Sunday, October 22, 2017 2:08 AM Local Time
Sander van Wesemael Bags the Lead After Day 1C
The three starting flights have all come to an end in Event #1: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'Em MONSTER STACK at the World Series of Poker Europe. Sander van Wesemael bagged the largest stack after Day 1C and will head into Day 2 with the chip lead bringing 323,500 chips with him.
Van Wesemael is coming off an impressive summer in Europe, capturing the title in three €330 PokerStars Cup events in a row. His largest cash came at the event in Barcelona where he took home €127,000. Van Wesemael made a deep run in the WSOP International Circuit Main Event in Rozvadov but bowed in 38th place. He will be looking to add to his already impressive $541,220 career earnings dating back to the end of 2014.
There were a total of 306 entries that took to the felt on Day 1C but only 64 were able to find a bag at the end of the day. Valentin Vornicu was one of those, bagging the second largest stack of 296,500. Vornicu, now calling California home, has over $1,000,000 in live tournament earnings. His largest came just one year ago when he finished in 23rd place at the WSOP Main Event for $269,430. Giovanni Petroni rounds out the top three with 239,000 after he sent Phil Hellmuth packing earlier in the day.
Some other familiar names to make it through to Day 2 include Scott Stewart (207,500), Konstantinos Tsirakidis (178,000), Georgios Zisimopoulos (102,500), Allen Kessler (95,500), Ivo Donev (72,000), and Dominik Desset (47,000).
Many notables sat down for their third bullet today but were still unable to make anything happen. John Racener, Alex Foxen, Kristen Bicknell, Kenny Hallaert, Chris Ferguson, Jeff Lisandro, and Marc MacDonnell were a few to come up empty-handed. Bertrand Grospellier, Phil Hellmuth, Roberto Romanello, Brandon Cantu, and Jan Timo Jobmann were also sent to the rail throughout the day.
Martin Kabrhel entered the field rather early compared to usual, and he had a rollercoaster kind of day. At some points, his chips were moving more than his mouth which is also uncharacteristic. Kabrhel found a massive double up with pocket fours versus ace-king when the flop came . Soon after, however, Kabrhel's pocket aces got cracked by Konstantinos Tsirakidis when Tsirakidis flopped a set of sevens. Kabrhel left the tournament area but not without leaving a few memorable comments behind.
There will be a total of 114 players returning on Sunday for Day 2 and the money bubble will be in everyone's eyes when the action resumes. With a total of 561 entries throughout the three starting flights, there will be a prizepool of €538,280 to battle for. There will be 85 places being paid, with a min-cash worth €1,592 and the eventual champion taking home €117,708.
The action will resume on Sunday at 2:00 P.M. local time inside the Poker Arena at King's Casino. Continue to follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as we bring you all of the live updates from the tournament floor.
Day 2 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Nationality | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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| 83 | 1 | Ivo Donev | Austria | 72,000 | 24 |
| 83 | 2 | Sasa Stancic | Canada | 42,000 | 14 |
| 83 | 3 | Erich Kollmann | Austria | 119,000 | 40 |
| 83 | 4 | Pavel Šourek | Czech Republic | 54,000 | 18 |
| 83 | 5 | Walid Abdi Ali | Germany | 73,500 | 25 |
| 83 | 6 | Serge Danis | Switzerland | 113,500 | 38 |
