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10-04-2025 12:49 UTC+2

Zela and Bartos Flop Trips in Four-Bet Pot

Calum Grant

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Martin Bartos opened to 12,000 from the hijack before Gazmend Zela made it 28,000 from the small blind. Bartos four-bet to 77,000 and Zela quickly called.

Zela check-called for 35,000 on the A♥Q♣Q♠ flop. The 3♠ turn then checked through to the 6♠ river.

Zela jammed for around 165,000 and was quickly called.

Both players flopped trip queens, but the pot was shared as they both tabled KxQx.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Bartos	320,000 30,000	30,000
Gazmend Zela	285,000 133,000	133,000

Tags: Gazmend Zela Martin Bartos

10-04-2025 12:49 UTC+2

Assorted Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlo Wolters	620,000 12,000	12,000
David Vinayagamoorthy	400,000 279,000	279,000
Kenny Hallaert	241,000 8,000	8,000

Vasileios Tsaknis	228,000 62,000	62,000
Alessandro Siena	200,000 26,000	26,000
Angelo Vietti	150,000 44,000	44,000
Gregory Biermans	145,000 42,000	42,000
Yelizaveta Aktas	55,000 33,000	33,000

10-04-2025 12:36 UTC+2

Mazurkevicius Finds Buyer in Kaufmann

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Frank Visser

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Arriving on a completed board of 8♠5♥10♣Q♥6♠, David Kaufmann checked to Andrius Mazurkevicius. With 108,000 in the pot, Mazurkevicius decided to move in his stack of 128,000.

Kaufmann spent a while deep in the tank before he eventually flicked in a calling chip. Mazurkevicius tabled K♠10♠for second pair, which won the pot against the 9♥9♠ of Kaufmann for a sizable double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Scala	610,000 390,000	390,000
Jacob Mulhern	560,000 332,000	332,000

David Kaufmann	450,000 194,000	194,000
Andrius Mazurkevicius	364,000 229,000	229,000
Benjamin Bruneteaux	260,000 39,000	39,000

Fintan Hand	250,000 112,000	112,000
Severi Palmu	45,000 171,500	171,500

Tags: Andrius Mazurkevicius David Kaufmann

10-04-2025 12:29 UTC+2

More Departures

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Calum Grant

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vittorio Maugini	Busted
Zak Lawson	Busted
Marton Czuczor	Busted
Sebastian Schulze	Busted
Brandon Sheils	Busted
Julio Carvalho	Busted
Dimitrios Manekas	Busted
Tomas Jozonis	Busted
Patrick Beuter	Busted
Daniel Garcia	Busted
Alessandro Marano	Busted
Giuseppe Gallo	Busted
Alexander Born	Busted
Luca Iurato	Busted
Daniel Prior	Busted
Andreas Vlachos	Busted
Giuseppe Azzaro	Busted
Igor Pihela	Busted
Ricardo De Andrade	Busted
Jiaming Zhao	Busted
Angelo Marrone	Busted
Gang Wang	Busted
Domenico Di Vito	Busted
Luigi D'Alterio	Busted
Vincenzo Lapenna	Busted

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Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

10-04-2025 12:19 UTC+2

Bennici Doubles Through Big Stack

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Modar Alsoud, who started the day in the top ten counts, had chipped up a bit when he raised to 10,000 in early position. It folded to Eric Bennici in the cutoff, who decided to wager his stack of 81,000 from the cutoff.

Alsoud asked for a count when it had folded back to him and called shortly after receiving the correct number.

Eric Bennici: A♠A♥ All in
Modar Alsoud: 7♠7♥

Alsoud flopped some extra on 6♦8♥4♠, but neither the 3♣ turn nor the 8♠ river provided further help. Bennici doubled with his aces, ending with 35 big blinds in his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Modar Alsoud	745,000 55,000	55,000
Thomas Muehloecker	660,000 15,000	15,000
Eric Bennici	174,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Eric Bennici Modar Alsoud

10-04-2025 12:17 UTC+2

Pihela's Diaper Soiled By La Cava

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Calum Grant

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Igor Pihela opened to 12,000 from the button. Alessandro La Cava and Daniele Degennaro called from the blinds.

The K♠5♠3♠ flop checked through to the 3♦ turn. La Cava checked, and Degennaro fired out 24,000. Pihela called before La Cava bumped it up to 122,000. Degennaro quickly folded, while Pihela stuck around.

La Cava jammed for around 220,000 on the J♣ river. Pihela was slightly covered and called for his tournament life.

La Cava flopped the flush with Q♠10♠, besting Pihela's trips as he showed down 3♣2♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessandro La Cava	700,000 386,000	386,000
Daniele Degennaro	310,000 26,000	26,000
Igor Pihela	Busted

Tags: Alessandro La Cava Daniele Degennaro Igor Pihela

10-04-2025 12:04 UTC+2

Nardin Trending Down

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Takuma Terada opened to 11,000 in middle position, being met with a three-bet to 40,000 from Romain Nardin in the small blind. Terada called, and did so too when Nardin bet 30,000 on the 7♥2♥2♠ flop.

The 7♦ turn double-paired the board, prompting Nardin to check. Terada flicked in a bet of 40,000, and Nardin called.

The 6♠ river was quickly checked by both players, after which Nardin reluctantly showed A♦5♥. Terada played a higher two pair with his 10♥10♦, and was awarded the pot as Nardin lost about half his stack thus far.

Player	Chips	Progress
Takuma Terada	315,000 130,000	130,000
Barny Boatman	160,000 69,000	69,000

Romain Nardin	145,000 200,000	200,000
Rainer Kempe	115,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Romain Nardin Takuma Terada

10-04-2025 12:00 UTC+2

Kolev Holds to Double

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Calum Grant

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Clement Bonnant raised from the button and quickly called when Yuliyan Kolev jammed for 121,000 from the big blind.

Yuliyan Kolev: 10♣10♠ All in
Clement Bonnant: 9♥9♦

Kolev's better pair remained best on the J♥8♣2♥Q♦3♣ runout, and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuliyan Kolev	246,000 74,000	74,000
Clement Bonnant	93,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Clement Bonnant Yuliyan Kolev

10-04-2025 11:58 UTC+2

Dupre Delivers Wozniak Chips After Rocket Start

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Julien Dupre, the newest addition to the Red Spade roster, had doubled his start-of-day stack when he raised his small blind to 16,000. Mateusz Wozniak called in the big blind, and the J♣7♠7♣ flop was fanned.

Dupre continued for 13,000, again being looked up by Wozniak. Both players then checked the 10♥ turn through to the 6♠ river, where Dupre picked the aggression back up with a bet of 12,000.

Wozniak instantly flicked in a calling chip, and his Q♠10♠ outkicked the 10♦8♥ of Dupre to be awarded the small pot.