Thursday, November 2, 2017 4:03 PM Local Time
Hellmuth Doubles Through Boeree
It was all-in preflop between Phil Hellmuth and Liv Boeree.
Phil Hellmuth:
Liv Boeree:
Boeree was dominatingly ahead but the flop came giving Hellmuth a pair. The turn was the and the river the and Hellmuth doubled up.
Phil Hellmuth | 600,000 | 310,000 |
Liv Boeree | 500,000 | -560,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 4:01 PM Local Time
Hellmuth on a Nub
Phil Hellmuth opened to 120,000 in the cutoff and got put to the test by big blind Liv Boeree. He double-checked his cards and then folded after thinking briefly.
Afterward, he told everyone not to be mad if he turned over aces in that spot.
"It's not a slowroll," he explained. "Sometimes I only see an ace and raise, and then I have to look at the second one."
Phil Hellmuth | 290,000 | 100,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 4:00 PM Local Time
Saout Gets Some Back From Loeser
Manig Loeser shoved all in and Antoine Saout called. Earlier, Loeser had the best of, outkicking Saout's , but this time Saout was ahead. Saout again had and Loeser had .
Again, neither player connected with the board and Loeser was eliminated by Saout.
Antoine Saout | 2,000,000 | 680,000 |
Manig Loeser | 0 | -610,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 3:58 PM Local Time
Yu Doubles Through Trickett
Dennis Yu shoved from early position for 255,000 and Sam Trickett called in the big blind.
Yu:
Trickett:
Trickett nodded with approval when flopped but the and bricked his flush draw.
Sam Trickett | 870,000 | -245,000 |
Dennis Yu | 570,000 | 220,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 3:51 PM Local Time
Schemion Doubles Through Leah
Mike Leah raised to 125,000 from under the gun and Ole Schemion defended his big blind.
The flop came and Schemion check-called a bet of 125,000. The turn was the and Schemion checked again. Leah bet 250,000. Schemion check-raised all in and Leah called.
Ole Schemion:
Mike Leah:
The river was the and Schemion secured himself a double up.
Ole Schemion | 2,200,000 | 1,145,000 |
Mike Leah | 1,400,000 | -773,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 3:47 PM Local Time
Muehloecker Doubles Through Thorel
On a river and with around 800,000 in the pot already, Thomas Muehloecker moved all in and Jean-Noel Thorel called.
Muehloecker showed for a rivered to pair while Thorel was forced to turn over and handed over some chips to his opponent.
Thomas Muehloecker | 2,100,000 | 425,000 |
Jean-Noel Thorel | 670,000 | -830,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 3:44 PM Local Time
Loeser Doubles Through Saout
Manig Loeser shoved all in for 300,000 from middle position and Antoine Saout called behind. Loeser was ahead with against the of Saout.
Neither player connected with the board and Loeser got the double.
Antoine Saout | 1,320,000 | -710,000 |
Manig Loeser | 610,000 | 310,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 3:34 PM Local Time
Mateos Runs One Out on Boeree
Adrian Mateos bet 80,000 from the button on a flop and Liv Boeree called from the big blind. They both checked the and Mateos bet 350,000 when checked to on the . Boeree called fairly quickly but Mateos showed the bad news: he'd run two pair with .
Adrian Mateos | 1,430,000 | 360,000 |
Liv Boeree | 1,060,000 | -600,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 3:34 PM Local Time
Loeser in Danger
Manig Loeser defended his big blind from a 100,000 raise by Nick Petrangelo, who had the button. They both checked the flop, leading to a board of . Loeser bet about 80,000 and Petrangelo called. Loeser checked the river and Petrangelo put him all in for about 300,000. The German mucked in short order.
Nick Petrangelo | 1,450,000 | 950,000 |
Manig Loeser | 300,000 | -200,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 3:28 PM Local Time
Prizepool Confirmed; €745,287
With registration closed at the start of the day, the tournament officials have announced the prizepool and payouts. The €25,000 High Roller got 113 entrants and a total of 17 will be paid.
A min-cash is worth €38,060 while first prize is €745,387 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
Position | Payouts (EUR) |
1 | € 745,287 |
2 | € 460,622 |
3 | € 321,863 |
4 | € 230,071 |
5 | € 168,323 |
6 | € 126,113 |
7 | € 98,819 |
8 | € 76,209 |
9-10 | € 61,544 |
11-12 | € 51,024 |
13-14 | € 43,461 |
15-17 | € 38,060 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 3:27 PM Local Time
Action From Table 39
- Sylvain Loosli shoved all in from the small blind and Paul Newey called from the big. Loosli had against the of Newey.
The board ran out four spades and Newey doubled to 420,000 with a flush. Claas Segebrecht raised to 85,000 from early position and Liv Boeree called in position. The flop came and Segebrecht bet 85,000. Boeree called.
The turn was the and Segebrecht bet 280,000. Boeree called. The river was the and Segebrecht bet again, this time making it 660,000. Boeree wasted no time and folded.
- Loosli went all in for 295,000 and Phil Hellmuth called. Loosli had against the of Hellmuth from the big blind. Neither player improved and Loosli earned the double.
