2023 WSOP Europe

Event #13: €10,350 Main Event NLH European Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info

2023 WSOP Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j8
Prize
€1,500,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,350
Prize Pool
€7,761,500
Entries
817
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
120
Players Left
73

Levan Rcheulishvili Dominates, With Help From Some Controversy, on Day 1b of the WSOPE Main Event

Level 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Levan Rcheulishvili
Levan Rcheulishvili

What Day 1b of the €10,350 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event lacked in numbers compared to yesterday’s opening flight it certainly made up for in star power and tension-filled pots.

A total of 120 players entered over the course of the day, bringing the total combined field up to 677 with late registration still open. Only 73 made it through the day and will now join with the 360 survivors from Day 1a, led by Levan Rcheulishvili.

Rcheulishvili busted Daniel Dvoress in a controversial pot when he had the clock called on him and put in the chips after the countdown had seemingly reached zero. Dvoress only had a bluff, while Rcheulishvili showed top pair. He later made a set of sevens to crack the queens of Santhosh Suvarna and eliminate the €50K Diamond High Roller champion on his way to bagging up 586,800. The Georgia native already has three cashes at this year’s WSOPE, including deep runs in the €2K PLO and the Mini Main Event.

David Miscikowski, a WSOP bracelet winner from nearly a decade ago, is in second place with 448,900. Nicola D’Anselmo doubled up with set over set earlier in the day and finished with 381,400, good for third place on the leaderboard. Ramzi Zuraikat was seemingly near the top the entire day after he was responsible for the first bustout of Day 1b, hitting a set of sixes on Roman Stoica as he ended up with 370,000. Hen Rosilio rounds out the top five with 363,600.

Day 1b Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Levan RcheulishviliGeorgia586,800367
2David MiscikowskiUnited States448,900281
3Nicola D'AnselmoItaly381,400238
4Ramzi ZuraikatSwitzerland370,000231
5Hen RosilioIsrael363,600227
6Jovan KenjicSerbia357,200223
7Miroslav SalajSlovakia352,300220
8Andrej CintulaSlovakia345,800216
9Renat BohdanovUkraine340,000213
10Aliaksei BoikaBelarus336,600210

Dvoress, who won his second WSOP bracelet earlier this week in the €25,000 GGMillion$, reentered after losing the pot to Rcheulishvili and finished the night among the top stacks with 251,600. He’s joined by Renat Bohdanov (340,000), James Chen (333,500), Felipe Ramos (251,600), 2019 runner-up Claas Segebrecht (180,100), 2013 champion Adrian Mateos (174,300), and Andrea Dato (110,000). Quan Zhou (99,700), 2020 WSOP Online Main Event champion Stoyan Madanzhiev (85,500), and Ben Heath (83,200) ended up near the bottom and have work to do to get back in contention for the bracelet.

Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos

Defending champion Omar Eljach waited until nearly the last minute before making an appearance. Eljach fired his second bullet into the event with just a few minutes to spare in the day and managed to increase his stack up to 137,200 as he continues his pursuit of an unprecedented repeat performance. Notables who failed to make it out of Day 1b include Nick Palma, Roland Israelashvili, Emil Bise, Shawn Stroke, and Julien Sitbon. Wooram Cho was sitting on a big stack until he tried a six-bet all-in shove but ran right into the aces of Miroslav Salaj, who ended the night with 352,300 thanks largely to that pot.

Day 2 begins at noon local time tomorrow with 433 players returning from the two starting flights. They’ll be joined by any new arrivals and reentries, as late registration remains open until the start of Level 13. The tournament needs just 87 more entries to break last year’s record field of 763. The action picks up on Level 8 with blinds of 800-1,600 and a 1,600 big blind ante. In this incredibly deep-stacked structure, the starting stack of 100,000 is still worth more than 60 big blinds at the start of Day 2.

