Event #8: €25,500 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller | 2018 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #8: €25,500 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller

Dia 2 Iniciado

2018-10-25 13:38 UTC+2

Welcome Back to Day 2 of Event #8: €25,500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller

After an action-packed Day 1 of Event #8: €25,500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller, there will be at least 49 players returning to their seats for the final day of the tournament. That number will be given the chance to increase with late registration still open until the cards go in the air at 3:00 PM local time.

Heading into the day, Michael Addamo will start with the chip lead after an impressive opening day that saw him bag up 8,120,000. Addamo rode a heater throughout most of the day and seemingly just ran over the field to finish well ahead of any of his counterparts. The next closest stack belonged Jean-Noel Thorel who is also a regular on the high roller circuit. Thorel wound up with 5,910,000, making use of his second bullet on the day. Ivan Leow rounded out the top three with an equally impressive 5,050,000.

The field was filled with familiar names at each and every table in the room and plenty of bracelet winners among them. Kristen Bicknell (3,890,000), Dominik Nitsche (3,020,000), Martin Kabrhel (2,650,000), Ryan Riess (2,460,000), David Peters (2,410,000), Adrian Mateos (2,275,000), and defending champion Niall Farrell (1,575,000) are just some of the bracelet winners still in the mix.

Day 2 Seating Assignments

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip count	Big Blinds
42	2	Winfred Yu	Hong Kong	4,645,000	77
42	3	Johannes Becker	Germany	1,595,000	27
42	4	Asaf Berman	Switzerland	3,325,000	55
42	5	Igor Kurganov	Germany	875,000	15
42	7	Mustapha Kanit	Italy	2,200,000	37
42	8	David Peters	United States	2,410,000	40

43	1	Ryan Riess	United States	2,460,000	41
43	3	Timothy Adams	Canada	4,775,000	80
43	4	Joni Jouhkimainen	Finland	3,450,000	58
43	5	Claas Segebrecht	Germany	1,295,000	22
43	6	Manig Loeser	Germany	2,295,000	38
43	8	Liv Boeree	United Kingdom	585,000	10

44	2	Ognjen Sekularac	Serbia	1,825,000	30
44	4	Ali Tariq	United Kingdom	2,985,000	50
44	5	Jun Wah Yap	Malaysia	2,110,000	35
44	6	Niall Farrell	United Kingdom	1,575,000	26
44	7	Michael Addamo	Australia	8,120,000	135
44	8	Aymon Hata	United Kingdom	1,045,000	17

45	1	Jean-Noel Thorel	France	5,910,000	99
45	2	Michael Bleg	Czech Republic	3,460,000	58
45	3	Sergio Aido	Spain	1,570,000	26
45	5	Marius Gierse	Germany	480,000	8
45	6	Orpen Kisacikoglu	Turkey	1,640,000	27
45	7	Adrian Mateos	Spain	2,275,000	38
45	8	Christoph Vogelsang	Germany	2,560,000	43

46	1	Steffen Sontheimer	Germany	1,865,000	31
46	2	Dominik Nitsche	Germany	3,030,000	51
46	3	Stefan Schillhabel	Germany	1,415,000	24
46	5	Wai Leong Chan	Malaysia	2,075,000	35
46	6	Ivan Leow	Malaysia	5,050,000	84
46	8	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus	865,000	14

47	1	Ole Schemion	Germany	2,190,000	37
47	2	Shan Huang	China	2,025,000	34
47	3	Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Russian Federation	4,450,000	74
47	4	Chin Wei Lim	Malaysia	1,615,000	27
47	7	Martin Kabrhel	Czech Republic	2,650,000	44
47	8	Rainer Kempe	Germany	3,490,000	58

48	1	Sylvain Loosli	France	2,765,000	46
48	2	Pavel Binar	Czech Republic	1,220,000	20
48	3	James Chen	Taiwan	2,306,000	38
48	4	Paul Teoh	Malaysia	2,055,000	34
48	5	Kristen Bicknell	Canada	3,890,000	65
48	6	Tobias Ziegler	Germany	840,000	14

49	1	Christian Rudolph	Germany	1,665,000	28
43	2	Koray Aldemir	Germany	1,625,000	27
49	3	Gianluca Speranza	Italy	3,100,000	52
49	4	Richard Yong	Malaysia	3,750,000	63
47	6	Danny Tang	Hong Kong	1,090,000	18
49	8	Matthias Eibinger	Austria	4,635,000	77

As mentioned, the action will resume at 3:00 PM in the upper level of the poker room at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. The blinds will continue on level 15 at 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante. For those players that choose to enter before the start of the day, they will receive 1,000,000 in chips, which is good for around 16.5 big blinds. The blinds will continue to increase every 40 minutes with a 15-minute break every three levels and a 60-minute dinner break after the sixth level of the day.

