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05-07-2025 16:00 UTC+2

Savenkov Crowned Chip Millionaire

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 16:14 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 16:17 UTC+2

Groofi's Stack Grows Further as Hillinger Fails to Triple

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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

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05-07-2025 16:28 UTC+2

Stanciu on Double Starting Stack

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Frank Visser

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

With the pot amounting to 90,000, Traian Stanciu sat in the big blind and check-called the cutoff's bet of 70,000 on a 8♥J♠Q♣4♠ turn.

The river fell the 2♦, on which Stanciu checked again. His opponent tossed in one time bank before following suit. Stanciu tabled Q♦2♣ for two pair, winning the pot when the cutoff sent his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Traian Stanciu	400,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Traian Stanciu

Level: 10

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

05-07-2025 16:40 UTC+2

Alfaia Scores a Knockout

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Tim Baker

Level 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

A player under the gun moved all in for roughly 25,000 and Alfaia called from the hijack to put him at risk.

Under-The-Gun Player: J♥8♦
Antonio Alfaia: A♠10♥

The under-the-gun player needed a favorable runout from the dealer or he would be headed to the rail. The flop came down 9♥9♣5♣, which didn't change anything., The rest of the board ran out 5♥4♣ and Alfaia won the pot, sending his opponent home.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Alfaia	300,000

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05-07-2025 16:45 UTC+2

Skripkin Loses a Huge Flip to Bust

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Tim Baker

Level 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Maksim Skripkin was all-in for his stack of 250,000 with the cutoff player calling to try and bust him.

Maksim Skripkin: Q♦Q♣ All in
Cutoff Player: A♦K♠

It was a huge flip for over 500,000 chips. The flop fell K♥K♦6♥ to give Skripkin's opponent a commanding lead with trip kings. The 3♠ on the turn meant only a queen on the river could save Skripkin. However, the J♦ landed on the river and Skripkin was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Skripkin	Busted

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05-07-2025 16:55 UTC+2

Groofi Calls Korochenskiy's Huge Shove

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Asaf Groofi had raised preflop before he called Anatoly Korochenskiy's three-bet to 81,000.

Groofi then checked the 10♠10♦2♥ flop to Korochenskiy, who promptly shoved in his stack of 301,000. Groofi spent some time in the tank before he tossed in a call with the covering stack.

Anatoly Korochenskiy: A♦Q♦ All in
Asaf Groofi: 4♠4♥

Groofi had made the right call with his pocket pair, as Korochenskiy was on ace-high. Neither the 8♥ turn nor the 6♥ river improved Korochenskiy's hand, sending him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Asaf Groofi	822,000 72,000	72,000
Anatoly Korochenskiy	Busted

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05-07-2025 16:55 UTC+2

Farah Doubles Through Chen

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Tim Baker

Level 10 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Yuhang Chen and Elie Farah just got all of their chips into the middle preflop with Farah being the one at risk.

Elie Farah: J♥J♦ All in
Yuhang Chen: 10♥10♦

Chen only had a few more chips than Farah, so he would be left with just a few big blinds if he couldn't find a ten on the runout. The dealer put out a board of2♠A♥3♠K♠5♦ to keep Farah's pocket jacks ahead the entire way, and he doubled up.