- Newey then shoved all in and Segebrect asked for a count. Newey's shove was for 340,000 and Segebrecht decided to move along.
Claas Segebrecht | 6,100,000 | 1,100,000 |
Liv Boeree | 1,660,000 | 760,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 700,000 | 40,000 |
Paul Newey | 340,000 | -1,165,000 |
Phil Hellmuth | 190,000 | -310,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 3:18 PM Local Time
High Level Strategy in the High Roller
"If you got dealt pocket eights every hand, what would you do?" was the question posed by Martin Kabrhel, not usually one to shy away from such conversation points. "How would you play them?" he asked Sam Grafton.
"I dunno, probably just set mine every hand," replied Grafton.
"Limp every hand?" offered Bryn Kenney as a suggestion, "Catch some short stacks?"
"After a while, you might be able to put him on a hand!" said Sam Trickett.
In one hand Kabrhel limped in the small blind and Ole Schemion raised to 150,000 in the big blind. Kabrhel folded.
"I folded sevens; I know he has eights!" said Kabrhel.
Thursday, November 2, 2017 3:14 PM Local Time
Thorel Eliminates Shak
Jean-Noel Thorel and Dan Shak, who was on the button, each put in about 350,000 preflop. Thorel checked the flop and Shak shoved for 355,000. Thorel called with for a gutter and had a bunch of outs against Shak's . The turn and river brought running to counterfeit Shak.
Jean-Noel Thorel | 3,700,000 | 1,375,000 |
Dan Shak | 0 | -580,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 3:01 PM Local Time
Ognjen Sekularac Over 3 Million
Ognjen Sekularac is over 3,000,000 in his effort to make his second final table of this WSOP Europe. He just eliminated Max Altergott when Altergott went all in with and Sekularac called with .
Neither player connected with the board and Sekularac won the hand. He opened the next hand to 100,000 and Dennis Yu defended from the big blind, but check-folded to a c-bet from Sekularac on the flop.
Ognjen Sekularac | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
Dennis Yu | 350,000 | 200,000 |
Max Altergott | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 2:54 PM Local Time
Loosli Doubles Through Gruissem
We didn't see the exact details but Sylvain Loosli just doubled through Philipp Gruissem. It was blind-versus-blind and it looked like Gruissem shipped it with and Loosli called with , winning with a pair of threes when Gruissem did not improve.
Philipp Gruissem | 2,430,000 | -670,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 660,000 | 270,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 2:54 PM Local Time
Big Stacks Collide; Segebrecht Up to 5m
Claas Segebrecht raised to 70,000 from the button. Dietrich Fast was in the big blind and three-bet to 265,000. With the action back on Segebrecht he four-bet to 620,000. Fast moved all in and Segebrecht called.
Dietrich Fast:
Claas Segebrecht:
The flop came . The came on the turn as Fast got to his feet, and the river was the and Fast was eliminated.
Claas Segebrecht | 5,000,000 | 2,325,000 |
Dietrich Fast | 0 | -2,245,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 2:53 PM Local Time
Schillhabel Busts Binar, Ferguson Shoves
Stefan Schillhabel busted Pavel Binar when he got his all in against Binar's .
Meanwhile, Chris Ferguson shoved on Sam Grafton on the turn with the board reading . Grafton had opened the cutoff preflop to 75,000 and Ferguson called from the small blind. Both players checked the flop and Ferguson shoved the turn for 215,000.
Grafton folded and on the next hand, Ferguson shoved the button with John Racener and Phil Hellmuth in the blinds. They both folded.
Stefan Schillhabel | 2,650,000 | 1,720,000 |
Chris Ferguson | 460,000 | -40,000 |
Pavel Binar | 0 | |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 2:49 PM Local Time
Grospellier Eliminates Neuville
Bertrand Grospellier opened for 65,000 and called the shove of small blind Pierre Neuville, who only had about 200,000.
Neuville:
Grospellier:
The board ran out , no help for Neuville.
Bertrand Grospellier | 925,000 | 15,000 |
Pierre Neuville | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 2:47 PM Local Time
Antonius Dents Yu's Stack
Patrik Antonius raised to 75,000 on the button and Dennis Yu called in the big blind.
The flop came and Yu bet 125,000 leaving himself just 150,000 behind. Antonius called. The two players checked the turn and the completed the board.
Yu checked and Antonius moved all in. Yu folded leaving himself just five big blinds behind.
Patrik Antonius | 1,100,000 | 125,000 |
Dennis Yu | 150,000 | -310,000 |
Thursday, November 2, 2017 2:34 PM Local Time
Gruissem Applies the Pressure
Philipp Gruissem was in the small blind and asked for a look at Sylvain Loosli's remaining stack. Loosli was in the big blind and had about 480,000 remaining.
Gruissem limped and Loosli checked his option. The flop came and Gruissem bet 50,000. Loosli called.
The turn was the and Gruissem bet again, this time making it 125,000 to go. Loosli called.
The river was the and Gruissem bet 500,000. Loosli had only 390,000 behind and went into the tank. He took very close to the maximum allowed time before deciding to fold.
Philipp Gruissem | 3,100,000 | 195,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 390,000 | -210,000 |