The schedule is to play down to a winner tonight and award another WSOPE gold bracelet. The live stream will also be taking place today on Twitch with the time still to be determined. When the official final table of eight players is reached, the hole cards will become available.

Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team for all of the live updates throughout the day and find out who will be crowned the newest WSOPE champion.

Tags: Adrian Mateos David Peters Dominik Nitsche Ivan Leow Kristen Bicknell Martin Kabrhel Michael Addamo Niall Farrell Ryan Riess

2018-10-25 15:02 UTC+2

Nine New Entries for Day 2

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Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fabrizio Gonzalez	1,000,000	1,000,000
Tony Bike	1,000,000	1,000,000
James Romero	1,000,000	1,000,000
Benjamin Pollak	1,000,000	1,000,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert	1,000,000	1,000,000
Chris Ferguson	1,000,000	1,000,000
Paul Phua	1,000,000	1,000,000
Joao Vieira	1,000,000	1,000,000
Michael Soyza	1,000,000	1,000,000

Nível: 15

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

2018-10-25 15:07 UTC+2

Shuffle Up and Deal

Nível 15 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The cards are now in the air and late registration is officially closed. There were 9 new entries today to bring the total to 133 with 58 players remaining. The prizepool and payouts will be posted shortly.

2018-10-25 15:16 UTC+2

Aido Takes One

zedmaster84

Nível 15 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Sergio Aido made it 125,000 to go first to act and was called by Adrian Mateos in the cutoff and Michael Bleg in the big blind. On the flop, Bleg checked and Aido continued for 145,000, which only Mateos called. The two Spaniards checked the turn and Aido led the river for 450,000, Mateos folded.

On another table nearby, Tony Bike raised to 150,000 and Ryan Riess three-bet to 445,000 in order to force a fold.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ryan Riess	2,700,000	240,000
Adrian Mateos	2,000,000	-275,000
Sergio Aido	2,000,000	430,000
Tony Bike	850,000	-150,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Michael Bleg Ryan Riess Sergio Aido Tony Bike

2018-10-25 15:18 UTC+2

Pollak Doubles Up

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Nível 15 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Benjamin Pollak had reentered just before the start of Day 2 and was sitting with a fresh stack of 1,000,000 which he decided to shove from the hijack. Ole Schemion also shoved but with the bigger stack of over 2 million from the small blind. Shan Huang asked for a count but while the dealer was counting, Huang already announced he was folding his pair of aces.

"Show it!' the table said and Huang showed .

Benjamin Pollak:
Ole Schemion:

Huang claimed to have folded ace-ten.

The board ran out for Huang to exclaim he would have won but instead it was Pollak who would double up through Schemion.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Benjamin Pollak	2,120,000	1,120,000
Ole Schemion	1,240,000	-950,000

Tags: Benjamin Pollak Ole Schemion

2018-10-25 15:18 UTC+2

Romero Scores an Early Double Up

Nível 15 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Wai Leong Chan opened to 125,000 from under the gun and was called by Ivan Leow on his left. James Romero was next to act and three-bet to 500,000. The action folded back to Chan who shoved all in for over 2,000,000 which got Leow to quickly fold. It was Romero's first hand of the day and his fresh stack of 1,000,000 chips went into the middle.

James Romero:
Wai Leong Chan:

The flop came 7c5c3s] and Chan was still out front with his pocket queens. The turn brought the and Romero spiked a king to take the lead. The on the river changed nothing and Romero received an early double up.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
James Romero	2,275,000	1,275,000
Wai Leong Chan	1,050,000	-1,025,000

Tags: Ivan Leow James Romero Wai Leong Chan

2018-10-25 15:23 UTC+2

Only Eight Players Have Achieved This Feat; Is This Poker's Most Exclusive Club?

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Nível 15 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Winning a WSOP gold bracelet is potentially the biggest accomplishment for a poker player, and winning two is a momentous occasion.

