WPT Vienna Final Table live updates

20.25

Simon Ravnsbaek Has Been Eliminated in 3rd Place (€169,690)

Simon Ravnsbaek raised on the button to 200,000 holding . Maxim Kolosov went to raise to 500,000 but his betting action was deemed to be a string bet by the dealer. The floor were called for and the Kolosov raise stood at 350,000 and he was holding . The action was on Gromov who was holding and he called. Back to Ravnsbaek and he moved all-in for 2,660,000. Kolosov folded and Gromov decided to gamble.

Board:

Ravnsbaek, who qualified for this event playing online at Party Poker, finished a very respectable 3rd place

19.27

Maxim Kolosov Has Been Eliminated in 2nd Place (€241,180)

Our heads up battle only lasted a few hands before the two Russians got it all-in.

Gromov raised to 180,000 with , Kolosov raised to 820,000 with , Gromov moved all-in and Kolosov called.

The flop propelled Gromov into the lead and he remained there and took home the WPT title and €447,840 first prize.

19.22

Mario Adinolfi Has Been Eliminated in 4th Place (€115,420)

Adinolfi moved all-in for 1,870,000 and and Dmitry Gromov called with

Board:

Now we have three players left who incidentally were the top three chip counts when we started.

18.43

Simon Ravnsbaek raised to 200,000 with , Maxim Kolosov three-bet to and incredibly Dmitry Gromov four bet to 1,140,000 with .

Both players folded – a little statement from the former chip leader.

18.39

The pace is fast and furious now we are three-handed. Incredibly it is Gromov who has now taken a back seat as Kolosov and Ravensbaek butt heads continually.

Kolosov raised on the button with and Ravnsbaek defended his big blind with .

So going to the flop we had four high versus eight high!

Flop:

Both players checked.

Turn:

A delayed CB by Kolosov takes the pot down.

18.28

Simon Ravnsbaek Has Doubled Up Through Gromov

Simon Ravnsbaek had moved all-in a few times without receiving a call when he found on the button. The chips went in again and this time Gromov found in the big blind and he called.

Board:

Despite a scare on the turn Ravnsbaek doubled up.

18.12

Maxim Kolosov raised to 200,000 with . Valentin Stroiescu looked down to see and three-bet to 500,000. Kolosov smelt a rat and folded his hand.

18.10

Mario Adinolfi moved all-in for 930,000 with in the small blind and Dmitry Gromov called with in the big blind.

Board:

Adinolfi doubles up and Gromov loses his second big pot accumulating in just over 3,000,000 chips.

18.02

Gromov raised on the button to 220,000 holding and Kolosov three-bet to 560,000 with and Gromov made his standard call.

Flop:

Both players checked.

Turn:

Kolosov bet 400,000 and Gromov called.

River:

Kolosov now had top two pair and bet 600,000 and Gromov called with bottom pair and loses his first significant pot of the day.

17.58

Valentin Stroiescu moved all-in for 550,000 holding and Dmitry Gromov called in the small blind holding .

Board:

A double up for Stroiescu

17.55

Chip Counts

1st. Dmitry Gromov 9,920,000
2nd. Maxim Kolosov 3,390,000
3rd. Simon Ravnsbaek 1,720,000
4th. Mario Adinolfi 1,080,000
5th. Valentin Stroiescu 560,000

17.47

Maximillian Noll Has Been Eliminated in 6th Place (€65,460)

Dmitry Gromov came into the pot with a raise holding and Maximillian Noll moved all-in for 1.4 million holding . Simon Ravnsbaek also moved all-in holding and Gromov folded.

Board:

Ravnsbaek now has 3,860,000

17.25

Maxim Kolosov raised on the button to 160,000 holding and incredibly Mario Adinolfi defended with . We say incredibly because he hasn’t played a hand all day!

The flop was and Adinolfi moved all-in for 400,000 and Kolosov called. The turn and river were irrelevant and they shared the pot.

Adolfini then moved all-in from the small blind for 600,000 holding and Gromov looked at one card only before calling. When he turned them over he had .

Board:

Adolfini doubled up.

17.18

Ravnsbaek opened up on the button to 170,000 holding and Valentin Stroiescu defended his blinds with .

Flop:

Both players checked.

Turn:

Stroiescu checked, Ravnsbaek bet 210,000 and Stroiescu moved all-in. Ravnsbaek looked puzzled for a while before folding.

17.17

Valentin Stroiescu Has Been Eliminated in 5th Place (€83,550)

Maxim Kolosov was in the small blind and Valentin Stroiescu in the big blind. Kolosov raised to 250,000 holding and Stroiescu moved 1,100,000 into the middle leaving himself 200,000 behind with . Kolosov snap-called and we had a flop.

Flop:

Stroiescu’s final 200,000 went into the middle and Kolosov called.

Turn:

River:

And then there were four!

17.07

Blinds now 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante

16.42

The chip leader Gromov raised with to 160,000 and Maximillian Noll called with .

Flop:

Gromov bet 140,000 and Noll called.

Turn:

Gromov bet 300,000 and Noll called.

River:

Gromov bet 410,000 and Noll managed to just call and it is a good job he did because Gromov had him crushed.

16.28

Maxim Kolosov picks up three pots in succession and has been one of the most recently active players at the table alongside the Russian Dimitry Gromov.

16.25

Valentin Stroiescu raised with and Dmitry Gromov decided this time to call in position with .

