Event #3: €1,350 NLH Mini Main Event Day 1a | 2021 World Series of Poker Europe

Nov 22, 2021

Sinclair Rakes in Sizeable Pot

Calum Grant

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Jack Sinclair bet 2,500 from under-the-gun and was quickly met with a 7,500 three-bet from Alessio La Francesca. Ashkan Khartimi called from the button and Sinclair also completed.

With over 22,000 in the pot, the flop fell . Sinclair checked and La Francesca continued for a further 11,000. The button got of the way before Sinclair made it 25,000. La Francesca called.

The turned was checked by Sinclair, who then called his opponent's bet of 18,000. The river went chech-check and Sinclair tabled . La Francesca turned over before the dealer mucked the cards.

Nov 22, 2021

Khatami Tank-Folds to Sinclair

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The flop read with around 40,000 in the middle.

Jack Sinclair was sitting in the big blind and had a single chip of 25,000 over the line in front of him. Askhan Khatami had jumped into the tank. After a while, he put his two hole cards on top of each other, lifted them up, but didn't put them over the line. He put them down and picked them up again, hovered towards the line, but didn't fold them yet.

He tanked for another while, repeating those actions while Sinclair kept staring in front of him without any visible response. In the end, Khatami folded.

Tags: Jack Sinclair Ashkan Khatami

Nov 22, 2021

Selection of Chip Counts

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Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Nov 22, 2021

Di Persio and Racinskas Building Stacks; Saliba Chips Down

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Matteo Di Persio bet 2,200 from under the gun, Volodymyr Legkyi on his left three-bet to 7,000 and Alin Farcas cold called the preflop raise.

Di Persio then popped it to 28,000 and both players folded.

Meanwhile on Table #94, Martynas Racinskas has built up a stack while Vivian Saliba has chipped down to around a starting stack.

Level: 6

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Nov 22, 2021

Iotti Joins Event as Murphy Chips Up

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Calum Grant

Level 5 : 400/800, 800 ante

Diego Iotti took his seat at Table #95 whilst there was a hand brewing between Feargus Murphy and Josef Gulas.

From middle position, Murphy opened to 2,000 with Kees van Brugge making the call. Gulas, on the button, three-bet to 10,500. After thinking for a minute, the Irishman four-bet to 26,000. Gulas returned his cards to the dealer and Murphy scooped the pot.

Nov 22, 2021

Recent Eliminations and a Re-Entry

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Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 400/800, 800 ante

Nov 22, 2021

Rupp Busts; Sinclair's Bluff Gets Called

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Calum Grant

Level 5 : 400/800, 800 ante

Action picked up in the early goings of Level 5 on Jack Sinclair's table.

First, Laurent Rupp and Francesco Procopio were all-in preflop with the former at risk. Rupp's pocket queens couldn't jump ahead of Procopio's pocket aces on the runout.

The hand after saw Jack Sinclair raise from under the gun preflop and was only called by Stylianos Kollatos. The flop came and Sinclair check-raised to 7,000 after Kollatos fired for 2,000. Kollatos called.

Action checked through on the turn and then Sinclair fired for 18,000. After a minute of thinking, his opponent called and Sinclair tapped the table and mucked, Kollatos turned over for the winner.

Nov 22, 2021

Hissou Doubles Through Bueno

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Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 400/800, 800 ante

The board read with 23,700 in the middle.

All the chips worth 61,200 were in for Sirzat Hissou in the cutoff and he was at risk as he was covered by Mordehai Bueno in the middle position with the bigger stack.

Sirzat Hissou:
Mordehai Bueno: