Wednesday, October 23, 2019 3:01 AM Local Time
Anton Morgestern Leads 46 Finalists After Day 1; Negreanu, Madsen, Dudley, and Tsang Still In
Day 1 of Event #11: €2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha for the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe here at King's Resort started at 4 p.m. with 16 players in the tables but after twelve levels of late registration this number catapulted to 271 smashing last year's numbers by almost 100 entries. The guaranteed prize pool of €200,000 more than doubled, with more than €520,000 being distributed to the player's per the the payout structure of the event.
When the 12 levels of late registration were done, 90 players were left in the tables and only 41 of them would get paid. After the end of the day, there were 46 left, only five away of the money with €3,210 for the min-cash. The winner will receive €128,314 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet along with honors of winning a very prestigious event of the global tournament circuit.
Anton Morgenstern may have re-entered relatively early in the event as he lost his first bullet in the fifth level of the tournament, however he managed to turn his second entry into a chipleading stack for Day 2, with 726,000. Leonid Yanovski (614,000) and Tomas Ribeiro (461,000) round up the top three spots in the counts, but they won't have an easy job, as there are many well-known and accomplished names in the field such as bracelet winners Sam Higgs (298,000), Christopher Frank (277,000), Dash Dudley (224,000), Daniel Negreanu (108,000), and Jeff Madsen (88,000).
Another bracelet winner that remains in the field is the defending champion Anson Tsang, who won this event last year for his first WSOP gold bracelet and a €91,730 payout. Tsang was among the top spots of the chipcounts for the biggest part of the day, but he lost a couple of pots close to the end and bagged 294,000.
Many well-known players gave it a shot but didn't manage to progress to Day 2. Jeff Lisandro, Shaun Deeb, Robert Campbell, Roger Hairabedian, Manig Loeser, Ismael Bojang, Chris Ferguson, and David "ODB" Baker are among those who departed from the event before the end of Day 1.
The 46 remaining players will return on Wednesday, October 23rd, at 2 p.m. local time here at King's Resort to play down until the final table. The levels for Day 2 and Day 3 will change to 60 minutes and PokerNews will be here again to provide you with all the details until the final table for Day 2, and until a winner is crowned in Day 3.
Day 2 Seat Draw
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
80 | 1 | Ville Haavisto | Finland | 126,000 | 21 |
80 | 3 | Jan Collado | Germany | 166,000 | 28 |
80 | 4 | Önder Yavuz | Germany | 43,000 | 7 |
80 | 5 | Jagdeep Singh | India | 101,000 | 17 |
80 | 6 | Jonas Kronwitter | Germany | 255,000 | 43 |
80 | 7 | Aleh Rashetnikau | Belarus | 415,000 | 69 |
80 | 8 | Sam Higgs | Australia | 298,000 | 50 |
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81 | 1 | Guenter Halak | Austria | 197,000 | 33 |
81 | 2 | Marc Palatzky | Germany | 273,000 | 46 |
81 | 3 | Leonid Yanovski | Israel | 614,000 | 102 |
81 | 4 | Diego Montone | Italy | 132,000 | 22 |
81 | 5 | Pavel Izotov | Belarus | 92,000 | 15 |
81 | 6 | Matthew Beck | New Zealand | 80,000 | 13 |
81 | 7 | Kan Ying | China | 251,000 | 42 |
81 | 8 | Jean-Noel Thorel | France | 414,000 | 69 |
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82 | 1 | Andriy Lyubovetskiy | Ukraine | 453,000 | 76 |
82 | 2 | Aaron Duczak | Canada | 365,000 | 61 |
82 | 3 | Jeffrey Cormier | Canada | 222,000 | 37 |
82 | 4 | Ming Hong Teoh | Malaysia | 133,000 | 22 |
82 | 5 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 108,000 | 18 |
82 | 6 | Netanel Amedi | Israel | 57,000 | 10 |
82 | 7 | Christopher Kromidias | United Kingdom | 226,000 | 38 |