Since its introduction in 2007, several players have managed to obtain a WSOP gold bracelet outside of Las Vegas and much fewer have done the double having won a bracelet in both Vegas and at the WSOP Europe.

However, there is one more step for poker players to aim to achieve. That is to win a WSOP bracelet in Las Vegas and at the WSOP Europe in the same year. Here we take a look at the eight players to have achieved this feat to date.

2008

In 2008 Jesper Hougaard won his first WSOP gold bracelet in Event #36: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em[/URL] and followed that up two months later with a bracelet at the second-ever WSOP Europe held at the Empire Casino in Leicester Square, London.

Name	WSOP Event	Payout	WSOP Europe Event	Payout
Jesper Hougaard	$1,500 No Limit Hold'em	$610,304	£1,500 No Limit Hold'em	£144,218

2009

The very next year, J.P. Kelly joined Hougaard in winning bracelets in both Vegas and Europe in the same year. Kelly was the first player to win his two bracelets in different disciplines.

Since then Kelly has made several deep runs in the WSOP Main Event, finishing 26th for $302,005 in 2011.

Name	WSOP Event	Payout	WSOP Europe Event	Payout
J.P. Kelly	$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em	$194,434	£1,000 No Limit Hold'em	£136,803

2012

Whether it is Phil Hellmuth's record of 15 WSOP bracelets or Antonio Esfandiari's record Big One for One Drop win, it seems like no list in poker is complete without the Poker Brat or the Magician.

Hellmuth's bracelet in the $2,500 Seven-Card Razz also happened to be his first in a non-hold'em event, and he also became the first player to win a bracelet in Vegas and also take down the WSOP Europe Main Event.

Name	WSOP Event	Payout	WSOP Europe Event	Payout
Antonio Esfandiari	$1,000,000 Big One for One Drop	$18,346,673	€1,100 No Limit Hold'em	€126,207
Phil Hellmuth	$2,500 Seven-Card Razz	$182,793	€10,450 No Limit Hold'em Main Event	€1,022,376

2015

Just like Hellmuth, Kevin MacPhee won his second bracelet of the year in the WSOP Europe Main Event at the Spielbank Casino in Berlin. And just like Esfandiari, Jonathan Duhamel won his first of the year in a One Drop High Roller, albeit in the slightly smaller one; just the $111,111 High Roller(!)

Name	WSOP Event	Payout	WSOP Europe Event	Payout
Kevin MacPhee	$5,000 Turbo No Limit Hold'em	$490,900	€10,450 No Limit Hold'em Main Event	€883,000
Jonathan Duhamel	$111,111 High Roller for One Drop	$3,989,985	€25,600 No Limit Hold'em High Roller	€554,395

2018

Of the eight players to have achieved this unique feat, Hanh Tran is one of only three to win their bracelets in different disciplines. The other two were J.P. Kelly and Phil Hellmuth.

Timur Margolin is the latest to "do the double" and win in Vegas and Europe in the same year. There are still events to come here at King's Casino in Rozvadov.

Name	WSOP Event	Payout	WSOP Europe Event	Payout
Hanh Tran	$1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw	$117,282	€550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Max	€ 59,625
Timur Margolin	$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	$507,724	€1,100 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack	€ 134,407

Near Misses

There have been a number of people who have come close to joining this select few group of players. Last year Chris Ferguson finished second in a WSOP bracelet event, before taking down the WSOPE €1,650 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better for €39,289 and his sixth WSOP gold bracelet.

In 2013, Noah Schwartz also finished runner-up in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha bracelet event in Las Vegas, before winning Event #6: €3,250 Mixed-Max Pot-Limit Omaha for €104,580 at the Casino Barrière d'Enghien-les-Bains.

Tags: Chris Ferguson Hanh Tran Jesper Hougaard John Paul Kelly Jonathan Duhamel Kevin MacPhee Noah Schwartz Phil Hellmuth Timur Margolin

2018-10-25 15:27 UTC+2

The First Two Casualties on Day 2

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Nível 15 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Liv Boeree and Marius Gierse were among the shortest stacks coming into Day 2 and both were eliminated right away. James Romero doubled through Wai Leong Chan and the latter then ended up all in with Romero on the button and Steffen Sontheimer in the big blind playing for the bigger side pot. On the turn, Sontheimer check-folded to a bet of 325,000 and the cards were turned over.