Tomorrow is the day everyone will find out what they are playing for. It will also be the last chance for players to jump into the tournament and give themselves a chance to enter the record books as a WSOPE champion. King’s Resort in Rozvadov will be packed tomorrow, and PokerNews will be right there following all the action and providing live updates.

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Ramos Hits Quads in Four-Bet Pot

Level 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Felipe Ramos
Felipe Ramos

After some a raise to 3,000 from Nikolay Ponomarev in early position and a call from another player at the table, Felipe Ramos made it 13,200 to go from the big blind.

With the action back on Ponomarev, he put in a four-bet to 22,400 and Ramos was the only caller.

The flop then fell J65 and Ramos checked to Ponomarev, who opted to continue for 12,000. Ramos then raised to 29,800, after which Ponomarev three-bet all in, covering Ramos's 113,500 stack.

Ramos snap called and the cards went on their backs.

Felipe Ramos: JJ
Nikolay Ponomarev: 87

Ponomarev had made some moves with his suited connector, both preflop and postflop, but was still drawing live against the top set of Ramos. The 8 turn gave Ponomarev a useless pair, and the J river saw Ramos hit quad jacks to lock up the pot and double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Felipe Ramos
276,000
146,000
146,000
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Nikolay Ponomarev
113,000
53,000
53,000

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Dvoress Leaves Israelashvili on Fumes

Level 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Daniel Dvoress
Daniel Dvoress

Action was already on the river as Christophe Panetti, Daniel Dvoress, and Roland Israelashvili built a pot of around 45,000 on a board of 947A6.

Israelashvili then bet 25,000 under the gun and Panetti called in early position. Dvoress moved all in for 84,000 from the big blind, Israelashvili reshoved for 105,000, and Panetti got out of the way.

Israelashvili turned over 99 for a set, but Dvoress had 108 for the nut straight to double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Dvoress
290,000
170,000
170,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
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Christophe Panetti
140,000
60,000
60,000
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Roland Israelashvili
10,000
-110,000
-110,000

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Papazian Hits Quads Against Chipleader

Level 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Alexandru Papazian
Alexandru Papazian

After unknown action, Alexandru Papazian got all of his 45,300 chips in the middle preflop against Levan Rcheulishvili.

Alexandru Papazian: 1010
Levan Rcheulishvili: KK

It was looking like Rcheulishvili would extend his chip lead over the field, but the J1010 flop said otherwise. Papazian casually hit quads to stay alive, and Rcheulishvili was drawing dead when the J was turned. The 6 river did not matter and Papazian happily raked in his newly acquired chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Levan Rcheulishvili
600,000
-50,000
-50,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
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Alexandru Papazian
93,600
28,600
28,600
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Alexandru PapazianLevan Rcheulishvili

Chatzilazarou Calls Off Against Pucci

Level 7 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Michele Pucci
Michele Pucci

Vasileios Chatzilazarou and Michele Pucci went heads-up to the river on a completed board of 10K8A6 and around 17,000 in the pot when Chatzilazarou bet 10,500 from under the gun.

Pucci then moved all in from the cutoff, having Chatzilazarou's remaining 35,000 well covered. Chatzilazarou gave it some thought for a minute before sticking in his last chips.

Pucci showed him QJ for the nut straight and Chatzilazarou went to muck before being forced to show A10 before he headed off to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Michele Pucci
320,000
100,000
100,000
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Vasileios Chatzilazarou
Busted

Tags: Michele PucciVasileios Chatzilazarou

Table Getting Envious of Cintula

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Andrej Cintula
Andrej Cintula

Three-handed on a board of 6106K, Yi Zhan Peng bet 4,000 from under the gun and Francesco Rinaldi called in middle position.

Andrej Cintula then raised to 24,000 in the big blind and Peng got out of the way. Rinaldi, though, tanked for a minute before moving all in for 26,000, and Cintula immediately tossed in the extra chips.

Rinaldi had AK for two pair, but Cintula showed Q6 for trip sixes. The river was the 5 and Rinaldi was sent to the rail.

