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

Break Time

Level 4 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

After four levels of play, the entire field size of 21 players still remains in contention. They are now heading on another 15-minute break.

Level: 5

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

Mateos First Casualty of the Day

Level 5 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos

Adrian Mateos had lost a big pot earlier to Paul Phua and both clashed again soon after returning to their seats. In a battle cutoff versus button, Mateos four-bet all in with {q-Spades}{q-Clubs} and was called by Phua with the {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}.

An ace appeared on the flop and turn, which sealed the fate of Mateos on the first bullet as he failed to catch any of the remaining two queens in the deck. He may however re-enter still in order to take another shot at the Super High Roller action.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Phua my
Paul Phua
9,200,000
1,800,000
1,800,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax

Tags: Adrian MateosPaul Phua

Foxen Folds to Four-Bet

Level 5 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Paul Phua had lost a small pot and then raised to 90,000. Alex Foxen on the button three-bet to 275,000 and James Chen in the small blind used one time-bank extension. He then four-bet to 650,000 and Phua quickly folded.

Foxen gave it brief consideration and opted to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Phua my
Paul Phua
8,800,000
-400,000
-400,000
WSOP 1X Winner
James Chen tw
James Chen
7,600,000
500,000
500,000
Day 1 Chip Leader
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
2,175,000
-425,000
-425,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching

Tags: Alex FoxenJames ChenPaul Phua

Kempe Builds the Pot

Level 5 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Rainer Kempe opened to 90,000 from under the gun and Paul Phua re-raised to 270,000 on his left. The action folded back to Kempe who elected to see a flop.

On a monotone flop of {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, Kempe started with a check. Phua continued for 200,000 and Kempe check-raised to 550,000 which Phua called.

The turn was the {6-Diamonds} and Kempe splashed in a bet of 1,000,000. Phua wasted little time before folding and Kempe dragged in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Phua my
Paul Phua
8,720,000
-480,000
-480,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
7,230,000
550,000
550,000

Tags: Rainer KempePaul Phua

Tang Gets Value From Lim

Level 5 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Danny Tang
Danny Tang

With 740,000 in the middle and the turn showing {10-Spades}{7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}, Danny Tang and Chin Wei Lim opted to check.

The {k-Spades} fell on the river and Tang now bet 630,000. Lim needed some consideration and eventually made the call.

Tang rolled over {9-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for the flopped ten-high straight and pulled further ahead at the top of the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
12,200,000
900,000
900,000
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
5,480,000
-850,000
-850,000

Tags: Chin Wei LimDanny Tang

Nitsche Makes a Play with the Dry Ace

Level 5 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Richard Yong opened to 90,000 from under the gun and was called by Dominik Nitsche and Anatoly Filatov in the blinds. The flop came {j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and the action checked around to the {q-Clubs} on the turn.

Nitsche led out for 250,000 which got a call from Filatov and a fold from Yong. The river was the {k-Hearts} and Nitsche tossed in a bet of 700,000. Filatov thought for a moment and then made the call. Nitsche turned over {a-Clubs}{9-Spades} while Filatov made the right call with {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
3,750,000
1,040,000
1,040,000
Richard Yong my
Richard Yong
2,740,000
-1,660,000
-1,660,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
1,055,000
-2,095,000
-2,095,000
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: Richard YongDominik NitscheAnatoly Filatov

Eibinger Pulls Out the Check-Raise

Level 5 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Matthias Eibinger
Matthias Eibinger

Kahle Burns raised to 100,000 in the hijack and picked up calls from Cary Katz in the small blind and Matthias Eibinger in the big blind. The flop came {q-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{5-Clubs} and the action checked around to the {a-Hearts} on the turn.

The blinds checked again and Burns fired out a bet of 225,000. Katz folded but Eibinger stuck around to see the {9-Spades} on the river. Eibinger checked again and Burns fired out another bet of 600,000. Eibinger made a big check-raise to 2,200,000 and Burns went into the tank for a minute before letting his hand go.

Player Chips Progress
Kahle Burns au
Kahle Burns
6,690,000
-1,470,000
-1,470,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
5,150,000
1,170,000
1,170,000

Tags: Cary KatzKahle BurnsMatthias Eibinger

Foxen Doubles Through Adams

Level 5 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Alex Foxen
Alex Foxen

Joining the action on the {10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop with Timothy Adams in the cutoff and Alex Foxen on the button in action, the former checked and Foxen bet 105,000 to receive a call.

After the {4-Hearts} turn, Adams check-raised all in and Foxen called it off for the last 1,510,000.

Alex Foxen: {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Timothy Adams: {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts}

Adams had a ton of outs but the {6-Diamonds} river was not among them to let Foxen double.

Player Chips Progress
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
5,925,000
-1,175,000
-1,175,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
3,500,000
1,325,000
1,325,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching

Tags: Alex FoxenTimothy Adams