The board showed 
with a pot containing around 33,000 when Pierre Neuville pushed his last 12,100 chips and was called by Roman Sahin.
Neuville flipped over 
for the straight while Sahin had to show 
and the pot was sent to Neuville.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | -14,000 |
|
57,000 | 22,000 |
In a raised pot, the flop showed 
and Faramarz Safari check-called a bet worth 4,000 from Saar Wilf situated on the button.
The turn fell the 
and this tome Safari check-raised to 16,000 a second bet from Wild of 7,000. Wilf tanked for a minute and called.
A appeared on the river and Safari moved all in for a round 100,000, putting Wilf into a decision for his tournament. The latter went deep into the tank while trying to talk with Safari.
"Ace-eight?" asked Wilf, "If you have ace-king, it's not good enough" replied Safari with a smile. After a few minutes, Wilf ended up folding, saying "Nice bluff" to Safari.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 | 145,000 |
|
93,000 | -31,000 |
The board read 
with just over 10,000 in the middle already.
Veton Raka bet 4,700 from under the gun and was called by Siarhei Chudapal in the cutoff.
The 
completed the board on the river. Raka checked and Chudapal bet 15,500 after glancing at the pot. Raka took a few seconds and then made the call. Chudapal tabled 
for the turned full house. Raka showed the 
for just trips for the pot to get awarded to Chudapal.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
136,000 | 36,000 |
|
100,000 | 100,000 |
|
90,500 | 90,500 |
"Big hand! Big hand!" Eyal Bensimhon shouted out before raising to 900 on the button. Daniel Negreanu folded his small blind but Pierre Mothes three-bet to 3,000 in the big blind which was called by Bensimhon.
The flop came 
, Mothes continued with a bet of 2,400 and Bensimhon called after contemplating it for about ten seconds.
The turn brought them the 
, Mothes put in a 5,000-chip and announced a bet of 4,500. Bensimhon took a bit longer this time and then raised to 14,500. This made Mothes consider his options for a minute or so before letting the hand go.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
108,000 | 8,000 |
|
92,000 | 92,000 |
Today at noon, Day 1b of Event #14: €10,350 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event kicks off. This is the pre-ultimate bracelet event of 2019, with Event #15: €550 The Colossus No-Limit Holdem closing the festival.
Yesterday's flight had a total of 194 entries and only 113 survived Day 1A. Alex Foxen ended Day 1A as the chip leader after he bagged 537,200 in chips. Anton Morgenstern with 460, 000 and Oleh Okhotskyi with 433,900 are second and third in the chip counts.
The reigning champion Jack Sinclair also took a seat in the event yesterday and managed to find a bag with 143,000 and will keep defending his title on day 2.
The WSOPE Main Event History at a Glance
| Year | Buy-In | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Country | First Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | £10,350 | 362 | £3,676,990 | Annette Obrestad | Norway | £1,000,000 |
| 2008 | £10,350 | 362 | £3,620,000 | John Juanda | United States | £868,800 |
| 2009 | £10,350 | 334 | £3,340,000 | Barry Shulman | United States | £801,603 |
| 2010 | £10,350 | 346 | £3,460,000 | James Bord | United Kingdom | £830,401 |
| 2011 | €10,400 | 593 | €5,692,800 | Elio Fox | United States | €1,400,000 |
| 2012 | €10,450 | 420 | €4,032,000 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | €1,058,403 |
| 2013 | €10,450 | 375 | €3,600,000 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | €1,000,000 |
| 2015 | €10,450 | 313 | €3,067,400 | Kevin MacPhee | United States | €883,000 |
| 2017 | €10,300 | 529 | €5,025,500 | Marti Roca de Torres | Spain | €1,115,207 |
| 2018 | €10,350 | 534 | €5,073,000 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | €1,122,239 |
Players started with 100,000 and the average chip stack at the end of Day 1A was 171,681. The players today will play the same seven 90-minute levels that the players on Day 1A played. They will start at the level 100/300 ante 300 and have a one-hour dinner break around 7 p.m.
As last year, there is a guaranteed prize pool of €5,000,000 with €1,000,000 guaranteed for first place. The buy-in will be €10,350 and players only have one- re-entry allowed. Levels will last 90 minutes each with a 20-minute break after each level. The players will be playing six levels today with a 90-minute dinner break after Level 4.
Players that have been eliminated today can choose to reenter before the start of Day 2 on Sunday, October 27th, at 12 p.m. local time. Registration will also be open until then. The tournament will continue until a winner has been declared on November 4th.
Make sure to keep following the PokerNews updates as the live reporting team will be on hand to bring all the action from the biggest poker arena in Europe!
