Event #10: €25,000 NLH Platinum High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2021 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #10: €25,000 NLH Platinum High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2021 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,682,640
Entries
72
Level
28
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
52
Players Left
33
Westmorland Tops Day 1 in Event #10: €25,000 NLH Platinum High Roller; Martini Continues Hot Run
Level 12
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
The most expensive tournament of the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe festival has concluded Day 1 and easily surpassed the €1 million guarantee at the King's Resort in Rozvadov. After 12 levels of 40 minutes each in Event #10: €25,000 NLH Platinum High Roller, a field of 52 entries was cut down to 33 survivors and the late registration and re-entry period remains open for high-stakes contenders from near and far.
A late surge in the final levels of the night propelled Jordan Westmorland to the top of the leaderboard by a wide margin as he increased his starting stack more than seven-fold. Two knockouts in the final two levels saw Westmorland's stack skyrocket to 3,715,000 and he has almost as many chips at his disposal as Julien Martini (2,240,000) and Johan Guilbert (1,845,000) have combined.
Top 10 Chip Counts Day 1 in Event #10: €25,000 NLH Platinum High Roller
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Westmorland | United States | 3,715,000 | 186 |
| 2 | Julien Martini | France | 2,240,000 | 112 |
| 3 | Johan Guilbert | France | 1,845,000 | 92 |
| 4 | Laszlo Bujtas | Hungary | 1,465,000 | 73 |
| 5 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 1,400,000 | 70 |
| 6 | Tom-Aksel Bedell | Norway | 1,343,000 | 67 |
| 7 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 1,278,000 | 64 |
| 8 | Eelis Pärssinen | Finland | 1,077,000 | 54 |
| 9 | Andrea Ricci | Italy | 1,076,000 | 54 |
| 10 | Christophe Panetti | Switzerland | 1,026,000 | 51 |
Big names with above-average stacks also include Laszlo Bujtas, Jack Sinclair, Eelis Pärssinen, and Joni Jouhkimainen. Martini comes fresh off a victory in Event #8: €2,500 Short Deck, during which he claimed his second gold bracelet. The Frenchman then entered the high-stakes contest and bagged up the second-biggest stack. Likewise, Italy's Andrea Ricci had a successful at the poker tables as he finished fourth in Event #5: €550 NLH COLOSSUS before running up a top 10 stack as well.
Notable casualties on Day 1 included the WSOP bracelet winners Armando D'Avanzo, Ole Schemion and Martin Kabrhel along with Elias Gutierrez, Tamas Adamszki, and Christopher Puetz. The rise of Westmorland culminated in the final two levels when he first knocked out Manuel Fritz in a set-over-set scenario and then won a big flip during the final hands of the night against fellow big stack Tom Vogelsang.
All those wishing to enter or re-enter the tournament can do so for the first two 40-minute levels on Day 2. The action is slated to get underway at noon local time with level 13 and blinds of 10,000/20,000 and a big blind ante of 20,000, which gives late entrants 25 big blinds when the cards go back in the air at King's Resort.
Even though the tournament was initially scheduled as a two-day event, it has been expanded to a third day as the final table will be streamed on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, on the PokerGO platform. The PokerNews live reporting team will be back to provide all the action until a winner has been crowned.
