2026 King's Million European Poker Championship
Level: 7
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
In the 1,008th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, which is sponsored by 888poker, Chad Holloway and Mike Holtz are joined by former host Matt "Matty Bet" Hansen to talk about the latest in the poker world. That includes a big hand, what some might call a punt, by Daniel Negreanu at the final table of an online bracelet event on GGPoker. See the hand and make a determination for yourself, but then hear what Negreanu had to say.
From there, a pair of poker influencers, Abby Merk and Ethan "Rampage" Yau, made headlines after their respective behavior on two different live-streamed cash games, 888poker's XL Autumn series is underway, and big winners from Borgata's Big, Big Series. Speaking of winners, also hear about big wins from Nick Schulman, Nick Petrangelo, Ben Tollerene, and Joao Simao at the Triton Jeju.
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The 41 remaining players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break. The PLO High Roller will resume around 10:25 p.m. local time.
Robert Marcu had open-raised on the button when he called big blind Oliver Tot's three-bet to 42,000. Tot put his opponent all in for 27,000 on the A♦4♦8♥ flop, and Marcu called for his tournament life.
Robert Marcu: Q♣9♥9♦8♠
Oliver Tot: K♣Q♦J♦10♣
Tot's flush draw missed on the 4♠ turn and Q♥ river, while Marcu made queens and eights to rake in the pot and double up. However, Marcu's fortune was short-lived as he became the final elimination before dinner mere minutes later.
Maggu had three-bet to 44,000 in the big blind, and RATTY called in the cutoff. Maggu then put RATTY all in on the 5♣9♣2♦ flop, and RATTY called after a minute of thought.
RATTY: A♦Q♥8♠7♣
Maggu: A♠A♣Q♠J♣
RATTY was in dire shape, and he missed his gutshot on the 5♥ turn and 8♥ river, seeing Maggu's aces hold to be eliminated.
Sam had moved in his last chips preflop on the button. Big blind Michael Sklenicka and Abu Saeed in the cutoff had looked him up, creating a pot of roughly 160,000.
Sklenicka then pushed in his 110,000 all in on the 10♦5♦K♠ flop, and Saeed quickly called to put him at risk.
Sam: 8♦7♠5♠3♦
Michael Sklenicka: A♦K♦J♥8♥
Abu Saeed: K♣10♥J♣2♦
Saeed was upgraded to a full house on the K♥ turn, and the 4♠ river confirmed the pot in his favor, sending both opponents to the rail.
In the hijack, Sammy Truong was all in and at risk for his final 25,000 on the 6♥9♦10♦ flop against Davit Mikhanashvili under the gun.
Sammy Truong: A♦Q♦8♣3♣
Davit Mikhanashvili: J♠J♥9♥6♠
Mikhanashvili made a full house on the 9♣ turn, locking up the pot and sending Truong to the exit once the meaningless 10♥ river completed the board.
Level: 6
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000