Event #1: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK Dia 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker Europe

2017-10-22 19:44 UTC+2

Lykov Runs Out of Steam

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Nível 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The roller coaster ride of Maxim Lykov throughout the Day 1s and also today has eventually come to an end. Lykov was all in and at risk for some 165,000 from the button and Pawel Czichowski looked him up from the hijack to create the following showdown.

Maxim Lykov:
Pawel Czichowski:

Czichowski wasn't the player at risk but stood up either way, a trick that had previously worked well for Lykov. This time it was the Russian that ended up second best after a board of to eliminate Lykov.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Pawel Czichowski	410,000 182,000	182,000
Maxim Lykov	Eliminado

Tags: Maxim Lykov Pawel Czichowski

2017-10-22 19:33 UTC+2

Gulas Sends Two More Home

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Nível 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

There was an all-in for 68,000 from early position by Usman Siddique and Zhivko Sotirov was next to act and pushed all-in for a little less. Josef Gulas was on the button and announce all-in as well, having both players covered. Gulas turned over , Sotirov tabled , and Siddique held .

The flop came and Sotirov was still ahead with nobody holding a heart in their hand. The turn brought the and the river was the giving Gulas trip queens to eliminate two players.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Josef Gulas	320,000 231,500	231,500

Zhivko Sotirov	Eliminado
Usman Siddique	Eliminado

Tags: Josef Gulas Usman Siddique Zhivko Sotirov

2017-10-22 19:05 UTC+2

Down to 45 Players

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Nível 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Four players busted in quick succession soon after play had resumed and among them were Helma Weber, Sander van Wesemael, Erich Kollmann and Matous Houzvicek.

It was the start-of-the-day chip leader van Wesemael who shoved for around 100,000 from under the gun and his nemesis of the day, Sergio Fernandez in the big blind peeked at his cards. "The first one is good," to which van Wesemael jokingly hid his face with the hoodie. Fernandez checked the second card and rolled them over instantly for the call.

Sander van Wesemael:
Sergio Fernandez:

The board came and the Dutchman left with a "good game guys, good luck, have fun."

Erich Kollmann fell a mere minute later when he got it in with against the of Valentin Vornicu. The American with Romanian roots got there on a board of and Kollmann was gone next.

Last but not least, Matous Houzvicek open-shoved for 140,000 from the button and Scott Stewart called from the big blind.

Matous Houzvicek:
Scott Stewart:

The board ran out and the kicker played to eliminate Houzvicek.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Valentin Vornicu	580,000 170,000	170,000
Sergio Fernandez	450,000 120,000	120,000

Scott Stewart	340,000 125,000	125,000
Avi Hamo	Eliminado
Helma Weber	Eliminado
Sander van Wesemael	Eliminado

Erich Kollmann	Eliminado
Matous Houzvicek	Eliminado

Tags: Erich Kollmann Helma Weber Matous Houzvicek Sander van Wesemael Scott Stewart Sergio Fernandez Valentin Vornicu

2017-10-22 18:30 UTC+2

Kürschner's Aces Get cracked

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Nível 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

After a raise to 15,000 by Matthias Kürschner, Georgios Zisimopoulos moved all in for 157,000 out of the small blind and Kürschner snap-called with a near identical stack to end up as player at risk.

Matthias Kürschner:
Georgios Zisimopoulos:

The board ran out and Kürschner took out his smart phone, took a picture of the bad beat story and headed to the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Georgios Zisimopoulos	345,000 105,000	105,000
Matthias Kürschner	Eliminado

Tags: Georgios Zisimopoulos Matthias Kürschner

2017-10-22 18:08 UTC+2

Lykov Gets "Maxim"um Value

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Nível 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

The action was folded to Ismael Bojang on the button who raised it up to 13,000. Maxim Lykov was in the small blind and ripped all-in for 163,000. Jeff Cormier woke up in the big blind with a premium hand and made the call. Bojang got out of the way and the two hands were face up.

Lykov:
Cormier:

The flop came and Lykov made a set of sixes. He wasn't in the clear though as Cormier picked up a flush draw. The turn was the and the river brought the . Cormier made a pair of aces but it wasn't enough to overcome Lykov's set. Lykov scored a massive double up and left Cormier with just 4,000 chips, of which he would bust soon after.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Maxim Lykov	354,000 167,000	167,000

Jeff Cormier	Eliminado

Tags: Jeff Cormier Maxim Lykov

2017-10-22 17:39 UTC+2

Cruel Exit for Leah

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Nível 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Mike Leah moved all in for approximately 65,000 from early position and Alexandre Viard called out of the small blind.

