2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #8: €25,500 Platinum High Roller No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k4
Prize
€596,883
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,500
Prize Pool
€1,971,250
Entries
83
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
54
Players Left
30

Level: 12

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

Foxen Goes for Thin Value

Level 11 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Alex Foxen raised it up to 53,000 in the cutoff and Orpen Kisacikoglu called from the big blind. The flop came {10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Kisacikoglu check-called a bet of 68,000 from Foxen.

The turn was the {7-Spades} and both players checked to the {j-Diamonds} on the river. Kisacikoglu checked again and Foxen splashed in a bet of 92,000. Kisacikoglu looked him up and Foxen tabled {q-Spades}{10-Diamonds} which was good enough to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
2,890,000 590,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
WSOP 1X Winner
810,000 -190,000

Tags: Alex FoxenOrpen Kisacikoglu

Tang Folds to Filatov's Shove

Level 11 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Anatoly Filatov raised from the hijack and Hossein Ensan called from the button along with Jean-Noel Thorel in the small blind and Danny Tang in the big blind.

The flop was {8-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Spades} and Thorel checked. Tang bet 115,000 and Filatov raised to 244,000. Ensan and Thorel folded but Tang added the remainder to call.

The turn brought the {q-Spades} and Tang checked. Filatov moved all in for 401,000 and Tang thought for a long while using two of his time bank cards, but chose to give up his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
1,150,000 -50,000
Anatoly Filatov ru
Anatoly Filatov
1,125,000 -75,000

Tags: Anatoly FilatovDanny TangHossein Ensan

Blom Triples, Katz Wins the Side Pot

Level 11 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Cary Katz limped in from middle position and Manig Loeser bumped it up to 100,000 in the cutoff. Viktor Blom jammed all in for 203,000 and Katz just called. Loeser re-shoved all in and Katz called off his stack of 1,281,000.

Viktor Blom: {k-Spades}{j-Spades}
Cary Katz: {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Manig Loeser: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

Blom drawing extremely slim preflop but the flop of {9-Spades}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts} gave him a flush draw. The turn was the {5-Spades} to lock up the main pot for Blom. The {10-Clubs} on the river ensured Katz of a bigger side pot and Loeser fell back to a starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
2,156,000 706,000
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
955,000 -1,345,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
625,000 375,000

Tags: Viktor BlomManig LoeserCary Katz

Two Pair for Foxen

Level 11 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Alex Foxen raised to 53,000 from the cutoff and Ryan Riess defended from the big blind.

The flop fell {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{7-Spades} and Riess check-called a bet of 40,000 from Foxen. The dealer burned and turned the {6-Hearts} that was checked through to the {8-Spades} river. Riess checked for a third time but Foxen fired 166,000. Riess gave it some thought, then called. Foxen turned over {8-Clubs}{6-Clubs} for two pair and Riess mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
2,300,000 -200,000
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
185,000 -465,000

Tags: Alex FoxenRyan Riess

Katz's Check-Raise Takes It

Level 11 : 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante

Manig Loeser limped under the gun and Viktor Blom raised to 84,000 from one seat over. Cary Katz called from the small blind and Loeser added the remainder to call as well.

Players saw a flop of {a-Spades}{q-Spades}{q-Diamonds} and Katz and Loeser checked. Blom bet 42,000 and Katz check-raised to 300,000. Both of his opponents gave up their hands.

Player Chips Progress
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
2,300,000 700,000
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
1,450,000 -50,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
250,000

Tags: Cary KatzManig LoeserViktor Blom

Level: 11

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 24,000

Eibinger Wins a Small One

Level 10 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The action folded to Pavel Binar in the cutoff who made it 45,000 to go. Matthias Eibinger called on the button and the two players saw a flop of {q-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}. Binar continued for 60,000 and Eibinger called.

The turn was the {9-Diamonds} and Binar checked this time. Eibinger dropped in a bet of 80,000 and Binar stuck around to see the {a-Clubs} on the river. Both players tapped the table and Binar showed {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}. Eibinger turned over {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} and was awarded the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
2,005,000 2,005,000
Pavel Binar cz
Pavel Binar
1,180,000 -170,000

Tags: Pavel BinarMatthias Eibinger