2017 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #9: €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
€745,287
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€2,651,545
Entries
113
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Igor Kurganov Adds Almost 200,000 on His First Hand

Level 2 : 1,000/2,000, 500 ante
Yair Bitoun
Yair Bitoun

Igor Kurganov joined the field and immediately added almost 200,000 to his stack. Koray Aldemir opened to 6,000 under the gun and Yair Bitoun three-bet to 18,000. Kurganov four-bet to 51,000 from the small blind and Aldemir folded. Bitoun called.

The flop was {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs} and Kurganov checked. Bitou bet 110,000 and Kurganov shoved all in for 448,000. Bitoun folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Igor Kurganov
680,000
180,000
180,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Yair Bitoun fr
Yair Bitoun
295,000
295,000
295,000

Tags: Igor KurganovKoray AldemirYair Bitoun

Daher Fires Twice But Gives Up, Pidun Benefits

Level 2 : 1,000/2,000, 500 ante

Daniel Pidun opened from early position to 6,500 and Albert Daher three-bet on the button to 20,000. Pidun called.

The flop came {q-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts} and Pidun checked. Daher bet 16,000 and Pidun called. The turn was the {3-Clubs} and Pidun checked again. Daher bet 83,000 this time and Pidun called again.

The river was the {5-Clubs} and both players checked this time. Pidun showed {k-Spades}{q-Spades} and Daher mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Pidun
655,000
655,000
655,000
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Albert Daher
350,000
-150,000
-150,000

Tags: Albert DaherDaniel Pidun

Mateos Drops Three-Bet Pot

Level 2 : 1,000/2,000, 500 ante
Adrian Mateos Diaz
Adrian Mateos Diaz

Jan Schwippert opened second to act to 6,000 and got two callers before Adrian Mateos made it 40,000 to go in the big blind. Schwippert called and it went heads up to a board of {k-Spades}{9-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} after both players checked the flop. Mateos checked and folded fairly quickly to a bet of 28,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Jan Schwippert
542,000
42,000
42,000
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Adrian Mateos
386,000
-114,000
-114,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax

Tags: Adrian MateosJan Schwippert

Level: 2

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 500

Farrell Wins One, Maya Busts One

Level 1 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Ben Maya doubled his stack during the first level after knocking out the only player to be eliminated so far.

Meanwhile, the tournament continues to fill up with well-known pros.

Niall Farrell was one of the players to start the tournament and has added a little to his stack.

He raised from early position to 5,000 and got one caller from the big blind. The flop came {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{4-Spades} and Farrell c-bet for 4,000. Both players checked the {9-Diamonds} on the turn and Farrell bet again when the {9-Clubs} paired the board on the river.

His opponent mucked and Farrell won the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Ben Maya
1,010,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
560,000
60,000
60,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Niall FarrellBen Maya

Nitsche Check-Raises Neuville

Level 1 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

We found Dominik Nitsche in early position with 65,000 in front of him on a {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Clubs} flop. Pierre Neuville had bet 14,000 on the button and was pondering the check-raise. After about a minute, he looked at his cards and said something to Nitsche before pitching them into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Dominik Nitsche
565,000
Profile photo of Christian Christner de
Christian Christner
500,000
Profile photo of Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
500,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
475,000
-25,000
-25,000

Tags: Dominik NitschePierre Neuville