Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
Day 1b Completed
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€274,417
Entries
572
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
0
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Shaun Deeb has taken yet another step at taking down the 2018 World Series of Poker Player of the Year leaderboard, as he has secured the third cash in as many events of the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe at the King's Casino in Rozvadov. After a min-cash in The COLOSSUS and an 11th place in Event #2: €1,650 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Deepstack, Deeb is in a decent position for another deep run as he bagged up the second-biggest stack on Day 1b of Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed.
After yesterday's first flight had already surpassed the guaranteed prize pool of €100,000 thanks to 230 entries, the second starting day even topped that result with a massive field of 342 entries. The 572 total entries include 231 entries and the prize pool was more than doubled to €274,417 with both starting days paying out a portion already.
Of the 342 Day 1b entries, only 25 players bagged up chips after 18 levels of 30 minutes each and it was Canada's Christopher Back that skyrocketed into the top spot in the final hands of the night. Back sent Daniel Rezaei to the rail in the final hand of the night when he rivered the nut flush against the turned two pair and inferior flush of the Austrian. Not even half an hour prior to that, Rezaei had topped the counts with 100 big blinds only to run out dry before bagging and tagging.
Back claimed 885,000 to his name, just shy of 90 big blinds for Day 2, and Deeb follows in second place with 667,000. The four-time WSOP bracelet winner entered mid-way through level six and quickly jumped to the top spot, holding more than two times as many chips as the next best during the later stages of the day.
Another two WSOP bracelet winners follow right after Deeb on the Day 1b leader board: Hanh Tran (626,000) and Max Pescatori (565,000) will return with big stacks when the tournament plays down to a final table. Other notables that advanced through the second starting day are Oleg Pavlyuchuk (478,000), Viliyan Petleshkov (219,000), Roland Israelashvili (196,000), Netanel Amedi (151,000), Michal Mrakes (141,000), David Boyaciyan (108,000) and one-time WSOP bracelet winner Dario Alioto (82,000).
Aleksandar Denishev was crowned the bubble boy when his top two pair were no good against the flopped set of sixes of Max Pescatori. The top 52 spots were paid and 27 players secured a payday without bagging up chips including Teunis Kooij, Jessica Teusl, Andreas Walnum, Lukas Zaskodny, Jeff Madsen, Sebastian Langrock and Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu.
Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Day 1B Payouts
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Ivaylo Sivinov | Bulgaria | 994 |
| 27 | Daniel Rezaei | Austria | 994 |
| 28 | Stefan Vogt | Germany | 994 |
| 29 | Ana Maria David | Romania | 994 |
| 30 | Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu | Romania | 994 |
| 31 | Juergen Heidl | Germany | 994 |
| 32 | Raffaele Castro | Italy | 994 |
| 33 | Sebastian Langrock | Austria | 896 |
| 34 | Apostolos Chatzopoulos | Greece | 896 |
| 35 | Jochen Kaiser | Germany | 896 |
| 36 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 896 |
| 37 | Marco Figuccia | Italy | 896 |
| 38 | Yehuda Cohen | Israel | 896 |
| 39 | Pavel Sourek | Czech Republic | 896 |
| 40 | Antti Marttinen | Finland | 896 |
| 41 | Thomas Pohnke | Austria | 832 |
| 42 | Lukas Zaskodny | Czech Republic | 832 |
| 43 | Martin Frank | Switzerland | 832 |
| 44 | Sterling Savill | United States | 832 |
| 45 | Pasquale Vinci | Italy | 832 |
| 46 | Sebastian Kos | Czech Republic | 832 |
| 47 | Andreas Walnum | Norway | 832 |
| 48 | Michael Bartov | Sweden | 832 |
| 49 | Andrej Isjurow | Germany | 796 |
| 50 | Roman Cieslik | Germany | 796 |
| 51 | Jessica Teusl | Austria | 796 |
| 52 | Teunis Kooij | Netherlands | 796 |
Action of the Day
Within the first two levels of the day, more than 100 entries had emerged and the second and final starting day seemed poised to top the previous flight by quite a margin. Indeed, Day 1a was topped by more than 100 entries and plenty of notables took several shots at running up a stack.
Among those to come and go well before the money bubble were Anson Tsang, Pete Chen, Rex Clinkscales, Cord Garcia, Jan-Peter Jachtmann, Anthony Zinno, Jan Bendik, Georgios Koliofotis, Chin Wei Lim, Erich Kollmann, Jan-Peter jachtmann, Allen Kessler and Gianluca Speranza to name just a few. Martin Kabrhel late-registered and quickly doubled up his stack but was also among those to bust without anything to show for.
