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01-16-2026 16:48 UTC+2

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Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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01-16-2026 16:43 UTC+2

Assorted Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nemanja Tatar	92,000 92,000	92,000
Serkan Solak	90,000 90,000	90,000
Lennart Beumelburg	85,000 85,000	85,000
Antoine Hasbani	80,000 10,000	10,000
Martin Brinkmann	75,000 45,000	45,000
Ramez Haddad	70,000 11,000	11,000
Bojan Zivanovic	63,000 63,000	63,000
Serhat Cetiner	63,000 9,000	9,000
Velibor Jakovljevič	55,000 21,000	21,000
Nikolay Fal	55,000 55,000	55,000

Sertac Topal	50,000 50,000	50,000
Predrag Vukomanovic	48,000 48,000	48,000

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

01-16-2026 16:21 UTC+2

Break Time

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

Players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day.

01-16-2026 16:16 UTC+2

Forman Doesn't Need to Show

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

The player on the button made it 1,400 to go from the button and Miroslav Forman three-bet to 6,000 out of the small blind. The button made the call to see a flop.

Forman and the button checked the K♠2♥10♠ flop to see the A♣ appear on the turn. Forman checked for a second time, but the button decided to bet 5,600, which Forman called.

A K♣ appeared on the river and Forman checked one last time. The button gathered together a bet of 11,800, and after a brief pause, Forman called.

The button instantly mucked, which meant Forman picked up the pot without needing to reveal his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Miroslav Forman	95,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Miroslav Forman

01-16-2026 16:08 UTC+2

Brazhnikov Wins Mutli-Way Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 300/700, 700 ante

From the button, Antoine Hasbani raised to 1,500 with Alexandr Brazhnikov calling out of the small blind, and Katherina Aristotelos defending her big blind.

All three players checked through the 8♣9♦7♠ flop to see the 8♥ appear on the turn. Brazhnikov checked for a second time before Aristotelos bet 2,000. Hasbani folded and Brazhnikov called.

A 6♦ arrived on the river and Brazhnikov chose to fire out for 5,600. Aristotelos let go of her cards and surrendered the pot to Brazhnikov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Hasbani	90,000 35,000	35,000
Alexandr Brazhnikov	55,000 55,000	55,000
Katherina Aristotelos	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Alexandr Brazhnikov Antoine Hasbani Katherina Aristotelos

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/700

Ante: 700

01-16-2026 15:44 UTC+2

Usmanov Rivers a Flush to Double Through Alekian

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In a single raised pot, three players saw a flop of J♥A♦3♦ get fanned out by the dealer. Salim Usmanov checked from the big blind and the player seated under the gun bet 900. Genrik Alekian raised to 2,300 on the button before Usmanov three-bet jammed for 11,600. The under-the-gun player got out of the way, but Alekian stuck in the call.

Salim Usmanov: K♦7♦ All in
Genrik Alekian: A♣10♥

Alekian was ahead with top pair against the flush draw of Usmanov. The 10♠ on the turn gave Alekian aces up, while Usmanoc picked up a gutshot. The 8♦ arrived on the river, giving Usmanov a flush, and he doubled up to around the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salim Usmanov	32,000 32,000	32,000
Genrik Alekian	29,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Genrik Alekian Salim Usmanov

01-16-2026 15:33 UTC+2

Gelerenter Has the Higher Flush

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Heads-up to the 9♥3♦10♥ flop with 3,000 in the pot. Ramez Haddad bet 1,400 from the small blind and was met by a raise to 4,500 from Ohad Gelerenter out of the big blind. Haddad quickly called.

Haddad knuckled the action over to Gelerenter when he saw the flush-completing Q♥ hit the turn. Gelerenter bet 5,000, which Haddad called.

The 7♥ landed on the river, resulting in two checks. Haddad showed 9♦8♥ for a flush, but was second best to Gelerenter's J♥3♥ for a higher flush.