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08-22-2025 13:35 UTC+2

Soria Shoves the River Against McGill

David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Mark McGill raised to 25,000 in early position and picked up calls from Rolando Soria and Liwei Sun in the blinds.

The flop came A♥3♥2♥ and McGill continued for 25,000. Only Soria called to see the 6♣ turn, where McGill bet another 25,000. Soria then raised to 75,000 and McGill called.

The K♠ fell on the river and Soria moved all in. McGill had around 80,000 remaining and quickly threw his cards across the table and into the muck as Soria took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rolando Soria	600,000 111,000	111,000
Liwei Sun	220,000 115,000	115,000
Mark McGill	80,000 67,000	67,000

Tags: Liwei Sun Mark McGill Rolando Soria

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

08-22-2025 13:27 UTC+2

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Zech	1,540,000 156,000	156,000

Vidur Sethi	1,415,000 979,000	979,000

Jakub Sterba	1,407,000 607,000	607,000
Eros Calderone	1,295,000 696,000	696,000
Karel Mokry	1,156,000 737,000	737,000
Nazar Buhaiov	1,100,000 537,000	537,000
Jinlong Hu	1,085,000 85,000	85,000
Joan Morgo	1,085,000 1,007,000	1,007,000
Felipe Germano	1,080,000 781,000	781,000
Rutger Hennen	1,032,000 428,000	428,000
Dean Hutchison	966,000 966,000	966,000
Pol Vela	965,000 316,000	316,000

Jon Kyte	950,000 432,000	432,000
Tor Skardi	840,000 26,000	26,000
Luka Sorainen	840,000 115,000	115,000
Candido Cappiello	823,000 244,000	244,000
Eduards Rakuss	775,000 64,000	64,000
Terrance Reid	758,000 584,000	584,000
Kenny Hallaert	739,000 89,000	89,000

Dave Stann	738,000 423,000	423,000
Kaio Camargo	735,000 184,000	184,000
Anthony Apicella	718,000
Maxime Chilaud	712,000 316,000	316,000
Mateusz Moolhuizen	707,000 547,000	547,000
Umberto Ruggeri	695,000 537,000	537,000

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08-22-2025 13:26 UTC+2

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Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

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08-22-2025 13:06 UTC+2

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Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

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08-22-2025 13:02 UTC+2

First Break

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

More than 300 players were eliminated over the first two hours of the day, while the remaining 426 head off on a 20-minute break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eero Rantala	Busted
Kasey Mills	Busted
Leonardo Gabaglia	Busted
Christophe Pommier	Busted
Panagiotis Mavritsakis	Busted
Vjekoslav Lozo	Busted
Jose Ruiz	Busted
Matthew Micallef	Busted
Claude Mamalepot	Busted
Gili Bar	Busted
Jari Mahonen	Busted
Beltran Garcia	Busted
Nil Bahlous	Busted
Jerome Sgorrano	Busted
Stefan Leenen	Busted
Jack Hardcastle	Busted
Maxime Colom	Busted
Adrian Lipe	Busted
Nico Frenn	Busted
Wissam Ouertani	Busted
Nika Azaladze	Busted
Jan Peters	Busted
Valerio Greco	Busted
Michael Uguccioni	Busted
Dorian Dizy	Busted

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08-22-2025 13:01 UTC+2

Somebody Does Win With Jacks

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Augustin Tena moved all in for 120,000 from middle position and Mohamed-Said Taghla called in the cutoff.

Augustin Tena: A♠10♠ All in
Mohamed-Said Taghla: J♦J♠

Tena picked up some outs after hitting top pair on the 10♦5♥2♣ flop, but he improved no further on the 9♣ turn or Q♣ river as Taghla earned the pot to send Tena to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed-Said Taghla	420,000 290,000	290,000
Augustin Tena	Busted

Tags: Augustin Tena Mohamed-Said Taghla

08-22-2025 13:01 UTC+2

Prinzing Calls Off w/ Nine-High & Chops

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Connor Richards

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Nikolai Valchev open-jammed a stack of around 75,000 in the small blind and Achim Prinzing counted his chips before calling in the big blind with slightly more chips.

Nikolai Valchev: 9♥8♣ All in
Achim Prinzing: 9♠8♥

Prinzing laughed as he saw his opponent had the same hand and the board ran out 10♣K♠A♦3♥3♣ as the two players chopped the pot ahead of the first break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Achim Prinzing	150,000 5,000	5,000
Nikolai Valchev	75,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Achim Prinzing Nikolai Valchev

08-22-2025 12:57 UTC+2

Rodriguez Catches Zamani on a Move; Hallaert Scores a Knockout

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

"Everyone hates jacks. Nobody can win," Martin Zamani said as he and Victor Rodriguez went heads-up to a flop of Q♠9♣10♦. Zamani bet 15,000 from early position and Rodriguez called in middle position.

Zamani bet another 30,000 on the 6♣ turn and Rodriguez again called. The river was the A♦ and Zamani moved all in. Rodriguez called for his last 110,000 and Zamani turned over 9♠8♠ for a pair of nines, but Rodriguez had A♣J♦ for rivered pair of aces to win the pot and double up.

"You slammed it down. I had to look at the board again," a tablemate told Zamani, who burst into laughter as he handed over the chips.

At another table, Andre Fjulsrud in the cutoff and Kenny Hallaert in the big blind had all their chips in the middle before the flop.

Andre Fjulsrud: 5♦5♥ All in
Kenny Hallaert: 9♥9♣

Hallaert was ahead with his nines, and the board ran out 6♠6♦2♦2♠Q♠ to secure him the pot. The stacks were counted down and Hallaert had Fjulsrud's remaining 310,000 barely covered as the Team PokerStars pro earned the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	650,000 370,000	370,000

Martin Zamani	390,000 78,000	78,000
Victor Rodriguez	230,000 54,000	54,000
Andre Fjulsrud	Busted

Tags: Andre Fjulsrud Kenny Hallaert Martin Zamani Victor Rodriguez

08-22-2025 12:45 UTC+2

Hu Pulls Ahead on the River to Hit a Million

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Carlos Garcia was already all in with a short stack from the button as Jinlong Hu and Encheng Zhang built a side pot on a flop of K♦10♥4♦.

Hu then bet 30,000 from under the gun, and Zhang raised to 75,000 in the hijack; Hu called. Zhang bet another 80,000 on the Q♥ turn, and Hu again called.

Both players checked down the 4♣ river, and Zhang showed K♥Q♦ for two pair, but Hu had A♠A♥ for a rivered two pair. Garcia tossed 8♣8♠ into the muck as he made his exit, while Hu scooped the entire pot to hit the 1,000,000-chip milestone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jinlong Hu	1,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Encheng Zhang	140,000 140,000	140,000
Carlos Garcia	Busted

Tags: Carlos Garcia Encheng Zhang Jinlong Hu