Event #10: €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Jour 1a a débuté
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #10: €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Jours 1a
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
€10,350
Prize Pool
€5,073,000
Entrants
534
Niveau
32
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
The Main Event of the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe Starts at Noon!
It’s that time of the year, on Saturday, October 27, at noon local time Day 1A of the final bracelet event of 2018 which is Event #10: €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event will kick off. The first of two starting flights will see players from all over the world come together at the King’s Resort to take their shot at winning the coveted gold WSOP bracelet and Main Event title.
This is the tenth edition of the WSOPE with Annette Obrestad becoming the first ever WSOPE Main Event champion in London. With four editions in London, two in Cannes, one in Paris, one in Berlin, the last edition took place here in Rozvadov with Marti Rocca De Torres victorious and claiming the first-place prize of €1,115,207 after defeating 528 other hopefuls.
Past World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Winners
| Year | Location | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | London | Annette Obrestad | £1,000,000 |
| 2008 | London | John Juanda | £868,800 |
| 2009 | London | Barry Shulman | £801,603 |
| 2010 | London | James Bord | £830,401 |
| 2011 | Cannes | Elio Fox | €1,400,000 |
| 2012 | Cannes | Phil Hellmuth | €1,022,376 |
| 2013 | Paris | Adrian Mateos | €1,000,000 |
| 2015 | Berlin | Kevin MacPhee | €883,000 |
| 2017 | Rozvadov | Marti Rocca De Torres | €1,115,207 |
Structure
There is a guaranteed prize pool of €5,000,000 that comes with the buy-in of €10,350 and players will receive 100,000 in chips at the start of their day. Levels will last 90 minutes each with a 15-minute break after each level. There are seven levels of play scheduled with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 4.
Players that fail to find a bag at the end of this day can reenter tomorrow, Sunday, October 28, which is Day 1B or on Day 2 before the start of Level 12. Registration will also remain open until then. The tournament will play down until a winner has been found on Friday, November 2.
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 90 minutes | 100 | 3000 | - |
| 15-minute break | ||||
| 2 | 90 minutes | 200 | 400 | - |
| 15-minute break | ||||
| 3 | 90 minutes | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 15-minute break | ||||
| 4 | 90 minutes | 300 | 500 | 500 |
| 60-minute dinner break | ||||
| 5 | 90 minutes | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 15-minute break | ||||
| 6 | 90 minutes | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 15-minute break | ||||
| 7 | 90 minutes | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
Make sure to keep your eyes on the updates right here as the PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing them from the Czech Republic until the 2018 WSOPE Main Event Champion has been crowned.
Niveau: 1
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Niveau 1
: 150/300, 0 ante
The tournament director has welcomed the players to the beautiful King's Resort and instructed the dealers to shuffle up and deal if they have three or more players at their tables.
Fresh Faces in the Field
Niveau 1
: 150/300, 0 ante
One of the players that has decided to take his seat during the first few minutes of the tournament is Dutchman Mathijs Jonkers. Jonkers finished in third place here last year for €476,585 and will be looking to do just as well or even better this year.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 |
Sigurjonsson Finds Aces
Niveau 1
: 150/300, 0 ante
Gudmundur Sigurjonsson raised to 800 from under the gun and Olaf Langenfeld three-bet to 3,100 from the small blind. Vojtech Ruzicka quickly folded his big blind and Sigurjonsson called.
The flop came 
, Langenfeld continued with a bet of 2,600 which Sigurjonsson called.
The turn was the 
and now Langenfeld slowed down by checking. Sigurjonsson took over the initiative by betting 5,100 and Langenfeld called.
The river completed the board with the 
, Langenfeld checked again and then folded immediately when Sigurjonsson continued with a bet of 10,000. Sigurjonsson showed 
.
"Must be nice to get aces in your first hand," Ruzicka commented while Sigurjonsson just smiled and agreed.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
112,000 | |
|
87,400 |
The WSOP Main Event Champion is Here
Niveau 1
: 150/300, 0 ante
John Cynn who won the WSOP Main Event for $8,800,000 a bit more than 3 months ago, has taken his seat here at the King's Resort! He is seated at a table which also includes Michael Sklenicka and Christopher Andler.
Cynn played the €25,000 Super High Roller a few days ago but didn't manage to cash. He'll be looking to do better in this event and try to be the first player to win both the WSOP and WSOPE Main Event in the same year.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
The First All-In is a Fact
Niveau 1
: 150/300, 0 ante
The first all-in of the day was announced and it was Leonard Maue who had the all-in triangle in front of him while sitting in the big blind. Igor Tregoubov had a bet of 9,000 in front of him in the under-the-gun position while Yunsheng Sun had a bet of 29,100 in front of him in the small blind.
Tregoubov tanked and looked a bit upset when folding. Sun was counting the remainder of his stack and tanked for about a minute or two before folding.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | |
|
90,000 | |
|
70,500 |
My Stack App Activated
Niveau 1
: 150/300, 0 ante
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Another Main Event Champ Joins
Niveau 1
: 150/300, 0 ante
Ryan Riess, the 2013 Main Event Champion has also taken his seat. Riess won the €10,500 Turbo High Roller two days ago for €178,582 and will be looking to add another big cash prize to his bankroll by going deep in this event.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |