Event #1: €350 NLH Opener Giorno 2 | 2023 WSOP Europe

2023-10-29 16:32 UTC+2

Molnar Knocks Out Curic

Livello 21 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Stephan Kribben min-raised and then faced the shove by Goran Curic from one seat over. Norbert Molnar instantly jammed as well and Kribben reluctantly folded.

Norbert Molnar: K♣K♠
Goran Curic: J♦J♠

The board ran out 9♦8♥2♠2♥10♣ and Molnar doubled. Curic was left with just 10,000 and busted shortly after.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Norbert Molnar	300,000 82,000	82,000
Stephan Kribben	220,000 30,000	30,000
Goran Curic	Eliminato

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2023-10-29 16:30 UTC+2

Askari Eliminated by Lucchese

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Livello 21 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Mehrzad Askari got his stack of around 20 big blinds into the middle preflop and was hoping for a coin flip according to the table chat right before he flipped over the A♥K♠.

However, that was crushed by the A♠A♦ of Angelo Lucchese and there was no escape on a board of J♠8♠7♥A♣2♥.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Angelo Lucchese	550,000 220,000	220,000
Mehrzad Askari	Eliminato

Tags: Angelo Lucchese Mehrzad Askari

2023-10-29 16:26 UTC+2

Strauss Sends Sauter Out

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Livello 21 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Jared Strauss opened to 23,000 before Andreas Sauter moved all in. The action folded back to Strauss, who took some time before making the call.

Andreas Sauter: K♥J♣
Jared Strauss: K♠Q♠

Sauter needed help but could not catch up on the 10♦7♦5♣K♣5♦ runout, ending his run as the chips headed to his right.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Jared Strauss	595,000 373,000	373,000

Tags: Jared Strauss Andreas Sauter

Livello: 21

Bui: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

2023-10-29 16:25 UTC+2

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Livello 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Johannes Mueller	1,150,000 629,000	629,000
Riadh Ben Farhat	800,000 375,000	375,000
Emil Bise	700,000 150,000	150,000

David Eiselt	625,000 468,000	468,000
David Vanecek	600,000 242,000	242,000
Patrick Delkof	550,000 177,000	177,000
Anthony Mahaut	525,000 208,000	208,000
Ori Hasson	425,000 69,000	69,000

Scottie Howington	350,000 152,000	152,000
Fabio Peluso	270,000 6,000	6,000

Ilija Savevski	150,000 38,000	38,000

Maciej Kondraszuk	125,000 6,000	6,000
Gerhard Brimmers	Eliminato
Abdelhakim Zoufri	Eliminato

2023-10-29 16:22 UTC+2

Stanescu Knocks Out Tanner

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Livello 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Mircea Stanescu opened to 40,000 and then faced a three-bet shove by Christoph Tanner for 292,000, which he called after a few seconds of consideration.

Christoph Tanner: A♥J♥
Mircea Stanescu: A♦K♣

The kicker played on the A♣Q♣8♦3♦4♣ runout as Tanner headed to the payout desk.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Mircea Stanescu	675,000 75,000	75,000

Christoph Tanner	Eliminato

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2023-10-29 16:17 UTC+2

Peluso Beats Big Slick

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Livello 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Fabio Peluso moved all in for 128,000 and found a call from Berend Hooijer seated across the table.

Fabio Peluso: A♠9♠
Berend Hooijer: A♣K♠

Peluso was trailing Hooijer's king kicker, but took the lead with top pair on the 9♦6♣5♣ flop.

The 8♠ turn and 6♦ river changed nothing, as Peluso secured the double up.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Berend Hooijer	765,000 15,000	15,000
Fabio Peluso	264,000 114,000	114,000

Tags: Fabio Peluso Berend Hooijer

2023-10-29 16:14 UTC+2

Ben Farhat Doubles Through Hajtmanek

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Livello 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Riadh Ben Farhat, who had won a WSOP Circuit Main Event at King's Casino, scored a fortunate double-up when his A♦9♦ was up against ace-queen.

The 9♥8♣4♣3♥K♣ board delivered the nine as the Frenchman jumped above the average.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Riadh Ben Farhat	425,000 100,000	100,000
Jan Hajtmanek	130,000 153,000	153,000

Tags: Jan Hajtmanek Riadh Ben Farhat

2023-10-29 16:07 UTC+2

Triple Up for Lucchese

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Livello 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Angelo Lucchese was all smiles as he came out on top of a three-way all-in contest.

The 6♠6♦ of Lucchese flopped against Dominik Krezo with the A♣Q♣ and Jacek Kaczmarek, who revealed the A♦Q♠.

On a board of J♥9♥8♣J♣5♠, the mighty pair held for a triple worth 112,000.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Angelo Lucchese	330,000 206,000	206,000
Dominik Krezo	150,000 44,000	44,000
Jacek Kaczmarek	30,000 364,000	364,000

2023-10-29 16:06 UTC+2

Izvira Eliminates Zoller

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Livello 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The action was three-way on a J♠4♦2♥ flop, with Josef Zoller moving all in and Emilio Izvira making the call. Pawel Zawadowicz got out of the way, leaving Zoller at risk heads up.

Josef Zoller: J♣6♥
Emilio Izvira: J♦9♦

Izvira had Zoller dominated and the 7♥ turn ensured that his kicker would play. The A♥ river left Zoller second best, ending his run in Level 20.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Emilio Izvira	395,000 70,000	70,000
Pawel Zawadowicz	245,000 73,000	73,000
Josef Zoller	Eliminato

Tags: Emilio Izvira Josef Zoller Pawel Zawadowicz