The flop was and Stroiescu checked as did Gromov. The turn was and Stroiescu waved the white flag when he checked for the second time. Gromov, holding the best hand, checked also. The river was the and again both players checked and the dealer handed the pot to our chip leader.

16.18

Our chip leader Dmitry Gromov raised again; this time with and Maxim Kolosov three-bet with making it 330,000 to play. Gromov had the stack to call and he did.

Flop:

Kolosov bet 380,000 and he won the pot.

16.17

Updated Chip Counts

1st. Dmitry Gromov 7,530,000
2nd. Valentin Stroiescu 2,570,000
3rd. Maxim Kolosov 1,830,000
4th. Maximillian Noll 1,680,000
5th. Mario Adinolfi 1,650,000D

15.14

Maximillian Noll Doubles Up

Maximillian Noll moved all-in with and when the action fell to Simon Ravnsbaek he woke up with . Ravnsbaek decided to raise all-in to isolate Noll and it worked.

Board:

A set on the flop putting a huge smile on the face of Noll. Nothing going right for Ravsnbaek today who has lost over half of his stack so far. Noll is now 5th in chips with 1,795,000.

15.01

Chip Count Update

1. Gromov 4,835,000
2. Ravsnbaek 2,730,000
3. Isaia 2,255,000
4. Kolosov 1,965,000
5. Adinolfi 1,745,000
6. Stroescu 1,525,000
7. Noll 855,000
8. Jenisch 755,000

14.57

Alessio Isaia Has Been Eliminated in 7th Place (€49,100)


There will not be a back to back WPT champion as Alessio Isaia has been eliminated.

Dmitry Gromov raised with and Alessio Isaia moved all-in for 1,430,000 with . Action over to Valentin Stroiescu who found and moved all-in. Gromov folded and we had a slightly one-sided heads up encounter.

Board:

Isaia was left with 230,000 chips and they went into the middle in the next hand.

Gromov raised to 150,000 with and Isaia moved all-in with and Mario Adinolfi called with .

Flop:

Gromov bet enough to fold out Adinolfi and leave himself heads up with Isaia.

Turn:

River:

He may not have won back to back titles but we salute you Alessio Isaia for making back-to-back final tables.

14.56

Maximillian Noll moves all-in from the small blind holding and Alessio Isaia could not find a calling hand from the big blind and the shove gets through.

14.54

Mark Jenisch Has Been Eliminated in 8th Place (€36,180)

Mark Jenisch has hardly played a hand at this final table. He eventually finds a pair of pocket queens and gets called by our chip leader holding a pair of pocket nines. Jenisch’s face was a picture when he saw Gromov’s hand. That face soon changed when the flop gave Gromov a set and Jenisch was the first person eliminated at this final table.

Board:

14.52

Simon Ravnsbaek made the raise to 105,000 holding . Maxim Kolosov three-bet behind holding and the bet size was 270,000. Valentin Stroiescu was seated in the cut off and woke up with . There was only one thing on his mind and that was moving all-in and his opponents folded.

14.44

Dmitry Gromov raised to 100,000 on the button with and Alessio Isaia called with .

The flop was kind to Isaia when it fell down and he check-raised Gromov all-in.

Gromov folded after betting 130,000.

14.44

Dmitry Gromov raised holding and Valentin Stroiescu defended his big blind with .

The flop brought Stroiescu second pair when it fell and again the check-raise was the weapon of choice. Gromov betting 110,000 and then folding to the 310,000 Stroiescu raise.

14.22

Alesso Isaia opened to 100,000 holding and Simon Ravnsbaek three-bet holding and the bet size was 255,000. Maxim Kolosov was also holding but decided to fold and when the action came back to Isaia he moved all-in and Ravnsbaek moved all out.

14.21

Mario Adinolfi raised from mid position with and Dmitry Gromov three-bet to his direct left holding . The action folded around to Adinolfi who just called.

Flop:

Adinolfi moved 600,000 into the middle leaving himself 700,000 behind. Gromov had a think before releasing his hand.

14.14

Dmitry Gromov raised from the hi-jack and Maximillian Noll three-bet from the cut-off. Gromov is not afraid to call and play three-bet pots out of position and he did call this one.

Flop:

Gromov checked, Noll bet 220,000 and Gromov check-raised all-in and Noll folded.

14.09

Maxim Kolosov opened the action with a raise from early position holding and Simon Ravnsbaek defended his big blind.

Flop:

Ravnsbaek check-called a bet by Kolosov.

Turn:

Again Ravnsbaek checked and Kolosov bet for the second time and it was enough to win the pot.

13.46

Mario Adinolfi hadn’t played a hand in a while. When he did he got put back in his place by Maximillian Noll.

Adolfini opened with , Gromov called with with and Noll three bet with and both players folded.

12.47

Welcome to the final table of WPT Vienna!

Will Alessio Isaia make it two WPT titles in a matter of a few months?

Will Maxim Kolosov make it back-to-back WPT titles for him and his partner (Natalia Nikitina WPT NS Paris)?

Will Mario Adinolfi improve upon his 6th plan final table appearance at WPT Venice in 2009?

Will Dmitry Gromov hold on to his chip lead and take down the title?

Will Simon Ravnsbaek show everyone that you can win WPT titles when you qualify via a satellite?

We don’t know? But we will be with the action every step of the way. Although the action starts at 13:00 (CET) we will be starting the blog updates at 13:30 (CET). We will have the added benefit of seeing the players hole cards so we think this is the best way to bring you the best coverage on the planet.

09.46

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