Event #11: €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT
Dia 1a Terminado
Event #11: €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT
Dia 1a Terminado
The World Series of Poker Europe Main Event got under way after a couple of weeks of preliminary events, and Day 1a pulled in a strong turnout that saw a number of top players advance with big stacks.
One player to keep an eye on going forward is undoubtedly Ryan Riess.
The 2013 WSOP Main Event champ followed up his big win with a lackluster 2014 and then a couple of slightly stronger years, and he's back to "Riess the Beast" status here in 2017. Riess has pocketed over $1.4 million in prize money already this year, highlighted by a WPT title in Florida and a third-place finish in the $10,000 Heads-Up Championship at this summer's WSOP.
Riess arrived in Rozvadov for WSOP Europe and made an immediate impact, stepping up to the plate for the €25,000 High Roller. Unfazed by the elite competition, Riess navigated to a fourth-place finish just two nights ago for €230,071.
In the Main Event, Riess continued his hot streak by bagging 150,400 from his 50,000 starting stack. It's far too early to look this far ahead, but Riess has a chance to join Phil Hellmuth as the only players to win both the WSOP Main Event and the WSOP Europe Main Event.
Overall registration numbers were strong with about 230 firing the €10,000. With most previous WSOPE Main Events sitting between 300 and 400 entries, this has the makings for one of the biggest fields in the history of the event, although reentries are allowed this time around.
Of those who did make it through to Monday's Day 2, Markus Durnegger holds the unofficial chip lead with 246,200. Former November Niner Pierre Neuville (239,000), Piotr Franczak (169,800), Markus Ross (157,400) and Sam Grafton (147,000) also bagged big.
Defending champ Kevin MacPhee also found a bag. MacPhee got a big stack early on when he got in a big confrontation with John Duthie, who was playing as aggressively as anyone in the room. MacPhee flopped a set of tens and got in a raise on the flop against Duthie's top pair, and the rest of the money went in on the turn when MacPhee added a flush draw, which he missed.
Others making it through included Davidi Kitai, David Peters, Niall Farrell, Adrian Mateos and Sergio Aido.
Some who fell were Kristen Bicknell, Dario Sammartino and Maria Ho.
Those players and more will have another shot with Sunday's 1b, which features another noon start and more coverage here on PokerNews/
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Markus Dürnegger
|
246,200
200
|
200 |
|
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Pierre Neuville |
239,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
Laszlo Bujtas |
216,500
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
Asi Moshe |
203,600
59,600
|
59,600 |
|
||
Gilbert Diaz |
188,900
188,900
|
188,900 |
Razvan-Andrei Dumea |
170,700
170,700
|
170,700 |
Piotr Franczak |
169,800
11,400
|
11,400 |
Dejan Pustoslemšek
|
162,100
162,100
|
162,100 |
Markus Ross |
157,400
157,400
|
157,400 |
Jan-Peter Jachtmann |
154,100
100,100
|
100,100 |
|
||
Ryan Riess |
150,400
-5,600
|
-5,600 |
|
||
Jaroslaw Sikora |
147,700
61,700
|
61,700 |
Sam Grafton |
147,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Matthew Davenport |
146,100
146,100
|
146,100 |
Vlad Darie |
135,000
8,600
|
8,600 |
|
||
Paulo Brito
|
131,300
131,300
|
131,300 |
Jon Kalmar
|
130,200
3,200
|
3,200 |
Davidi Kitai |
127,700
-9,800
|
-9,800 |
|
||
Roman Herold |
126,100
126,100
|
126,100 |
Roland Israelashvili |
124,900
34,900
|
34,900 |
Chun Ho Law |
122,500
122,500
|
122,500 |
Andrei Boghean |
119,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
[Removed:297]
|
116,900
116,900
|
116,900 |
[Removed:153] |
116,600
116,600
|
116,600 |
Pedro Oliveira |
115,800
50,800
|
50,800 |
Jeff Hakim was deep in the tank when we got to his table. He had bet 10,500 from the button and Jon Kalmar was all in with on the board. It was 56,400 and Hakim thought for a couple of minutes before an agitated player demanded a clock. Hakim disputed the clock call, saying he had only been thinking two minutes and it was a huge pot. Eventually, Dan Shak succeeded in calming the player down and he rescinded the clock call.
Moments later, Hakim called.
Hakim:
Kalmar:
Kalmar moved to exit but the dealer burned and turned a to give him a flush. Hakim could only shake his head.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Jon Kalmar
|
127,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
Jeff Hakim |
9,400
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Barny Boatman busted earlier in this level with set against set. And Kristen Bicknell also busted by running into the aces of Paul Newey.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Barny Boatman | Eliminado | |
Kristen Bicknell | Eliminado | |
|
Piotr Franczak and Vlad Darie played a big pot with the latter on the button and the former in the big blind. The flop came and Franczak check-called 7,300. Franczak checked the turn and Darie bet 19,000 after a long tank. That won him the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Piotr Franczak |
158,400
92,900
|
92,900 |
Vlad Darie |
126,400
25,400
|
25,400 |
|
Simon Wiggins raised to 2,200 from the under-the-gun position and action folded to Kristen Bicknell in the big blind who only had 2,800 in total left (including her big blind). She shoved and Wiggins called.
Kristen Bicknell:
Simon Wiggins:
The board ran out - Bicknell hit her set of kings and doubled up. Her table got broken up immediately and she's now seated at the same table as Ryan Riess, Paul Newey, Pierre Neuville and Steven van Zadelhoff.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Kristen Bicknell |
6,600
-4,800
|
-4,800 |
|
Kevin MacPhee opened in the hijack for 3,500 and Michael Bailey defended big blind. After unknown action on a flop, Bailey check-called 3,500 on the turn. He checked the river and MacPhee bet 9,400. Bailey called again and nodded and mucked when MacPhee turned over .
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Kevin MacPhee |
79,200
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
A new chip leader has been found:
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Markus Dürnegger
|
246,000 | |
|
||
Simon Trumper | Eliminado | |
Dario Sammartino | Eliminado | |
|
A player on the button opened and then called a reraise to 5,500 from Moritz Dietrich, defending his big blind aggressively. The flop came and Dietrich bet 3,200. The player on the button called. Dietrich fired again for 5,000 on the turn and he folded almost immediately to an all-in shove.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Moritz Dietrich |
21,600
-13,600
|
-13,600 |
|