The money bubble was reached towards the end of level 15 and Aleksandar Denishev ended up as the bubble boy. Despite Andreas Walnum sitting to his left with a fraction of a big blind only, Denishev got it in with top two pair on the turn and ended up second-best to the flopped set of sixes of Max Pescatori. Right after, the floodgates opened and a dozen hopefuls busted before the final break of the night.
In the final two levels of the day, Daniel Rezaei went from short stack to chip leader, only to see his massive stack of 100 big blinds vanish in the matter of 15 minutes. Rezaei doubled Hanh Tran twice in quick succession and lost a massive pot to Christopher Back at the very end to become the penultimate casualty of the day.
All remaining 25 Day 1b survivors will join the 21 players that bagged up chips on Day 1A. The second tournament day will kick off on Wednesday, October 17th, 2018, at 2 p.m. local time and the 46 players out of a field of 572 entries remain in contention. The level duration will increase to 40 minutes each and the action recommences at blinds of 5,000/10,000.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138 | 1 | Tarek Alonso | Chile | 218,000 | 22 |
| 138 | 2 | Max Pescatori | Italy | 565,000 | 57 |
| 138 | 3 | Luchezar Pumpalov | Bulgaria | 208,000 | 21 |
| 138 | 4 | Dutch Boyd | United States | 190,000 | 19 |
| 138 | 5 | Michael Magalashvili | Israel | 339,000 | 34 |
| 138 | 6 | Florian Sarnow | Germany | 196,000 | 20 |
| 138 | 7 | Grant Hart | United States | 132,000 | 13 |
| 138 | 8 | Michal Mrakes | Czech Republic | 141,000 | 14 |
| 139 | 1 | Dimitrios Gkatzas | Greece | 177,000 | 18 |
| 139 | 2 | Vasile Strugari | Romania | 214,000 | 21 |
| 139 | 3 | Hael Al Labani | Germany | 310,000 | 31 |
| 139 | 4 | Sergei Popov | Russian Federation | 112,000 | 11 |
| 139 | 5 | Guillaume Diaz | France | 99,000 | 10 |
| 139 | 7 | Norbert Burkhard | Germany | 132,000 | 13 |
| 139 | 8 | Torsten Schlesier | Germany | 180,000 | 18 |
| 140 | 1 | Oleg Pavlyuchuk | Russian Federation | 478,000 | 48 |
| 140 | 2 | Hanh Tran | Austria | 626,000 | 63 |
| 140 | 3 | Peter Jaksland | Denmark | 343,000 | 34 |
| 140 | 4 | Alexander Bachmann | Germany | 137,000 | 14 |
| 140 | 5 | Aaron Duczak | Canada | 265,000 | 27 |
| 140 | 6 | Martin Rothaermel | Germany | 202,000 | 20 |
| 140 | 7 | Manish Goenka | India | 98,000 | 10 |
| 140 | 8 | Romain Lewis | France | 209,000 | 21 |
| 153 | 1 | Michael Juen | Austria | 181,000 | 18 |
| 153 | 2 | Jason Gray | United Kingdom | 197,000 | 20 |
| 153 | 3 | Dor Tal | Israel | 643,000 | 64 |
| 153 | 5 | Christian Teubner | Germany | 432,000 | 43 |
| 153 | 6 | Alfredo Vega Meister | Spain | 300,000 | 30 |
| 153 | 7 | Jerome Saliou | France | 166,000 | 17 |
| 153 | 8 | Jerome Abitbol | France | 104,000 | 10 |
| 154 | 1 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 667,000 | 67 |
| 154 | 2 | David Boyaciyan | Netherlands | 108,000 | 11 |
| 154 | 3 | Ondrej Franta | Czech Republic | 221,000 | 22 |
| 154 | 4 | Netanel Amedi | Israel | 151,000 | 15 |
| 154 | 5 | Roland Israelashvili | United States | 196,000 | 20 |
| 154 | 6 | Sebastian Obermeier | Germany | 249,000 | 25 |
| 154 | 7 | Chris Ferguson | United States | 148,000 | 15 |
| 154 | 8 | Amar Begovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 112,000 | 11 |
| 155 | 1 | Christopher Back | Canada | 885,000 | 89 |
| 155 | 2 | Dario Alioto | Italy | 82,000 | 8 |
| 155 | 3 | Andreas Dyll | Germany | 164,000 | 16 |
| 155 | 4 | Michael Soyza | Malaysia | 224,000 | 22 |
| 155 | 5 | Edward Lawrie | United Kingdom | 72,000 | 7 |
| 155 | 6 | Viliyan Petleshkov | Bulgaria | 219,000 | 22 |
| 155 | 7 | Toni Haemaelaeinen | Finland | 176,000 | 18 |
| 155 | 8 | Jonas Kilian | Germany | 177,000 | 18 |
Stay tuned to find out who makes the final table of Event #3: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed and follow along right here on PokerNews, your one-stop-shop for all events of the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe.
