Event #6: €25,500 Short Deck High Roller No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2019 World Series of Poker Europe

10-19-2019 21:07 UTC+2

Antonio Smeraglia Eliminated in 17th Place (€37,446)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 0/0, 80,000 ante

Orpen Kisacikoglu called a bet by Antonio Smeraglia on the flop and the fell on the turn. Smeraglia bet 2,000,000 with around 900,000 behind and called the shove of Kisacikoglu.

Antonio Smeraglia:
Orpen Kisacikoglu:

The river was a blank and Smeraglia became the first casualty in the money, collecting €37,446 for his efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu	8,800,000	3,850,000
Antonio Smeraglia	Busted

Tags: Antonio Smeraglia Orpen Kisacikoglu

10-19-2019 20:43 UTC+2

Yake Wu Bubbles Event #6: €25,500 Short Deck High Roller

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 0/0, 80,000 ante

Renato Nowak had limped in and Yake Wu on the button shoved for 1,840,000, which Nowak called.

Yake Wu:
Renato Nowak:

The board ran out and Nowak went runner-runner to hit a straight and let the bubble burst.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renato Nowak	10,000,000	5,000,000
Yake Wu	Busted

Tags: Renato Nowak Yake Wu

10-19-2019 19:00 UTC+2

Yong Falls to Depa

Sandra Barbour

Level 16 : 0/0, 60,000 ante

Richard Yong moved all in from the cutoff for 1,970,000 and Jonathan Depa called from the button.

Richard Yong:
Jonathan Depa:

Yong hit a pretty good flop of but the turn brought the giving Depa a set of jacks and the river filled up the board for Depa to win the pot and eliminate Yong.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Depa	15,500,000	3,300,000
Richard Yong	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Depa Richard Yong

10-19-2019 18:48 UTC+2

Tony G Eliminated

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 0/0, 60,000 ante

Over on the feature table, the "captain of the rebuy" Tony G was all in against Orpen Kisacikoglu as one of the shorter stacks remaining.

Tony G:
Orpen Kisacikoglu:

The flop gave Tony G a pair, but Kisacikoglu had a huge draw. He instantly got there on the turn to leave Tony G drawing dead, the river was a mere formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu	4,300,000	-300,000
Tony G	Busted

Tags: Orpen Kisacikoglu Tony G

10-19-2019 18:00 UTC+2

Badziakouski Eliminated by Ivey

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 0/0, 50,000 ante

Over on the feature table, Mikita Badziakouski was all in against Phil Ivey for 3,355,000.

Mikita Badziakouski:
Phil Ivey:

The kicker played on a board of as Badziakouski hit the rail before the money.

Mikita Badziakouski Eliminated by Phil Ivey

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	9,500,000	4,600,000
Mikita Badziakouski	Busted

Tags: Mikita Badziakouski Phil Ivey

10-19-2019 17:40 UTC+2

Smeraglia Wins Three-Way All In; Eliminates Tang

Sandra Barbour

Level 15 : 0/0, 50,000 ante

Danny Tang limped from middle position along with Besim Hot in the hijack. Thai Ha raised to 500,000 from the cutoff and Antonio Smeraglia moved all in for 1,300,000. Tang called for less, putting at risk 845,000, Hot folded, and Ha called it off.

Danny Tang:
Antonio Smeraglia:
Thai Ha:

The flop came giving Smeraglia the lead with a set of jacks and Ha a flush draw. The turn and river completed the board and Smeraglia took down the pot with quad jacks, eliminating Tang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Smeraglia	3,600,000	1,800,000
Danny Tang	Busted

10-19-2019 17:01 UTC+2

Prize Pool Information

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 0/0, 40,000 ante

While Day 1 saw 65 entries, the two levels of late registration on Day 2 boosted the field to 111 entries and that created a prize pool of €2,636,250. The top 17 spots will get paid at least €39,943 and the winner takes home a top prize of €740,996 along with the coveted gold bracelet.

Place	Prize (in EUR)	Prize (in USD)
Place	Prize (in EUR)	Prize (in USD)
1	€ 740,996	$822,506
2	€ 457,964	$508,340
3	€ 323,553	$359,144
4	€ 230,807	$256,196
5	€ 166,258	$184,546
6	€ 120,946	$134,250
7-8	€ 88,861	$98,636
9-10	€ 65,947	$73,201
11-12	€ 49,440	$54,878
13-17	€ 37,446	$41,565

10-19-2019 16:56 UTC+2

Aldemir Felted by Yong

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 0/0, 40,000 ante

On a flop of , Koray Aldemir ended up all in and at risk against big stack Richard Yong.

Koray Aldemir:
Richard Yong:

Aldemir had flopped top two pair but needed another king or queen to avoid the elimination. He found neither of them on the turn and river to hit the rail.

Shortly after, the field was cut down further as Michael Rohde also ran out of chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Yong	8,900,000	3,850,000
Koray Aldemir	Busted
Michael Rohde	Busted

Tags: Koray Aldemir Michael Rohde Richard Yong

10-19-2019 16:32 UTC+2

Zinno Eliminated by Hot

Sandra Barbour

Level 13 : 0/0, 30,000 ante

Anthony Zinno limped in first to act along with Richard Yong in middle position and Danny Tang in the hijack. Besim Hot raised to 235,000 and Anthony Zinno responded by moving all in for 1,125,000. Yong and Tang folded but Hot took a few seconds of reflection then made the call.

Anthony Zinno:
Besim Hot;

Zinno was ahead but Hot hit a pretty good flop of . The turn and river filled up the board and Hot took down the pot with trip tens, eliminating Zinno from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Besim Hot	6,350,000	-900,000
Anthony Zinno	Busted

Tags: Anthony Zinno Besim Hot Danny Tang Richard Yong

10-19-2019 16:15 UTC+2

Ivey Busts Grafton

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 0/0, 30,000 ante

On a turn, Sam Grafton checked in the cutoff and Phil Ivey bet 800,000 on the button, which Grafton called. The on the river was checked by Grafton and he folded to a shove by Ivey.

One hand later, Grafton jammed for around 2 million and Ivey moved all in over the top.

Sam Grafton:
Phil Ivey:

The flop immediately left Grafton drawing dead, the turn and river were a formality.