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

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
$25K Fantasy
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

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
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
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

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

Gumz Sends Hui Out

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Phil Hui
Phil Hui

The hopes of Phil Hui to win the 2019 WSOP Player of the Year race have just received a major setback as he has been eliminated for the second time in the WSOPE Main Event and can only add further points to his tally in the COLOSSUS at the end of the series.

Fabian Gumz had doubled through Felix Schulze with kings versus queens not long ago and then three-bet a raise by Hui and a cold-call, making it 30,000 to go. Hui jammed for around 105,000 to force out the third player in the hand and Gumz called instantly.

Phil Hui: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Fabian Gumz: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

The board came {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Spades} and that spelled the end for Hui.

Player Chips Progress
Fabian Gumz de
Fabian Gumz
700,000
540,000
540,000
Felix Schulze de
Felix Schulze
190,000
-285,000
-285,000
Phil Hui us
Phil Hui
Busted

Tags: Fabian GumzFelix SchulzePhil Hui

New Record Amount of Entries

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
King's Resort Poker Arena
King's Resort Poker Arena

There are currently 535 entries showing on the tournament clock which means a new record has been broken here in the King's Resort as the 2017 WSOPE Main Event attracted 529 players while the 2018 edition collected 534 entries.

Player Chips Progress
Amir Mozaffarian de
Amir Mozaffarian
100,000
100,000
100,000
Grzegorz Wyraz pl
Grzegorz Wyraz
100,000
100,000
100,000
Oleh Okhotskyi ua
Oleh Okhotskyi
100,000
100,000
100,000
Andreas Thiele de
Andreas Thiele
100,000
100,000
100,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy ua
Igor Yaroshevskyy
100,000
100,000
100,000
Julian Selinger de
Julian Selinger
Busted
Simon Taberham gb
Simon Taberham
Busted
Paul Jackson gb
Paul Jackson
Busted
Antoni Romanello gb
Antoni Romanello
Busted
Roberto Carrillo es
Roberto Carrillo
Busted

Schulze Busts Romanello and Doubles Through Gumz

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Felix Schulze
Felix Schulze

Fabian Gumz raised and then faced the shove of Antoni Romanello for around 100,000, Felix Schulze went over the top for more than double of that and Gumz called.

Antoni Romanello: {a-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Felix Schulze: {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Fabian Gumz: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

The board came {7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{5-Spades}{10-Clubs} and Schulze turned an eight-high straight to bust Romanello and double through Gumz.

Player Chips Progress
Felix Schulze de
Felix Schulze
570,000
380,000
380,000
Fabian Gumz de
Fabian Gumz
560,000
-110,000
-110,000
Antoni Romanello gb
Antoni Romanello
Busted

Tags: Fabian GumzFelix SchulzeAntoni Romanello

Game Over for Burns

Level 12 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Kahle Burns
Kahle Burns

Left short after doubling Vadzim Lipauka, Kahle Burns was in the small blind and called a button raise to 9,000 by Giorgiy Skhulukhiya, as did Georgios Vrakas in the big blind. On a {9-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop, the action checked to Skhulukhiya and that triggered a continuation bet of 16,000. Burns shoved for 56,000 and once Vrakas had folded, a quick call of Giorgiy Skhulukhiya followed.

Kahle Burns: {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya: {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}

Burns had top pair and a backdoor straight and flush draw to go with it while Skhulukhiya had an open-ender and club backdoor draw. He picked up more equity with the {q-Clubs} turn and the {10-Diamonds} river sent Burns to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Georgios Vrakas gr
Georgios Vrakas
875,000
-105,000
-105,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
185,000
70,000
70,000
Kahle Burns au
Kahle Burns
Busted
Day 1B Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Georgios VrakasGiorgiy SkhulukhiyaKahle BurnsVadzim Lipauka

Blom Busts to Zhou

Level 13 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Viktor Blom
Viktor Blom

Warwick Mirzikinian raised to 13,000 from under the gun. Viktor Blom called in the early position. Quan Zhou three-bet to 45,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Mirzikinian who made the call. Blom four-bet shoved for 248,000. Zhou responded with a five-bet shove of his own for 278,000. Mirzikinian tanked and then opted to fold.

Viktor Blom: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Quan Zhou: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The flop came {5-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} to keep Zhou ahead.

The turn was the {6-Spades} which now gave Blom some extra outs as he picked up a gutshot to a straight.

The river completed the board with the {j-Diamonds} to seal the deal and send Blom to the rail in the last level of the night.

Player Chips Progress
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
584,000
354,000
354,000
Warwick Mirzikinian au
Warwick Mirzikinian
271,000
-269,000
-269,000
$25K Fantasy
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
Busted

Tags: Quan ZhouViktor BlomWarwick Mirzikinian

Prize Pool Details Confirmed

Level 13 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
King's Resort Poker Arena
King's Resort Poker Arena

The prize pool details have just been announced: there were 541 entries in total, making this the biggest WSOPE Main Event ever in King's Resort and the 2nd biggest ever in the history of the World Series of Poker Europe itself. The winner will walk away with €1,133,678, the gold WSOP Bracelet, and the bragging rights of course. A min-cash will be worth at least €15,089 as 82 players will be in the money.

This is what they are all playing for:

PlacePrize (EUR)Prize (USD) PlacePrize (EUR)Prize (USD) PlacePrize (EUR)Prize (USD)
1€ 1,133,678$1,250,141 9-10€ 76,432$84,284 33-40€ 23,238$25,625
2€ 700,639$772,616 11-12€ 59,759$65,898 41-48€ 20,424$22,522
3€ 485,291$535,145 13-14€ 47,599$52,489 49-56€ 18,330$20,213
4€ 341,702$376,805 15-16€ 38,638$42,607 57-64€ 16,805$18,531
5€ 244,653$269,786 17-24€ 31,975$35,260 65-72€ 15,748$17,366
6€ 178,171$196,475 25-32€ 26,986$29,758 73-82€ 15,089$16,639
7€ 132,017$145,579        
8€ 99,555$109,782        

Livingston's Shot at Another Deep Run Comes to an End

Level 13 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Alex Livingston
Alex Livingston

Alex Livingston was coming off his largest career tournament score when he made a deep run in the WSOP Main Event this summer in Las Vegas, ultimately finishing in third place. He was hoping to work some of that magic again at the WSOP Europe, but thanks to Anton Morgenstern, his tournament came to an end late on Day 2.

With around 75,000 chips in the middle already, the flop of {7-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Clubs} was spread across the table. Livingston checked to Morgenstern who bet 35,000 and Livingston check-raised all in for 223,000.

"I have a good feeling about this one," Morgenstern spoke up before dropping in a call. Morgenstern showed {6-Spades}{5-Diamonds} but was behind Livingston's {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}.

His good feeling came true on the {8-Spades} turn card as Morgenstern made a straight. Livingston wasn't drawing dead yet with two pair but the {q-Clubs} on the river spelled an end to his WSOP Europe Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Morgenstern de
Anton Morgenstern
587,000
337,000
337,000
Alex Livingston ca
Alex Livingston
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Anton MorgensternAlex Livingston