82 | 8 | Christopher Frank | Germany | 277,000 | 46 |
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94 | 1 | Sebastian Pauli | Germany | 161,000 | 27 |
94 | 2 | Daniel Ezekiel | United Kingdom | 51,000 | 9 |
94 | 3 | Dash Dudley | United States | 224,000 | 37 |
94 | 4 | Tomas Ribeiro | Portugal | 461,000 | 77 |
94 | 5 | Anson Tsang | China | 294,000 | 49 |
94 | 6 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 88,000 | 15 |
94 | 7 | Guillermo Puerta Mallol | Spain | 235,000 | 39 |
94 | 8 | Naor Slobodskoy | Israel | 321,000 | 54 |
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95 | 1 | Matthew Smith | New Zealand | 221,000 | 37 |
95 | 2 | Anton Morgenstern | Germany | 726,000 | 121 |
95 | 3 | Per Salomonsson | Sweden | 76,000 | 13 |
95 | 4 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 314,000 | 52 |
95 | 5 | Omar Huang | Sweden | 262,000 | 44 |
95 | 6 | Didier Rabl | Switzerland | 153,000 | 26 |
95 | 7 | Kyrylo Shkrob | Ukraine | 118,000 | 20 |
95 | 8 | Dorel Eldabach | Israel | 431,000 | 72 |
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96 | 1 | William Chattaway | United Kingdom | 55,000 | 9 |
96 | 2 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 296,000 | 49 |
96 | 3 | Michal Mrakes | Czech Republic | 210,000 | 35 |
96 | 4 | Thai Ha | United States | 439,000 | 73 |
96 | 5 | Allen Kessler | United States | 89,000 | 15 |
96 | 7 | Ilyaz Dosikov | Russia | 241,000 | 40 |
96 | 8 | Ludvig Sterner | Sweden | 134,000 | 22 |
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 2:36 AM Local Time
End of Day Chip Counts
Anton Morgenstern | 726,000 | 316,000 |
Leonid Yanovski | 614,000 | 244,000 |
Tomas Ribeiro | 461,000 | 323,000 |
Andriy Lyubovetskiy | 453,000 | 223,000 |
Thai Ha | 439,000 | 284,000 |
Dorel Eldabach | 431,000 | 431,000 |
Aleh Rashetnikau | 415,000 | 80,000 |
Jean-Noel Thorel | 414,000 | 284,000 |
Aaron Duczak | 365,000 | -43,000 |
Naor Slobodskoy | 321,000 | 281,000 |
Tobias Peters | 314,000 | 144,000 |
Sam Higgs | 298,000 | -2,000 |
Jack Sinclair | 296,000 | 296,000 |
Anson Tsang | 294,000 | 34,000 |
Christopher Frank | 277,000 | 17,000 |
Marc Palatzky | 273,000 | 273,000 |
Omar Huang | 262,000 | 222,000 |
Jonas Kronwitter | 255,000 | -125,000 |
Kan Ying | 251,000 | 26,000 |
Ilyaz Dosikov | 241,000 | 96,000 |
Guillermo Puerta Mallol | 235,000 | 235,000 |
Christopher Kromidias | 226,000 | 186,000 |
Dash Dudley | 224,000 | 94,000 |
Jeff Cormier | 222,000 | 222,000 |
Matthew Smith | 221,000 | -29,000 |
Michal Mrakes | 210,000 | -68,000 |
Guenter Halak | 197,000 | 157,000 |
Jan Collado | 166,000 | 126,000 |
Sebastian Pauli | 161,000 | 9,000 |
Didier Rabl | 153,000 | 153,000 |
Ludvig Sterner | 134,000 | 94,000 |
Ming Hong Teoh | 133,000 | 16,000 |
Diego Montone | 132,000 | -3,000 |
Ville Haavisto | 126,000 | 13,000 |
Kyrylo Shkrob | 118,000 | 78,000 |
Daniel Negreanu | 108,000 | -65,000 |
Jagdeep Singh | 101,000 | 61,000 |
Pavel Izotov | 92,000 | 27,000 |
Allen Kessler | 89,000 | 89,000 |
Jeff Madsen | 88,000 | -37,000 |
Matthew Beck | 80,000 | 40,000 |
Johan Salomonsson | 76,000 | 36,000 |
Netanel Amedi | 57,000 | -61,000 |
William Chattaway | 55,000 | -95,000 |
Daniel Ezekiel | 51,000 | -59,000 |
Onder Yavuz | 43,000 | 3,000 |
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 2:16 AM Local Time
Frank Gets Value with Nuts
Christopher Frank found a great spot just a couple of hands before the end of Day 1. He was in the big blind and called a raise to 12,000 from Samuel Higgs, while Anson Tsang from the cutoff and Ming Hong Teoh from the small blind were callers too.
They went four-way to a flop were all players checked.
The turn was the and Teoh bet 20,000 getting calls by Frank and Higgs.
The was the third diamond in the river and Teoh checked, while Frank bet 65,000. Higgs called after one minute in the tank and Teoh got out of the way. Frank opened with the nut flush and Higgs mucked.
