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

09-16-2023 18:24 UTC+1

Plaza on the Rise

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In a larger heads-up pot to the Q♣J♦5♠2♥K♣ river, Rafal Plaza bet 25,000. Glib Karpov went deep into the tank and folded.

Oleksandr Sadovyi then opened to 4,300 and received multiple callers. Inaki Gonzales bet the K♣K♠Q♠5♥ turn for 12,000 and the 2♣ river for 25,000. Only Plaza had called both these bets and was good with the A♥Q♦9♦8♣ as Gonzales had an inferior Q♥7♠4♥3♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafal Plaza	150,000 150,000	150,000
Inaki Gonzales	140,000 140,000	140,000
Glib Karpov	115,000 65,000	65,000
Oleksandr Sadovyi	95,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Glib Karpov Inaki Gonzales Oleksandr Sadovyi Rafal Plaza

09-16-2023 18:35 UTC+1

Cieslik Eliminates Vega Meister

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Alfredo Vega Meister invested 9,000 on the A♣Q♠8♣ flop to then check the 6♥ turn. Roman Cieslik bet the pot and called when Vega Meister jammed.

Alfredo Vega Meister: 10♦8♥7♣5♣
Roman Cieslik: A♠A♦5♥4♥

The 5♦ river brought no help to Vega Meister and he was knocked out for the second time on Day 1b.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Cieslik	220,000 20,000	20,000
Alfredo Vega Meister	Busted

Tags: Alfredo Vega Meister Roman Cieslik

09-16-2023 18:39 UTC+1

Alacam Chips Up Once More

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

With the turn showing J♦10♣6♠8♥ and three players involved, Benjamin Alacam made it 15,000 to go. Sebastian Juhlen went into a brief tank and folded as did the third player in the hand.

Alacam flashed his J♣9♠9♥ for a pair and straight blockers before raking in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Juhlen	150,000
Benjamin Alacam	130,000

Tags: Benjamin Alacam Sebastian Juhlen

09-16-2023 18:44 UTC+1

Assorted Counts Before Dinner

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Nattaf	345,000 5,000	5,000
Vasyl Pidhrushnyi	240,000 50,000	50,000
Dario Alioto	220,000 5,000	5,000

Oswin Ziegelbecker	140,000 75,000	75,000
Yevhen Mevsha	140,000 40,000	40,000
Ryan Oliver	120,000 10,000	10,000
Tim Grau	110,000
Grzegorz Derkowski	100,000
Michal Rudnik	100,000 100,000	100,000
Heiko Hinkelmann	95,000 5,000	5,000
Angelo Falletta	95,000
Samuli Sipila	93,000 3,000	3,000
Minglong Mu	90,000 10,000	10,000
Berkan Balli	Busted

09-16-2023 18:49 UTC+1

Dinner Break on Day 1b Underway

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

According to the tournament info screens, there are 59 players out of 82 entries remaining and they have been sent on a scheduled 30-minute dinner break.

Giorgio Donzelli was the last to bow out and he re-entered immediately but won't get a chance to play any hand just yet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giorgio Donzelli	100,000 25,000	25,000
Glib Karpov	Busted
Nadjim Haddad	Busted
Antonello Capobianco	Busted

Tags: Giorgio Donzelli

Level: 7

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

09-16-2023 19:22 UTC+1

Uharcek Gets Value From Sipilä

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Marek Uharcek raised to 4,000 and then called a pot-sized three-bet to 14,400 by Samuli Sipilä.

They checked to the Q♠J♣9♦J♠4♦ river on which Uharcek bet 25,000. Sipilä sigh-called and mucked upon getting shown A♥K♣J♦4♥ for jacks full of fours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marek Uharcek	125,000 25,000	25,000
Samuli Sipila	73,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Samuli Sipilä Marek Uharcek

09-16-2023 19:28 UTC+1

Donzelli Forces Out Gonzales

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Giorgio Donzelli raised the pot to 5,200 and Inaki Gonzales was the only caller to the 10♠7♦6♣ flop. Gonzales opted to check-call for 8,000 and lead the 4♠ turn for 17,000, Donzelli came along.

After the 10♦ river, Gonzales checked and Donzelli potted with few chips behind. The 63,600 were too much for Gonzales as the Spaniard folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Inaki Gonzales	195,000 55,000	55,000
Giorgio Donzelli	132,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Giorgio Donzelli Inaki Gonzales

09-16-2023 19:34 UTC+1

Zanasi and Alioto Lead the Way

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Massimiliano Zanasi scored a knockout to climb all the way to half a million and Dario Alioto nearly followed suit after a clash with Harry Casagrande. In an already loaded pot, the J♠5♥3♣7♥4♥ board showed and Casagrande checked.

Alioto bet 75,000 on the button and Casagrande tank-called to get shown the A♣K♦K♥Q♥ for the king-high flush by Alioto, which won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Massimiliano Zanasi	500,000 250,000	250,000

Dario Alioto	475,000 255,000	255,000

Harry Casagrande	40,000 60,000	60,000
Zhi Xiang Jiang	Busted

Tags: Dario Alioto Harry Casagrande Massimiliano Zanasi

09-16-2023 19:40 UTC+1

Derkowski Scores a Double

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The cards of Romain Nattaf were already in the muck as the Frenchman had to pay off a full double to Grzegorz Derkowski. With the board showing 7♦4♦3♣10♠2♣, the Q♦7♠6♥4♠ of Derkowski had flopped two pair and a gutshot to remain the best hand when all was done.