A bad beat by Paul Newey cost Sam Soverel a title in British Poker Open Event #2 – £10,000 No Limit Hold’em, earlier in the week — his second runner-up finish already this series. But, he finally got over the hump on Saturday to win the £25,000 No-Limit Hold’em tournament for £322,000.

With six events remaining, Soverel has a commanding series lead at 480 points. Sam Greenwood is his nearest competitor, 220 points behind.

Greenwood and his brother, Luc, have each won a British Poker Open title this week. Luc took down the first event of the series, a £10,000 no-limit hold’em tournament, for £119,600. His brother then shipped Event #3 – £10,000 Short-Deck No-Limit Hold’em, for £110,400.

A Bit of Luck Never Hurt Soverel (Or Anyone)

Soverel can win poker tournaments without the benefit of exceptional fortune. But, it sure didn’t hurt when he eliminated Vincent Bosca on the bubble to cut the tournament down to its final four players – all among the best in the world.

Bosca put his money all-in with pocket jacks against Soverel’s Ace-2 but, was unlucky to see an ace hit. He was sent home in fifth place out of 28 entries, one off the money.

Stephen Chidwick, arguably the top NLH tournament grinder around, busted in fourth place (£70,000). Ali Imsirovic, perhaps the best young player in poker, was then eliminated in third place (£112,000). That set up a heads-up match between Rainer Kempe, a German, and Soverel, an American.

Soverel held a slim lead when the match began, but Kempe, the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl champion, moved out in front quickly. Then, Kempe picked the wrong time to shove with J-9 against Soverel’s pocket queens, and the best hand held up when the board ran out 7-4-K-Q-8.

That gave Soverel his first British Poker Open title after a pair of runner-up finishes. Kempe earned £196,000 for his efforts, moving his career totals to just under $21 million, second on Germany’s all-time list, behind Fedor Holz ($32.55 million).

Soverel, on the other hand, is now over the $11 million lifetime mark. That puts him at 40th all-time in US history. He’s also a British Poker Open champion. And, who knows, maybe he’ll win the entire series. He’s certainly on the right track.

A day after Luc Greenwood ended up being the very first British Poker Open champion, George Wolff took down the ₤ 10,000 PLO event for ₤ 122,000. He defeated an area of 30 players including runner-up Sam Soverel.

Wolff, an American, definitely isn’t a regular on the high roller scene. So, it’s fairly a success for a gamer with his restricted high-stakes tournament experience to take down an event such as this. He now has just $850,000 in career live tournament cashes.  That’s just a fraction of many of his last table challengers’ money.

George Wolff Beats Top Pros

George Wolff isn’t a household name among those who follow the high roller poker circuit. But name recognition doesn’t win titles. He proved that on Wednesday at Aspers Casino in London, England.

Wolff went into Wednesday’s last table of 6 with a sizable chip lead over Sam Soverel, one of the leading high stakes players in the video game. Stephen Chidwick, probably the best event mill in the world, likewise had a suitable pile in third area. So, Wolff definitely had his work suitable his as he had to resist some hard rivals.

Strangely enough, the last table played out practically the exact same setting as it began. Jens Kyllonen started the session with the smallest stack as well as was the very first to go, busting on the bubble in 6th area.

Joni Jouhkimainen was felted in fifth place for ₤ 24,000 and then Gavin Cochrane busted in fourth location for ₤ 30,000. Jouhkimainen and Cochrane revolved placements from the beginning of the day. The leading three finishers, nevertheless, finished in the very same spot as they began the session. Chidwick, a native from the United Kingdom, was eliminated in third place for £48,000. That left Wolff and Soverel to battle it out for the title.

Soverel held a slim chip advantage when heads-up play began. But with the average stack at around 30 big blinds, Wolff regained the lead right off the bat. The two pros went back and forth before Wolff finished his opponent off by winning what was essentially a race – hitting two-pair on a board that read 7-A-6-4-Q with 9-8-7-4 to beat A-J-9-5.

Final Table Paid Results

Simon Brandstrom rallied from an enormous head-up deficiency during heads-up play against Marton Czuczor to win the EPT Barcelona Main Event for EUR1.29 million. The Swede, that defeated 1,988 entrances, won the largest European Poker Tour Main Event in history.

Brandstrom absolutely had not been a family name before this event.But he is no slouch on the felt, having cashed for approximately €800,000 in live tournaments in the past. Now, however, he’s a “major” poker champion, which is something you can’t ever take away from him.

Simon Brandstrom Wins Extra €77K in Chop

When heads-up play began, Marton Czuczor held a slim lead over Brandstrom. The two millionaire hopefuls agreed to chop just about the EUR77,000 of the continuing to be EUR2.54 million pot.

