Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
When it folded to Blaz Zivko in the small blind, he raised to 120,000 and Javier Francort defended his big blind.
Zivko bet 225,000 on the 9♥J♠4♠ flop, and was met be a pot-sized raise from Francort. Zivko called for his remaining 600,000 and the cards were turned over.
Blaz Zivko: A♥K♣K♦3♥
Javier Francort: K♠Q♦J♣4♥
Zivko had an overpair against the two pair of Francort. The remainder of the board ran out 7♣5♦, keeping Francort's two pair ahead.
The pot went over to Francort and Zivko was out in 16th-place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000
930,000
|
930,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Eran Carmi opened the cutoff to 120,000 and only Filippo Ragone called from the big blind.
Ragone check-called a bet of 90,000 from Carmi on the 7♠2♦Q♠ flop.
The Q♣ turn and 2♣ checked through. Carmi showed J♦J♠10♣9♣ for a pair of jacks and Ragone mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,725,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
1,320,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
Cards are in the air for Day 3 of Event #3 €1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
At 1 p.m. local time, 16 players out of 811 entries return for the final day of Event #3 €1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max and one of them will be claiming the coveted WSOP Europe gold bracelet at King's Resort in Rozvadov later in the evening. Three of the finalists have the chance to double their tally, while all other contenders still in the mix are hunting for their maiden WSOP title. The biggest slice of the €850,000 prize pool is up for grabs with €5,540 locked up so far, but all players will have their eyes set on the €148,600 top prize.
Leading the way is Switzerland's Salih Atac with 4,315,000 and he is joined by 2024 WSOP gold bracelet winner Sascha Wilhelm (3,360,000) while Filippo Ragone of Italy is the only other big stack on 2,975,000. Coincidentally, the trio atop also starts the final day on the same table.
Top 10 Chip Counts for the Final Day
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salih Atac | Switzerland | 4,315,000 |
| 2 | Sascha Wilhelm | Germany | 3,360,000 |
| 3 | Filippo Ragone | Italy | 2,975,000 |
| 4 | Vitaliy Kryza | Ukraine | 1,630,000 |
| 5 | Daniel Bang-Ortmann | Denmark | 1,580,000 |
| 6 | Javier Francort | Netherlands | 1,570,000 |
| 7 | Ersin Kanik | Turkey | 1,285,000 |
| 8 | Patrick Ronacher | Austria | 1,285,000 |
| 9 | Pablo Heredia | Austria | 1,095,000 |
| 10 | Eran Carmi | Israel | 1,055,000 |
Tobias Peters will aim to spin up his shorter stack of 830,000 to repeat his inaugural WSOP Europe bracelet win from two years ago and Rifat Palevic is the only other former winner right behind that with a stack of 690,000.
Austria resident Pablo Heredia (1,095,000) has a third place from the opening event on his resume while Eran Carmi (1,055,000) previously reached two WSOP Europe final tables at this venue and is widely considered a PLO specialist.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €148,600 | 7 | €18,350 |
| 2 | €99,000 | 8 | €13,850 |
| 3 | €68,100 | 9 | €10,700 |
| 4 | €47,700 | 10-11 | €8,400 |
| 5 | €34,050 | 12-15 | €6,750 |
| 6 | €24,750 | 16 | €5,540 |
The action will be picked up with 12 minutes left in level 25 at blinds of 20,000-40,000 with a big blind ante of 40,000 before they go up almost immediately. All levels will last 40 minutes each and the conclusion of the four-card event takes place right in front of the live stream feature table, which will take the centre stage for Event #4: €2,000 No-Limit Hold'em 2K Monsterstack.
Stay tuned right here on PokerNews all day long to find out who claims the Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet at the King's Resort in Rozvadov.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 1 | Patrick Ronacher | Austria | 1,285,000 | 32 |
| 38 | 2 | Eran Carmi | Israel | 1,055,000 | 26 |
| 38 | 3 | Georgios Koliofotis | Germany | 225,000 | 6 |
| 38 | 4 | Rifat Palevic | Sweden | 690,000 | 17 |
| 38 | 5 | Filippo Ragone | Italy | 2,975,000 | 74 |
| 38 | 6 | Alexander Hepting | Germany | 680,000 | 17 |
| 38 | 7 | Salih Atac | Switzerland | 4,315,000 | 108 |
| 38 | 8 | Sascha Wilhelm | Germany | 3,360,000 | 84 |
| 39 | 1 | Ersin Kanik | Turkey | 1,285,000 | 32 |
| 39 | 2 | Pablo Heredia | Spain | 1,095,000 | 27 |
| 39 | 3 | Vitaliy Kryza | Ukraine | 1,630,000 | 41 |
| 39 | 4 | Michael Braun | Germany | 810,000 | 20 |
| 39 | 5 | Daniel Bang-Ortmann | Denmark | 1,580,000 | 40 |
| 39 | 6 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 830,000 | 21 |
| 39 | 7 | Blaz Zivko | Slovenia | 980,000 | 25 |
| 39 | 8 | Javier Francort | Netherlands | 1,570,000 | 39 |
Event #3: €1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max
Day 3 Started