Event #8: €2,500 Short Deck | 2021 World Series of Poker Europe

11-29-2021 12:06 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 0/0, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Emil Bise	840,000 100,000	100,000

Julien Martini	660,000 170,000	170,000

Nicolas Bokowski	500,000 -70,000	-70,000
Yannick Jobin	495,000 235,000	235,000
Philipp Schwab	465,000 45,000	45,000

11-29-2021 12:00 UTC+1

Zhong Chen Eliminated in 11th Place (€4,999)

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Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 0/0, 5,000 ante

Zhong Chen was left very short and was all-in preflop. The other four players all came along and checked the flop.

Brian Cornell bet 15,000 on the turn and only Reto Herrmann called. The pair checked the river and Cornell announced straight with and Herrmann mucked.

Chen squeezed his cards one at a time, showing needing another queen or eight to stay alive. However, his other card was the and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Reto Herrmann	650,000 90,000	90,000
Brian Cornell	610,000 60,000	60,000
Marek Blasko	290,000 65,000	65,000
Bleron Maliqi	105,000 -40,000	-40,000
Zhong Chen	Busted

11-29-2021 11:52 UTC+1

Didier Rabl Eliminated in 12th Place (€4,999)

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Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 0/0, 5,000 ante

Three players each put in 15,000 on the flop including shortstack Didier Rabl. Rabl then shoved for 52,000 on the turn and was called by Marek Blasko.

Rabl had turned two pair with but Blasko had made a straight with .

The river bricked and Rabl was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marek Blasko	225,000 40,000	40,000
Didier Rabl	Busted

11-29-2021 11:46 UTC+1

Cornell Doubles Through Rabl

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Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 0/0, 5,000 ante

Brian Cornell was all in for 275,000 against Didier Rabl.

Brian Cornell:
Didier Rabl:

The ten on the runout was all Cornell needed, and he doubled up to leave Rabl perilously short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Cornell	550,000 370,000	370,000
Didier Rabl	75,000 -270,000	-270,000

11-29-2021 11:42 UTC+1

Final Two Tables (full)

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Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 0/0, 5,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
81	1	Nicolas Bokowski	Germany	570,000
81	2	Emil Bise	Switzerland	740,000
81	3	Yannick Jobin	Switzerland	260,000
81	4	Christian Stratmeyer	Germany	650,000
81	5	Philipp Schwab	Germany	420,000
81	6	Julien Martini	France	490,000

82	1	Reto Herrmann	Switzerland	560,000
82	2	Bleron Maliqi	Switzerland	145,000
82	3	Didier Rabl	Switzerland	345,000
82	4	Brian Cornell	Germany	180,000
82	5	Marek Blasko	Slovakia	185,000
82	6	Zhong Chen	Netherlands	130,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Emil Bise	740,000 40,000	40,000

Christian Stratmeyer	650,000 -60,000	-60,000
Nicolas Bokowski	570,000 -5,000	-5,000
Reto Herrmann	560,000 145,000	145,000
Julien Martini	490,000 70,000	70,000

Philipp Schwab	420,000 -45,000	-45,000
Didier Rabl	345,000 -5,000	-5,000
Yannick Jobin	260,000 60,000	60,000
Marek Blasko	185,000 5,000	5,000
Brian Cornell	180,000 -120,000	-120,000
Bleron Maliqi	145,000 15,000	15,000
Zhong Chen	130,000 -20,000	-20,000

11-29-2021 11:35 UTC+1

Bokowski Scores Big Double

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Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 0/0, 5,000 ante

Action was on a flop with Nicolas Bokowski all in against Marek Blasko for 248,000.

Nicolas Bokowski:
Marek Blasko:

The turn improved Bokowski to a full house and the river bricked. He doubled to over 550,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Bokowski	575,000 270,000	270,000
Marek Blasko	180,000 -340,000	-340,000

11-29-2021 11:34 UTC+1

Israel Bulut Eliminated in 13th Place (€4,095)

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Will Shillibier

Level 17 : 0/0, 5,000 ante

Emil Bise was adding more chips to his stack after eliminating Israel Bulut.

According to Bise, he held and made a straight to crack the of Bulut.

The remaining 12 players are redrawing around two tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emil Bise	700,000 155,000	155,000

Israel Bulut	Busted

Level: 17

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 5,000

11-29-2021 11:28 UTC+1

Stratmeyer Doubles into Chip Lead

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Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 0/0, 4,000 ante

On a river, and with 150,000 in the middle already, both Christian Stratmeyer and Brian Cornell checked to Didier Rabl who moved all in.

Stratmeyer eventually folded with Cornell open-folding

"Good call," said Rabls howing for a set, with Stratmeyer doubling with the same hand as Cornell

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Stratmeyer	710,000 455,000	455,000
Julien Martini	420,000 -110,000	-110,000

Didier Rabl	350,000 -235,000	-235,000
Brian Cornell	300,000 -50,000	-50,000
Zhong Chen	150,000 -48,000	-48,000