2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #14: €10,350 Main Event No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€1,133,678
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,350
Prize Pool
€5,139,500
Entries
541
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
541
Players Left
129

Kabrhel Has Talking Chips Now

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Martin Kabrhel
Martin Kabrhel

After a couple of preflop raises, Martin Kabrhel and Mark Berman got all of their chips in the middle with Berman at risk for around 50,000. Kabrhel tabled {8-Spades}{8-Hearts} and had Berman in trouble with {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}. The board ran out {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} and Kabrhel held on to eliminate Berman.

In the next hand, Kabrhel opened to 6,000 in the hijack and Markus Ross three-bet to 20,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Kabrhel called to see a flop of {a-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. Kabrhel checked to Ross who bet 10,000 and Kabrhel check-raised all in. Ross called off his stack of just under 100,000 and the cards were face up.

Martin Kabrhel: {5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}
Markus Ross: {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The {5-Diamonds} on the turn gave Kabrhel even more outs and the {2-Hearts} on the river made him a straight. Ross was eliminated and Kabrhel picked up even more chips.

"Three-bet with ace-ten?" Kabrhel asked himself. "I never three-bet with that hand. That's a very, very bad hand."

Player Chips Progress
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
500,000
211,500
211,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Mark Berman gb
Mark Berman
Busted
Markus Ross de
Markus Ross
Busted

Tags: Martin KabrhelMarkus Ross

Two in a Row for Kortas

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Ghattas Kortas
Ghattas Kortas

Ghattas Kortas won two pots in a row, including the elimination of Faton Berisa in the second hand.

In the first one, he was in a {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} board against Alex Foxen and he bet 27,000 in the river from the small blind. Foxen was in middle position and called after a minute in the tank. Kortas opened {k-Spades}{10-Diamonds} to take the pot with a straight, while Foxen mucked his cards.

On the very next hand, Kortas was on the button and raised only to call Faton Berisa's shove from the big blind.

Ghattas Kortas: {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}
Faton Berisa: {k-Hearts}{7-Clubs}

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{7-Spades}{2-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{6-Hearts} to give a flush to both players, but Kortas had the higher one and eliminated his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Foxen us
Alex Foxen
575,000
72,000
72,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Alessandro Laubinger de
Alessandro Laubinger
565,000
483,000
483,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
327,000
93,000
93,000
Ghattas Kortas se
Ghattas Kortas
290,000
56,700
56,700
Jozef Bartalos sk
Jozef Bartalos
286,000
97,400
97,400
Yake Wu cn
Yake Wu
70,000
-30,000
-30,000

Tags: Alex FoxenFaton BerisaGhattas Kortas

Kabrel Hits the River

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Martin Kabrhel
Martin Kabrhel

Martin Kabrhel raised to 7,500 from the hijack and Mark Berman three-bet to 32,000 in the small blind. Daniel Pidun called in the big blind and Kabrhel responded with a shove for 127,500. Berman took some time and then decided to shove for almost 200,000. Pidun looked at his cards again and then decided to fold {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}.

"Ace-king..." Anson Tsang said after Berman tabled his cards."

"Aces! After the flop," Kabrhel said before showing one card first and then the other.

Martin Kabrhel: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Mark Berman: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The flop came {3-Clubs}{5-Spades}{8-Diamonds} to keep Berman ahead and Kabrhel pushed the king to the board to pair it up but the turn was the {3-Diamonds}.

Kabrhel now flicked the ace toward the board to as the dealer burned and then dealt the {k-Clubs} on the river for Kabrhel to river the higher two pair to stay alive and double up.

Player Chips Progress
Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
336,000
167,200
167,200
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
288,500
217,500
217,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Anson Tsang hk
Anson Tsang
257,000
62,000
62,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Daniel Pidun de
Daniel Pidun
256,500
-63,500
-63,500
Paul Theobald de
Paul Theobald
214,500
114,500
114,500
Francesco Delfoco it
Francesco Delfoco
117,000
-21,000
-21,000
Markus Ross de
Markus Ross
101,000
-181,000
-181,000
Mark Berman gb
Mark Berman
71,000
-71,600
-71,600

Tags: Anson TsangDaniel PidunMartin Kabrhel

Rezaei Takes Out Grafton

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Sam Grafton
Sam Grafton

Daniel Rezaei opened to 7,000 in the hijack and was called by Robert Skopalik in the cutoff. Sam Grafton made it 120,000 on the button, leaving himself with just 11,500 behind. Rezaei just called and Skopalik got out of the way.

The flop came {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}{6-Clubs} and the two players splashed in the last remaining chips before the flop even hit the felt. Rezaei turned over {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} which was leading Grafton's {a-Spades}{8-Spades}. The {9-Spades} on the turn gave Grafton a flush draw.

"Oh, no," Skopalik piped up, who for some reason had a side he was cheering for.

The river was the {6-Hearts} and Grafton was eliminated after bricking out.

"Thank you," Skopalik turned to Rezaei and said.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Rezaei at
Daniel Rezaei
536,500
136,500
136,500
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
Busted
PokerStars

Tags: Daniel RezaeiRobert SkopalikSam Grafton

Ensan Eliminated by Diaz

Level 10 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Hossein Ensan
Hossein Ensan

Hossein Ensan walked towards the back of the tournament area and confirmed that he had been eliminated, his stack vanishing into thin air when his three-bet shove with {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts} for 92,000 in the cutoff was called by initial raiser Guillaume Diaz with ace-queen in the lowjack. A queen appeared on the flop and Ensan failed to catch a king or any heart to make his flush.

