Event #10 €2,000 8-Game Mix
Day 1 Completed
2024 WSOP Europe
Event #10 €2,000 8-Game Mix
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2024 WSOP Europe
Buy-in
€2,000
Prize Pool
€156,510
Entries
90
Level
24
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Entries
90
Players Left
18
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante
Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 limits
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
King's Resort in Rozvadodv is a familiar place for Anson Tsang. The Hong Kong native won two of his three bracelets during the World Series of Poker Europe in the Czech town, and has set himself up nicely today to pick up his fourth one.
Tsang leads 18 survivors after Day 1 of Event #10: €2,000 8-Game Mix and bagged 674,500 chips, more than twice the average and 30 big bets when play resumes tomorrow. All three of Tsang's bracelets have come in big bet games, but he is also a formidable mixed player, proving as much today by being among the top chip stacks throughout the day.
Following Tsang in the count is poker dealer turned poker professional Sami Bechahed. Bechahed went on a late-night surge to end up with a stack of 609,500, being the only other player to break the half-million mark.
Meanwhile, Greek regular Symeon Alexandridis sits in third with 410,000, while bracelet winners Ilija Savevski (281,000) and Dennis Weiss (210,000) also finished in the upper half of the field.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Day 2 Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anson Tsang | Hong Kong | 674,500 | 34 |
| 2 | Sami Bechahed | France | 609,500 | 30 |
| 3 | Symeon Alexandridis | Greece | 410,000 | 21 |
| 4 | Martin Schamaun | Switzerland | 408,500 | 20 |
| 5 | Tomasz Gluszko | Poland | 323,000 | 16 |
| 6 | Patrick Bueno | France | 284,000 | 14 |
| 7 | Ilija Savevski | North Macedonia | 281,000 | 14 |
| 8 | Alessandro De Michele | Italy | 253,000 | 13 |
| 9 | Dennis Weiss | Germany | 210,000 | 11 |
| 10 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 170,000 | 9 |
The €2,000 8-Game Mix saw a total of 90 entries throughout its nine levels of late registration, resulting in a prize pool of €156,510. The top 14 spots will be paid, meaning only four players will leave empty-handed tomorrow. The first concern of the shorter stacks will be getting to the min-cash of €4,045, but the likes of Tsang and Bechahed are surely looking at the top prize of €43,400 and the accompanying bracelet.
€2,000 8-Game Mix Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €43,400 | 6 | €7,290 |
| 2 | €28,000 | 7 | €5,830 |
| 3 | €18,750 | 8-9 | €4,895 |
| 4 | €13,100 | 10-11 | €4,330 |
| 5 | €9,555 | 12-14 | €4,045 |
Day 1 Action
As is usual for European mixed game events, the field was compact but highly decorated. Viktor Blom was one of the first players to exit, departing in Level 1 on his first attempt, while his second bullet featured no success either.
Many bracelet winners were attempting to increase their collection, but Jan-Peter Jachtmann, Michael Rodrigues, and Dario Alioto all faltered throughout the day, not being able to get a shot at capturing their second bracelet.
Defending WSOP Europe Main Event champion Max Neugebauer was playing his first-ever live mixed game event but exited halfway through the night. Joining him on the rail were two-time bracelet winners Oleksii Kovalchuk and Wing Po Liu, while Julien Martini also had to wait for his fifth one.
After 14 levels, 18 players remained, neatly redrawn across three tables. They bagged up and will return tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time for Day 2 of the tournament. The tournament will restart in Level 15, which features limits of 10,000/20,000 for limit games, while the big bet games are being played with blinds of 2,500/5,000.
All levels will remain 40 minutes in length, with a break after every two of them, and Day 2 will continue until a winner has been crowned.
Tune back in tomorrow to PokerNews to find out who will take home the only mixed game bracelet of WSOP Europe 2024.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante
Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 limits
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
674,500
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
||
|
609,500
99,500
|
99,500 |
|
410,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
408,500
88,500
|
88,500 |
|
323,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
||
|
284,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
||
|
281,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
253,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
210,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
170,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
164,000
28,500
|
28,500 |
|
157,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
143,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
105,500
44,500
|
44,500 |
|
105,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
101,500
48,500
|
48,500 |
|
58,500
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
21,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante
Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 limits
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Day 1 has ended with 18 players remaining, just four spots off the money. They'll return at 1 p.m. tomorrow to play down to a champion.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante
Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 limits
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Seven Card Stud
Jeremy Trojand: XxXx/J♥9♣9♦2♣
Aaron Duczak: XxXx/10♠8♠6♥2♥
Aaron Duczak completed and Jeremy Trojand called.
Duczak bet again on fourth street and Trojand called. Duczak bet on fifth, but this time Trojand raised and Duczak called.
