2018 World Series of Poker Europe
Niveau: 5
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Feature Table
Paul Phua raised to 50,000 in the cutoff with ![]()
and Manig Loeser flat-called on the button with ![]()
. Roger Teska woke up with ![]()
in the small blind and three-bet to 120,000. Phua eyed up Teska's stack and then shipped all in for 932,000. Loeser quickly folded and Teska called off his stack of 907,000 to be at risk.
The flop came ![]()
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and Phua was still in the lead with his pocket jacks. The turn brought the
and Teska was drawing to an ace or king, with one ace already in the muck. The river was the
and Teska became the next casualty on the feature table.
The players were just sent on their second 15-minute break of the day. In this break, they will hold a bracelet ceremony for Michael Addamo.
On a ![]()
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flop Igor Kurganov check-raised Stanley Choi and then bet 400,000 on the
turn.
Choi called and the river was the
. Kurganov bet 530,000 and Choi called.
Kurganov showed ![]()
for a rivered flush and Choi mucked.
"I was calling your all in," said Choi, counting out the chips for his opponent.
Dominik Nitsche and Andreas Eiler were involved in a pot that already had 470,000 in it. The board read ![]()
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and Eiler had checked to Nitsche who had bet 325,000. Eiler eventually called the bet and they saw the river.
The river was the
which made the board even wetter and Eiler checked to Nitsche again. Nitsche checked behind this time and Eiler opened up ![]()
for the winning hand as he raked in the pot.
Feature Table
Manig Loeser raised to 36,000 from under the gun with ![]()
and was called by Roger Teska on his left with ![]()
and Orpen Kisacikoglu in middle position with ![]()
. Paul Phua looked down at ![]()
in the big blind and reraised to 190,000. Loeser shoved all in for 1,187,000 which forced Teska and Kisacikoglu out of the pot. Phua wasn't going anywhere though as he snap-called to put Loeser at risk.
The flop came ![]()
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to leave Phua in the lead with the superior pocket pair. The
on the turn gave Loeser a flush draw to go along with two kings he could hit in order to double up. The river was the
and Loeser completed a flush to score the double up in another cooler spot.
Feature Table
Ivan Leow opened to 25,000 from under the gun and Steffen Sontheimer three-bet to 85,000 in the hijack. The action came back to Leow who four-bet to 225,000. Sontheimer four-bet all in and Leow called off his stack of 1,445,000.
Steffen Sontheimer: ![]()
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Ivan Leow: ![]()
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It was a classic flip and Sontheimer took the lead with the
in the window followed by the
and
. The turn was the
leaving Leow drawing to a queen. The river was the
and Sontheimer improved to a straight to send Leow walking away with his hands in the air.
With tables being balanced to allow enough open seats, and to restrict so-called "seat-shopping" the tournament now has a table full of German-speaking talent.
Of the six currently sat there, five are from Germany with Markus Durnegger the only Austrian. And with the amount of Germans in rest of the field - 11 more in fact - who's to say there couldn't be another?