Christoph VogelsangDanny Tang

Foxen Pulls Out Front

Level 7 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Alex Foxen
Alex Foxen

Timothy Adams raised it up to 135,000 in the hijack and Alex Foxen re-raised to 415,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Adams who made the call. The flop came {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and Adams check-called a bet of 315,000 from Foxen.

The turn brought the {9-Spades} and both players checked to the {6-Clubs} on the river. Adams led out for a huge over-bet of 2,200,000 and Foxen burned through his last four time extensions before making the call. Adams showed {a-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} for just ace-high while Foxen had {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs} for top pair.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
11,955,000 3,420,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
WSOP 1X Winner
4,170,000 -2,975,000

Tags: Alex FoxenTimothy Adams

Badziakouski Assumes Control

Level 7 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

In a three-bet pot to the {j-Spades}{7-Hearts}{5-Hearts} flop, Kahle Burns in the hijack checked his option and Mikita Badziakouski made it 275,000 to go on the button. Burns raised it up to 875,000 only to see Badziakouski go over the top and force a fold from the Aussie.

Player Chips Progress
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
WSOP 1X Winner
10,200,000 1,400,000
Kahle Burns au
Kahle Burns
WSOP 2X Winner
2,150,000 -1,050,000

Tags: Kahle BurnsMikita Badziakouski

Yong Sends Aldemir to the Rail

Level 7 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Koray Aldemir
Koray Aldemir

Koray Aldemir was down to just 625,000 chips and he ripped all in from the cutoff. Richard Yong called from the big blind after looking at just one card.

Richard Yong: {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Koray Aldemir: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}

Aldemir showed a strong hand but Yong had him kicked by one. The flop of {q-Clubs}{j-Spades}{7-Hearts} actually gave Aldemir one more out than he previously had. However, the {2-Hearts} and {5-Diamonds} runout bricked off and Aldemir was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Yong my
Richard Yong
3,230,000 490,000
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Koray AldemirRichard Yong

Three Chips and a Chair for Aldemir

Level 7 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

With some 450,000 in the middle and the board showing {10-Spades}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts}{j-Spades}{3-Spades}, Koray Aldemir made it 520,000 to go in the small blind and Chin Wei Lim pushed from the button.

Aldemir tank-folded and had three chips left after all was done and dusted.

Player Chips Progress
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
9,800,000 400,000
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
625,000 -1,075,000

Tags: Chin Wei LimKoray Aldemir

Adams Goes Big on the Turn

Level 8 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Picking up the action on a flop of {q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{7-Hearts}, Timothy Adams and Adrian Mateos were heads-up in a pot. Adams led out for 275,000 from under the gun and Mateos called on the button.

The turn brought the {3-Spades} and Adams fired out another bet of 1,100,000. Mateos used up one of his time extensions but eventually decided to send his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
WSOP 1X Winner
7,145,000 -50,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
3,250,000 -245,000

Tags: Timothy AdamsAdrian Mateos

Aldemir Left Short

Level 7 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The restart after the dinner break has seen Koray Aldemir take several hits to the stack. One of the hands saw him get involved into a three-bet pot with Anatoly Filatov, who made it 600,000 to go. Aldemir called and they headed toi a {j-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop, on which Filatov check-called a bet of 300,000.

Both the {a-Hearts} turn and the {8-Clubs} river were checked and Filatov had the best hand with {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
4,300,000 200,000
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
1,700,000 -2,200,000

Tags: Anatoly FilatovKoray Aldemir

Ace-High is Good for Eibinger

Level 7 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Matthias Eibinger raised to 135,000 in the cutoff and Tony G three-bet to 310,000 out of the big blind. Eibinger called and the two players saw a flop of {9-Spades}{7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}.

They both checked and the {2-Clubs} landed on the turn. Tony G fired out a bet of 250,000 and Eibinger stuck around to see the {10-Diamonds} on the river. Tony G checked and Eibinger checked it back. Tony G showed {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades} but Eibinger held {a-Clubs}{4-Clubs} to win the pot with ace-high.

Player Chips Progress
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
8,330,000 130,000
Tony G lt
Tony G
3,260,000 -840,000

Tags: Tony GMatthias Eibinger

Foxen Chips Up on Feature Table

Level 8 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Timothy Adams raised it up with the {k-Clubs}{9-Clubs} to 150,000 and Alex Foxen in the small blind three-bet to 610,000 with the {k-Spades}{q-Spades}. Adams called and they headed to a {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop. A bet by Adams did the trick to force a fold from Adams, who fell behind Foxen in the counts.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Phua my
Paul Phua
WSOP 1X Winner
10,430,000 280,000
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
8,535,000 1,590,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
WSOP 1X Winner
7,195,000 95,000
James Chen tw
James Chen
Day 1 Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
5,590,000 -560,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
WSOP 1X Winner
5,575,000 -150,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
3,495,000 -355,000

Tags: Alex FoxenTimothy Adams

Lim and Nitsche Meet Again

Level 7 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

In a three-bet pot in which Dominik Nitsche made it 500,000 to go, Chin Wei Lim called and they headed to the {k-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flop.

Nitsche bet 300,000 and Lim called. Both ended up checking the {4-Clubs} turn and the {q-Diamonds} river, and Lim had the best of it with king-jack to claim some chips back.

Player Chips Progress
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
9,400,000 1,150,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
2,450,000 -900,000

Tags: Chin Wei LimDominik Nitsche