Phil Collins once sang:
“She calls out to the man on the street. Sir, can you help me? It’s cold, and I’ve nowhere to sleep. Is there somewhere you can tell me?”
How about the King’s Resort in Rozvadov and the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)?
And so another day in paradise begins.
Event #6: €25,500 No-Limit Hold’em Short-Deck High Roller attracted 111-entrants; the ballpark area for the organisers who pinned a €2.5m guarantee on this thing and were happy with the €2.636m return.
Besim Hot led the Day 1 field, and Orpen Kisacikoglu led the final seven.
Here they are.
Final Table Seat Draw
Seat 1: Jonathan Depa – 12,925,000
Seat 2: Siamak Tooran – 20,925,000
Seat 3: Orpen Kisacikoglu – 22,925,000
Seat 4: Netanel Amedi – 22,300,000
Seat 5: Rob Yong – 3,700,000
Seat 6: Thai Ha – 6,275,000
Seat 7: Besim Hot – 21,600,000
The Nutshell Action
Richard Yong, who came into the final table with peanuts, turned them into Brazil nuts, after doubling through Netanel Amedi when his AQ beat KQ. As Yong rose, Jonathan Depa slipped, and he fell into the rail after running JdTd into the pocket kings of Amedi.
The Dusk till Dwan (DTD) owner avoided the housefire of 7th place finish, but he couldn’t prevent the bonfire of 6th. After jamming with KQ, Siamek Tooran called with AK, flopped an ace, and Yong headed for an early bubble bath.
Amedi doubled through Besim Hot when AJ found a jack on the flop to beat AK. Then the Swiss poker player with the best name in the business exited in fifth place when Orpen Kisacikoglu came from behind with KJ to beat AQ after flopping a two pair hand that turned into a full house on the river.
Thai Ha doubled through Amedi KQ>AT, and then Siamak Tooran took what was left of his stack when QT beat JT.
Kisacikoglu looked in a world of hurt when he got it in Ah7d versus the AhTd of Ha. Things got decidedly worse when the flop of AcJhTs improved Ha’s hand to two-pairs until an eight and a nine on the turn and river handed Kisacikoglu an unlikely straight, and the voices in his head began chanting his name.
The chanting stopped when Kisacikoglu got it in holding pocket kings against the AK of Ha. The deck created an incision in Kisacikoglu’s chest, and a rivered ace ricocheted into his heart.
Heads-Up
Tale of the Tape
Thai Ha – 75,900,000
Siamak Tooran – 34,600,000
Ha had all of the chips. Tooran started like a troll realising that someone had dared to cross his bridge. The German was unstoppable, winning pot after pot to leave Ha dazed and confused enough to commit his tournament life on Ac7s. Tooran called and won with AhKc.
It was the first win of Tooran’s live tournament career. His previous best score being a runner-up finish to Danijel Hodak in a €220 No-Limit Hold’em event at the partypoker MILLIONS Germany back in 2018. Tooran earned €56,104 for that win, also in the King’s Resort. Tooran’s past 11 in the money finishes have come in Leon’s gaff.
Here are the final table results.
Final Table Results
1. Siamak Tooran – €740,996
2. Thia Ha – €457,964
3. Orpen Kisacikoglu – €323,553
4. Netanel Amedi – €230,807
5. Besim Hot – €166,258
6. Rob Yong – €120,946
7. Jonathan Depa – €88,861
Five more high rollers who went deeper than a cold harpoon driving through the blubber of a whale minding his own business in whale disco were Dario Sammartino (8th), Phil Ivey (9th), Leon Tsoukernik (14th), and Daniel Negreanu (16th).