Czuczor obtained the most significant cut– barely– at EUR1,253,234, via a chip-chop. And his opponent was after that assured at least EUR1,212,706. However there was still a bit of cash money up for grabs along with an EPT prize. So, there was incentive to proceed trying to win.

Heads-up play began horrendously for Simon Brandstrom. He went from a mild chip downside to hardly treading water. Czuczor promptly transformed his slim introduce an 4-1 advantage.

“Marton played very good. I probably didn’t play my A-Game but the cards came my way,” Brandstrom added.

However in tournament poker, whether you’re playing low-stakes or an EPT Main Event, it’s never over till one player has each and every single contribute play. Simply ask Marton Czuczor.

Brandstrom swiftly fought back and, eventually, reclaimed the lead. And after that he started to retreat, turning his lead into a 5-1 benefit. He after that finished off his challenger with pocket sixes in a pre-flop all-in race versus K-Q when the board ran out tidy for him (7-2-9-A-5).

Final Result 2019 EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event

Going out early in a poker tournament is frustrating, but for many players, there is nothing worse than being eliminated on the money bubble. Playing for hours or even days only to fall just short of a payday is enough to send any tournament player on tilt. Card Player TV recently caught up two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and Chip Leader Coaching founder Chance Kornuth to discuss some things players can do to help avoid going out on the bubble. With 1430 career live tournament cashes and more than $7 million in lifetime earnings, Kornuth definitely has experience dealing with this stress-filled aspect of tournament play.

“It’s really important to be aware of the other stacks,” said Kornuth. “If it was 100 people and 15 pay, with 17 left you gotta know who’s short.”

At the time of the interview, Kornuth was competing in a $50,000 buy-in super high roller at the 2019 World Series of Poker. Kornuth related how seriously the elite players in that event took their responsibility to keep track of the stack sizes when the bubble loomed.

“In this $50k, for example, people are counting orbits. ‘Okay, this guy is all-in in two orbits, and I have three, so I’m just going to have to wait’,” shared Kornuth. “In larger field tournaments, people are going to bust really fast and won’t be as aware of it as they are in a $50k, so in those, you can probably sneak in with very few big blinds.”

Kornuth also discussed the importance of studying short-stack open shoving ranges, three-bet shoving ranges, and also talked about how you have to sometimes just accept that you can get run over during the bubble period.

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Phil Ivey ended up eighth in the $50,000 WSOP Poker Players Championship in June. Yet, according to court documents acquired by Flushdraw.net, he really did not see a dime of his $124,410 cash money. Rather, Caesars Entertainment sent the money straight to the United States Marshals Service per a court order following a $10 million legal action the poker pro lost to Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino.

Ivey and his co-defendants won just over $10 million from the casino in a heavily-publicized Baccarat game in 2012. Nonetheless, a United States District court proclaimed the poker Hall of Famer a cheater, ruling he obtained an unfair benefit over the house with an edge-sorting strategy that enabled him to see the value of face-down cards.

However the 10-time bracelet winner contends he was only playing by regulations agreed upon by the gambling establishment before the video game. He asserts the details brand of cards used during play– Gemaco– were authorized by the home. Thus, he argues, he didn’t rip off.

Phil Ivey Just Can’t Win These Days

Also when Phil Ivey wins, he loses, obviously. The casino poker tale ran deep in the 2019 WSOP PPC, among the top yearly high roller events. However the profits were, according to court papers, garnished.

During Ivey’s deep run in the PPC, Borgata’s lawyer Jeremy M. Klausner sent an email to Caesars’ legal team. The message, with the subject line reading “Caesars Entertainment/Rio/WSOP Writ of Execution,” asked Caesars to send any money won to Klausner’s client, the Borgata.

Jack Effel, WSOP event director, additionally obtained the writ of execution adhering to Day Three of the PPC. At the time, Phil Ivey was the chip leader. He would certainly go on to end up in eighth place for $124,410.

In the email, Klausner asked Caesars to “please ensure that Caesars/Rio/WSOP does not make any payments to Mr. Ivey in violation of the duly served writ.”

Klausner, who represents Marina District Development Company, LLC, also advised the email recipients that “when the current event is over, we or the U.S. Marshal will provide instructions for payment.”

Following the conclusion of the PPC in June, the money was confiscated and sent to the US Marshals Service.

WSOP Struggles Continue

Phil Ivey went back to the US texas hold’em event scene in 2018 after a multi-year hiatus. As well as his results over the previous 2 years have been mediocre, a minimum of by his soaring standards.

At the 2019 WSOP, Ivey moneyed in simply four occasions. His only remarkable performance was in the PPC. The others were min-cashes for under $5,000 in reduced buy-in tournaments.

Generally Event, Phil busted beforehand Day One after risking his entire stack on a race. That’s uncharacteristic of one of the video game’s all-time greats. Yet if he understood in advance that any kind of jackpots would certainly be garnished, possibly he simply really did not care.