Event #11: €1,650 NLH 6-Max Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker Europe

11-30-2021 22:34 UTC+2

Pyzara Leads After on Day 1 of Event #11: €1,650 NLH 6-Max; Grospellier Among the Big Stacks

GeorgeA

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Day 1 of Event #11: €1,650 NLH 6-Max has come to an end. It was a long and gruelling day for the players who had to compete for fifteen 40-minute levels. Out of the 535 entries only 91 survived and bagged their chips for Day 2.

There were many big names who either started the tournament or late registered it. Among them Jack Sinclair, Tom Vogelsang, Laszlo Bujtas, Anton Morgerstern, Artur Martirosian, Julien Martini and Preben Stokkan who all failed to move on to Day 2.

However, there were a lot of notable players that made it to Day 2 such as Fahredin Mustafov, Bertrand ''ElkY'' Grospellier, Pete Chen but at the top of the chip count is an online-bracelet winner Kacper Pyzara, who is looking to match his success in the live felt as well.

Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1 of Event #11: €1,650 NLH 6-Max

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Kacper Pyzara	Poland	649,000	130
2	Quentin Crutel	France	589,000	118
3	Oleg Mandzjuk	Germany	530,000	106
4	Sonny Franco	France	525,000	105
5	Renat Bohdanov	Ukraine	523,000	105
6	Tony Tran	United States	519,000	104
7	Vadzim Lipauka	Belarus	492,000	98
8	Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier	France	484,000	97
9	Alik Zazian	Russia	480,000	96
10	Ivan Bryksin	Russia	452,000	90

Play resumes tomorrow at 10 a.m. local time and players will enter level 16, with 3000-6000 and a big blind ante of 6000.

Tags: Anton Morgerstern Artur Martirosian Fahredin Mustafov Jack Sinclair Julien Martini Kacper Pyzara Laszlo Bujtas Pete Chen Preben Stokkan Tom Vogelsang

11-30-2021 21:24 UTC+2

Sitbon Doubles Through Nedelcu

GeorgeA

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mark Helou raised to 6,500 and Julien Sitbon called from the button. Narcis Nedelcu raised to 22,300 from the small blind forcing the fold of Helou.

Sitbon counted his stack and the shoved all-in for 112,000. Nedelcu snap-called.

Julien Sitbon:
Narcis Nedelcu:

The board opened and Sitbon doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Narcis Nedelcu	245,000	-155,000
Julien Sitbon	235,000	50,000

11-30-2021 20:34 UTC+2

Bise Knocks Out Martirosian

GeorgeA

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Artur Martirosian, who entered in the last minute in the tournament, was all-in preflop against Emil Bise.

Artur Martirosian:
Emil Bise:

The board ran out and gave the pot to Bise sending Martirosian to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emil Bise	360,000	-80,000
Artur Martirosian	Busted

Tags: Artur Martirosian Emil Bise

11-30-2021 19:31 UTC+2

Bendinelli Knocks Out Teusl

Danny Maxwell

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jessica Teusl and Giuliano Bendinelli ended up all-in preflop with Teusl having around 60,000 and Bendinelli covering her by far.

Jessica Teusl:
Giuliano Bendinelli:

The board opened and Teusl was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuliano Bendinelli	260,000	125,000
Jessica Teusl	Busted

Tags: Jessica Teusl

11-30-2021 16:47 UTC+2

Stokkan Doubles Through Radicchi

GeorgeA

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With around 35,000 in the middle, Andrea Radicchi and Preben Stokkan were all-in on the flop, with Radicchi having the bigger stack.

Preben Stokkan:
Andrea Raficchi:

The turn was the and the river the and Stokkan doubled up to leave Radicchi back with the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Preben Stokkan	85,000	45,000
Andrea Radicchi	40,000	-60,000

11-30-2021 14:28 UTC+2

Ruzicka Joins the Field

GeorgeA

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Former November niner, Vojtech Ruzicka joined the field.

In one of the hands he played, the action started with a limp from Mark Helou under the gun, Wilfried Haselmayer next to him followed as well and so did Iman Ghashayar from the small blind and Vojtech Ruzicka from the big blind.

The flop came and all players checked.

The turn was the and Ghashayar led for 1,000 which Ruzicka raised to 4,500. Helou called and the other players folded.

The river was the and Ruzicka bet 2,500. Helou raised to 7,000 and Ruzicka snap-called to split the pot as both players had the one card straight. Ruzicka with and Helou with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	40,000	40,000

Tags: Vojtech Ruzicka

11-30-2021 13:50 UTC+2

Mrakes Doubles Through Chen

GeorgeA

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

With the board completed and with around 33,000 in the pot Michal Mrakes called the shove of Pete Chen who covered him and the cards were turned over.

Chen had for a pair of aces while Mrake's bested that with trip tens .

Player	Chips	Progress
Michal Mrakes	75,000	35,000
Pete Chen	70,000	-30,000

Tags: Michal Mrakes Pete Chen

11-30-2021 13:01 UTC+2

Chen Eliminates Maliqi

GeorgeA

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Pierre Mothes raised to 800 and Bleron Maliqi next to him called. Pete Chen raised to 4,000 from the button and after the fold of Mothes, Maliqi called to see a flop.

The flop came and Maliqi check-raised to 6,000 the bet of 1,800 of Chen.

Chen raised enough to put Maliqi all-in who called relatively quickly.

Bleron Maliqi:
Pete Chen:

The turn and river gave the pot to Chen and sent Maliqi to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pete Chen	65,000	25,000
Bleron Maliqi	Busted

Tags: Pete Chen

11-30-2021 10:58 UTC+2

Welcome to Day 1 of the Event #11: €1,650 NLH 6-Max

GeorgeA

Welcome back to King's Resort, Rozvadov where the 11th bracelet event of the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe gets underway at 10 a.m. local time. Today sees the start of Day 1 of the two-day tournament.

The event is a new entry to the WSOPE schedule and is expected to create a huge field, as it is the only 6-max NLH event of the series. The tournament is unlimited re-entry, with players receiving 40,000 starting chips. The plan for Day 1 is to play 16 levels of 40 minutes each. Late registration is open for 12 levels.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as this exciting event gets underway.