2026 King's Million European Poker Championship
Paul Haus raised to 55,000 in the hijack. Lucas Lopes responded with a three-bet to 190,000 in the cutoff, and Haus called after some thought.
Haus checked the A♥9♣K♦ flop to Lopes, who moved all in for 230,000. Haus snap-called, covering his opponent.
Lucas Lopes: A♠J♣10♥8♠
Paul Haus: A♣K♣J♦8♥
Both players made a full house when the turn and river came 10♣A♦, but Haus had top boat to secure the boat and send Lopes to the rail.
The dealer was spreading out a trio of hands at table 303, with Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu and Daniel C at risk against Ondrej Goetz.
Narcis Nedelcu: A♣A♥7♥3♥
Daniel C: A♠A♦Q♥2♥
Ondrej Goetz: Q♠Q♦9♦3♠
Nedelcu and Daniel C saw their aces hold on the 4♠2♣J♠8♣9♥ runout, chopping the main pot. Daniel C took down the side pot against Goetz, to double his starting stack.
Alpine Nemesis had gone all in for roughly 100,000 before the flop in the hijack, and was up against Michael Sklenicka under the gun and Michael in the big blind.
Sklenicka's remaining 100,000 flew in on the subsequent 2♠6♦3♦ flop, and the trio showed down.
Alpine Nemesis: K♠K♦10♣5♦
Michael Sklenicka: A♦K♥Q♥J♠
Michael: 10♠9♠7♥2♥
The 9♥ turn upgraded Michael to two pair, and he improved to a better two pair on the 7♠ river, sending both Alpine Nemesis and Sklenicka to the rail.
Samuel Stranak was all in as the cards were turned up, facing off again Ermanno Di Nicola.
Samuel Stranak: A♠A♣3♠2♠
Ermanno Di Nicola: A♥K♣10♣7♥
Stranak got up from his chair as the 7♦J♠6♣4♣9♠ runout hit the table, and sat back down after seeing his aces hold for the double-up.
Arriving on the 5♥6♣A♥Q♣10♣ river, Djordi Holtackers checked from the big blind to Patrik Jaros on the button, who bet 150,000 into a pot of 200,000.
Holtackers then raised to 350,000, sending Jaros into the tank.
"Why so small?" Jaros pondered as he thought things through.
Eventually, he reluctantly flung in calling chips. Holtackers tabled A♣Q♥3♣2♣ for the nut flush, and Jaros' cards flew into the muck in defeat.
Rostyslav Sabishchenko opened to 40,000 on the button, with HoneyBadger calling in the big blind to the 9♣K♥9♠ flop. HoneyBadger checked and called a bet of 25,000 from Sabishchenko.
HoneyBadger then moved all in on the K♠ turn, and Sabishchenko made the call.
HoneyBadger: Q♥J♠8♠3♣
Rostyslav Sabishchenko: A♥10♥9♠6♦
HoneyBadger could not improve on the A♦ river, as Sabishchenko filled up to complete the elimination.
Level: 13
Blinds: 10,000/15,000
Ante: 15,000
Espen Jorstad memorably won the WSOP Main Event in 2022. But the victory, which netted him $10 million and a gold bracelet, didn't come without some difficult decisions.
The champion, in a GTO Wizard video, broke down the ICM implications of his decisions along the way at the final table four years ago.