Sam Higgs | 300,000 | -100,000 |
Christopher Frank | 260,000 | 187,000 |
Anson Tsang | 260,000 | -28,000 |
Ming Hong Teoh | 117,000 | -3,000 |
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 2:11 AM Local Time
Four More Hands
The clock have been paused and there will be dealt four more hands before play stops for today.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 1:56 AM Local Time
First Info About the Prize Pool
The first details regarding the prize pool have been announced with 41 players getting paid in the event. The winner will receive €128,314 plus the WSOP gold bracelet, while the min-cash will worth €3,210.
The full prize pool will be announced shortly.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 1:51 AM Local Time
Smith Takes Some Off Higgs
Samuel Higgs had a clear chip lead but Matthew Smith managed to take some chips from him, and now he will have to fight in order to bag the chip lead for the night.
In the crucial hand, Samuel Higgs was in the button and bet 22,000 after Smith's check, who announced pot for 92,000. Smith had only 10,000 more behind him and Higgs re-raised after two minutes in the tank, with Smith calling.
Matthew Smith:
Samuel Higgs:
"Oh, tens, not what i wanted to see," said Higgs when he faced his opponent's hand. The on the turn and the on the river didn't change anything and Smith doubled up.
Sam Higgs | 400,000 | -65,000 |
Matthew Smith | 250,000 | 210,000 |
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 1:36 AM Local Time
Level 15 started
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 0
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 1:26 AM Local Time
The Biggest Stacks of the Field
Sam Higgs | 465,000 | 425,000 |
Anton Morgenstern | 410,000 | 108,000 |
Aaron Duczak | 408,000 | 133,000 |
Jonas Kronwitter | 380,000 | 205,000 |
Leonid Yanovski | 370,000 | 157,000 |
Aleh Rashetnikau | 335,000 | 190,000 |
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 1:24 AM Local Time
Madsen Returns; Back Busts
Christopher Back limped from middle position and both Netanel Amedi from the small blind and Jeff Madsen from the big blind went to the flop.
The brought fireworks as the three players put all their chips in and created a big three-way pot.
Jeff Madsen:
Christopher Back:
Netanel Amedi:
Everyone had something on this flop but Madsen managed to win the main pot after the on the turn and the on the river. Amedi and Back had a small side-pot which went to Amedi with his two pair.
Jeff Madsen | 125,000 | 91,000 |
Netanel Amedi | 118,000 | |
Christopher Back | 0 | -272,000 |
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 1:04 AM Local Time
Mrakes Wins From Madsen
Michal Mrakes was in a pot against Jeff Madsen, where the board was and Mrakes called in position a bet for 41,500.
The river was the and Madsen checked this time, with Mrakes betting 40,000. Madsen called and mucked when his opponent showed him for a full house.
Michal Mrakes | 278,000 | 238,000 |
Jeff Madsen | 34,000 | -80,000 |
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:56 AM Local Time
Level 14 started
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 0
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:46 AM Local Time
Nemtsov Busts to Runner-Runner
Aleksandar Nemtsov was all in against Ming Hong Teoh with similar stacks, although Nemtsov was slightly covered.
Aleksandar Nemtsov:
Ming Hong Teoh:
The flop came to keep Nemtsov's advantage with the aces. The on the turn gave some extra outs to Teoh and the on the river gave him trips, to send Nemtsov to the rail.
Ming Hong Teoh | 120,000 | |
Aleksandar Nemtsov | 0 | |
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:32 AM Local Time
Ezekiel's Rockets Hold to Double Him Up
Daniel Ezekiel was in the big blind and announced all in after Kan Ying's open from the cutoff, who made the call.
Daniel Ezekiel:
Kan Ying:
The board came and Ezekiel managed to stay alive in the tournament, while Ying lost a small portion of his stack.
Kan Ying | 225,000 | -35,000 |
Daniel Ezekiel | 110,000 | |
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:29 AM Local Time
Dudley Busts Helm on the River
Louis Helm was left short and put the rest of his chips in the middle against Dash Dudley with the two players opening their cards.
Louis Helm:
Dash Dudley:
The board until the turn was giving to both players a flush, only Helm had the nut flush, but the in the river gave a full house to Dudley who sent Helm to the rail.
Dash Dudley | 130,000 | 90,000 |
Louis Helm | 0 | -85,000 |
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:16 AM Local Time
Level 13 started
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 0
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 11:58 PM Local Time
Break
The last 20-minute break of the day just started and the official numbers will be known when players return.