| 83 | 7 | Viktor Kovachev | Bulgaria | 88,000 | 29 |
| 83 | 8 | Theodoros Aidonopoulos | Greece | 75,000 | 25 |
| 83 | 9 | Jonas Holm | Sweden | 72,500 | 24 |
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| 84 | 1 | Eddy Scharf | Germany | 59,000 | 20 |
| 84 | 2 | Arsenii Karmatckii | Russian Federation | 72,500 | 24 |
| 84 | 3 | Jesper Mertz | Denmark | 64,000 | 21 |
| 84 | 4 | Aleksandr Pantiukhin | Russian Federation | 100,500 | 34 |
| 84 | 5 | David Dolák | Czech Republic | 40,000 | 13 |
| 84 | 6 | Aleksandar Tomović | Serbia | 22,000 | 7 |
| 84 | 7 | Patrik Ciklamíni | Slovakia | 35,500 | 12 |
| 84 | 8 | Alexander Schlien | Germany | 31,500 | 11 |
| 84 | 9 | Alexandre Viard | Czech Republic | 118,500 | 40 |
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| 89 | 1 | Domenico Gala | Italy | 64,500 | 22 |
| 89 | 2 | Hamza Miri | Germany | 124,000 | 41 |
| 89 | 3 | Usman Siddique | United Kingdom | 111,000 | 37 |
| 89 | 4 | Zhivko Sotirov | Bulgaria | 63,000 | 21 |
| 89 | 5 | Maciej Kondraszuk | Poland | 46,000 | 15 |
| 89 | 6 | Avelino Hernani Ribeiro | Portugal | 51,500 | 17 |
| 89 | 7 | Sergio Hamamoto | Portugal | 107,000 | 36 |
| 89 | 8 | Micky Blasi | Malta | 213,000 | 71 |
| 89 | 9 | Pawel Czichowski | Germany | 199,000 | 66 |
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| 90 | 1 | Ali Sameeian | Germany | 80,500 | 27 |
| 90 | 2 | Helma Weber | Germany | 102,000 | 34 |
| 90 | 3 | Werner Scharnagl | Australia | 39,000 | 13 |
| 90 | 4 | Vincent Moscati | United States | 105,500 | 35 |
| 90 | 5 | Adi Rajkovic | Austria | 90,000 | 30 |
| 90 | 6 | Ján Bendík | Slovakia | 101,000 | 34 |
| 90 | 7 | Yohan Zenou | France | 88,500 | 30 |
| 90 | 8 | Olivian Balint | Romania | 42,000 | 14 |
| 90 | 9 | Darren Delahunty | United Kingdom | 44,000 | 15 |
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| 95 | 1 | Sergio Fernandez | Spain | 267,000 | 89 |
| 95 | 2 | Sander van Wesemael | Netherlands | 323,500 | 108 |
| 95 | 3 | Mario Mosböck | Austria | 71,500 | 24 |
| 95 | 4 | Konstantinos Tsirakidis | Germany | 178,000 | 59 |
| 95 | 5 | Andriy Palyuga | Czech Republic | 40,500 | 14 |
| 95 | 6 | Ricardo Chauriye | Chile | 96,000 | 32 |
| 95 | 7 | Andre Reich | Germany | 26,500 | 9 |
| 95 | 8 | Bruno Tarisco | Italy | 41,500 | 14 |
| 95 | 9 | Thomas Morstad | Norway | 64,500 | 22 |
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| 96 | 1 | Jakob Miegel | Germany | 29,500 | 10 |
| 96 | 2 | Petter Solli Berg | Norway | 33,500 | 11 |
| 96 | 3 | Emil Lukáč | Slovakia | 192,000 | 64 |
| 96 | 4 | Maxim Lykov | Russian Federation | 153,500 | 51 |
| 96 | 5 | Mike Leah | Canada | 96,000 | 32 |
| 96 | 6 | Jeff Cormier | Canada | 265,000 | 88 |
| 96 | 7 | Sondre Einarsen | Norway | 57,000 | 19 |
| 96 | 8 | Dominik Arnold | Austria | 167,500 | 56 |
| 96 | 9 | Yaniv Botbol | France | 72,000 | 24 |
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| 101 | 1 | Scott Stewart | United States | 207,500 | 69 |
| 101 | 2 | Valentin Vornicu | United States | 296,500 | 99 |
| 101 | 3 | Tobias Bornefalk | Sweden | 207,000 | 69 |
| 101 | 4 | Yehuda Cohen | Germany | 105,500 | 35 |
| 101 | 5 | Carlo Savinelli | Italy | 55,500 | 19 |
| 101 | 6 | Matthias Gerigk | Germany | 47,000 | 16 |
| 101 | 7 | David Petrzelka | Czech Republic | 83,500 | 28 |
| 101 | 8 | Sebastián Kos | Czech Republic | 104,500 | 35 |
| 101 | 9 | Tezer Cetindag | Germany | 21,500 | 7 |
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| 102 | 1 | Ariel Morgenshtern | Israel | 74,000 | 25 |
