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Event #4: €2,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day 1 Completed
2023 WSOP Europe
Event #4: €2,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
2023 WSOP Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
Buy-in
€2,000
Prize Pool
€362,045
Total Entries
206
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
206
Players Left
46
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Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
There was a sense of deja vu permeating around the room on Day 1 of Event #4: €2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, a feeling that this same scenario had played out already.
One year ago, Farid Jattin finished the first day of this same event as the chip leader on his way to finishing in seventh place. Fast forward 12 months, and Jattin once again finds himself atop the leaderboard as 46 players out of a starting field of 206 survived to make it to Day 2.
Jattin busted Patrik Jaros in a three-way all in with top pair earlier in the day and finished with 734,000, more than 100,000 ahead of his closest challenger. That is Zhengfa Ye, who doubled up off Jan-Peter Jachtmann in arguably the biggest pot of the day when they both turned a straight, but Ye rivered the nut flush. Ye finished in second place with 617,000, while Salih Atac (571,000), Gab Yong Kim (560,000), and Pascal Foged (458,000) round out the top five.
Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farid Jattin | Colombia | 734,000 | 147 |
| 2 | Zhengfa Ye | Austria | 617,000 | 123 |
| 3 | Salih Atac | Czech Republic | 571,000 | 114 |
| 4 | Gab Yong Kim | South Korea | 560,000 | 112 |
| 5 | Pascal Foged | Germany | 458,000 | 92 |
| 6 | Mats Nylander | Sweden | 392,000 | 78 |
| 7 | Namhyung Kim | South Korea | 356,000 | 71 |
| 8 | Dorel Eldabach | Israel | 352,000 | 70 |
| 9 | Pavel Izotov | Belarus | 324,000 | 65 |
| 10 | Hokyiu Lee | Hong Kong | 308,000 | 62 |
It took him five bullets, but Jaros eventually managed to survive with 201,000. Pavel Izotov, like Jattin a finalist from this event last year, emerged from a four-way all in with a rivered flush to scoop the pot and eliminate two players on his way to bagging up 324,000. Other players advancing to play tomorrow include Dorel Eldabach (352,000), Barny Boatman (157,000), Dario Alioto (145,000), whose lone WSOP bracelet came in the first WSOP Europe back in 2007, and 2022 WSOP Main Event finalist Aaron Duczak (96,000).
Defending champion Anson Tsang bagged up a short stack of 67,000, as did reigning WSOP Europe champion Omar Eljach, who registered this event straight off winning the €550 Pot-Limit Omaha event and finished with 64,000.
Notables who didn’t make it out of the day included Martin Kabrhel, Vivian Saliba, Roland Israelashvili, Max Pescatori, and Jachtmann. The 46 who did make it through will return to play tomorrow at 3 p.m. local time inside King’s Resort in Rozvadov.
The first order of business will be to make the money. Only the top 31 players will collect a payday, with the eventual champion earning €91,183 out of the €362,045 prize pool. The plan is to play down to a winner tomorrow, with a live stream beginning on a one-hour delay at 6:30 p.m.
PokerNews will follow all the action as the players are in for another late night tomorrow until a coveted gold bracelet is around someone’s wrist.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
734,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
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|
617,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
571,000
251,000
|
251,000 |
|
560,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
458,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
392,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
356,000
144,000
|
144,000 |
|
352,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
324,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
308,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
||
|
291,000
171,000
|
171,000 |
|
282,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
275,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
271,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
237,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
228,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
205,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
|
201,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
201,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
184,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
176,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
172,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
166,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
|
||
|
162,000
168,000
|
168,000 |
|
160,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Day 1 has ended with 46 players remaining.
Stay tuned for full chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
On the last hand of the night, Michal Schuh got his last 60,000 in the middle from the hijack against Zhengfa Ye in the big blind.
Michal Schuh: K♦Q♦9♣8♥
Zhengfa Ye: A♦A♥8♠5♦
Schuh had run into aces and got up from his seat as soon as the dealer flipped over the A♠3♣7♣ flop, giving Ye top pair.
The board ran out 10♠Q♥ and Schuh failed to find a bag on Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
In a battle of the blinds, Filip Lovric check-called the 10♦9♠8♠2♠ turn for 4,000 by defending champion Anson Tsang and both checked the K♣ on the river. Lovric revealed 8♦7♠6♥5♠ for a flush and that won the pot.
Tsang then raised to 14,000 and Namhyung Kim called. The A♥K♠2♥ flop was checked by Kim, Tsang bet 8,000 and took it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
120,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
57,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
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Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The clock was paused and a deuce was drawn as play will last two more hands until Day 1 comes to an end.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Action folded to small blind Jose Manuel Planells who raised to 11,000. Renji Mao then three-bet to 44,000 and Planells called for his last 40,500.
Jose Manuel Planells: Q♣9♥9♣8♥
Renji Mao: Q♥10♥9♠8♠
Planells was ahead with a pair of nines heading to the 3♥3♦J♥ flop. The 2♦ fell on the turn, followed by the 9♦ as Planells hit the last nine to make a full house and secure a double up, leaving Mao a short stack at the end of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
30,000
20,000
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20,000 |
|
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Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Picking up the action on the A♣K♥2♦5♦ turn, Levan Rcheulishvili bet the pot for 126,000 out of the small blind. Farid Jattin reluctantly called on the button and the A♥ river completed the board.
Rcheulishvili moved all-in for 49,500 and Jattin asked for a count before he gave it some thirty seconds to call.
Rcheulishvili shrugged and tabled his K♦Q♥8♥3♦, which chopped with Jattin's K♣Q♦J♦10♣.
"You are both happy with the chop?!" Goran Urumovic remarked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
730,000
10,000
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10,000 |
|
|
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|
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245,000
60,000
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60,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Two of the shorter stacks got their chips into the middle as Tomasz Kozub and Jan Verbraeken locked horns with near identical stacks.
Jan Verbraeken: K♠J♦10♦9♣
Tomasz Kozub: A♥A♦8♠5♥
The board ran out 10♥4♥2♥10♣3♣ for Kozub to flop a flush and avoid runner-runner shenanigans. Both stacks were counted and they had exactly 116,000 to send Verbraeken to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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240,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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Busted |
