Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1a | 2021 World Series of Poker Europe

11-21-2021 00:08 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Matteo Di Persio	Busted
Marek Podmanicky	Busted
Bertram Schaefer	Busted
Munkhbayar Nyamsuren	Busted
Fuat Giray	Busted
Georgios Kyritsis	Busted
Benedikt Feige	Busted

Stroke Chops to Chip Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ernst Stoller raised the pot and Shawn Stroke called all-in out of the small blind for the last 3,300. Udo Hemmert called in the big blind and the two active players checked the entire board of .

Stroke tabled the , which chopped with the of Stoller as Hemmert's only had an inferior pair of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcello Miniucchi	90,000 35,000	35,000
Udo Hemmert	70,000
Ernst Stoller	60,000
Shawn Stroke	6,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Shawn Stroke Ernst Stoller Udo Hemmert

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

11-21-2021 00:22 UTC+2

Vittoz Eliminated by Mattioli

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jerome Vittoz raised the pot to 5,400 and was called by Daniele Mattioli and Ottavio Benelli out of the blinds. On the flop, only Mattioli check-called a bet worth 5,000 by Vittoz and then led the turn for 5,000.

Vittoz raised the pot for the vast majority of his stack and then called all-in for around 50,000 when Mattioli pushed.

Jerome Vittoz:
Daniele Mattioli:

The river was a blank and sent Vittoz to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniele Mattioli	245,000 30,000	30,000
Ottavio Benelli	65,000 65,000	65,000
Michael Magalashvili	50,000 18,000	18,000
Jerome Vittoz	Busted

Tags: Daniele Mattioli Jerome Vittoz

11-21-2021 00:26 UTC+2

Late Entries and Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Munkhbayar Nyamsuren	25,000 25,000	25,000
Jaroslav Peter	25,000
Endre Sagstuen	25,000
Dario Alioto	Busted

Carlos Spoddig	Busted
Pawel Keller	Busted
Andrei Nodea	Busted
Hassan Sarris	Busted
Bjorn Verbakel	Busted

Didier Rabl	Busted

11-21-2021 00:32 UTC+2

Kogovsek Scores a Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With some 20,500 in the middle, Tomaz Kogovsek had been all-in for the 25,100 he had behind and his ended up as the winner. The cards of his opponent were already mucked as they paid off Kogovsek on a board, which saw Kogovsek prevail with his seven-high straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomaz Kogovsek	75,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Tomaz Kogovsek

11-21-2021 00:39 UTC+2

Big Knockout for Tsaknis

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With plenty of chips in the middle until the river, Jad Khaddage bet 30,000 with fewer than that behind. Vasileios Tsaknis then raised and Khaddage was in the tank.

"Do you really have six-five? Okay, if you have it, good game," and then called.

Tsaknis nodded and tabld the for the nuts, which had Khaddage's beat. Also no longer in contention for now is Nils Linden, who was eliminated a few minutes earlier.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasileios Tsaknis	175,000 160,000	160,000
Nils Linden	Busted
Jad Khaddage	Busted

Tags: Jad Khaddage Nils Linden Vasileios Tsaknis

11-21-2021 00:45 UTC+2

Stroke Wins Without Showdown

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Shawn Stroke recovered from the severe short stack not long ago and just now bet the turn for 5,000. Marcello Miniucchi check-called out of the big blind and checked again the river. Stroke bet 9,000 and earned a snap-fold.

In the moment the hand concluded, Michal Mrakes arrived on the table with his re-entry stack and the words "hello guys", along with a smile on the face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcello Miniucchi	85,000 -5,000	-5,000
Shawn Stroke	45,000 39,000	39,000
Michal Mrakes	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Marcello Miniucchi Michal Mrakes Shawn Stroke

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

11-21-2021 00:54 UTC+2

Sen Gets Shown a Bluff

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Orhan Sen raised to 3,700 and then called a pot-sized three-bet to 12,800 by Kourka Vlantouts in the big blind. On a flop, Vlantouts checked and Sen bet 5,000. The check-raise to 13,000 by Vlantouts followed and Sen folded to get shown the .