"It's going in," Trojand told Duczak as he only had a few chips behind going to sixth. He then moved all in and Duczak called.
Duczak turned over 10♣6♠ for tens and sixes, but Trojand had J♠6♦ for jacks and nines. Trojand caught the 4♣ on seventh as he waited for Duczak to turn over his last card. "Take it," Duczak said as he tossed the A♦ into the muck and Trojand doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
35,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante
Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 limits
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Seven Card Stud
Arto Loikkanen: XxXx/8♣J♦Q♣J♥
Dzmitry Urbanovich: XxXx/9♥3♥10♦6♦ - folded sixth street
Arto Loikkanen completed, Dzmitry Urbanovich raised and Loikkannen called. Loikkanen check-called a bet from Urbanovich on fourth street before both checked on fifth.
Sixth street saw Loikkanen make an open pair of jacks, with which he led out. Urbanovich pondered his options momentarily but made a swift fold to surrender the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
192,500
102,500
|
102,500 |
|
|
145,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante
Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 limits
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Bets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 1 | Martin Schamaun | 320,000 | 20 |
| 80 | 2 | Anson Tsang | 660,000 | 41 |
| 80 | 3 | Fabian Scherle | 70,000 | 4 |
| 80 | 4 | Alessandro De Michele | 250,000 | 16 |
| 80 | 5 | Daniel Habl | 150,000 | 9 |
| 80 | 6 | Tomasz Gluszko | 250,000 | 16 |
| 81 | 1 | Patrick Bueno | 190,000 | 12 |
| 81 | 2 | Jeremy Trojand | 80,000 | 5 |
| 81 | 3 | Aaron Duczak | 105,000 | 7 |
| 81 | 4 | Dennis Weiss | 250,000 | 16 |
| 81 | 5 | Ilija Savevski | 280,000 | 18 |
| 81 | 6 | Sebastian Cantzler | 100,000 | 6 |
| 94 | 1 | Sami Bechahed | 510,000 | 32 |
| 94 | 2 | Symeon Alexandridis | 360,000 | 23 |
| 94 | 3 | Andreas Bremer | 110,000 | 7 |
| 94 | 4 | Arto Loikkanen | 90,000 | 6 |
| 94 | 5 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | 170,000 | 11 |
| 94 | 6 | Philipp Krieger | 150,000 | 9 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
660,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
510,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
|
360,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
320,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
280,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
250,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
250,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
250,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
190,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
170,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
150,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
150,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
110,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
105,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
100,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
90,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
80,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
70,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante
Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 limits
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Stud Hi-Lo
Pierre Erbland: XxXx/A♣J♠Q♣
Philipp Krieger: XxXx/4♦10♦9♦
Pierre Erbland and Philipp Krieger exchanged raises on fifth street until Erbland had the rest of his stack in the middle.
Erbland turned over A♥8♠ for aces, but Krieger had 10♣10♥ in the hole for trip tens. He finished with J♥K♣, while Erbland caught 8♦6♣ and was sent to the rail in the closing moments of Day 1.
Daniel Becker was also recently eliminated to bring the field down to the last three tables and four spots off the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante
Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 limits
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
Andreas Bremer checked from the big blind to Sergii Baranov on the button, who bet 18,000. Bremer called to the 10♦ turn, where Baranov put him all-in for 25,500.
Bremer quickly check called as the cards went face-up.
Andreas Bremer: 10♠7♠7♦4♦ 
Sergii Baranov: K♥Q♠9♥6♦
Baranov had no outs against Bremer's full house, and a meaningless 5♣ river was dealt as Bremer doubled up.
Baranov was left with 140,000 chips, which he would lose the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante
Limit Flop/Draw: 4,000-8,000, 8,000-16,000 limits
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Stud: 8,000-16,000 limits
No-Limit/Pot-Limit: 2,000-4,000, 6,000 ante
Razz
Sami Bechahed: XxXx/8x7xAxQx/Xx
Jeremy Trojand: XxXx/9x5x3xAx/Xx
Sergii Baranov: XxXx/QxQxKx10x - folded on sixth street
Sami Bechahed completed and was called by Jeremy Trojand. "Alright, now we get some action," Sergii Baranov said as he also called.
Baranov paired his queen on fourth street. "Bravo," he joked with the dealer as action checked around. "Bellissimo," he added on fifth after getting a king.
Action was again checked to sixth where Trojand bet. Baranov quickly folded, while Bechahed called. Trojand bet again on seventh and Bechahed called once more. Trojand flashed a 4x for 9-5-4-3-A, but Bechahed had 10x6x5x for 8-7-6-5-A to win the pot and climb above 200,000 after being down to just 30,000 during the last level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
|
220,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
210,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
