Event #7: €1,650 NLH 6-max | 2023 WSOP Europe

2023-11-07 20:15 UTC+2

Day 1 Chip Leader Hodaj Crashes Out Due to Kraft Work

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

Florian Kraft bet 25,000 from the hijack and was met with a huge all-in from Besmir Hodaj on the button for 380,000. Kraft made the call to put the over night chip leader at risk.

Besmir Hodaj: A♠J♠
Florian Kraft: K♠K♣

Kraft was the favorite to win the hand and the runout of Q♥8♥3♦6♦Q♣ provided no help for the Italian to send him crashing out of the tournament. Kraft is now amongst the chip leaders.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Florian Kraft	1,050,000 500,000	500,000
Besmir Hodaj	Eliminato

Tags: Besmir Hodaj Florian Kraft

2023-11-07 19:13 UTC+2

Vaskresenski Eliminated by Thiemer

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

Another three players were eliminated including Andrea Dato, Sascha Minerva, as well as Maksim Vaskresenski. The latter was flipped out by Frederik Thiemer when 7♦7♠ could not hold up against A♥K♥ on a board of K♣4♦4♠Q♦10♣.

Jorge Ufano also ended up at risk but had the best of it with A♣A♥, as Joao Tomas only revealed the 10♥10♦ in one of the biggest pots of the tournament so far.

There was no upset on the J♦6♦3♥6♥2♠ runout for Ufano to double.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Jorge Ufano	780,000 380,000	380,000
Joao Tomas	750,000 250,000	250,000
Frederik Thiemer	610,000 365,000	365,000
Maksim Vaskresenski	Eliminato
Andrea Dato	Eliminato

Sascha Minerva	Eliminato

Tags: Andrea Dato Frederik Thiemer Joao Tomas Jorge Ufano Maksim Vaskresenski Sascha Minerva

2023-11-07 19:12 UTC+2

Koleckar Puts Hodaj to the Test - Mao Takes Out Martinovic

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

There were 230,000 in the middle on the completed board of 10♦6♠4♦Q♠5♥, and Jakub Koleckar moved all in for 252,000 from the big blind.

Hodaj went deep into the tank. If he made the wrong call he would have been severely short-stacked. In the end the overnight chip leader folded.

Whilst the Italian was deep into the tank Dragoljub Martinovic was all in against Renji Mao. Mao's pocket queens held against Martinovic's pocket tens and the Serbian headed to the exit.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Renji Mao	630,000 175,000	175,000

Jakub Koleckar	482,000 72,000	72,000
Besmir Hodaj	380,000 -170,000	-170,000

Dragoljub Martinovic	Eliminato

Tags: Dragoljub Martinovic Jakub Koleckar Renji Mao

2023-11-07 19:07 UTC+2

Wilke Bad Beats Gehrmann

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

Dennis Wilke raised to 20,000 and Michael Gehrmann three-bet to 95,000 in the big blind with about as much behind. That brought the four-bet of Wilke for more than 250,000 and Gehrmann instantly tossed his cards face-up to the middle.

"That's a fold?" Wilke grinned as he was shown the A♠Q♦. Gehrmann had, however, called all-in and was ahead versus Wilke's A♥J♥.

The 9♣8♦3♥10♦7♣ board delivered a jack-high straight and Gehrmann snapped a picture of the bad beat with his smart phone before leaving.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Dennis Wilke	700,000 320,000	320,000
Michael Gehrmann	Eliminato

Tags: Dennis Wilke Michael Gehrmann

2023-11-07 19:01 UTC+2

Down to the Last Seven Tables

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

Toni Ravnak three-bet jammed with the A♣10♦ only to get snapped off by Ramo Balic with the A♦A♥. There was no upset on the J♠6♥4♠6♣4♥ board and Ravnak was sent to the payout desk.

Several other contestants followed including Ruslan Volkov, who saw his ace-king outflopped by the K♠8♦ of Renji Mao in the big blind.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Renji Mao	455,000 315,000	315,000

Ramo Balic	380,000 190,000	190,000
Toni Ravnak	Eliminato
Jacopo Achille	Eliminato

Ting-Yi Tsai	Eliminato
Robert Burlacu	Eliminato
Ruslan Volkov	Eliminato

Tags: Ramo Balic Renji Mao Ruslan Volkov Toni Ravnak

2023-11-07 18:55 UTC+2

Maricuta Eliminated by Tomas

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

On a completed board of Q♣10♥7♥5♠K♦, Joao Tomas pushed all-in and Dan Maricuta eventually called it off.

Tomas revealed his J♦9♦ for the second nuts and Maricuta mucked his cards. According to the all-in showdown rule, the K♥5♥ of the Romanian were exposed before he headed to the payout desk.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Joao Tomas	500,000 170,000	170,000
Dan Maricuta	Eliminato

Tags: Dan Maricuta Joao Tomas

2023-11-07 18:38 UTC+2

Peluso Eliminated by Gehrmann

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

Michael Gehrmann jammed into Fabio Peluso and the Italian called it off, having previously seen his stack decimated to fewer than ten big blinds.

Fabio Peluso: J♥10♣
Michael Gehrmann: A♥2♦

The K♦7♦3♠9♥K♥ board missed both players and ace-high was good to eliminate Peluso.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Michael Gehrmann	230,000 100,000	100,000
Fabio Peluso	Eliminato

Tags: Fabio Peluso Michael Gehrmann

2023-11-07 18:26 UTC+2

Bode Amon the Latest Casualties

Livello 19 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Soon after his double-up, Andrej Desset was spotted on his way to the payout desk. He was joined there by Jannis Bode, who failed to run up a short stack.

Bode's final hand saw his J♠J♥ dominated by the Q♥Q♠ of Joao Tomas, as no help came on the 8♣6♣2♦3♥7♦ runout.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Joao Tomas	330,000 212,500	212,500
Andrej Desset	Eliminato
Jannis Bode	Eliminato

Tags: Andrej Desset Jannis Bode Joao Tomas

2023-11-07 18:24 UTC+2

Dahan Eliminated by Covrig

Livello 19 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Refael Dahan was all-in and at risk for what appeared to be around 130,000 preflop and his pocket pair was dominated by Sergiu Covrig.

Refael Dahan: 8♠8♣
Sergiu Covrig: J♥J♣

It was almost all over on the J♠10♥2♠ flop as Dahan needed running cards to stay alive. The 4♣ turn sealed his fate and the 5♦ river was a mere formality.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Sergiu Covrig	550,000 177,000	177,000

Refael Dahan	Eliminato

Tags: Sergiu Covrig Refael Dahan

2023-11-07 18:11 UTC+2

Turchi Stays in Contention

Livello 19 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Bernhard Güntner had just been eliminated over on table 139 and the next clash of two short stacks on the same table followed right after.

Virgile Turchi was all-in for the last 30,000 with the K♦6♣ and Jannis Bode looked him up holding the A♣7♦.

Both hit their weaker kicker on the 7♠6♥2♣ flop but the K♣ turn pulled Turchi ahead. Nothing then changed with the 2♠ river and Turchi doubled.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Virgile Turchi	70,000 -60,000	-60,000
Jannis Bode	60,000 -25,000	-25,000
Bernhard Güntner	Eliminato

Tags: Bernhard Güntner Jannis Bode Virgile Turchi