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2018 World Series of Poker Europe The Official WSOP Live Updates

Saturday, October 27, 2018 to Friday, November 02, 2018

Event #10: €10,350 MAIN EVENT

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  • Buy-in: €10,350
  • Prizepool: €5,073,000
  • Entries: 534
  • Remaining: 0

EVENT UPDATES

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Monday, October 29, 2018 9:58 PM Local Time
Schemion Dips Below Starting Stack

There were four players in the hand with the flop reading     and the action checked to Nick van der Marel on the button. He threw in nearly a pot-sized bet of 20,000 and was called by Ole Schemion in the hijack.

The turn was the   and both players checked to the   on the river. Schemion checked one more time and van der Marel went for a bet on the larger size of 75,000. Schemion went into the tank for over two minutes and then slid his cards forward to fold. He kept his hands on them for a couple more seconds before finally giving it up.

Nick van der Marel295,000-55,000
Ole Schemion93,500-121,500
Monday, October 29, 2018 9:40 PM Local Time
Level 13 started
Level: 13
Blinds: 2000/4000
Ante: 4000
Monday, October 29, 2018 9:25 PM Local Time
Last Break of the Night

The remaining 205 players are taking their last 15-minute break of the night.

Monday, October 29, 2018 9:23 PM Local Time
Even More Eliminations
Gergely Bartos0-155,000
Scott Hanna0-100,000
Andrii Nadieliaiev0
Aleh Rashetnikau0-100,000
Jordan Cristos0-100,000
Guoliang Wei0-100,000
Oswin Ziegelbecker0-128,700
Robert Auer0-100,000
Goran Mandic0-200,000
Oleh Shkapenko0-100,000
Michael Addamo0-76,500
Monday, October 29, 2018 9:22 PM Local Time
Kristen Bicknell Talks Nutrition, Travel Plans and the Super High Roller in Rozvadov

Kristen Bicknell

Former online grinder and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Kristen Bicknell has become a fixture on the live poker circuit in the last few years and sat down with the PokerNews team for an in promptu interview during a break of the €10,350 WSOPE Main Event.

Just a few days ago, the Canadian took shot at the most expensive live event of her poker career so far, the €100,000 King's Super High Roller.

"It was my first 100k, yeah" the Canadian replied and elaborated further on what she noticed during the event.

"I guess there is a level of prestige in the room about it, and hype around it. But to be honest, maybe I am naive, but that it is very similar to playing 25ks. It is the same event, it is still poker, just a different buy-in and the field is smaller too, which makes it easier to do well potentially. For me, beyond the prestige, I guess the attitude around the event is not a lot different."

Not only the who-is-who of the international poker scene regularly battles against each other at the highest buy-in levels, but also recreational players enjoy the competition against the best in the world. While the first attempt in a six-figure buy-in tournament hasn't been crowned with success, it is part of the learning experience for the Canadian.

Kristen Bicknell
Kristen Bicknell in the €25,500 Super High Roller

"I am playing with many I have already played with and then a lot of people who I have never played against before, who only play High Rollers, more recreational players. Yeah, it was a really fun event because of that, it is such a cool mix of people."

Bicknell was among those that took advantage of the extended late registration on Day 1 and the first levels of Day 2, and happened to get seated right next to Alex Foxen. Both talk a lot of poker strategy away from the tables and faced off several times deep in tournaments already.

"Well, to be honest, for one thing, me and him we play different styles, but I don't think anyone wants to be on his table. He really fights for every hand and I would rather be the person fighting for and winning the hands. I'd rather see him on the final table and until then stay out of his way."

Since Bicknell has become a regular face on the live circuit, her approach towards the game and the daily preparation has shifted to more quality in general in order to stay competitive.

"I have been traveling for over a year now and something I have been trying in the last couple of months to focus more on is making sure that my sleep quality is good, that I can take whatever vitamins and supplements. I think exercising and eating well is really important. Diet is the number one thing that you can control."

For all those that try to keep an eye on their daily calories, the daily free buffet available to all players at the King's Casino is not necessarily the best place to be. Next to the healthy fruits, one doesn't need to look far to find sugary desserts that please the eye and mind for certain.