"How do you hit every hand? Ay, ay ay, how do you do it," tablemate Ali Amelipour said to Cintula.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrej Cintula
320,000
80,000
80,000
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Yi Zhan Peng
110,000
110,000
110,000
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Francesco Rinaldi
Busted

Tags: Andrej CintulaFrancesco RinaldiYi Zhan Peng

Stumbo Gets Caught This Time

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos

Heads-up on a board of 78AQ and around 20,000 in the pot, Adrian Mateos bet 15,000 from the button and Anthony Stumbo called in the cutoff.

The river was the 8 and Stumbo moved all in for 78,000. "Are you bluffing again," Mateos asked him as he tanked for a few minutes.

Mateos eventually called and Stumbo turned over 109 for a missed straight draw. Mateos showed AK for two pair to take the pot and send Stumbo to the rail.

"Very nice call. Had to be a bluff. Had to be," tablemate Ramzi Zuraikat told Mateos.

Player Chips Progress
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Adrian Mateos
230,000
80,000
80,000
EPT Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
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Anthony Stumbo
Busted

Tags: Adrian MateosAnthony Stumbo

D'Anselmo Puts a Massive Cooler on Wieckenberg

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Nicola Danselmo
Nicola Danselmo

Around 17,000 was in the middle as Nicola D'Anselmo and Jan Wieckenberg went to a flop of 97J. The two players then exchanged raises until D'Anselmo, in the small blind, was all in for 129,300 and Wieckenberg had him at risk on the button.

Nicola D'Anselmo: JJ
Jan Wieckenberg: 99

Wieckenberg turned over a set of nines, but he was down to just one out as D'Anselmo showed top set. The board ran out 510 and Wieckenberg could only shake his head as D'Anselmo scooped the massive pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Nicola D'Anselmo
270,000
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Jan Wieckenberg
70,000
-165,000
-165,000

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Rcheulishvili Fills Up to Crack Suvarna's Queens

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Levan Rcheulishvili
Levan Rcheulishvili

More than 100,000 was already in the pot as Santhosh Suvarna got his last 80,000 in the middle from the big blind on a board of 73J2J against Levan Rcheulishvili under the gun.

Suvarna turned over QQ, but Rcheulishvili had 77 for a flopped set that improved to a full house on the river. Suvarna was sent to the rail, while Rcheulishvili stacked up more than 500,000 after the massive pot was pushed to him.

Player Chips Progress
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Levan Rcheulishvili
550,000
100,000
100,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
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Santhosh Suvarna
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Levan RcheulishviliSanthosh Suvarna

Stumbo Limps, Then Jams the River

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Anthony Stumbo
Anthony Stumbo

Anthony Stumbo limped in from early position as Maxim Panyak and Ramzi Zuraikat came along. Renat Bohdanov, in the small blind, then raised to 9,000 and only Stumbo called.

The flop came QQA and Bohdanov bet 4,000. Stumbo called and the 3 fell on the turn.

Bohdanov bet another 7,500 and Stumbo again called to see the 6 river. Stumbo this time moved all in for 104,500.

"Queen-seven," Bohdanov asked.

Stumbo shook his hand back and forth. "You'll see," he told Bohdanov.

Bohdanov tanked for around five minutes. "I'm giving you my chips. I'm bluffing," Stumbo said as Bohdanov took one final look at his cards before mucking.

"Pick one," Stumbo told him.

"You said two," Bohdanov replied, and Stumbo then turned over 99 as he took the pot.

"Nice bluff," tablemate Adrian Mateos told him.

Player Chips Progress
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Ramzi Zuraikat
330,000
-10,000
-10,000
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Renat Bohdanov
160,000
55,000
55,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Anthony Stumbo
150,000
-60,000
-60,000
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Maxim Panyak
60,000
1,500
1,500

Tags: Anthony StumboMaxim PanyakRamzi ZuraikatRenat Bohdanov