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

09-15-2023 21:33 UTC+1

Guney Gets a Shove Through

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Joining the action on the Q♥6♥5♥A♣ turn, it was Hoss Parhizkar who bet 50,000. What followed was the shove by Bahtiyar Guney and no call followed, as Parhizkar folded. Below are the updated counts of all players on the same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hen Rosilio	350,000 120,000	120,000
Xiaoyi Jin	250,000 250,000	250,000
Bahtiyar Guney	230,000 230,000	230,000
Hoss Parhizkar	140,000 48,000	48,000
Philipp Zukernik	120,000
Angelos Pettas	90,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Bahtiyar Guney Hoss Parhizkar

09-15-2023 21:38 UTC+1

Final Break on Day 1a

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Nine levels of 45 minutes each have been completed and a field of 118 entries has essentially been cut into half. Only 58 players remain and they are now on the final 15-minute break, during which the T-100 chips are raced off.

Player	Chips	Progress
Predrag Vulovic	Busted
Dorel Eldabach	Busted

Onur Unsal	Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

09-15-2023 21:55 UTC+1

Late Night Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Only a few minutes after the action resumed, half a dozen players were knocked out. That included former big stack Inaki Gonzales as well as Oswin Ziegelbecker. Tim Van Loo had tripled up a severe short stack prior to the break but also bowed out as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Juhlen	Busted
Oswin Ziegelbecker	Busted
Tim Van Loo	Busted
Inaki Gonzales	Busted

Tags: Inaki Gonzales Oswin Ziegelbecker Tim Van Loo

09-15-2023 22:00 UTC+1

Plum Eliminated by Di Persio

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Michal Rudnik had been eliminated by Nadjim Haddad, sending the latter into the current top spot.

The same table then saw a raise to 7,500 by Jean Michel Kleemann, which earned him a call by Mikkel Plum. Marco Di Persio raised the pot to 42,500 and Plum came along to then get it in versus Di Persio on the K♠9♣5♥ flop while Kleemann folded.

Mikkel Plum: K♦Q♠J♦10♣
Marco Di Persio: A♠K♣J♠7♦

Plum's top pair with a big wrap was behind but had plenty of outs. However, both the 5♦ turn and 8♠ river were blanks to send the Dane to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nadjim Haddad	630,000 280,000	280,000
Marco Di Persio	255,000 85,000	85,000
Mustafa Biz	250,000 40,000	40,000
Leonid Yanovski	250,000 40,000	40,000
Jean Michel Kleemann	140,000 50,000	50,000
Emrah Cakmak	90,000 10,000	10,000
Michal Rudnik	Busted
Mikkel Plum	Busted

Tags: Jean Michel Kleemann Marco Di Persio Michal Rudnik Mikkel Plum Nadjim Haddad

09-15-2023 22:09 UTC+1

Helmers Gets Some River Value

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Adolf Buettner check-called a bet worth 25,000 by Christoph Helmers on the A♦K♣2♦6♦2♣ river. Behrens rolled over his A♥A♠6♠4♠ for aces full and that was more than enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adolf Buettner	350,500 30,500	30,500
Christoph Helmers	130,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Christoph Helmers Adolf Buettner

09-15-2023 22:13 UTC+1

Late Night Entries

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Several players have opted to enter and re-enter in the late stages of the first starting day, most notably Nikolaos Lampropulos and Dorel Eldabach. More than half of the field is already gone with 51 players out of 121 entries currently in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ion Tabacaru	100,000
Vadim Zakharyan	100,000
Nikolaos Lampropoulos	100,000

Dorel Eldabach	100,000 100,000	100,000

Jakub Koleckar	Busted

Tags: Dorel Eldabach Nikolaos Lampropulos

09-15-2023 22:15 UTC+1

Yanovski Shows the Nuts This Time

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

With the turn showing A♠Q♦10♦5♠, Leonid Yanovski made it 39,000 to go out of the big blind. Nadjim Haddad, who had previously tangled with him on several occasions, went into the tank before opting to fold the A♥Q♥ face-up.

"Can I see all four cards this time?" Haddad inquired. Yanovski checked all his cards and revealed two of them, the K♠J♦ for broadway and possible flush draws to go with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nadjim Haddad	600,000 30,000	30,000
Leonid Yanovski	230,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Nadjim Haddad Leonid Yanovski

09-15-2023 22:22 UTC+1

Rehman Gets Hester to Fold

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mohammad Saeed Rehman raised to 7,500 on the button and Jacco Hester three-bet to 25,000 in the big blind for the initial raiser to call.

That led them to the 10♣9♣5♣ flop on which Hester continued for 11,000 to pick up a call by Rehman.

Hester checked the 3♠ turn and Rehman's bet of 23,000 took it down uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Saeed Rehman	190,000 190,000	190,000
Jacco Hester	120,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Jacco Hester Mohammad Saeed Rehman

09-15-2023 22:28 UTC+1

Expensive Biz-Ness Meeting for Yanovski

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Out of the big blind, Mustafa Biz check-raised the pot to 55,000 on the A♥Q♠6♥ flop and Leonid Yanovski called. Biz bet the 3♠ turn for 138,500 as Yanovski reluctantly called.

The J♥ river completed the board and Yanovski stared at his opponent, who pulled the trigger and jammed the superior stack. Yanovski let go and dropped to a short stack before losing those chips soon after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustafa Biz	475,000 225,000	225,000
Leonid Yanovski	Busted

Tags: Leonid Yanovski Mustafa Biz