| 102 | 2 | Zdenko Slavík | Slovakia | 33,000 | 11 |
| 102 | 3 | Dzmitry Rabotkin | Czech Republic | 96,500 | 32 |
| 102 | 4 | Andrej Desset | Slovakia | 86,500 | 29 |
| 102 | 5 | Walter Treccarichi | Italy | 90,000 | 30 |
| 102 | 6 | Ismael Bojang | Austria | 268,500 | 90 |
| 102 | 7 | Hannes Neurauter | Germany | 106,000 | 35 |
| 102 | 8 | Stoyan Obreshkov | Bulgaria | 45,000 | 15 |
| 102 | 9 | Matouš Houžvíček | Czech Republic | 37,500 | 13 |
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| 107 | 1 | Kai Gimre | Norway | 84,000 | 28 |
| 107 | 2 | James Akenhead | United Kingdom | 46,500 | 16 |
| 107 | 3 | Paul Michaelis | Germany | 11,500 | 4 |
| 107 | 4 | Andriy Gerts | Ukraine | 106,500 | 36 |
| 107 | 5 | Viliyan Petleshkov | Bulgaria | 178,500 | 60 |
| 107 | 6 | Ryan Hefter | United States | 208,000 | 69 |
| 107 | 7 | Pierre Neuville | Belgium | 122,500 | 41 |
| 107 | 8 | Avi Hamo | Israel | 41,000 | 14 |
| 107 | 9 | Josef Guláš | Czech Republic | 88,500 | 30 |
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| 108 | 1 | Ryan Hughes | United States | 81,500 | 27 |
| 108 | 2 | Oleksandr Shcherbak | Ukraine | 140,000 | 47 |
| 108 | 3 | Robert Schulz | Austria | 143,000 | 48 |
| 108 | 4 | Timo Kamphues | Germany | 97,000 | 32 |
| 108 | 5 | Peter Bstieler | Germany | 96,500 | 32 |
| 108 | 6 | Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 183,000 | 61 |
| 108 | 7 | Richard Pfeffer | Hungary | 39,500 | 13 |
| 108 | 8 | Chi Cuong Huynh | Switzerland | 85,000 | 28 |
| 108 | 9 | Thanh Hoang | Czech Republic | 179,000 | 60 |
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| 113 | 2 | Giovanni Petroni | Italy | 239,000 | 80 |
| 113 | 3 | Benjamin Garcia Rivera | Spain | 155,500 | 52 |
| 113 | 4 | Urs Hauser | Switzerland | 40,000 | 13 |
| 113 | 5 | James Hoeppner | United States | 39,500 | 13 |
| 113 | 6 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | Greece | 102,500 | 34 |
| 113 | 7 | Francois Corouge | France | 69,500 | 23 |
| 113 | 8 | Dominik Desset | Slovakia | 47,000 | 16 |
| 113 | 9 | Federico Quevedo | Costa Rica | 56,500 | 19 |
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| 114 | 1 | Aneris Adomkevicius | Lithuania | 153,000 | 51 |
| 114 | 2 | Milan Topoly | Slovakia | 26,000 | 9 |
| 114 | 4 | Matthias Kürschner | Germany | 135,000 | 45 |
| 114 | 5 | René Crha | Czech Republic | 186,500 | 62 |
| 114 | 6 | Tal Shemon Cohen | Israel | 90,000 | 30 |
| 114 | 7 | Thomas Lentrodt | Germany | 47,500 | 16 |
| 114 | 8 | Allen Kessler | United States | 95,500 | 32 |
| 114 | 9 | Vlado Sevo | Austria | 123,000 | 41 |
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| 119 | 1 | Atila Aydin | Germany | 34,500 | 12 |
| 119 | 2 | Viktor Katzenberger | Hungary | 92,000 | 31 |
| 119 | 4 | Georges Ghossan | Lebanon | 104,000 | 35 |
| 119 | 5 | Christophe Pereira | Portugal | 170,000 | 57 |
| 119 | 6 | Morten Glosli | Norway | 23,500 | 8 |
| 119 | 7 | Steffen Retterholt | Norway | 37,000 | 12 |
| 119 | 8 | Dario Marinelli | Italy | 117,000 | 39 |
| 119 | 9 | Romain Follet | France | 44,500 | 15 |
Sunday, October 22, 2017 1:31 AM Local Time
End-of-Day Chip Counts
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez five-bet all in out of the small blind with pocket kings to run into the pocket aces of Emil Lukac and bust just before bagging and tagging. Fewer than 70 hopefuls made it through from Day 1c and the full chip counts will be published when PokerNews receives them.
