Krzysztof Magott opened to 48,000 and action folded round to Jonas Kronwitter in the big blind. Kronwitter moved all-in for for around 105,000 and was called.
Jonas Kronwitter:
Krzysztof Magott:
Kronwitter was immediately behind following the flop. He picked up some straight outs on the turn but was unable to improve on the river.
The remaining 28 players have now all secured a min-cash of €8,247.
Tonny Krijn was at risk for 140,000 on the flop and was called only by Samer Kourkis.
Tonny Krijn:
Samer Kourkis:
The turn and river were no threat as Krijn took it down with his two pair.
One hand later, Joni Jouhkimainen raised to 32,000 and Kourkis called. Krijn obliged from the small blind and Dorel Eldabach then potted to 160,000. He earned no fewer than three callers and then jammed the flop for 470,000. Jouhkimainen asked for a count and folded, Kourkis also folded as well.
"If you don't have a flush draw, I call," Krijn joked and shortly after announced "I didn't come here for the min cash" before check-calling it off for the last 264,000.
Tonny Krijn:
Dorel Eldabach:
The turn and the river completed the board as Krijn improved to a flush. Kourkis banged his hand on the table and mentioned that his jack-nine would have made a full house.
The cards were already on their backs as Maximilian Klostermeier had two players at risk in Gergo Nagy and Denys Fedorenko.
Gergo Nagy:
Denys Fedorenko:
Maximilian Klostermeier:
On a board of , Klostermeier prevailed with two pair, kings and nines, and that reduced the field to the last 33 players. The chips of all three players had gone in after the flop with Klostermeier holding the top two pair.
Laszlo Bujtas had bee the initial raiser and turned a jack-high straight with the on the board. However, Martin Schamaun in the big blind had the for a flush and scored the double.
Bujtas was down to around 84,000 after the hand and got it in against Samer Kourkis shortly after.
Laszlo Bujtas:
Samer Kourkis:
The board gave Kourkis a set of aces and sent Bujtas to the rail.
In a battle of three short stacks, Julien Sitbon had the most chips at his disposal and the mighty double-suited ace, as he put Fahredin Mustafov and Stuart Rutter at risk.
Fahredin Mustafov:
Stuart Rutter:
Julien Sitbon:
The board gave Sitbon a full house and he knocked out two opponents.
Israel's Dorel Eldabach (1,572,000) topped the chip leader board of the 62 players who survived Day 1 of Event #7: €5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha.
The tournament attracted a total of 184 entries and created a prizepool of €830,300, obliterating the €150,000 guarantee.
Didier Rabl (1,253,000) was the only other player to pilot over a seven-figure stack while Germany's Maximilian Klostermeier (865,000) rounded out the the top three stacks.
Other notables who bagged and tagged their way into Day 2 include Tomasz Gluszko (617,00), Veselin Karakitukov (601,000), and sponsored pro Joni Jouhkimainen (577,000).
Day 2, which gets underway at King's Resort, Rozvadov, on Sunday, November 28 CET, will play down to winner. The last player standing will walk away with €204,010 as well as a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. From the 62 entrants, just 28 will end up in the money with the min-cash being €8,247.
Top 10 Chip Counts Day 1 in Event #7: €5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Position
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Dorel Eldabach
Israel
1,572,000
197
2
Didier Rabl
Switzerland
1,253,000
157
3
Maximilian Klostermeier
Germany
865,000
108
4
Nikola Minkov
Bulgaria
701,000
88
5
Manuel Stojanovic
Austria
631,000
79
6
Tomasz Gluszko
Poland
617,000
77
7
Roee Shalom
Israel
609,000
76
8
Veselin Karakitukov
Bulgaria
601,000
75
9
Joni Jouhkimainen
Finland
577,000
72
10
Omar Eljach
Sweden
477,000
60
Event #7: €5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Payout Structure
Position
Prize (in EUR)
1
€204,010
2
€126,091
3
€88,520
4
€63,613
5
€46,821
6
€35,317
7
€27,317
8
€21,681
9
€17,669
10-11
€14,797
12-13
€12,742
14-16
€11,293
17-20
€10,309
21-24
€9,020
25-28
€8,247
This is the third and final PLO tournament of the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe and fittingly has the highest buy-in of the trio.
Bjorn Verbakel (€59,250) took down Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha while Samuel Stranak (€101,764) was the victor in Event #4: €2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. The pair picked up their maiden pieces of WSOP hardware with Stranak being the first ever bracelet winner to hail from Slovakia.
The PokerNews team will be around to bring you all the updates throughout the series so make sure to keep following to see what else can happen here in the beautiful King's Resort.