Event #5: €2,500 8-Game Mix | 2019 World Series of Poker Europe

10-18-2019 19:41 UTC+1

Final Table Seating and Chip Counts

Yori Epskamp

Level 21 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Bets	Big Blinds
1	Jochen Kaiser	Germany	125,000	2.5	10
2	Phil Hellmuth	United States	402,000	8	34
3	Joao Vieira	Portugal	453,000	9	38
4	Espen Sandvik	Norway	795,000	16	66
5	Ville Haavisto	Finland	680,000	13.5	57
6	Jeff Madsen	United States	440,000	9	37
7	Thomer Pidun	Germany	539,000	11	45

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Sandvik	795,000 265,000	265,000

Ville Haavisto	680,000 90,000	90,000
Thomer Pidun	539,000 39,000	39,000

Joao Vieira	453,000 132,000	132,000

Jeff Madsen	440,000 55,000	55,000

Phil Hellmuth	402,000 8,000	8,000

Jochen Kaiser	125,000 45,000	45,000

10-18-2019 19:33 UTC+1

Sebastian Pauli Eliminated in 8th Place (€8,604)

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Level 21 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

2-7 Triple Draw

Two short stacks tangled in a hand with multiple raises from the beginning. Sebastian Pauli raised the cutoff, Thomer Pidun made it three bets on the button, Pauli four-bet and called a five-bet from Pidun.

Pauli changed one card on each of the three draws, while Pidun stood pat all the way with a dealt eight-seven smooth.

Sebastian Pauli:
Thomer Pidun:

Pauli picked up a on the last draw and was eliminated from the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomer Pidun	500,000 40,000	40,000

Sebastian Pauli	Busted

Tags: Sebastian Pauli Thomer Pidun

10-18-2019 19:27 UTC+1

Haavisto Building in Stud

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Yori Epskamp

Level 21 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

Stud

Phil Hellmuth: / /
Ville Haavisto: / /

Ville Haavisto was the bring in and Phil Hellmuth completed. Hellmuth bet fourth and fifth street before the pair checked it down. Haavisto showed and Hellmuth mucked his hand with much dismay.

The next hand, Haavisto completed with an ace and Jochen Kaiser called with a jack.

Ville Haavisto: /
Jochen Kaiser: / (folded on sixth)

Haavisto bet fourth street and Kaiser called. Fifth street got checked by both players. Haavisto bet sixth street and Kaiser gave it up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ville Haavisto	770,000 385,000	385,000
Phil Hellmuth	410,000 10,000	10,000

Jochen Kaiser	170,000 280,000	280,000

Tags: Jochen Kaiser Phil Hellmuth Ville Haavisto

10-18-2019 19:13 UTC+1

Another Double for Pidun

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Yori Epskamp

Level 21 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

No-Limit Hold'em

Sebastian Pauli raised to 27,000 in the cutoff, Thomer Pidun three-bet to 61,000 on the button and Pauli called. The flop was and Pauli checked. Pidun bet 55,000, Pauli check-raised all in, and Pidun called it off for about 200,000 total.

Thomer Pidun:
Sebastian Pauli:

Pidun's bigger pair remained best after the turn and river, leaving Pauli with just 27,000. He doubled those up in the next hand but remains dangerously short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomer Pidun	540,000 220,000	220,000

Sebastian Pauli	60,000 228,000	228,000

Tags: Sebastian Pauli Thomer Pidun

10-18-2019 19:08 UTC+1

Pidun Doubles Up in Stud

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Level 21 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

Stud

Thomer Pidun:
Espen Sandvik:

Thomer Pidun was in a stud hand against Espen Sandvik, where Pidun bet 25,000 and then put the rest of his chips in the middle after Sandvik's raise to 50,000 on the third street.

Pidun had a better two pair than his opponent and he remained in the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Sandvik	530,000 150,000	150,000

Thomer Pidun	320,000 170,000	170,000

Tags: Espen Sandvik Thomer Pidun

10-18-2019 19:00 UTC+1

Chip Counts After Level 20

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Yori Epskamp

Level 21 : 25,000/50,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Madsen	710,000 160,000	160,000

Espen Sandvik	680,000 60,000	60,000

Joao Vieira	585,000 85,000	85,000

Phil Hellmuth	400,000 10,000	10,000

Ville Haavisto	385,000 35,000	35,000
Jochen Kaiser	295,000 15,000	15,000
Sebastian Pauli	288,000 108,000	108,000

Thomer Pidun	150,000 30,000	30,000

Level: 21

Limit - 13,000/25,000 blinds
Stud Games - 5,000 ante/7,000 bring-in/25,000 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit - 15,000 ante, 6,000/12,000 blinds

10-18-2019 18:41 UTC+1

Break

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Level 20 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

The eight remaining players are on a 15-minute break. Seven of them will secure a seat at the final table.

10-18-2019 18:37 UTC+1

Kahle Burns Eliminated in 9th Place (€6,839)

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Yori Epskamp

Level 20 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

Stud

Kahle Burns: / /
Joao Vieira: / /

Espen Sandvik was the bring-in with the . Joao Vieira completed, Kahle Burns made it two bets, and Sandvik folded. Vieira took his time before calling. On fourth street, Burns bet and Vieira got the rest of Burns' chips in after glossing it over a bit more.

Vieira paired his king on fifth street to leave Burns trailing the rest of the way. The Australian high roller departed in 9th place and received €6,839.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	670,000 20,000	20,000

Kahle Burns	Busted

Tags: Joao Vieira Kahle Burns

10-18-2019 18:35 UTC+1

One for Kaiser

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Level 20 : 20,000/40,000, 0 ante

2-7 Triple Draw

Jochen Kaiser raised to 40,000 from the cutoff, Ville Haavisto made it 60,000 from the small blind and Kaiser was the only caller.

Both players changed one card, and Haavisto check-called Kaiser's bet for 20,000.

On the second draw they changed one card again, and this time they both checked.

On the third draw they changed one card for the third time and this time Haavisto bet 40,000. Kaiser called and won the pot with while Haavisto had .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ville Haavisto	420,000 210,000	210,000
Jochen Kaiser	280,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Jochen Kaiser Ville Haavisto