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
885,000
585,000
|
585,000 |
|
||
|
667,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
||
|
626,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
||
|
565,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
478,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
432,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
221,000
-99,000
|
-99,000 |
|
219,000
-201,000
|
-201,000 |
|
214,000
214,000
|
214,000 |
|
208,000
208,000
|
208,000 |
|
202,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
196,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
196,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
181,000
181,000
|
181,000 |
|
180,000 | |
|
176,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
166,000
-79,000
|
-79,000 |
|
164,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
151,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
141,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
137,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
132,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
112,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
108,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
82,000
-58,000
|
-58,000 |
|
||
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Daniel Rezaei raised to 20,000 and was called by Viliyan Petleshkov in the cutoff and Christopher Back on the button. On the flop of 
, action checked to Back and the Canadian bet 40,000. Only Rezaei came along for the ride and check-called an even bigger bet of 150,000 on the 
turn.
The 
fell on the river and Rezaei checked, prompting Back to move all in for more than 240,000.
"Wow, I guess I really gonna bust in the last hand," Rezaei said and gave it brief consideration before calling.
Back tabled the 
for the nut flush and Rezaei mucked 
for turned two pair and an inferior flush on the river.
One table over, Ivaylo Sivinov managed to back in the very last hand again after already doing so in the final hand of Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
870,000
810,000
|
810,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Ana Maria David clashed with Torsten Schlesier in a battle of the blinds against Torsten Schlesier when they got it in after a flop of 
. David had the 
for gutshot and flush draw, Schlesier held 
for the flopped straight. Neither the 
turn nor the 
river helped David and she was eliminated.
Stefan Vogt sent his stack over to Max Pescatori, the Italian had aces up and that was enough to eliminate Vogt.
Right after, the last three hands for the night were announced.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
180,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Hanh Tran doubled twice through Daniel Rezaei to cut the stack of the fellow countryman into half. In the second hand he got it in with 
versus 
on a flop of 
and the turn and 
river completed the board. Tran doubled for 231,000 to put a big dent into Rezaei's stack.
In the meanwhile, Juergen Heidl and Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu were both eliminated as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
400,000
-420,000
|
-420,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
On the flop of , Daniel Rezaei bet the pot for 100,000 and Raffaele Castro gave it some thought, then moved all in for around 250,000 to see Rezaei call it off with the superior stack.
Raffaele Castro: 
Daniel Rezaei: 
The turn and 
river let Castro initially celebrate, but Rezaei quickly pointed out that he had the superior full house. A devastated Castro shared the bad news in Italian with Ana Maria David and headed to the payout desk.
At the same time, Shaun Deeb took a hit to his big stack as Christian Teubner doubled through him. Deeb's cards were already in the muck and he paid off Teubner, who had hit a full house with 
on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
820,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
700,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
420,000
278,000
|
278,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 0
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
On the three-way flop of 
, Hanh Tran checked out of the big blind and Andreas Dyll bet 23,000. Raffaele Castro raised the pot and was all in for 131,000, Tran folded and Dyll called after some consideration.
Raffaele Castro: 
Andreas Dyll: 
The turn and river let Castro double and he celebrated with Ana Maria David.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
145,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
85,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Sebastian Langrock was eliminated while Roland Israelashvili was more fortunate and doubled through Shaun Deeb. In a three-bet pot to the 
flop, Israelashvili got his last 53,000 in and Deeb called.
Roland Israelashvili: 
Shaun Deeb: 
The turn locked things up for Israelashvili, which made the river a formality.
"You know why he called me? Because he doesn't want that I win a bracelet," Israelashvili said and Deeb, still in very good as dominating chip leader, shot back with a "You will do that all on your own."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
835,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
165,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
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