€2,350 Main Event Day 1a | 2023 The Grand Big Wrap

09-15-2023 18:43 UTC+2

Cahill Eliminated by Hester

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The turn showed J♠9♥6♣2♣ and Dutchman Jacco Hester checked. Seamus Cahill then bet 15,000 with about two times as much behind. Hester check-raised the pot by piling in three T-25,000 chips and Cahill called all-in.

Seamus Cahill: A♦J♥10♦9♣
Jacco Hester: 6♥6♠5♦5♣

Cahill needed a jack or nine but the 4♦ river ended his first bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacco Hester	130,000 30,000	30,000
Seamus Cahill	Busted

Tags: Jacco Hester Seamus Cahill

09-15-2023 18:37 UTC+2

Riebau-Schmithals Runs Into Quads

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There was some laughter at the table and Fabian Riebau-Schmithals briefly exposed his J♣10♣10♠4x before tossing them into the muck with a grin on the face.

He had been all-in against Onur Unsal with the A♠A♣K♠Xx and the superior pair flopped a full house before turning quads on the A♦J♥J♠A♥5♥ runout.

Unsal joined the big stacks and appears to only trail August Schlegl and Inaki Gonzales for the time being.

Player	Chips	Progress
August Schlegl	250,000 80,000	80,000
Inaki Gonzales	240,000 15,000	15,000
Onur Unsal	215,000 115,000	115,000
Fabian Riebau-Schmithals	Busted

Tags: Fabian Riebau-Schmithals Onur Unsal

09-15-2023 18:34 UTC+2

Kourkis Leaves Rous on the Ropes

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Samer Kourkis bet the Q♥J♠10♣4♥4♣ river for 20,000 out of the small blind. Marek Rous then raised to 58,000 from under the gun and that left Kourkis somewhat confused before he called.

Rous tabled his A♣Q♣10♥9♦ for two pair and Kourkis claimed the pot with the Q♦J♦10♦4♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samer Kourkis	170,000 70,000	70,000
Marek Rous	25,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Marek Rous Samer Kourkis

09-15-2023 18:24 UTC+2

New Entries and Eliminations

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomasz Kozub	130,000

Hen Rosilio	100,000
David Boyaciyan	100,000
Eran Carmi	100,000
Angelos Pettas	100,000
Ioannis Papadopoulos	100,000
Dmitrij Fadeev	Busted
Abdulkadir Turgut	Busted

Level: 5

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

09-15-2023 18:22 UTC+2

Plum Gets a River Shove Through

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

With some 56,500 in the middle to the 5♦5♠4♠Q♠4♣ river, Piero Alioto bet 25,000. Mikkel Plum then jammed for 81,100 and Alioto reluctantly folded.

"Two queens ... what did you have, Piero? I folded pocket fours and would have made quads," Nadjim Haddad chimed in all the while Plum collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikkel Plum	170,000 50,000	50,000
Piero Alioto	125,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Mikkel Plum Nadjim Haddad Piero Alioto

09-15-2023 18:17 UTC+2

Langmann in the Lead

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

"How the hell could that happen?" Sebastian Langrock gasped albeit with a smirk on the face when he walked out of the poker arena after he was eliminated on the first bullet.

On his former table, Florian Langmann had chipped up and did so even further thanks to an ongoing hand. Mustafa Biz and Langmann invested 8,400 on the 5♣4♣2♠J♥ turn before the former then bet the pot for 24,200 on the Q♠ river.

Langmann called and was good with A♥K♦9♦3♥ for the wheel, as Biz only had Q♦J♦J♠8♣ for a turned set of jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Langmann	260,000 105,000	105,000

Mustafa Biz	8,500 91,500	91,500
Sebastian Langrock	Busted

Tags: Florian Langmann Mustafa Biz Sebastian Langrock

09-15-2023 18:10 UTC+2

Schlegl Has it All

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

In an already large pot to the A♦6♠4♠J♥6♥ river, August Schlegl tossed in two grey T-25,000 chips. Marc Palatzky was his only opponent and eventually folded as Schlegl exposed his A♣A♠K♠ for a flopped top set and nut flush draw, which had improved to aces full.

Player	Chips	Progress
August Schlegl	170,000 30,000	30,000
Massimiliano Zanasi	120,000 15,000	15,000

Oswin Ziegelbecker	110,000 55,000	55,000
Ethem Tosun	90,000
Marc Palatzky	80,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Marc Palatzky August Schlegl

09-15-2023 18:06 UTC+2

Lieber Doubles Through Langmann

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Florian Langmann on the button and Peter Lieber in the big blind got their chips into the middle on the K♠6♦5♦8♥ turn.

Lieber was the player at risk for just 23,800 with the K♦9♣8♦4♣ and ahead versus 8♣7♥7♦5♥. The river was a blank Q♠ and Lieber doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Langmann	155,000 10,000	10,000

Peter Lieber	72,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Florian Langmann Peter Lieber

09-15-2023 17:59 UTC+2

Oliver Gets Shorter

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Canada's Ryan Oliver only had four chips at his disposal on a K♠8♣3♥7♦ turn and used one of them, making it 5,000 to go. Roman Verenko then check-raised to 25,000 and Oliver quickly sent his cards into the muck as his stack plummeted to around one third of what he had started with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Verenko	120,000

Ryan Oliver	35,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Roman Verenko Ryan Oliver