Felix Schulze opened the action first to act with a shove and it was folded to Oshri Lahmani to the cutoff who quickly called.
Oshri Lahmani:
Felix Schulze:
The board was safe for Lahmani until the turn with but the on the river was one of the three cards he didn't want to see. He busted in 6th place and received €14,764 for his efforts.
Felix Schulze was on the button and raised to 250,000 after Federico Anselmi completed first to act and Kahle Burns from the cutoff. Anselmi was the only caller and they went to the flop with more than half a million chips in the pot already.
Anselmi checked and Schulze bet 415,000 and Anselmi called after a couple of minutes in the tank.
The came on the turn and both players checked.
The river was the and Anselmi checked for the third time, while Schulze announced all in. Anselmi tanked for almost five minutes before releasing his hand. Schulze showed for the missed straight draw and a successful bluff, with clear disappointment formed in Anselmi's face.
Federico Anselmi limped in first to act along with Kahle Burns on the cutoff. Felix Schulze raised to 370,000 from the button and Anselmi three-bet jammed for about 1,000,000. Burns let it go but Schulze snap-called.
Federico Anselmi:
Felix Schulze:
Anselmi was ahead but Schulze hit a pretty favorable flop of . The turn and river filled up the board and Schulze took down the pot with tens full of queens, eliminating Anselmi from the tournament in 4th place for €29,027.
Kahle Burns moved all in from the hijack for 5,500,000 and Felix Schulze called from the cutoff for less, putting at risk his last 950,000. Burns made the call and the players tabled their cards.
Felix Schulze:
Kahle Burns:
The board ran out and Burns raked in the pot with his straight, sending Schulze to the rail in 3rd place for a nice payday of €42,233.
The heads-up lasted a lot less than expected, since in just the second hand of the duel both players put their chips in the middle with Manig Loeser at risk. Loeser open shoved and Kahle Burns called quickly to go to showdown.
Manig Loeser:
Kahle Burns:
The board ran out and Loeser is the last player to depart from the field, leaving Burns with all the chips in front of him.
The second day of Event #13: €2,500 Short Deck was a long one, with play lasting more than 13 hours before a winner is crowned. This winner is no stranger to tournament success and especially here in 2019 World Series of Poker Europe, where he won his second bracelet during the festival. Kahle Burns from Australia managed to overtake a total field of 179 entries and win his second WSOP gold bracelet along with €101,843 in prize money.
Regarding his day he said, "This feels like one of those days where I've avoided all the coolers and all the post flop coolers. Obviously I won a few all ins on the way, just ran super good, no complaints."
"I don't know what to say because I'm not super experienced at the game in general. I think a lot of the people in the field, myself included, were sort of trying to figure it out as it goes. A lot of people were in it for a lot of bullets because of the format, everyone was in there and just having fun and figuring it out. The field was certainly not afraid to gamble. Let's put it that way."
"It's been like a whirlwind week. Two bracelets in a week. It's crazy.
Burns admitted that he lacks in experience in this specific format, as he said, "The first time I played Short Deck was a few months ago, here actually. I played a little bit online but I probably played five or six hours online but I certainly wouldn't say I'm an experienced Short Deck player or very good Short Deck player by any means. Pretty new to the game still.''
Kahle Burns managed to become member of the elite club of two WSOP gold bracelet holders, and he did it in just one week. "It's been like a whirlwind week. Two bracelets in a week. It's crazy. Lucky enough to win one live tournament in a week, now I've won two in a week, it's quite fortunate," said a delighted Burns after his second win.
Final Result Event #13: €2,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em
Place
Winner
Country
Prize (in EUR)
Prize (in USD)
1
Kahle Burns
Australia
€101,834
$112,835
2
Manig Loeser
Germany
€62,929
$69,727
3
Felix Schulze
Germany
€42,233
$46,795
4
Federico Anselmi
Italy
€29,027
$32,163
5
Vladimir Peck
United States
€20,444
$22,652
6
Oshri Lahmani
Israel
€14,764
$16,359
7
Pierre Neuville
Belgium
€10,939
$12,121
Kahle Burns Celebrating his Second Bracelet in One Week with his Friends
Day 2 started at 3 p.m. local time and players had one level of late registration to try and accumulate as big a stack as they could. In the 147 entries that were registered in the field during Day 1, 32 more entries were added during Day 2, for the total number of entries to reach 179. Burns started Day 2 with the second biggest stack and he managed to turn it into a dominant final table performance and eventually a gold bracelet.
A Flurry of Eliminations
The second day of the event started with an insanely fast pace, since the availability of re-entries during the first level of the day in addition with the aggressive philosophy of the game were enough to bring many big hands among the players. When the first level ended, there were 43 players remaining in the field ready to give their battle to enter in the 27 paid places of the tournament.
Among those that departed empty-handed were Daniel Negreanu, Paul Phua, Rainer Kempe, Danny Tang, Phil Hellmuth, Shaun Deeb, Chris Ferguson, Anthony Zinno, and Robert Campbell. The bubble period started when there were 28 players left in the field and it had its own adventure. In order to burst, it needed a simultaneous elimination for Tony G and Ismael Bojang during hand-for-hand, causing both of them to get paid, for half the money of the 27th place each.
After the field got in the money, it was a quick affair until the final table and eliminations in the money included Julien Martini (26th; €3,682), Ryan Riess (21st; €4,323), Phil Ivey (18th; €5,228), John Cynn (11th; €6,505), and Benny Glaser (9th; €8,322). The last player to bust to send the field to the unofficial final table was Hokyiu Lee (8th; €10,939) who saw his flopped two pair being in the losing end of the hand, against Burns' turned straight.
A Dramatic Change of Pace
The fast pace of the first part of the day gave its place to a slow-paced final table, which finally needed six levels in order to crown a winner. Burns' appearance was dominant during those six levels and managed to turn a chip lead in the beginning of the final table, to a win for his second WSOP gold bracelet in a week.
Burns didn't lose the chip lead at any point of the final table and managed always to come back whenever he happened to lose chips from his opponents. Out of his six opponents, he eliminated Vladimir Peck (5th place; €20,444) with jacks against nine-eight, and after sending Felix Schulze (3rd; €42,233) to the rail with ten-eight versus nine-eight, the heads-up began with a 3-to-1 chip lead over Manig Loeser. In between, Pierre Neuville (7th; €10,939), Oshri Lahmani (6th; €14,764), and Federico Anselmi (4th; €29,027) were the other players that entered the final table but busted during the course of it.
Manig Loeser Came Close to Winning his First WSOP Bracelet But Fell Short
Despite the fact that three-handed play lasted almost two hours, the heads-up was a short affair, with Burns needing just two hands to capture the gold. In the last hand of the day, Loeser open-shoved from the button with king-jack and Burns called with ace-jack to send his last opponent to the rail.
This capped an amazing week for Kahle Burns who managed to win two WSOP gold bracelets along with €698,717 ($774,179) in total prize money.
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on the river was one of the three cards he didn't want to see. He busted in 6th place and received €14,764 for his efforts.
and Burns stayed ahead to rake in the pot, sending Peck to the exit in 5th place for €20,444.
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for the missed straight draw and a successful bluff, with clear disappointment formed in Anselmi's face.
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and Burns raked in the pot with his straight, sending Schulze to the rail in 3rd place for a nice payday of €42,233.
and Loeser is the last player to depart from the field, leaving Burns with all the chips in front of him.
