Event #6: $25,000 NLH Main Event Day 1bc | 2026 Onyx High Roller Series

02-04-2026 20:13 UTC+3

A Round of Counts

Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	950,000 278,000	278,000

Aren Bezhanyan	900,000 230,000	230,000
Adrian State	800,000 232,500	232,500
Markkos Ladev	610,000 530,000	530,000
Daniil Kiselev	600,000 555,000	555,000
Thomas Alfred Mayer	550,000 164,000	164,000
Hassan Nashar	390,000 140,000	140,000
Roman Stoika	220,000 200,000	200,000
Emilien Pitavy	200,000 253,000	253,000
Krasimir Yankov	175,000 225,000	225,000
Eelis Parssinen	100,000 150,000	150,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

02-04-2026 20:02 UTC+3

Rezaei's Quads Vanquish Velasevic

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Tim Baker

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

Danilo Velasevic was standing up as his chips got counted out. He had just lost a massive pot to Daniel Rezaei, where the board showed 3♠3♦9♣7♠6♠, and Rezaei had 3♣3♥ turned over in front of him for quads.

Rezaei's stack was counted out to be less than Rezaei's, and the pot of around 900,000 was given to Rezaei, while Velasevic was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Rezaei	950,000 725,000	725,000

Danilo Velasevic	Busted

Tags: Daniel Rezaei

02-04-2026 19:47 UTC+3

Zhou Puts Bezhanyan into the Blender

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Tim Baker

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

There was close to 550,000 in the pot between Quan Zhou and Aren Bezhanyan, with the board showing 5♦3♥5♥4♣9♣.

Zhou was first to act from the big blind, and gathered together a bet of 325,000, which caused Bezhanyan to go deep into the tank.

Bezhanyan, who was seated in the hijack, went deep into the tank and used up all nine of his time banks. In the end, he decided to lay his hand down and surrendered the pot to Zhou.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	1,050,000 137,000	137,000
Aren Bezhanyan	670,000 235,000	235,000

Tags: Aren Bezhanyan Quan Zhou

02-04-2026 19:35 UTC+3

De Souza Has the Higher Kicker

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Tim Baker

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

Zeynettin Aydin limped from the small blind and Belarmino De Souza made it around 29,000 from the big blind. Aydin called and the two players saw the A♠K♦9♣ flop come down.

Aydin fired out for 8,000, and was met by a raise to 19,000 from De Souza. Aydin continued in the form of a call.

Aydin bet the minimum of 8,000 again on the 3♠ turn. This time, De Souza just called.

A 5♦ river prompted Aydin to fire the same minimum bet of 8,000. Again, De Souza just called.

Aydin showed J♠8♥ for a pair of eights but was out-kicked by De Souza's Q♠8♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Belarmino De Souza	1,100,000 100,000	100,000
Zeynettin Aydin	100,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Belarmino De Souza De Souza Zeynettin Aydin

02-04-2026 19:25 UTC+3

Selected Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Belarmino De Souza	1,000,000 495,000	495,000
Justin Steinbrenner	970,000 70,000	70,000
Quan Zhou	913,000 463,000	463,000
Aren Bezhanyan	905,000 135,000	135,000
Eyal Eshkar	750,000 500,000	500,000
Thomas Muehloecker	710,000 195,000	195,000
Mikita Badziakouski	672,000 22,000	22,000

Mehdi Chaoui	610,000 310,000	310,000
Samuel Ju	520,000 420,000	420,000
Natan Chauskin	510,000 170,000	170,000
Adrian Mateos	380,000 25,000	25,000

Pieter Aerts	170,000 137,500	137,500
Daniil Kiselev	45,000 205,000	205,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

02-04-2026 19:15 UTC+3

Break Time

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Tim Baker

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

Players are now going on a short 10-minute break.

02-04-2026 19:07 UTC+3

Yankov Dispatches Kolev

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Tim Baker

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

Krasimir Yankov raised from early position and then called the 51,000 shove of Boris Kolev, who was on the button.

Boris Kolev: A♣9♦ All in
Krasimir Yankov: J♣J♥

Yankov's pocket jacks stayed best through the 4♦4♣8♥ flop and 6♠ turn. Kolev needed to spike an ace on the river to stay in Day 1b of the Main Event.

The dealer burned a card and then put out the 4♠ on the river, and Kolev was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Krasimir Yankov	400,000 120,000	120,000
Boris Kolev	Busted

Tags: Boris Kolev Krasimir Yankov

02-04-2026 18:59 UTC+3

Bogdanov Flips Out Nakdali

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Tim Baker

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

Justin Steinbrenner raised under the gun to 12,000 and Yaman Nakdali jammed for 95,000 from the next position. Yulian Bogdanov moved in from the hijack for around 250,000, which forced Steinbrenner to fold.

Yaman Nakdali: A♦K♣ All in
Yulian Bogdanov: 10♥10♦

Nakdali was in a flip with the ace-king against Bogdanov's two tens.

Nakdali didn't connect in any way with the 4♣Q♥6♥6♦8♥ runout, and all of his chips were sent over to Bogdanov.