A full recap of today's action and the seat draw for Day 2 will follow shortly.
| Sander van Wesemael | 323,500 | 13,500  |
| Valentin Vornicu | 296,500 | 86,500 |
| Giovanni Petroni | 239,000 | 59,000 |
| Scott Stewart | 207,500 | 47,500 |
| Tobias Bornefalk | 207,000 | 2,700 |
| Pawel Czichowski | 199,000 | 199,000 |
| Emil Lukac | 192,000 | 92,000 |
| Thanh Hoang | 179,000 | 179,000 |
| Konstantinos Tsirakidis | 178,000 | -17,500  |
| Christophe Pereira | 170,000 | 0 |
| Dominik Arnold | 167,500 | 22,500 |
| Benjamin Garcia Rivera | 155,500 | 71,500 |
| Matthias Kürschner | 135,000 | 65,000 |
| Hamza Miri | 124,000 | |
| Vlado Sevo | 123,000 | 8,000 |
| Erich Kollmann | 119,000 | 59,000 |
| Alexandre Viard | 118,500 | 13,500 |
| Serge Danis | 113,500 | -21,500 |
| Sergio Hamamoto | 107,000 | |
| Andriy Gerts | 106,500 | 6,500 |
| Yehuda Cohen | 105,500 | 9,500 |
| Vincent Moscati | 105,500 | 5,500 |
| Georgios Zisimopoulos | 102,500 | -67,500 |
| Helma Weber | 102,000 | 22,000 |
| Dzmitry Rabotkin | 96,500 | 56,500 |
| Peter Bstieler | 96,500 | 16,500 |
| Allen Kessler | 95,500 | 95,500 |
| Viktor Katzenberger | 92,000 | |
| Tal Shemon Cohen | 90,000 | -25,000 |
| Walter Treccarichi | 90,000 | -40,000 |
| Josef Gulas | 88,500 | -46,500 |
| Yohan Zenou | 88,500 | -1,500 |
| Kai Gimre | 84,000 | 11,000 |
| David Petrzelka | 83,500 | |
| Ariel Morgenshtern | 74,000 | |
| Walid Abdi Ali | 73,500 | |
| Jonas Holm | 72,500 | |
| Arsenii Karmatckii | 72,500 | 22,500 |
| Ivo Donev | 72,000 | 47,000 |
| Francois Corouge | 69,500 | 69,500 |
| Thomas Morstad | 64,500 | |
| Sondre Einarsen | 57,000 | -3,000 |
| Avelino Hernani Ribeiro | 51,500 | |
| Thomas Lentrodt | 47,500 | 2,500 |
| Matthias Gerigk | 47,000 | |
| Dominik Desset | 47,000 | -12,000 |
| Maciej Kondraszuk | 46,000 | -14,000 |
| Sasa Stancic | 42,000 | |
| Olivian Balint | 42,000 | 42,000 |
| Bruno Tarisco | 41,500 | |
| Avi Hamo | 41,000 | |
| David Dolák | 40,000 | |
| Urs Hauser | 40,000 | -2,000 |
| Steffen Retterholt | 37,000 | -34,700 |
| Patrik Ciklamíni | 35,500 | |
| Atila Aydin | 34,500 | |
| Petter Solli Berg | 33,500 | |
| Jakob Miegel | 29,500 | 29,500 |
| Andre Reich | 26,500 | |
| Milan Topoly | 26,000 | |
| Morten Glosli | 23,500 | |
| Aleksandar Tomovic | 22,000 | -51,500 |
| Tezer Cetindag | 21,500 | 21,500 |
| Paul Michaelis | 11,500 | -55,500 |
Sunday, October 22, 2017 1:19 AM Local Time
Straver and Castelluccio Gone
Jesper Straver was all in for 12,000 and two players called including one in late position and Andriy Gerts in the big blind. The two remaining players checked down the bopard until the river when Gerts bet and forced a fold.
