Event #9: WSOP Europe Main Event – €10,450 No-Limit Hold’em

Kevin MacPhee opens to 120,000 on the button, and David Lopez calls.

The flop is    . Lopez checks, MacPhee continues for 85,000, and Lopez calls. Both players check through the   turn and   river. MacPhee shows   , winning the pot with his kickers.

David Lopez opens to 120,000 on the button, and Kevin MacPhee calls. Both players check through the turn on the       board, and MacPhee bets 125,000 on the river. Lopez calls, and MacPhee shows    for the miss. Lopez tables   , winning the pot with tens up.

David Lopez opens to 95,000 on the button, and Kevin MacPhee calls.

The flop is    , and both players check. The turn is the  , MacPhee bets 100,000, and Lopez calls. The   river goes check-check, and MacPhee shows    to win the pot with a pair of nines.

Kevin MacPhee raises to 80,000 on the button, and David Lopez calls. The flop is    , and both players check. Lopez leads out with a bet on the   turn, and MacPhee folds.

The next hand, Lopez raises to 95,000, and MacPhee calls. Both players again check through the     flop, and MacPhee checks again on the   turn. Lopez bets, and MacPhee folds.

Kevin MacPhee - 6,200,000
David Lopez - 3,190,000

David Lopez opens to 90,000 from the button, and JC Alvarado three-bet shoves for 595,000 in the big blind. Lopez calls to put Alvarado at risk, though the latter is well ahead.

Lopez:   
Alvarado:   

The     flop changes nothing, and the turn   is safe for Alvarado. The river is the  , though, and Lopez improves to aces up. He wins the pot, sending Alvarado to the cashier to collect third-place money.

The two remaining two players are now on a short break to set up the heads-up duel with 23:13 left in the level.

JC Alvarado - Eliminated in 3rd place (€315,000)

JC Alvarado is down to 590,000 chips, facing a raise to 80,000 from Kevin MacPhee to 80,000. Alvarado moves all in, and MacPhee folds.

Soon thereafter, a limped pot between Alvarado and David Lopez emerges, and both players check through the       board. Lopez shows   , winning the pot with aces up.

JC Alvarado - 630,000

Kevin MacPhee opens to 80,000 under the gun, and David Lopez defends his big blind.

The flop is    . Lopez checks, MacPhee continues for 85,000, and Lopez calls. The turn is the  , and Lopez check-calls another 180,000. The river is the  . After a third check from Lopez, MacPhee empties the clip with a bet of 200,000. Lopez calls, and MacPhee shows   , winning the pot with two pair.

Kevin MacPhee - 4,950,000
David Lopez - 2,100,000

Kilian Kramer opens to 250,000, leaving just 20,000 behind. Kevin MacPhee sets him all in from the big blind, and Kramer calls with his tournament life on the line.

Kramer:   
MacPhee:   

The     flop is bad news for Kramer, and the hopes of a German Main Event evaporate with the   on the turn. MacPhee makes the nut flush, and Kramer is drawing dead to the   river.

MacPhee extends his chip lead, sending Kramer to the payout desk in fifth place.

Kevin MacPhee - 5,400,000
Kilian Kramer - Eliminated in 5th place (€175,000)

Felix Bleiker moves all in for 120,000, his last three big blinds, from early position. David Lopez calls on the button, and Bleiker is at risk.

Bleiker:   
Lopez:   

The flop is    , leaving Bleiker drawing dead to runner-runner. The   on the turn is a good start, but the river is the blank  . Lopez wins the pot with a pair of eights, sending Bleiker to the rail in sixth place.

David Lopez - 1,700,000
Felix Bleiker - Eliminated in 6th place (€130,000)

David Lopez limps in from early position, and JC Alvarado checks his option in the big blind. The flop is    , and Alvarado check-folds to a bet from Lopez.

David Lopez - 1,640,000