2018 World Series of Poker Europe
A four-bet to 43,000 was cut out and in front of Vladimir Geshkenbein and he then faced the shove of Norbert Szecsi for more than 170,000. Geshkenbein could all but grin and folded, he was shown the
by the two-time WSOP bracelet winner.
Anton Johansson raised to 8,000 from the small blind and Vladimir Troyanovskiy defended his big blind.
The flop came down ![]()
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, Johansson continued with a bet of 4,000 which Troyanovskiy called.
They both checked through the
on the turn to the
on the river. Johansson check-folded to the 8,000 bet of Troyanovskiy.
While Alex Foxen relieved his ears of the enduring pain caused by Martin Kabrhel, he now has other worries with Jan-Eric Schwippert taking the seat on his left. Schwippert is coming off a final table appearance in the €100,000 Super High Roller and will surely be a force to be reckoned with.
The two tangled early when Schwippert opened from under the gun and Foxen defended from the big blind. The flop fell ![]()
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and Foxen check-called a bet of 4,000 from Schwippert.
The
on the turn put four diamonds on the board and both players checked to the
on the river. Foxen checked again and Schwippert tossed out a bet of 12,000. Foxen looked him up and Schwippert tabled ![]()
to drag in the pot.
Tobias Peters opened to 4,300 from early position and Goran Mandic re-raised to 13,500 in the hijack. Steven Warburton four-bet to 40,000 on the button and Peters gave it some thought before stepping aside. Mandic shipped all in and Warburton quickly called off his stack of 154,200.
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The flop of ![]()
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left Warburton in the lead with his pocket kings. The
on the turn meant Mandic was looking for an ace only. The river was the
and Warburton secured himself a nice double up.
A raising war broke out between Jack Salter in the cutoff and Hani Bahna on the button. The latter five-bet shoved for more than 220,000 and Salter called to create a massive pot.
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flop improved Salter to top pair, and he left Bahna with just one out on the
turn. The
river was a blank and Bahna left the tournament area with a disappointed look on the face.
An even bigger pot played out one table over. Ognjen Sekularac raised to 4,400 and Duc Tuan Tran called from one seat over. Boris Kolev moved all in for 40,300 and he was called by Sekularac and Tran. The flop came ![]()
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and Sekularac made it 25,000 to go, which prompted the shove of Tran.
Sekularac asked for a count and Tran was all in for 169,300, the call of the Serbian followed to create the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
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"Nine!" Tran demanded, and then also asked for a seven once the
turn gave him a gutshot. However, the wish wasn't granted as the blank
river completed the board and ensured the double knockout.