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

2023-10-29 21:03 UTC+2

Kubenka Gets Short and Doubles

Livello 26 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Lukas Pazma was all-in with the J♦J♠ and in trouble against fellow countryman Petr Kubenka, who had him pipped with the Q♦Q♠.

Pazma took the lead on the J♣6♠3♠ flop but had an additional sweat to fear on the 8♠ turn. However, the 6♦ river was a blank and Pazma doubled.

Down to the last 145,000, Kubenka jammed in the next hand and chip leader Wladimir Gerner reraised to isolate from the small blind.

Petr Kubenka: A♦K♣
Wladimir Gerner: K♠J♦

The A♣10♦5♦7♥J♣ board kept Kubenka in contention, while Gerner took a minor hit to his massive stack.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Wladimir Gerner	3,100,000 200,000	200,000
Lukas Pazma	475,000 140,000	140,000

Petr Kubenka	325,000 127,000	127,000

Tags: Lukas Pazma Petr Kubenka Wladimir Gerner

2023-10-29 20:59 UTC+2

Plum Applies the Pressure

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Livello 26 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Mikkel Plum opened to 60,000 from early position before the action folded around to Alfredo Vega Meister in the big blind.

Vega Meister slid out a raise to 185,000. Plum answered that with another raise, enough to put his opponent all in. Vega Meister took some time before making a frustrated fold.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Mikkel Plum	880,000 630,000	630,000
Alfredo Vega Meister	605,000 230,000	230,000

Tags: Alfredo Vega Meister Mikkel Plum

2023-10-29 20:52 UTC+2

Drusca Gets No Action

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Livello 26 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Andre Taskonidis opened to 60,000 from under the gun with Stefan Drusca calling on the button. Hoa Nguyen followed with a call in the big blind to the 6♠7♣3♣ flop.

Nguyen and Taskonidis both quickly checked. Drusca took a moment before sliding out a bet of 65,000. Both opponents folded, leaving Drusca to rake in the chips.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Stefan Drusca	690,000 410,000	410,000

Hoa Nguyen	345,000 45,000	45,000
Andre Taskonidis	275,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Andre Taskonidis Hoa Nguyen Stefan Drusca

Livello: 26

Bui: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

2023-10-29 20:42 UTC+2

Kang Pips Ekinci

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Livello 25 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

William Kang led out from early position for 65,000 on a board showing 6♥10♣8♠K♣ and was called by Yunus Ekinci on the button.

Both players followed with a check after seeing the Q♣ river.

Kang tabled A♦K♠ for top pair, good to take down the pot after Ekinci showed the K♥ while mucking his second card.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
William Kang	1,200,000 125,000	125,000
Yunus Ekinci	845,000 645,000	645,000

Tags: William Kang Yunus Ekinci

2023-10-29 20:39 UTC+2

Kaya Eliminated by Bise

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Livello 25 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Cemil Kaya raised to 75,000 off a stack of around half a million and Emil Bise then pushed all-in with the covering stack. That sent Kaya into the tank and he eventually called it off.

Once Bise rolled over the A♣9♥, Kaya sighed and exposed the dominated A♦6♦.

The kicker played on the 7♠7♣5♣3♣2♦ runout as Kaya failed to improve, sending Bise'e stack to seven figures.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Emil Bise	1,400,000 700,000	700,000

Cemil Kaya	Eliminato

Tags: Cemil Kaya Emil Bise

2023-10-29 20:33 UTC+2

Vega Meister Hits the Double

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Livello 25 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The action was heads up between Florin Bilan on the button and Alfredo Vega Meister in the big blind. With the flop showing K♠3♠5♦, Bilan bet and called an all in raise from Vega Meister.

Alfredo Vega Meister: K♦2♠
Florin Bilan: 9♠8♠

Vega Meister connected with top pair while Bilan had a flush draw. The 8♣ turn brought Bilan more outs, but the 2♣ river left Vega Meister ahead for the double.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Florin Bilan	1,100,000 895,000	895,000
Alfredo Vega Meister	835,000 315,000	315,000

Tags: Alfredo Vega Meister Florin Bilan

2023-10-29 20:26 UTC+2

Ghashayar Extracts Value From Gadzic

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Livello 25 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Iman Ghashayar opened the action with a raise to 60,000 from under the gun and received a single caller in Zeljko Gadzic out of the big blind. On a flop of Q♠10♣7♦, Gadzic check-called for 55,000 and both opted to check down the 6♦ on the turn.

After the 10♠ river, Gadzic checked again and Ghashayar made it 190,000 to go. That was reluctantly paid off by Gadzic, who mucked queen-jack when he was shown the A♦Q♣ by Ghashayar.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Wladimir Gerner	3,300,000 3,156,000	3,156,000
Iman Ghashayar	1,650,000 1,385,000	1,385,000
David Eiselt	1,200,000 150,000	150,000
Georgios Pantazis	600,000 102,000	102,000
Zeljko Gadzic	425,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Iman Ghashayar Zeljko Gadzic

2023-10-29 20:22 UTC+2

Farcasanu Can't Fade the River

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Livello 25 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Alexandru Farcasanu moved all in from under the gun for 285,000 and was quickly at risk when Andras Balogh also moved all in to his left. The rest of the table folded leaving the hand heads up.

Alexandru Farcasanu: 9♣9♦
Andras Balogh: A♠Q♦

Farcasanu's pocket pair was in front, but the K♦6♦5♦ flop brought Balogh a flush draw. The 4♠ turn was safe before the 4♦ river completed the ace-high flush for Balogh, ending Farcasanu's tournament run.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Andras Balogh	925,000 663,000	663,000
Alexandru Farcasanu	Eliminato

Tags: Alexandru Farcasanu Andras Balogh

2023-10-29 20:15 UTC+2

Martin Gets a Shove Through

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Livello 25 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Roland Schweinstetter raised it up to 60,000 on the button and Adrian Martin defended out of the big blind. Martin check-called a bet on the A♣5♣5♠ flop and checked again the Q♣ turn. Schweinstetter bet 135,000 only for Martin to shove for around 375,000.

That ended the hand right there as Schweinstetter opted to fold.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Adrian Martin	750,000 555,000	555,000
Roland Schweinstetter	400,000 318,000	318,000

Tags: Adrian Martin Roland Schweinstetter