"For example, they just had a dessert that looked kinda good at the buffet for my dinner break. I know if I eat that, it hurts my mental game a little bit. It's not good for my body, my brain is not gonna think as well as it would if I didn't. I try to avoid sugar, avoid carbohydrates and I am really interested in nutrition and the link between your brain and mind. Just getting a good night sleep, trying to work out ... I think I really believe in positive visualization and trying to be positive before a tournament, seeing every tournament as one I can possibly win and visualizing that.

Kristen Bicknell
Kristen Bicknell

All American Dave during the World Series of Poker is a prime example of healthier but expensive nutrition and a lot of professional poker players take advantage of that service so close to the venue. However, this attitude is not as common yet during most other stops of the international poker circuit.

"A lot of people for sure lack appreciation for nutrition, lifestyle and the number of people that drink too much in my eyes … If people would cut out alcohol, it might actually improve not necessarily their poker game but their ability to play more often and frequently. The struggle for me is traveling stop to stop to stop and not be burned out, trying to limit that burnout as much as possible. To be honest, the biggest challenge for me is packing my suitcase and having clean clothes, it used to be difficult."

Bicknell has been regularly working with poker mind coaches Jared Tendler and Elliot Roe in the last one and a half years and studies nutrition herself. She has a strong interest in nutrition as well, and if poker ever gets boring or if she had not been finding her way into the poker world, that would have been a very likely work field for the Canadian.

"It is kind of a hobby of mine to study nutrition, I am always reading what I can and try to apply it on my own life. I think I would probably be a nutritionist, or a personal trainer. Something to do with health and fitness. If I had enough money I would open a gym or something like that. I love the health and fitness industry and I like business in general, I would probably try to combine the two."

Of all the (poker) places Bicknell traveled to, some clear favorites have already emerged and a trip to Melbourne for the Aussie Millions early next year seems to be set in stone.

"As far as poker trips are concerned, my favorite has been Australia. For one thing, going there after Christmas and leaving wintery Canada to be in the summer in Australia is nice and it is a good atmosphere. The Crown Casino does a really good job hosting the event and that is definitely one of my favorite. Aside from that, before this trip, we went to Positano in Italy and just got an Airbnb for a few days and that was probably one of my favorite spots. It was really pretty and relaxing."

Especially Switzerland and the Northern European countries are also very high up on the "to-do list" of Bicknell. "I want to see the Northern Lights, that's definitely something I want to see."

As Bicknell prepared to get back to her seat after the dinner break on Day 2 of the 2018 WSOPE Main Event, fellow partypoker pro Anatoly Filatov walked by.

"How did you do last night?" Bicknell asked, referring to the big online schedule on Sundays.

"Two first places, including the one where I busted you with five four," Filatov replied with a grin. You can find out about the two victories of Filatov right here. While the Russian got the better of Bicknell at the online tables the previous day, it is the Canadian that had been doing much better just before the dinner break. Filatov was up to almost half a million in chips, but lost several big pots to return with a mere 70,000, while Bicknell had amassed very healthy 410,000.

Follow along with the live updates right here on PokerNews to find out just how far Bicknell will go in this event.

Gorilla Gaming
Monday, October 29, 2018 9:18 PM Local Time
Nitsche's Straight is No Good

Stefan Nemetz raised to 6,000 in middle position and Dominik Nitsche called from the big blind. The flop came     and Nitsche led out for 7,000. Nemetz called and the   landed on the turn.

Nitsche led out for another bet of 10,000 but Nemetz still called to see the   on the river. Nitsche fired another small bet of 13,000 and Nemetz quickly made the call. Nitsche turned over    for an eight-high straight but Nemetz held    for a nine-high straight.

Stefan Nemetz220,000
Dominik Nitsche185,00020,000
Monday, October 29, 2018 9:18 PM Local Time
Nanos Doubles Up Twice

Konstantinos Nanos shipped it all in with    in late position and Tomasz Raniszweski called with    from the blinds. The dealer fanned out       to give Nanos his first double.

With 49,500, Nanos shoved again a few hands later and Yunsheng Sun called it from the big blind.