Mike Leah:
Alexandre Viard:

Leah was in prime shape to stage a comeback, while the flop of gave Viard some chop outs and Leah the nut flush draw. The turn made a chop likely before a cruel river gave Viard the better hand and send the Canadian to the rail in cruel fashion. Several players at the table were seemingly hit by a cold breeze once was all done and dusted.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Alexandre Viard	215,000 96,500	96,500
Mike Leah	Eliminado

Tags: Alexandre Viard Mike Leah

2017-10-22 17:13 UTC+2

The Defending Champion Busts

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Nível 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Ryan Hefter was spotted leaving the tournament area and a quick look over on table 83 confirmed that he had been eliminated. According to other players at the table, Hefter was short and his ace-eight failed to get there against the ace-king of Sasa Stancic.

The latter raised to 11,000 soon after and Jakob Miegel shoved for 49,000. Stancic eventually called with the and Miegel flipped over , the German also expressed his surprise that Stancic had not snap-called.

Miegel got a sweat on the flop, and while the turn was a blank, he got there thanks to the river.

One table over, James Akenhead raised to 11,500 and called the shove of short stack James Hoeppner in the cutoff.

James Hoeppner:
James Akenhead:

The board of locked up the double for Hoeppner by the turn already and Akenhead lost some of the chips he had just gained in the own previous double up.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Sasa Stancic	180,000 79,000	79,000
Jakob Miegel	110,000 80,500	80,500
James Akenhead	100,000 -30,000	-30,000
James Hoeppner	70,000 30,500	30,500
Ryan Hefter	Eliminado

Tags: Jakob Miegel James Akenhead James Hoeppner Ryan Hefter Sasa Stancic

2017-10-22 16:12 UTC+2

Money Bubble Erupts!

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Nível 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Bubble bursting in Event #1 Monster Stack

After three short stacks doubled up, there was an all-in and call on four different tables. On the first table, Viktor Katzenberger was all-in with and was up against Giovanni Petroni who held . The board ran out and Katzenberger was the first casualty.

On the next table over, Carlo Savinelli doubled up with against Valentin Vornicu's . Savinelli was all-in for roughly 145,000 and now sits with one of the larger stacks in the tournament.

Then we came to Mario Mosböck who was all in for 62,500 with the and Ricardo Chauriye looked him up with the . The board ran out and Mosböck became the second casualty in the same hand, ensuring that Katzenberger would not leave empty-handed.

Finally, on the last table, the board read . The pot had around 100,000 in the middle and there were three hands waiting to be tabled. Konstantinos Tsirakidis rolled over and was the player at risk. Ivo Donev tabled and Serge Danis held the best hand with . Tsirakidis was the third player eliminated on the money bubble which would mean Katzenberger, Mosbock, and Tsirakidis would share two payout positions.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Viktor Katzenberger	Eliminado
Konstantinos Tsirakidis	Eliminado

Tags: Carlo Savinelli Giovanni Petroni Ivo Donev Konstantinos Tsirakidis Serge Danis Valentin Vornicu Viktor Katzenberger

2017-10-22 15:22 UTC+2

Down to Ten Tables

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Nível 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Ariel Morgenshtern, Yohan Zenou and Darren Delahunty were eliminated while Werner Scharnagl doubled.

Scharnagl got it in for fewer than 10 big blinds with the and Olivian Balint called with pocket sixes. The board came .

Right after, Balint raised to 9,000 and Darren Delahunty shoved for 12,000. Vincent Moscati called from the big blind and so did Balint. The flop came and Moscati check-folded his to a bet of Balint.

Darren Delahunty:
OIivian Balint:

The turn and river failed to improve Delahunty and the Brit headed to the rail.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Olivian Balint	140,000 65,000	65,000
Werner Scharnagl	75,000 36,000	36,000
Yohan Zenou	Eliminado
Darren Delahunty	Eliminado
Ariel Morgenshtern	Eliminado

Tags: Ariel Morgenshtern Darren Delahunty Olivian Balint Vincent Moscati Yohan Zenou

2017-10-22 14:52 UTC+2

"I Give You a Chance"

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Nível 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Valentin Vornicu raised to 7,000 and Yehuda Cohen called on the button. The short-handed table saw the shove of Tezer Cetindag in the big blind after and Vornicu turned around to the screens, then eventually folded. Cohen gave it brief consideration and called with the words "I give you a chance."

Tezer Cetindag:
Yehuda Cohen:

The flop of ] gave Cohen two pair and he turned a full house with the before the meaningless appeared on the river. Carlo Savinelli joked "you gave him a chance there" while Vornicu said in table chat he was afraid of a reshove by Cohen if he had called. "You felt it coming, so why didn't you snap call in two seconds," Scott Stewart in the one seat added.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Valentin Vornicu	350,000 -10,000	-10,000
Yehuda Cohen	170,000 64,500	64,500
Tezer Cetindag	Eliminado
Pavel Šourek	Eliminado

Tags: Stewart Scott Tezer Cetindag Valentin Vornicu Yehuda Cohen