Diaz confirmed the hand and was then involved in a pot against Vlada Stojanovic shortly after.

Diaz raised to 6,000 in the cutoff and Vlada Stojanovic called on the button. They checked the {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{5-Clubs} flop and Diaz check-called a bet of 11,000 on the {j-Hearts} turn. The {9-Spades} river was checked and Diaz tabled {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, which Stojanovic had beat with the {j-Spades}{10-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Vlada Stojanovic rs
Vlada Stojanovic
450,000
27,800
27,800
Guillaume Diaz fr
Guillaume Diaz
170,000
70,000
70,000
Hossein Ensan de
Hossein Ensan
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Guillaume DiazHossein EnsanVlada Stojanovic

Mirzikinian Shows a Bluff

Level 10 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Warwick Mirzikinian
Warwick Mirzikinian

Picking up the action on the five-way turn of {q-Spades}{7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, Warwick Mirzikinian in the small blind check-raised to 51,000 and Thomas Hammerl made the call from under the gun while David "ODB" Baker and Wuai Tsang had folded.

Mirzikinian bet the {9-Clubs} river for 85,000 and that sent Hammerl deep into the think tank. After nearly three minutes he folded and Mirzikian first flashed the {8-Spades} followed by the {a-Hearts}.

"I had the best hand anyway," the Aussie joked in table chat.

Player Chips Progress
Warwick Mirzikinian au
Warwick Mirzikinian
350,000
250,000
250,000
Thomas Hammerl at
Thomas Hammerl
330,000
-30,900
-30,900
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
220,000
120,000
120,000
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner

Tags: David "ODB" BakerThomas HammerlWarwick MirzikinianWuai Tsang

Morgenstern Flops a Set to Eliminate Bensimhon

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Eyal Bensimhon
Eyal Bensimhon

The action folded to Dragos Trofimov who made it 6,000 to go on the button. Anton Morgenstern called in the small blind and Eyal Bensimhon three-bet to 24,000 in the big blind. Both Trofimov and Morgenstern called to see a flop of {8-Clubs}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs}.

Morgenstern checked to Bensimhon who bet 40,000 and Trofimov folded. Morgenstern check-raised to 88,000 and Bensimhon ripped all in for around 270,000. Morgenstern snap-called and the cards were tabled.

Anton Morgenstern: {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}
Eyal Bensimhon: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}

Morgenstern flopped a set of eights and Bensimhon was drawing extremely slim. The {8-Diamonds} on the turn gave Morgenstern quads and the {3-Clubs} on the river was just a formality.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Morgenstern de
Anton Morgenstern
585,000
295,000
295,000
Eyal Bensimhon il
Eyal Bensimhon
Busted

Tags: Eyal BensimhonDragos TrofimovAnton Morgenstern

Vogelsang Hero-Calls and Busts

Level 9 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Christoph Vogelsang
Christoph Vogelsang

Christoph Vogelsang was in the turn of a {j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{q-Spades} board, facing an all in from Martin Winkler who was covering the German player.

Vogelsang tanked for a long time, prompting a player from the table to ask for time and as soon as the floor manager reached the table, Vogelsang pushed all his remaining chips in the middle.

Christoph Vogelsang: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}
Martin Winkler: {q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}

"I bluffed the flop but found a queen on the turn", is what Winkler said to his opponent when the dealer opened the {10-Clubs} to send Vogelsang packing.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Winkler sk
Martin Winkler
550,000
88,700
88,700
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
Busted

Tags: Christoph VogelsangMartin Winkler

Flush Over Flush Double for Sammartino

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Dario Sammartino
Dario Sammartino

Joining the action on the {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} flop, Dario Sammartino bet 15,000 and Vladimir Peck moved all in, Sammartino instantly called.

Dario Sammartino: {a-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Vladimir Peck: {q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}

The {4-Clubs} turn and {6-Hearts} river were a formality as Sammartino scored a massive double for 273,300. Peck took a major hit to his stack but remains above the average.

"I guess I could have made it 60, but doesn't change anything. I still have 200, that's okay," Peck said in table chat once he had paid off Sammartino.

Player Chips Progress
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
570,000
295,000
295,000
Vladimir Peck us
Vladimir Peck
200,000
-55,000
-55,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Dario SammartinoVladimir Peck

Defending Champion Sinclair Falls

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Jack Sinclair
Jack Sinclair

Jack Sinclair limped in on the button and Anton Morgenstern opted to complete his small blind. Eyal Bensimhon decided to check.

The flop came {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{2-Spades}, they all checked through to the {5-Clubs} on the turn. Morgenstern checked, Bensimhon bet 3,500 and only Sinclair called.

The river completed the board with the {9-Spades}, Bensimhon shoved and Sinclair tanked for a while and then made the call with {q-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for two pair, tens and fives. Bensimhon tabled {2-}{2-} for the flopped full house to send the defending champion to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Eyal Bensimhon il
Eyal Bensimhon
310,000
31,400
31,400
Jack Sinclair gb
Jack Sinclair
Busted
Defending Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Anton MorgensternEyal BensimhonJack Sinclair