Action folded to Damjan Radanov who limped in from the small blind. Claudio Di Giacomo then raised to 150,000 in the big blind and Radanov called.
Both players checked the 8♥7♠4♠ flop. Radanov then led out for 150,000 on the J♣ turn and Di Giacomo called.
The river was the 6♦ and Radanov bet another 250,000. Di Giacomo again called and Radanov showed K♦Q♦J♠2♣ for a pair of jacks. Di Giacomo turned over A♥A♣7♦5♦ for two aces as he took the pot.
Andrei Shpak opened the button to 150,000 and Volodymyr Kokoulin called from the small blind before Nebojsa Musulin shoved for 210,000 out of the big blind. Both Kokoulin and Shpak called.
Both checked the 10♦3♥9♠ flop to the Q♥ turn where Kokoulin check-folded to Shpak's bet of 400,000.
Nebojsa Musulin: K♠J♣10♣5♠
Andrei Shpak: K♦K♣J♥9♣
Both players had turned the nuts with an inconsequential 2♥ dropping on the river.
Damjan Radanov limped in from under the gun before Tomasz Kozub raised to 225,000 in middle position. Hristiyan Banov called in the small blind, as did Radanov.
The flop came 9♥5♣3♠ and Kozub bet 450,000. Only Banov called to see the 5♠ turn, where both players slowed down and checked.
The Q♣ river was also checked down and Kozub showed K♦K♣9♦7♠. Banov flashed ace-nine as he surrendered the pot.
Damjan Radanov raised to 210,000 in early position and Claudio Di Giacomo called in middle position.
Radanov put in his last 30,000 on the Q♥7♥6♠ flop and Di Giacomo called.
Damjan Radanov: Q♠8♣7♣5♠
Claudio Di Giacomo: K♥Q♣5♣3♥
The board ran out 3♦A♠ and Stefan Andrei Shpak wished Radanov good game after seeing Di Giacomo made two pair. The rest of the table pointed out that Radanov had queens and sevens for a better two pair to earn the double up.
"Sit in pain," Volodymyr Kokoulin joked with Shpak after the hand.
Nebojsa Musulin shoved from the cutoff for 165,000 and got called by Stefan Kostner in the small blind & Damjan Radanov in the big blind.
Both players checked to showdown on the 8♣K♦6♦2♠3♠ runout where Musulin showed Q♣J♣J♠9♠ for a pair of jacks, which beat the 10♥9♦7♦6♣ of Kostner and the 10♠9♥4♥3♦ of Radanov.
Nebojsa Musulin limped in from middle positon and Damjan Radanov came along from the button. Claudio Di Giacomo then raised to 330,000 in the small blind, Musulin moved all in for 500,000, Radanov folded, and Di Giacomo called.
Nebojsa Musulin: A♥Q♦J♥5♥
Claudio Di Giacomo: A♠J♠10♣5♣
Both players showed nearly the same hand, but Di Giacomo's ten proved the difference as the board ran out 10♥5♣8♣4♠K♠ to give him two pair and send Musulin to the rail in ninth place.
The remaining eight players are now bagging up their chips for the night and will return tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time to play down to a champion.
The second of three days in Event #2: €550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-max at the 2024 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) played out today with 97 hopefuls looking to make a run at the final table. After sixteen levels of play, it was Tomasz Kozub who emerged on top of the counts with a stack of 4,220,000, and is in pole position to clinch his first bracelet with just eight players remaining.
A total of 642 entries were recorded across three starting flights at King's Resort in Rozvadov, which generated a prize pool of €301,740, and boasts a first prize of €56,100.
Final Table Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Tomasz Kozub
Poland
4,220,000
70
2
Claudio Di Giacomo
Italy
2,905,000
48
3
Stefan Kostner
Austria
2,680,000
45
4
Volodymyr Kokoulin
Ukraine
1,910,000
32
5
Andrei Shpak
Belarus
1,885,000
31
6
Ivan Nikolov
Bulgaria
1,195,000
20
7
Hristiyan Banov
Bulgaria
755,000
13
8
Damjan Radanov
United States
600,000
10
Kosub started to accumulate chips with the elimination of Krzysztof Palasz in nineteenth then never looked back as he also eliminated Patrick Bueno and Florian Surkamp on his way to the final table.
Claudio Di Giacomo sits second in the counts with 2,905,000 and third place on the leaderboard belongs to Stefan Kostner with 2,680,000 chips. Kostner can thank his lucky stars as he was one card away from an early shower during Level 21, but he managed to backdoor a full house which kickstarted his run. Kostner also quadrupled up after running down the aces of two opponents and even eliminated Israel's Elad Shaar in thirteenth.
Stefan Kostner
Ukraine's Volodymyr Kokoulin had a rollercoaster of a day and was chip leader for most of the early levels but never managed to cement his name at the top of the leaderboard. His stack rode the Omaha waves but left him in fourth with 1,910,000 for Day 3.
Several previous bracelet winners made it into the money but fell short of the final table who included Samuel Stranak (84th), Stephen Nahm (42nd), Anson Tsang (38th), Sebastian Langrock (16th), and Dario Alioto (11th).
The unfortunate title of final table bubble boy went to Nebojsa Musulin, who despite putting on a masterclass in surviving all-ins, finally succumbed to Di Giacomo in the last hand of the evening.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
€56,100
2
€37,400
3
€25,500
4
€17,800
5
€12,600
6
€9,200
7
€6,800
8
€3,950
Play will begin tomorrow with 15:19 left on the clock in Level 28 (30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante). The average stack sits at just over 2,000,000 — around 33 big blinds. There will also be a live stream where the action can be followed along live (with a short delay).
Be sure to keep tune into PokerNews tomorrow to see who can clinch their first bracelet from 1 p.m. local time.
