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05-07-2025 16:17 UTC+2

Groofi's Stack Grows Further as Hillinger Fails to Triple

Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The hijack raised to 18,000, which Asaf Groofi called in the cutoff. Christoph Hillinger then pushed in his stack of 48,000 on the button, which both players called.

The hijack check-called Groofi's bet of 25,000 on the 7♥2♥4♦ flop before the 7♣ turn and 9♦ river were checked through. Hillinger tabled A♣Q♣ and was hoping for a chop after the hijack showed A♠Q♦.

Groofi had 6♠6♥, however, and took down the pot to eliminate Hillinger.

Player	Chips	Progress
Asaf Groofi	750,000
Christoph Hillinger	Busted

Tags: Asaf Groofi Christoph Hillinger

05-07-2025 16:14 UTC+2

Yusupov Slowly Chips Up

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Mekan Yusupov raised it up to 16,000 from the hijack with the cutoff player making the call, and Danut Chisu defending his blind.

All three players checked the flop of 4♦3♦7♠ to see the 10♠ hit the turn. A sound of checks followed again before the dealer put out the 9♠ river. Yet again, everyone checked and Yusupov won the pot with A♣9♥ for a pair of nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mekan Yusupov	300,000 95,000	95,000
Danut Chisu	200,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Danut Chisu Mekan Yusupov

05-07-2025 16:00 UTC+2

Savenkov Crowned Chip Millionaire

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Still in the previous level, a player in early position raised to 12,000, which Aleksey Savenkov called in the cutoff. Sergiu Covrig also came along, in the big blind, and the trio saw a flop of J♦Q♣2♦.

Covrig checked to the initial raiser, who made a bet of 13,000. Savenkov then raised to 35,000, folding out both his opponents and adding even more chips to his massive stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksey Savenkov	1,135,000
Sergiu Covrig	325,000

Tags: Aleksey Savenkov Sergiu Covrig

05-07-2025 16:00 UTC+2

Ojeil's River Bet Takes it Down

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Tim Baker

Level 9 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Four players saw the dealer put out a flop of 2♠9♥Q♥, where everyone checked to see the 6♠ land on the turn. Chady Ojeil was first to act from the small blind and led out for 35,000. He only found one call from the hijack player.

Ojeil fired out a bet of 90,000 on the K♣ river. The bet was enough to win Ojeil the pot as his opponent folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chady Ojeil	200,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Chady Ojeil

Level: 9

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

05-07-2025 15:43 UTC+2

Pateychuk With a Big Stack

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Tim Baker

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Andrey Pateychuk raised the button to 12,000 and the big blind player called.

After it checked to Pateychuk on the Q♣J♥10♣ flop, he fired out a bet of 22,000. The big blind player stuck around with a call.

The 5♣ turn and 6♦ river checked through. The big blind player showed ace-high with A♥7♣ and lost the pot to Pateychuk's Q♠9♥ for a pair of queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Pateychuk	700,000 700,000	700,000

Tags: Andrey Pateychuk

05-07-2025 15:40 UTC+2

Corral Puts Ahuja Into Tank

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Juan Corral under the gun and Ankit Ahuja in the cutoff had built a pot of 150,000 when they arrived at a A♣2♠3♠10♥A♦ river. Corral then pushed all in, covering the 107,000 chips of Ahuja.

Ahuja went deep into the tank, spending nearly all of his time banks. Eventually, Ahuja tossed his cards into the muck as the pot was shipped to his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Corral	317,000 317,000	317,000
Ankit Ahuja	107,000 107,000	107,000

Tags: Ankit Ahuja Juan Corral

05-07-2025 15:28 UTC+2

Big Stacks in the Room

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Leanid Bachkou	820,000 375,000	375,000
Alex Goulder	800,000 290,000	290,000
Vladislav Dubanov	725,000 205,000	205,000
Pavel Ignatov	660,000 660,000	660,000
Valeriu Rosca	630,000 630,000	630,000
Hassan Sey	625,000 210,000	210,000
Alessio Isaia	620,000 320,000	320,000

Aleksandr Blokhin	605,000 605,000	605,000
Mark Helou	600,000 600,000	600,000
Dmitry Vitkind	530,000 530,000	530,000

Level: 8

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

05-07-2025 15:04 UTC+2

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

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