Event #13: €10,000 NLH 6-Max Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker Europe

12-03-2021 00:21 UTC+2

Julien Martini Leads Event #13: €10,000 NLH 6-Max Day 1 Survivors

Calum Grant

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Julien Martini has had a day to remember, he became France's most coveted World Series of Poker player following his victory in Event #12: €2,000 8-Game and then finished Day 1 of Event #13: €10,000 NLH 6-Max as the chip leader with a stack of 1,317,000. He's in pole position to win the lion's share of the €672,695 prizepool as well as adding another bracelet to his resume from the 2021 World Series Poker Europe.

The Netherland's Sirzat Hissou (1,005,000) and Romain Le Dantec (800,000) round out the top three Day 1 chip stacks.

The likes of Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, Johan Guilbert and Roland Israelashvili were other notable names to jump over the first hurdle.

Some big names who could not pilot a stack over to Day 2 include Ole Schemion, Martin Kabrhel and Event #10: €25,000 NLH Platinum High Roller Winner Andriy Lyubovetskiy.

Only 11 entrants will make the money, with the min-cash being a respectable €18,049 and the top prize being whopping €207,267.

The tournament saw 73 total entries, with only 13 players making it through to Day 2. The next stage of the event will play out at King's Resort, Rozvadov at 10 a.m. CET on Friday December 3 and will close once the final table has been reached. Day 3 will then resume on Saturday, December 4 at 12 p.m. with the stream going live at 6:30 p.m. local time.

Top 10 Chip Counts

Place	NAME	Country	CHIP COUNT	Big Blinds
1	Julien Martini	France	1,317,000	132
2	Sirzat Hissou	Netherlands	1,005,000	101
3	Romain Le Dantec	France	800,000	80
4	Sonny Franco	France	750,000	75
5	Ivan Bryksin	Russia	657,000	66
6	Bertrand Grospellier	France	542,000	54
7	Jakob Miegel	Germany	473,000	47
8	Christopher Puetz	Germany	376,000	38
9	Johan Guilbert	France	340,000	34
10	Fahredin Mustafov	Bulgaria	275,000	28

Event #13: €10,000 NLH 6-Max Payouts

Place	Prize
1	€207,267
2	€128,096
3	€88,223
4	€62,574
5	€45,574
6	€34,507
7	€26,881
8-9	€21,651
10-11	€ 18,049

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12-02-2021 23:12 UTC+2

Day 1 of Event #13: €10,000 NLH 6-Max Closes; Laszlo Bujtas Eliminated in 14th Place

Calum Grant

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Day 1 has closed for Event #13: €10,000 NLH 6-Max with 13/73 entries advancing to Day 2 with Julien Martini as the chip leader.

End of day chip counts and recap to follow shortly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Martini	1,317,000 267,000	267,000

Laszlo Bujtas	Busted

12-02-2021 23:03 UTC+2

Arthur Conan Eliminated in 16th Place; Davide Suriano Eliminated in 15th Place

Calum Grant

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Julien Martini opened to 20,000 and was called by Davide Suriano and Johan Guilbert to bring in the flop.

Action was checked to Martini who continued for 15,000 and was only called by Suriano.

Martini's 105,000 bet was called on the turn before Martini jammed on the river.

Suriano snap-called with pocket three's for a set but Martini had rivered Broadway with his

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Martini	1,050,000 425,000	425,000

Arthur Conan	Busted
Davide Suriano	Busted

12-02-2021 22:54 UTC+2

Martin Kabrhel Eliminated in 17th Place

Calum Grant

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The hand was recapped following Martin Kabrhel's elimination.

Kabrhel was all-in and at risk with against Sonny Franco's pocket sevens.

The pocket sevens would end up winning with a full house to send the two-time bracelet winner out on Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sonny Franco	730,000 538,000	538,000
Martin Kabrhel	Busted

12-02-2021 22:47 UTC+2

Hissou Busts Dingenen; Timo Kamphues Eliminated in 18th Place

Calum Grant

Level 16 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Tom Dingenen and Sirzat Hissou got their stacks in preflop with the Belgian at risk.

Tom Dingenen:
Sirzat Hissou:

Hissou hit the board to send Dingenen to the rail.

Moments later, Timo Kamphues was eliminated in 18th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sirzat Hissou	820,000 640,000	640,000
Tom Dingenen	Busted

12-02-2021 22:33 UTC+2

Quads For Grospellier

Calum Grant

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier checked his big blind after Romain Le Dantec called in the small blind.

Le Dantec check-called a bet of 10,000 on the flop before action checked through on the turn.

Le Dantec checked the river before calling Grospellier's 65,000 overbet.

Grospellier rolled over for quads and Le Dantec tapped the table in respect of the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Le Dantec	1,080,000 107,000	107,000

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier	530,000 320,000	320,000

Julien Sitbon	200,000 20,000	20,000

12-02-2021 22:21 UTC+2

Sturm, Urbanovich, Yankov and Chen Bow out

Calum Grant

Level 15 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Johan Guilbert and Pete Chen, with Chen at risk, were all-in preflop. Neither player connected on the board but Guilbert's was better than Chen's .

Yankov followed suit shortly after, he knocked out by Christopher Puetz who recapped the hand.

Krasmir Yankov:
Christopher Puetz:

Puetz made a full house after the runout and secured the KO.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Puetz	570,000 350,000	350,000
Johan Guilbert	166,000 66,000	66,000
Leon Sturm	Busted

Dzmtriy Urbanovich	Busted
Pete Chen	Busted

Krasmir Yankov	Busted

12-02-2021 21:50 UTC+2

Sitbon Doubles Before Roiter Busts

Calum Grant

Level 14 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

With the board showing , Julien Sitbon and Akin Tuna were all-in with the Frenchman at risk.

Julien Sitbon:
Akin Tuna:

Tuna was a head but Sitbon rivered a straight thanks to dealer placing the on the felt. A few moments later their table mate Klemens Roiter was felted.

Elsewhere Teun Mulder was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmad Achegsei	455,000 170,000	170,000
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier	210,000 -90,000	-90,000

Julien Sitbon	180,000 45,000	45,000

Roland Israelashvili	160,000 60,000	60,000
Akin Tuna	53,000 -157,000	-157,000
Klemens Roiter	Busted