WSOP Day 19: European News RoundupGerman Katja Thater Wins Bracelet and $132,653 in Seven-Card Razz Event |
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Katja Thater won the $1,500 seven-card razz tournament (event 29) while Steve Wong, Rasmus Cartensen, Jesper Petersen, Thomas Wahlroos, and JP Kelly made strong cashes.
Thater became the second woman to claim a bracelet this year by using her nearly 3-to-1 chip lead to hack away at Larry St. Jean and he was never in a position to fight back with any vigour.
She won $132,653, which was the most significant, but not only, cash of the day for Europe.
The $3,000 no-limit hold'em tournament (event 28) saw JP Kelly and Thomas Wahlroos challenge for a place at the final table. It was not to be, though, and Kelly cashed for $16,891 in 15th place and Wahlroos for $19,173 in 13th place.
Event 30, the $2,500 no-limit hold'em sixhanded game, saw Danish pair Jesper Petersen and Rasmus Cartensen cash for $19,676 and $33,507, respectively, in 11th and 10th places.
Steve Wong from the Netherlands busted on the final table bubble in seventh place when his over-the-top move with A
K
on Hoyt Corkins proved ill-fated and Corkin's 9
9 held up. The young Dutchman pocketed $47,339.
The $5,000 world championship heads-up no-limit hold'em tournament (event 31) is new to the Series and saw a significant European challenge. Making it through round one were John Shipley, Jani Sointula, John Kabbaj, Rory Mathews, Roland De Wolfe, Noah Boeken, Thomas Wahlroos, Andy Black, Pascal Perrault, Ram Vaswani, and Patrik Antonius.
The casualties at level two and three were many, but Wahlroos beat Antonius in an enthralling game, while De Wolfe, Hollink and Kabbaj also progressed to day two.
The start of the $3,000 seven-card stud tournament (event 31) saw a small but quality European lineup, including Alexander Kravchenko (who simultaneously played the heads-up tournament), Michael Keiner, Andreas Fritz, Marcel Luske, Thor Hansen, and Rolf Slotboom among the 231 starters.
Luske returns among the chip leaders on day two.
Wednesday, June 20, sees the final table of the $3,000 no-limit hold'em tournament and the $2,000 seven-card stud event. Day two of the $5,000 world championship head-up no-limit hold'em tournament plays out and events 33 and 34 begin - the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha rebuy tournament and the $3,000 limit hold'em game.
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