Event #13: €2,500 SHORT DECK No-Limit Hold'em

The second day of Event #13: €2,500 Short Deck was a long one, with play lasting more than 13 hours before a winner is crowned. This winner is no stranger to tournament success and especially here in 2019 World Series of Poker Europe, where he won his second bracelet during the festival. Kahle Burns from Australia managed to overtake a total field of 179 entries and win his second WSOP gold bracelet along with €101,843 in prize money.

Regarding his day he said, "This feels like one of those days where I've avoided all the coolers and all the post flop coolers. Obviously I won a few all ins on the way, just ran super good, no complaints."

"I don't know what to say because I'm not super experienced at the game in general. I think a lot of the people in the field, myself included, were sort of trying to figure it out as it goes. A lot of people were in it for a lot of bullets because of the format, everyone was in there and just having fun and figuring it out. The field was certainly not afraid to gamble. Let's put it that way."

"It's been like a whirlwind week. Two bracelets in a week. It's crazy.

Burns admitted that he lacks in experience in this specific format, as he said, "The first time I played Short Deck was a few months ago, here actually. I played a little bit online but I probably played five or six hours online but I certainly wouldn't say I'm an experienced Short Deck player or very good Short Deck player by any means. Pretty new to the game still.''

Kahle Burns managed to become member of the elite club of two WSOP gold bracelet holders, and he did it in just one week. "It's been like a whirlwind week. Two bracelets in a week. It's crazy. Lucky enough to win one live tournament in a week, now I've won two in a week, it's quite fortunate," said a delighted Burns after his second win.

Final Result Event #13: €2,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 started at 3 p.m. local time and players had one level of late registration to try and accumulate as big a stack as they could. In the 147 entries that were registered in the field during Day 1, 32 more entries were added during Day 2, for the total number of entries to reach 179. Burns started Day 2 with the second biggest stack and he managed to turn it into a dominant final table performance and eventually a gold bracelet.

A Flurry of Eliminations

The second day of the event started with an insanely fast pace, since the availability of re-entries during the first level of the day in addition with the aggressive philosophy of the game were enough to bring many big hands among the players. When the first level ended, there were 43 players remaining in the field ready to give their battle to enter in the 27 paid places of the tournament.

Among those that departed empty-handed were Daniel Negreanu, Paul Phua, Rainer Kempe, Danny Tang, Phil Hellmuth, Shaun Deeb, Chris Ferguson, Anthony Zinno, and Robert Campbell. The bubble period started when there were 28 players left in the field and it had its own adventure. In order to burst, it needed a simultaneous elimination for Tony G and Ismael Bojang during hand-for-hand, causing both of them to get paid, for half the money of the 27th place each.

After the field got in the money, it was a quick affair until the final table and eliminations in the money included Julien Martini (26th; €3,682), Ryan Riess (21st; €4,323), Phil Ivey (18th; €5,228), John Cynn (11th; €6,505), and Benny Glaser (9th; €8,322). The last player to bust to send the field to the unofficial final table was Hokyiu Lee (8th; €10,939) who saw his flopped two pair being in the losing end of the hand, against Burns' turned straight.

A Dramatic Change of Pace

The fast pace of the first part of the day gave its place to a slow-paced final table, which finally needed six levels in order to crown a winner. Burns' appearance was dominant during those six levels and managed to turn a chip lead in the beginning of the final table, to a win for his second WSOP gold bracelet in a week.

Burns didn't lose the chip lead at any point of the final table and managed always to come back whenever he happened to lose chips from his opponents. Out of his six opponents, he eliminated Vladimir Peck (5th place; €20,444) with jacks against nine-eight, and after sending Felix Schulze (3rd; €42,233) to the rail with ten-eight versus nine-eight, the heads-up began with a 3-to-1 chip lead over Manig Loeser. In between, Pierre Neuville (7th; €10,939), Oshri Lahmani (6th; €14,764), and Federico Anselmi (4th; €29,027) were the other players that entered the final table but busted during the course of it.

Despite the fact that three-handed play lasted almost two hours, the heads-up was a short affair, with Burns needing just two hands to capture the gold. In the last hand of the day, Loeser open-shoved from the button with king-jack and Burns called with ace-jack to send his last opponent to the rail.

This capped an amazing week for Kahle Burns who managed to win two WSOP gold bracelets along with €698,717 ($774,179) in total prize money.

Kahle Burns moved all in from the hijack for 5,500,000 and Felix Schulze called from the cutoff for less, putting at risk his last 950,000. Burns made the call and the players tabled their cards.

Felix Schulze:   
Kahle Burns:   

The board ran out       and Burns raked in the pot with his straight, sending Schulze to the rail in 3rd place for a nice payday of €42,233.

Kahle Burns	6,340,000	1,140,000
Manig Loeser	2,560,000	60,000
Felix Schulze	0	-1,100,000

Two pots had exactly the same action and board, the only difference was in who raked the pot. In the first one the pot was limped from Felix Schulze and Kahle Burns checked on the button. The flop came     and Schulze check-called a bet at 80,000. The turn was the   and Schulze led for 300,000 getting a fold from Burns.

In the next hand, it was Schulze on the button and Burns limped to see the     flop again. As before, it was Burns that checked this time and called Schulze's bet for 80,000. The turn was the   in this hand and Burns slid a lead bet, only for Schulze to throw quickly his cards into the muck.

The remaining three players have taken a ten-minute break.

Manig Loeser moved all in from the cutoff for 1,690,000 and Kahle Burns called from the button.

Manig Loeser:   
Kahle Burns:   

Burns was ahead but the flop fell     giving Loeser broadway. The   turn and   river completed the board and Loeser doubled up.

Manig Loeser	3,500,000	1,700,000
Kahle Burns	3,100,000	-1,750,000

The biggest pot of the tournament so far came in a hand that wasn't an all in involved. Felix Schulze and Manig Loeser limped with Kahle Burns checking from the button.

The flop came     and Schulze bet 125,000 Burns being the only caller.

The   came on the turn and Schulze checked this time, with Burns betting 280,000 to get called again.

The   completed the board on the river, Schulze checked and Burns bet big this time, for 715,000. Schulze thought about it for a couple of minutes and called but mucked when he saw Burns open    for a turned straight.

Kahle Burns	4,850,000	1,250,000
Felix Schulze	2,500,000	-1,200,000
Manig Loeser	1,800,000	-50,000

Kahle Burns completed from the hijack, as did Felix Schulze from cutoff and Federio Anselmi checked from the button.

The flop appeared     and Burns check-called a bet at 165,000 from Schulze, while Anselmi got out of the way.

The turn was the   and Burns checked again, with Schulze betting 400,000 this time, which was enough to give him the pot as Burns folded.

Kahle Burns	3,600,000	-500,000
Felix Schulze	2,515,000	515,000

Felix Schulze limped in first to act along with Federico Anselmi in the hijack and Manig Loeser on the cutoff. Kahle Burns checked his option from the button.

The dealer spread a flop of     that was checked around to the   turn. Schulze and Anselmi checked once more but Loeser bet 120,000. Burns and Schulze folded but Anselmi check-called.

The river fell the   and both players opted to check. Anselmi turned over    for kings and queens and Loeser sent his hand to the muck.

Federico Anselmi	1,400,000	225,000
Manig Loeser	950,000	-100,000