2026 King's Million European Poker Championship
Djordi Holtackers limped in under the gun, and Anton Markachev followed suit in middle position. Christian P. completed his big blind before Anh Do raised to 36,000 in the big blind. Holtackers and Markachev called, but Christian P. folded.
Do checked the Q♣10♥7♥ flop to Holtackers, who quickly announced a pot-sized bet. Markachev swiftly mucked his cards before Do called off his stack of 110,000.
Anh Do: A♦K♦5♣2♣
Djordi Holtackers: 10♠10♦8♥7♦
Do just had a gutshot against Holtackers' set, and it failed to come in on the 4♦ turn or 3♥ river, eliminating Do.
raketrap limped in under the gun, prompting Abu Saeed to raise to 20,000 in the cutoff. Rifat Palevic then clicked it to 35,000 on the button, and Harry Casagrande four-bet to 134,000 in the big blind.
raketrap quickly folded, but Saeed and Palevic both called. The flop fell Q♦4♣10♠, on which Casagrande moved all in for 326,000. Saeed instantly rejammed, folding Palevic out of the pot.
Harry Casagrande: A♠A♥6♦2♠
Abu Saeed: K♥J♠K♦6♠
Saeed's outs did not arrive on the Q♠ turn or 2♥ river. The million-chip pot was shipped to Casagrande, who became the new tournament chip leader with an hour left to play on Day 1.
Marco Dicker opened to 16,000 in the cutoff. Sokratis Linaras three-bet to 55,000 in the small blind, and Dicker called to the 9♣7♦10♣ flop.
Linaras quickly pushed in his remaining 64,500, and Dicker called after some thought.
Sokratis Linaras: K♠K♦6♠4♦
Marco Dicker: A♠Q♦J♦10♠
Dicker's top pair remained unimproved on the 4♣ turn and 5♣ river, awarding the pot to Linaras' kings.
Level: 8
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Three-way to the 6♦3♥7♥ flop, Karim Mzoughi checked from the small blind before Oliver Tot bet the pot of 185,000 from the big blind. Daniel Rejc then called all in for 165,000 in the cutoff, and Mzoughi folded.
Daniel Rejc: A♥Q♣9♣4♥
Oliver Tot: A♣K♥K♣4♦
Tot's kings held on the 3♦ turn and 4♠ river, relegating Rejc to railbird.
Gajda, Borislav Bogdanov, and Jan-Peter Jachtmann got their chips all in on the 8♦3♣4♠9♦ turn. Gajd and Bogdanov both had roughly 150,000 in their stack, which Jachtmann covered.
Borislav Bogdanov: 5♥4♦2♥2♦
Gajda: A♦Q♦J♣9♣
Jan-Peter Jachtmann: Q♣9♠8♣5♠
Jachtmann's two pair was in the lead, and the Kx river bricked for both Bogdanov and Gajda, sending both players to the rail.
Abu Saeed raised to 15,000 in middle position. Harry Casagrande three-bet to 50,000 on the button, and Ethan Hunt cold-called in the big blind. Saeed called as well, and the dealer dealt the 9♥5♣J♣ flop.
Ethan Hunt led out with a bet of 75,000, and both opponents called. He then bet the pot of 382,500 on the 2♠ turn. Saeed spent some time in the tank before he called, and Casagrande followed with an all-in call for 127,500.
Ethan Hunt's final 60,000 flew in on the K♠ river, with Saeed instantly looking him up. Ethan Hunt tabled K♦K♣7♣6♦ for a rivered set, but it was no good as Saeed and Casagrande had both made the nuts.
Saeed won the entire side pot and half of the main pot with A♦Q♥J♠10♣, while Casagrande's A♥Q♠10♠3♥ chipped him up to near two starting stacks in chips.