Straver showed and Gerts had that beat with .
Sergio Castelluccio also eventually bowed out, sending his remaining chips over to Helma Weber.
| Andriy Gerts | 100,000 | |
| Helma Weber | 80,000 | 25,000 |
| Jesper Straver | 0 | -20,000 |
| Sergio Castelluccio | 0 | -33,000 |
Sunday, October 22, 2017 1:12 AM Local Time
Michaelis Doubles Through Gimre
A player in middle position opened to 5,200 and Kai Gimre called on the button. Paul Michaelis was on the button and shipped all-in for 29,500. The initial raiser folded and Gimre made the call.
Michaelis:
Gimre:
Michaelis was in a dominated position but the flop came giving him two pair. The turn was the and the river brought the giving Michaelis a big double up at the end of the night.
| Kai Gimre | 73,000 | -32,000 |
| Paul Michaelis | 67,000 | 49,000 |
Sunday, October 22, 2017 1:11 AM Local Time
The Last Five Hands for Tonight
The clocks have been stopped with 70 players remaining and they will play five more hands before bagging and tagging.
Sunday, October 22, 2017 1:06 AM Local Time
Castelluccio Doubles Two
"I give you all my chips and you give them away," Yehuda Cohen said to Sergio Castelluccio after the latter had doubled up Helma Weber, while a short stack and Urs Hauser chopped to build their stacks as well.
First it was Weber that doubled for 25,200 with versus after the board came .
Then, a short stack was all in for 11,200 with and Urs Hauser was at risk for 27,100 with the . Castelluccio went into the showdown with the and the board came .
| Helma Weber | 55,000 | 55,000 |
| Urs Hauser | 42,000 | -23,000 |
| Sergio Castelluccio | 33,000 | -40,000 |
Sunday, October 22, 2017 12:57 AM Local Time
Bornefalk Eliminates Two Players in One Hand
Ivaylo Sivinov raised to 5,200 from early position and Tobias Bornefalk called directly to his left. The action was folded around to the big blind who moved all-in for around 20,000 and Sivinov pushed all-in over the top for 47,000. Bornefalk asked for a count and then made the call with . He had his opponents dominated with Sivinov holding and his other opponent showing .
The flop came and Bornefalk flopped the only pair. Both of his opponents picked up straight draws but the on the turn and the on the river secured the double knockout for Bornefalk.
| Tobias Bornefalk | 204,300 | 69,300 |
| Ivaylo Sivinov | 0 | |
Sunday, October 22, 2017 12:57 AM Local Time
Danis Wins Some Off Stewart and van Wesemael
With the completed board showing , Sander van Wesemael and Serge Danis checked in the blinds. Scott Stewart bet 16,000 from the cutoff and was called by both opponents. Stewart rolled over for a bluff, which van Wesemael had beat with . However, it was Danis that raked in the pot with for a pair of jacks.
