Level 6
: 400/800, 800 ante
Players were sent on their last 15-minute break of the day. They will play one more 90-minute level before they start bagging.
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #10: €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€10,350
Prize Pool
€5,073,000
Entries
534
Level
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Level 6
: 400/800, 800 ante
The pot had about 100,000 in it and the complete board was already out there. Vladimir Geshkenbein and Jeonggyu Cho were heads-up and the board read 
.
Cho had moved all in for 123,000 and Geshkenbein was thinking. "I just don't know what to do here".
He ended up calling and that turned out to be the right decision. Cho opened up 
and Geshkenbein showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | |
|
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Busted | |
Level 6
: 400/800, 800 ante
Romain Lewis raised to 2,000 from mid-position and Ryan Riess three-bet to 6,200 from the cutoff. Steven Warburton four-bet to 20,000 from the small and Michael Slenicka folded his big blind, Lewis also got out of their way. Riess looked at Warburton and decided to five-bet to 52,200.
"This is the first time I am going to look at my cards," Warburton said to Riess and after looking at them, he folded. "You looked at your hand like four times! I thought: no way he has a hand!"
"I folded ace-queen," Sklenicka commented.
"I had five-four suited," Warburton said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
||
|
200,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
160,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
150,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
120,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
90,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
68,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
Level 6
: 400/800, 800 ante
Mathijs Jonkers, the third-place finisher in the 2017 WSOPE Main Event, just busted out of the tournament. Jonkers had only ten big blinds left when he got it in the middle with king-queen. Unfortunately for Jonkers, he had to take it up against ace-queen. He couldn't make anything happen and he is out of the tournament.
Antoine Vranken, Markus Pohl, and Thomas Muehloecker also all got eliminated from the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
Level 6
: 400/800, 800 ante
Milad Oghabian raised from early position to 2,000 and Sylvain Loosli called from the cutoff. Small blind Elias Talvitie three-bet to 10,400 and Oghabian folded. Loosli did call and they went heads-up to the flop.
The flop was dealt 
and Talvitie continued with a bet of 7,000. Loosli called to see the turn.
The turn was the and Talvitie put in another bet. He dropped a 25,000 chip in the middle while he announced 21,000. Loosli called again and they saw the 
river complete the board.
Talvitie had just 41,000 behind and he moved all in for all of it. Loosli called within a second and immediately tabled the nuts, 
. Talvitie showed 
as he got up from the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
374,000 | |
|
||
|
129,000 | |
|
Busted | |
Level 6
: 400/800, 800 ante
Niall Farrell raised to 2,000 from under the gun and Paul Michaelis called in the early position, so did Alex Lindop in mid-position. Lars Kamphues three-bet to 25,000 from the cutoff and action folded back to Farrell who also folded. Michaelis shoved for 39,700. Lindop tanked and then decided to also shove with a stack that would cover both of his opponents. Kamphues called.
Paul Michaelis: 
Lars Kamphues: 
Alex Lindop: 
The board ran out 
to give Lindop a set of tens on the turn to eliminate both of his opponents.
Over on the other tables, the 2018 WSOP Main Event Champion, John Cynn was eliminated, as was Jun Wah Yap.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level 6
: 400/800, 800 ante
Milad Oghabian just lost a big hand against Sylvain Loosli and was kind enough to relate what had happened.
Oghabian raised from the hijack with 
to 2,000 and Loosli three-bet to 7,000 from the button which Oghabian called.
The flop came 
on which they both checked through to the 
on the turn. They both checked again to see the 
complete the board on the river. Oghabian now bet 6,500 and Loosli raised to 28,5000 which Oghabian called. Loosli tabled for the flopped quads and Oghabian also showed his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
131,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Level 6
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
308,000 | |
|
260,000 | |
|
220,000 | |
|
160,000 | |
|
145,000 | |
|
114,000 | |
|
77,000 | |
|
|
76,000 | |
|
|
||
|
68,000 | |
|
42,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Level 6
: 400/800, 800 ante
Thomas Muehloecker opened with a raise from the hijack to 2,000. Bahram Chobineh called from the cutoff and Joao Vieira three-bet to 8,800. Both Muehloecker and Chobineh called.
The flop was 
and all three players checked it through. The turn was the 
Muehloecker checked again but Chobineh bet 5,200 this time. Preflop three-bettor Vieira gave up as he threw his cards in the muck, but Muehloecker called.
The 
river was dealt and both players checked. Muehloecker only showed a 
, and Chobineh showed 
. That was enough to take down the pot as Muehloecker mucked his other card.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
149,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
141,200 | |
|
||
|
|
63,400
-16,600
|
-16,600 |
Level 6
: 400/800, 800 ante
The flop read with 2,400 in the middle already.
Paul Teoh bet 4,000 from the small blind and James Morgan called in the big blind.
The turn was the 
, Teoh now bet 7,500 and Morgan called again.
The river completed the board with the 
and they both checked. Teoh tabled for the rivered pair of jacks but was bested by the 
of Morgan who had flopped top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | |
|
87,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
|
66,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
||
|
51,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
42,000
-83,000
|
-83,000 |
|
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