Konstantinos Nanos:   
Yunsheng Sun:   

The board came down       and Nanos doubled up again.

Goran Mandic200,000128,000
Yunsheng Sun115,000-65,000
Konstantinos Nanos103,500103,500
Monday, October 29, 2018 9:16 PM Local Time
Chen Busts

Zhong Chen

Zhong Chen was all in for his last remaining crumbs with the board reading       and Goran Mandic had called the bet of around 15,000. Markus Durnegger shipped it all in behind him and Mandic snap-folded.

Zhong Chen:   
Markus Durnegger:   

Durnegger had the best hand and Chen headed for the rail.

Markus Durnegger380,000275,000
Zhong Chen0-246,000
Monday, October 29, 2018 9:15 PM Local Time
Adams Five-Bet Shoves

Feature Table

Timothy Adams raised to 6,500 from under the gun with    and Oleg Diachenko called in mid-position holding   . Jan-Peter Jachtmann three-bet to 20,000 from the hijack with   . Mikolaj Zawadzki found    in the big blind and decided to four-bet to 48,000. Adams five-bet shoved for 174,000, Diachenko and Jachtmann both folded quickly, Zawadzki needed some more time to consider his options and then decided to fold.

Timothy Adams253,000-55,500
Mikolaj Zawadzki105,000-65,500
Monday, October 29, 2018 9:12 PM Local Time
Updated Counts
Marco Slacanac1,055,00070,000
Michael Sklenicka660,000-60,000
Milos Skrbic530,000390,900
Sylvain Loosli410,000-47,000
Aymon Hata342,000-18,000
Johannes Becker276,00078,000
Koray Aldemir272,000117,000
Dietrich Fast251,000131,000
Maria Lampropulos220,000-15,000
Anthony Zinno200,000-58,500
Timur Margolin143,0003,000
Gorilla Gaming
Monday, October 29, 2018 9:05 PM Local Time
Prize Pool Details Announced

WSOP Gold Bracelet

As mentioned before, the total number of entries was confirmed at 534 creating a total prize pool of €5.073,000. The winner on Friday, November 2, will walk away with €1,122,239 and the coveted gold WSOP bracelet and 81 players will be in the money. A min-cash will be worth €15,074.

This is what they are all playing for:

PlacePrize in EURPrize in USD PlacePrize in EURPrize in USD
11,122,2391,278,051 13-1447,01953,547
2693,573789,869 15-1638,18743,489
3480,028546,675 17-2431,62336,014
4337,778384,675 25-3226,71230,421
5241,718275,278 33-4023,02526,222
6175,965200,396 41-4820,26223,075
7130,350148,448 49-5618,21020,738
898,287111,933 57-6416,72319,045
9-1075,46185,938 65-7215,70017,880
11-1259,01167,204 73-8115,07417,167
Monday, October 29, 2018 8:50 PM Local Time
Wilmsmann Cracks Tomovic's Aces

Aleksandar Tomovic raised it up from middle position and was called by Jona Wilmsmann in the big blind. The flop came     and Wilmsmann checked to Tomovic who continued for 6,500. Wilmsmann raised to 20,000 and Tomovic moved the last of his 63,000 chips into the middle. Wilmsmann called and the cards were tabled.

Jona Wilmsmann:   
Aleksandar Tomovic:   

The turn was the   but with neither player holding a diamond in their hand, one more diamond would result in a chopped pot. The river was the   and Wilmsmann held on to eliminate Tomovic.

Jona Wilmsmann393,00044,000
Aleksandar Tomovic0-51,100
Monday, October 29, 2018 8:44 PM Local Time
Blom Doubles Through Yankov; Van de Linde Trending Up

Viktor Blom

Viktor Blom has moved out of the danger zone due to a double at the expense of Krasimir Yankov. Blom open-shoved    for 15 big blinds from the small blind and Yankov called after some chats with Blom with   .

The board came down       to give Blom more than enough to double up.

At another table, Ronald van de Linde has moved up to 230,000. According to Van de Linde, he doubled first with    against Jakob Miegel's    before eliminating a short stack with   .

