2024 WSOP Europe

Event #2: €550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-max
Day: 3
Event Info

2024 WSOP Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq74
Prize
€56,100
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€301,740
Entries
642
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 3
Players Left
1

Level: 29

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Kostner Bets Into Kozub's Rivered Straight

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Tomasz Kozub raised to 175,000 from early position and Stefan Kostner called from the small blind.

The faction was checked all the way to the river on the 37842 board when Kostner bet 225,000 and Kozub quickly called.

Kostner showed AKQ7 for a pair of sevens but Kozub had the winner with AQ52 for a rivered straight.

Player Chips Progress
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Tomasz Kozub
5,000,000
645,000
645,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
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Stefan Kostner
2,160,000
-520,000
-520,000

Tags: Stefan KostnerTomasz Kozub

Nikolov Turns a Set on Shpak

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Ivan Nikolov raised to 125,000 on the button with JJ22 and Andrei Shpak called in the big blind.

The flop came A64 and Nikolov bet 80,000. Shpak called as the 2 fell on the turn to give Nikolov a set. He bet another 225,000 and Shpak folded Q985 this time.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrei Shpak
1,620,000
-265,000
-265,000
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Ivan Nikolov
1,355,000
295,000
295,000

Tags: Andrei ShpakIvan Nikolov

Kozub Takes Down the First Hand

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Ivan Nikolov limped in from the small blind with 7665 and Tomasz Kozub checked his option from the big blind holding 8433.

They saw a flop of 235 where Nikolav stabbed for 75,000, and Kozub called.

A Q on the turn saw both players check to the 9 river. Nikolov checked again, then Kozub bet 250,000. Nikolov folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Tomasz Kozub
4,355,000
135,000
135,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
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Ivan Nikolov
1,060,000
-135,000
-135,000

Tags: Ivan NikolovTomasz Kozub

Level: 28

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

Stefan Kostner Eyes First Bracelet After Spinning Up Short Stack on Day 2 to Reach Final Table

Stefan Kostner
Stefan Kostner

The third and final day of Event #2: €550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-max at the 2024 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) gets underway at 1 p.m. today. By the end of the day, a new name will be etched into the poker history books as a fresh bracelet winner will be crowned.

Of the final eight, it's Poland's Tomasz Kozub who has the most chips as he bagged up 4,220,000 at the culmination of Day 2. Kozub is no stranger to PLO final tables at King's Resort in Rozvadov as he won an event at the beginning of 2020 for €200,000 in the same venue.

Final Table Chip Counts

PlacePlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Tomasz KozubPoland4,220,00070
2Claudio Di GiacomoItaly2,905,00048
3Stefan KostnerAustria2,680,00045
4Volodymyr KokoulinUkraine1,910,00032
5Andrei ShpakBelarus1,885,00031
6Ivan NikolovBulgaria1,195,00020
7Hristiyan BanovBulgaria755,00013
8Damjan RadanovUnited States600,00010

Italy's Claudio Di Giacomo (2,905,000) and Austria's Stefan Kostner (2,680,000) and both in hot pursuit of the chip leader and those three are the only players to clear the two-million mark.

Kostner started Day 2 with just 66,000 in chips but managed to navigate his way through the field to the final table, where he sits third in chips.

Coming into the day as the short stack is Damjan Radanov, who has just 600,000 chips to his name — around ten big blinds. Hristiyan Banov doesn't have much more with 755,000, but with the ever-increasing blinds — anything can happen.

Remaining Payouts

PlacePrize
1€56,100
2€37,400
3€25,500
4€17,800
5€12,600
6€9,200
7€6,800
8€3,950

Play gets underway at 1 p.m. with 15:19 remaining on the clock in Level 28 (30,000/60,000 with a 60,000) big blind ante and the average stack sits at just over two million — around 33 big blinds.

The final table action will be streamed live (with a short delay) and live updates will be synchronized with the live stream to ensure no spoilers get out.

Be sure to follow along with PokerNews as a new bracelet winner is crowned and the battle for the €56,100 top prize heats up.

Tags: Andrei ShpakClaudio Di GiacomoDamjan RadanovHristiyan BanovIvan NikolovStefan KostnerTomasz KozubVolodymyr Kokoulin

Event #2: €550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-max

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