Day 2 Seat Draw Event #10: €25,000 NLH Platinum High Roller
Level 12
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 2 | Dawid Smolka | Poland | 182,000 | 9 |
| 38 | 3 | Tony Tran | United States | 105,000 | 5 |
| 38 | 4 | Michal Mrakes | Czech Republic | 333,000 | 17 |
| 38 | 5 | Andrea Ricci | Italy | 1,076,000 | 54 |
| 38 | 6 | Johan Guilbert | France | 1,845,000 | 92 |
| 38 | 8 | Thomer Pidun | Germany | 648,000 | 32 |
| 39 | 2 | Enrico Camosci | Italy | 730,000 | 37 |
| 39 | 3 | Ahmad Achegsei | Germany | 151,000 | 8 |
| 39 | 4 | Pablo Theobald | Germany | 362,000 | 18 |
| 39 | 6 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 1,278,000 | 64 |
| 39 | 7 | Julien Martini | France | 2,240,000 | 112 |
| 39 | 8 | Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier | France | 294,000 | 15 |
| 40 | 1 | Matas Cimbolas | Lithuania | 342,000 | 17 |
| 40 | 2 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 772,000 | 39 |
| 40 | 3 | Sirzat Hissou | Germany | 656,000 | 33 |
| 40 | 4 | Anton Morgenstern | Germany | 240,000 | 12 |
| 40 | 7 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 1,400,000 | 70 |
| 42 | 3 | Ion Tabacaru | Romania | 285,000 | 14 |
| 42 | 4 | Andriy Lyubovetskiy | Ukraine | 668,000 | 33 |
| 42 | 5 | Anatoly Filatov | Russian Federation | 324,000 | 16 |
| 42 | 6 | Joni Jouhkimainen | Finland | 955,000 | 48 |
| 42 | 8 | Tom-Aksel Bedell | Germany | 1,343,000 | 67 |
| 43 | 1 | Jordan Westmorland | United States | 3,715,000 | 186 |
| 43 | 2 | Zhong Chen | Netherlands | 395,000 | 20 |
| 43 | 3 | Ivan Bryksin | Russian Federation | 674,000 | 34 |
| 43 | 5 | Krasimir Yankov | Bulgaria | 168,000 | 8 |
| 43 | 6 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | 296,000 | 15 |
| 43 | 7 | Eelis Pärssinen | Finland | 1,077,000 | 54 |
| 44 | 1 | Christophe Panetti | Switzerland | 1,026,000 | 51 |
| 44 | 2 | Laszlo Bujtas | Hungary | 1,465,000 | 73 |
| 44 | 3 | Preben Stokkan | Norway | 307,000 | 15 |
| 44 | 4 | Stoyan Madanzhiev | Bulgaria | 203,000 | 10 |
| 44 | 8 | Oleh Okhotskyi | Ukraine | 566,000 | 28 |
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 12
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,715,000 | 115,000 |
|
2,240,000 | 910,000 |
|
1,845,000 | 1,395,000 |
|
1,465,000 | -110,000 |
|
1,400,000 | -180,000 |
|
1,343,000 | 881,000 |
|
1,278,000 | 538,000 |
|
1,077,000 | 737,000 |
|
1,076,000 | 216,000 |
|
1,026,000 | -474,000 |
|
955,000 | 25,000 |
|
772,000 | 252,000 |
|
730,000 | 190,000 |
|
674,000 | -56,000 |
|
668,000 | 168,000 |
|
656,000 | -594,000 |
|
648,000 | -2,000 |
|
566,000 | -134,000 |
|
395,000 | -225,000 |
|
362,000 | -138,000 |
|
342,000 | 117,000 |
|
333,000 | -317,000 |
|
324,000 | -286,000 |
|
307,000 | -193,000 |
|
296,000 | -104,000 |
Day 1 Completed
Level 12
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Only 33 players bagged up chips as Martin Kabrhel was eliminated by the straight of Julien Martini. Full chip counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Vogelsang Busts to Westmorland
Level 12
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
During the final hands of the night, Tom Vogelsang raised to 40,000 on the button and Martin Kabrhel three-bet to 160,000 out of the small blind. Jordan Westmorland four-bet to 350,000 in the big blind and Vogelsang then five-bet jammed for 1,4320,000. Kabrhel folded and Westmorland called with the covering stack.
Tom Vogelsang: 
Jordan Westmorland: 
The 
board delivered the final blow to Vogelsang and cemented the Day 1 lead for Westmorland.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,600,000 | 1,670,000 |
|
|
560,000 | -100,000 |
|
Busted |
Five Last Hands Announced
Level 12
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Only 35 players remain and they will be playing another five hands for the night.
Jouhkimainen Takes From Ricci
Level 12
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Joni Jouhkimainen raised from middle position and was called by Andrea Ricci out of the big blind. On the 
flop, Ricci elected to check-call for 60,000 and checked again the 
on the turn. Jouhkimainen fired a second larger barrel worth 185,000 and Ricci tank-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
930,000 | 160,000 |
|
|
860,000 | 450,000 |
Late Night Casualties
Level 12
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Christopher Puetz and Ole Schemion were unable to convert their second bullet into anything meaningful and busted. The same also applied for Elias Gutierrez, who ran out of chips on the first attempt in this tournament. All of them have the option to re-enter until the start of level 15, two levels into Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Mulder Doubles Through Jouhkimainen
Level 12
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Teun Mulder opened to 32,000 and Joni Jouhkimainen then three-bet to 80,000 from one seat over. Mulder shipped it in and was snap-called by the Finn.
Teun Mulder: 
Joni Jouhkimainen: 
The 
flop vaulted Jouhkimainen into the lead but the 
turn restored the preflop order. Nothing changed anymore on the 
river and Mulder doubled for 188,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
770,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
400,000 | 160,000 |