Despite losing this pot, van Wesemael still appears to be the current chip leader as Valentin Vornicu and a few others are around 100,000 chips behind the Dutchman.
| Sander van Wesemael | 310,000 | -20,700 |
| Valentin Vornicu | 210,000 | 45,600 |
| Scott Stewart | 160,000 | 8,500 |
| Serge Danis | 135,000 | 80,000 |
Sunday, October 22, 2017 12:52 AM Local Time
Zenou's Two Barrels Work
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez opened to 4,500 and Yohan Zenou in the hijack three-bet to 11,500 in order to pick up a call by the Spaniard. The flop fell and Galindo Lopez checked, then called a bet of 9,000 by Zenou. On the turn, Galindo Lopez checked once more and Yenou's second bet of 11,500 won the pot.
| Josep Maria Galindo Lopez | 90,000 | 90,000 |
| Yohan Zenou | 90,000 | 43,000 |
Sunday, October 22, 2017 12:43 AM Local Time
Level 14 started
Level: 14
Blinds: 1200/2400
Ante: 400
Sunday, October 22, 2017 12:40 AM Local Time
Bstieler Triples Up in Battle of Pocket Pairs
A three-way all in saw Yitshak Bahar take on Peter Bstieler and Jesper Straver, and Bstieler was the player at risk for some 25,000 with the worst of it.
Peter Bstieler:
Jesper Straver:
Yitshak Bahar:
The board of gave Bstieler a miracle set on the river to triple up while Straver won the small side pot to remain in contention.
| Peter Bstieler | 80,000 | 80,000 |
| Yitshak Bahar | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Jesper Straver | 20,000 | 20,000 |
Sunday, October 22, 2017 12:35 AM Local Time
Baric and Zipf on the Rail
Ivan Baric eventually ran out of chips. The Croatian got the rest of his short stack in with the and Tal Shemon Cohen looked him up with the . The flop of flop left Baric in desperate shape, and it was all over after the turn to make the river a formality.
Robert Zipf's run also came to an end. The German was all in with against the of Tobias Bornefalk and the board came to give Bornefalk a straight.
| Tobias Bornefalk | 135,000 | 135,000 |
| Tal Shemon Cohen | 115,000 | 47,000 |
| Robert Zipf | 0 | -29,000 |
| Ivan Baric | 0 | -44,000 |
Sunday, October 22, 2017 12:32 AM Local Time
Big Stacks Rising to the Top
| Sander van Wesemael | 330,700 | 30,700 |
| Konstantinos Tsirakidis | 195,500 | 9,900 |
| Giovanni Petroni | 180,000 | 35,000 |
| Christophe Pereira | 170,000 | 40,000 |
| Valentin Vornicu | 164,400 | -600 |
| Scott Stewart | 151,500 | 46,500 |
| Dominik Arnold | 145,000 | 15,000 |
| Walter Treccarichi | 130,000 | 35,000 |
Sunday, October 22, 2017 12:18 AM Local Time
Halleux Busts to Zisimopoulos
Fabrice Halleux moved all in from the cutoff for his last 20,100 and Georgios Zisimopoulos called after giving it some thought in the big blind.
Fabrice Halleux:
Georgios Zisimopoulos:
Halleux raised an eyebrow when he spotted the cards and Zisimopoulos grinned, then said "it is suited, I can't help it."
The board of indeed improved Zisimopoulos and Halleux left the table, not before sending out some words including "stupid call" over to the other side of the table.
| Georgios Zisimopoulos | 170,000 | 50,000 |
| Fabrice Halleux | 0 | -45,000 |
Sunday, October 22, 2017 12:16 AM Local Time
Castelluccio Rivers a Flush, ElkY Eliminated
Yehuda Cohen opened to 5,000 from the hijack and Sergio Castelluccio pushed all-in for 29,200 on the button. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was the short stack in the big blind and put his last 13,000 in the middle as well. Cohen made the call and all three hands were face up.
Castelluccio:
Cohen:
Grospellier:
The flop came and Cohen hit a pair of jacks to take the lead but Castelluccio picked up a flush draw. The turn was the , changing nothing, and the river brought the . Castelluccio rivered a flush and doubled through Cohen, while eliminating Grospellier late in the evening.
| Yehuda Cohen | 96,000 | -24,000 |
| Sergio Castelluccio | 73,000 | 33,000 |
| Bertrand Grospellier | 0 | -17,000 |
Sunday, October 22, 2017 12:10 AM Local Time
Kortan From Hero to Zero
In the last break, Veysel Kortan was the dominating chip leader and now his stack has been reduced to zero, his seat was empty and Sander van Wesemael was all smiles on the other side of the table.
