Event #13: €2,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
Event #13: €2,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
The first day of Event #13: €2,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em at the World Series of Poker Europe gets underway at 4 p.m. local time. There is a €250,000 guarantee in the prize pool. This two-day event is a new addition to the 2019 WSOP Europe schedule. However, this is not the first Short Deck tournament of the series. Just a couple of days ago, Siamak Tooran won Event #6: €25,500 Short Deck High Roller No-Limit Hold'em for €740,996 and his first bracelet after defeating 111 competitors.
Just like in regular Hold'em, the object of short deck Hold'em is to make a better five-card poker hand using any combination of holes cards and community cards than your opponents to win the pot. However, the deck consists of 36 cards instead of 52 as every card deuce through five is removed. An Ace still plays as the highest and lowest card in the rank.
One important difference with regular Hold'em games is that in Short Deck games, flushes beat full houses. This is the hand rankings the WSOPE will use:
Hand Rankings |
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Royal Flush |
Straight Flush |
Four of a Kind |
Flush |
Full House |
Straight |
Three of a Kind |
Two Pair |
One Pair |
High Card |
Players will start with 25,000 in chips and will be allowed a free add-on for another 25,000 at any point until the end of registration. There will also be unlimited re-entry during the registration period, with late registration closing after nine levels, at approximately 10:45 p.m. Levels will be 40 minutes long and Day 1 will play through 14 levels with a 15-minute break every three levels.
The tournament will play six-handed, with each player putting in a single ante, and the player on the button putting in a double ante.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the coverage of this event.
The start of the tournament has been slightly delayed to allow for enough players to register. Play is expected to start at 4:15 p.m.
Level: 1
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 100
The tournament director has announced the ceremonial "Shuffle Up and Deal" and cards are in the air.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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James Romero |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
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Yake Wu |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Martin Kury |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Federico Anselmi |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Sam Higgs |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
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Netanel Amedi |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Rami Mornel |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Julien Martini |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
Michael O'Grady |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Ming Juen Teoh |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Robert Campbell |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
Michael Ogrady raised to 600 in first to act and Federico Anselmi called from the button.
The dealer spread a flop of that was checked through to the turn. Ogrady bet 1,500 and Anselmi called.
The filled up the board and Ogradi fired 2,900. Anselmi thought for a long while.
"You play Short Deck much?" asked Ogrady. Anselmi nodded.
"You don't need help, you're ok? Just want to make sure..." continued Ogrady.
A few seconds later, Anselmi tossed in chips to call and Ogradi turned over for broadway to win the pot and Anselmi mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael O'Grady |
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Federico Anselmi |
20,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pierre Neuville |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Raz Alon |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Dante Peykar
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Gudmundur Sigurjonsson |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Paul Hendee |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Quan Zhou |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Kasparas Klezys |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Frederic Delval |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Lars Nordkvist
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Oleh Okhotskyi |
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Oleh Okhotskyi limped in early position and Ming Juen Teoh raised to 1,500 from middle position. Action folded back to Okhotskyi who added the remainder to call.
The flop fell and was checked through to the turn. Okhotskyi bet 1,500 and Teoh called. The filled up the board and both players checked. Okhotskyi tabled for a set of aces and Teoh sent his cards to the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Oleh Okhotskyi | 28,000 | |
Ming Juen Teoh | 21,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Felix Schulze | 25,000 | |
Arturs Scerbaks | 25,000 | |
Jeff Madsen | 25,000 | |
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Warwick Mirzikinian | 25,000 |