Krasimir Yankov315,000215,000
Ronald van de Linde230,000144,000
Jakob Miegel95,000-55,000
Viktor Blom94,000-42,000
Monday, October 29, 2018 8:43 PM Local Time
More Eliminations
Artur Rudziankov0-100,000
Serhii Karpus0-70,900
Nikolay Karman0-100,000
Bernd Gleissner0-100,000
Anatoly Filatov0-70,000
Daniel Rezaei0-86,000
Aaron Duczak0-302,100
Vojtech Ruzicka0-100,000
Marcus Wyskovsky00
Boris Kolev0-270,000
Jan Petras0-113,700
Marek Tatar0-100,000
Pim Gieles0-100,000
Tony G0-100,000
Mykhailo Gutyi0-120,000
Monday, October 29, 2018 8:41 PM Local Time
Zawadzki Bluffs Segebrecht

Claas Segebrecht

Feature Table

Claas Segebrecht opened to 7,000 from under the gun with    and Mikolaj Zawadzki three-bet to 22,000 from the hijack with   .

The flop came     and Segebrecht checked, Zawadzki bet 13,500 and Segebrecht called.

The turn brought them the  , Segebrecht checked again and Zawadzki did they same so they could see the   come on the river. Segebrecht checked for the last time, Zawadzki bet 52,000 for Segebrecht to fold.

Mikolaj Zawadzki170,50031,500
Claas Segebrecht115,000-14,000
Playtika - Jason Alexander
Monday, October 29, 2018 8:35 PM Local Time
Diaz Ignites the Action

There were four players that saw a flop of     and Yunsheng Sun began with a check from the big blind. Guillaume Diaz bet 13,000 from middle position and was called by Steven Warburton on his left in the hijack. Vincent Robert also called from the cutoff and Sun check-raised to 75,500.

Diaz quickly mucked after realizing he had no business being in the hand anymore. Warburton jammed all in for 252,000 and Robert went into the tank for a couple of minutes. He stood up from his chair with his hands on his head and counted out his chips before letting go of his hand. Sun also went into the tank for a couple of minutes but decided to fold as well.

Vincent Robert565,000327,700
Steven Warburton389,00074,000
Guillaume Diaz322,00097,000
Yunsheng Sun180,000-221,800
Monday, October 29, 2018 8:22 PM Local Time
Live Stream Info

Table #164 has been moved to the feature table to be streamed on Twitch with a 30-minute security delay for the hole cards.

The table includes the following players:

Timothy Adams308,500204,500
Chris Ferguson206,500206,500
Florian Lohnert181,000181,000
Jan-Peter Jachtmann167,500-73,000
Oleg Diachenko159,000159,000
Mikolaj Zawadzki139,000139,000
Claas Segebrecht129,00041,500
Michal Mrakes70,000-210,000
Monday, October 29, 2018 8:16 PM Local Time
Eliminated Today
Michael Allmrodt0
Taras Khilko0
Fabio Muhr0
Cherif Abassi0
Martin Finger0-22,000
Robert Zipf0-100,000
Jurgen Prolls0-110,000
Choon Tong Siow0
Johannes Kissel0-81,600
Christian Weichhart0-199,000
Igor Salomasov0
Ondrej Pulec0
Monday, October 29, 2018 8:16 PM Local Time
More Counts
Jack Salter740,000170,000
Ognjen Sekularac525,00055,000
Liwei Sun430,000297,100
Kristoffer Rasmussen380,000323,500
Tom Middleton230,00044,500
Ole Schemion215,000-86,000
Ronald van de Linde86,000-119,000
Monday, October 29, 2018 8:15 PM Local Time
Ferreira Check-Raises Twice

The board read      and Luiz Ferreira was heads-up with Sasa Lalos with around 30,000 in the middle. Ferreira checked from the hijack and Lalos bet 22,500 on the button. Ferreira check-raised to 45,000 and Lalos called.

The river was the   and Ferreira checked again. Lalos thought for a minute before making a bet of 37,000. Ferreira wasted little time before check-raising again, this time for all of the chips. Lalos instantly sent his cards into the muck and Ferreira scooped the pot.

Luiz Ferreira515,000173,000
Sasa Lalos157,000-93,000
Playtika - Jason Alexander