According to van Wesemael, Kortan raised blind to 3,200 in the previous level and one opponent called before the Dutchman three-bet to 11,000. Only Kortan called and check-raised a flop of from 10,000 to 28,000, which van Wesemael called. After the turn, Kortan bet 28,000 and picked up a call before shoving the river for 47,500.
Van Wesemael said in table chat he would need some time to make up the mind, to which the clock was called but not enforced yet. After more consideration, van Wesemael called with the for two pair and Kortan sheepishly turned over (no spade) for complete air to bust with a bang.
| Sander van Wesemael | 300,000 | 162,200 |
| Veysel Kortan | 0 | -175,000 |
Sunday, October 22, 2017 12:05 AM Local Time
Level 13 started
Level: 13
Blinds: 1000/2000
Ante: 300
Sunday, October 22, 2017 12:01 AM Local Time
Kürschner Doubles
Among those to build their stacks recently were Georgios Zisimopoulos, Christophe Pereira and Matthias Kürschner. The latter had started extremely well and jumped to 90,000 in the first hours of the day.
Things didn't so well as of lately and Kürschner was all in for around 35,000 with the . He faced an opponent with pocket nines and the board came to give the German a full house.
| Valentin Vornicu | 165,000 | -13,000 |
| Christophe Pereira | 130,000 | 45,000 |
| Georgios Zisimopoulos | 120,000 | 78,000 |
| Vlado Sevo | 115,000 | 70,000 |
| Scott Stewart | 105,000 | 35,000 |
| Matthias Kürschner | 70,000 | 20,000 |
| Maciej Kondraszuk | 60,000 | 40,000 |
| Erich Kollmann | 60,000 | 10,000 |
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:58 PM Local Time
Kabrhel's Rollercoaster of a Day Ends in Tragedy
The flop read and Martin Kabrhel checked to his opponent who fired a bet of 6,400 into a pot of around 8,000. Kabrhel check-raised to 13,000 and his opponent pushed all-in. Kabrhel snapped him off and tabled for a set. His opponent was drawing to a chop with . The turn was the and the river brought the to earn Kabrhel a double up to over 80,000 chips.
A few hands later, Kabrhel was involved in a three-way pot with Konstantinos Tsirakidis and one other player that was all-in for around 15,000. The flop came and the action was checked to Kabrhel who bet 14,000 on the button. Tsirakidis check-raised to 33,000 and Kabrhel shipped all-in. Tsirakidis instantly called and tabled . Kabrhel showed and the all-in player held . The turn was the and the river brought the . Tsirakidis doubled up through Kabrhel leaving him with just 12,000 chips.
Soon after, Kabrhel got the remaining chips in from the cutoff with the and Kai Gimre in the big blind called with . The board ran out and ace-high was good enough to drag in the pot and eliminate Kabrhel.
| Konstantinos Tsirakidis | 185,600 | 185,600 |
| Kai Gimre | 105,000 | 105,000 |
| Martin Kabrhel | 0 | -55,000 |
Saturday, October 21, 2017 11:49 PM Local Time
Michaelis Misclicks Into Vornicu
Valentin Vornicu raised to 3,600 from under the gun and Paul Michaelis three-bet to 6,000 in the small blind. Vornicu called and the flop came . Both players checked and the came on the turn.
Michaelis checked again and Vornicu bet 6,500. Michaelis made the call and the landed on the river. Michaelis checked for the third time and Vornicu made another bet of 12,500. Michaelis paid him off and Vornicu turned over for a full house.
"Was that a misclick preflop?" Vornicu asked of Michaelis.
"Ya, for sure," Michaelis responded.
| Valentin Vornicu | 178,000 | 33,000 |
| Paul Michaelis | 18,000 | -14,000 |