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

11-23-2021 04:39 UTC+2

Hissou Turns Flush and Pulls Away from Field

Calum Grant

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

With the board reading in a bloated, three-way pot, Sirzat Hissou, in the big blind checked. Dorian Melchers bet 58,000 which was called by Nicolas Bokowski. Hissou then bumped it up to 156,000 and only Bokowski called.

Hissou then sized down to 48,000 on the river which Bokowski called.

Hissou showed his opponent the bad news with his turned flush as he was holding .

Player	Chips	Progress
Sirzat Hissou	825,000	275,000
Nicolas Bokowski	310,000	-185,000

11-23-2021 04:33 UTC+2

Chip Count Update

Calum Grant

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Volkan Demirbas	770,000	260,000
Cristinel Costin	350,000	-250,000
Andrei Toma	290,000	-35,000
Farukh Tach	150,000	-15,000
Espen Sandvik	75,000	-20,000

11-23-2021 04:25 UTC+2

Huge Double-Up for Van Brug

Shirley Ang

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

Rolf van Brug had raised to 24,000 from the middle position and Volkan called from the hijack. Iulian Bleau three-bet to what looked like 114,000 from the small blind for Van Brug to respond with a four-bet jam for 472,000. Alkan folded but Bleau quickly made the call.

Rolf van Brug:
Iulian Bleau:

The board ran out for Van Brug to celebrate as he flopped top pair to score the big double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rolf van Brug	984,000	614,000
Athanasios Andrianopoulos	890,000	890,000
Matteo Di Persio	400,000	-50,000
Iulian Bleau	304,000	-446,000
Patrik Zidek	270,000	270,000
Farukh Tach	165,000	-235,000
Volkan Alkan	38,000	-432,000

Tags: Iulian Bleau Rolf van Brug Volkan Alkan

11-23-2021 04:16 UTC+2

Glodt Gone

Shirley Ang

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

Terence Etim raised to 17,000 from the cutoff and Tom Glodt three-bet shoved for around 200,000 from the small blind. Mark Rostron four-bet jammed for more in the big blind for Etim to snap-fold.

Tom Glodt:
Mark Rostron:

The board ran out for Rostron to hold with the higher pocket pair to eliminate Glodt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Rostron	880,000
Terence Etim	200,000
Tom Glodt	Busted

Tags: Tom Glodt Mark Rostron Terence Etim

11-23-2021 04:14 UTC+2

Selected Level 15 Chip Counts and Eliminations

Calum Grant

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	500,000	300,000
Ali Amelipour	385,000	125,000
Carlo Savinelli	280,000	80,000
Gergely Bartos	230,000	10,000
Giuliano Bendinelli	200,000	-50,000
Jan Wieckenberg	185,000	25,000
Gianluca Escobar	90,000	-70,000
Netanel Amedi	Busted
Christina Solli	Busted

11-23-2021 04:04 UTC+2

Taberham Not the Luckiest Man

Shirley Ang

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

The board read and Iulian Bleau had checked. Simon Taberham had shoved on the button for around 240,000 for Bleau to snap-call.

Simon Taberham:
Iulian Bleau:

Taberham had flopped a full house but Bleau had hit quads to leave Taberham drawing dead while the completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Iulian Bleau	750,000
Simon Taberham	Busted

Tags: Simon Taberham Iulian Bleau

11-23-2021 04:01 UTC+2

Mini Main Event Day 1a Adds €385,200 to Prizepool

Calum Grant

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

Just 98 players remain in Day 1a of the Mini Main Event, play will conclude when 15% of the field remain which should be around the 49 player mark.

€385,200 has been generated from the first starting flight and with two to go, the €600,000 guarantee is likely to be smashed.

Level: 15

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

11-23-2021 03:52 UTC+2

More Stack Updates; Schuh Ousted

Calum Grant

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Bokowski	495,000	-5,000
Hamoun Habibi	480,000	-100,000
Adrian Strobel	375,000	55,000
Dorian Melchers	350,000	-233,000
Patrik Zidek	290,000	290,000
Johan Pedersen	220,000	55,000
Mordehai Bueno	200,000
Krzysztof Dulowski	140,000	56,000
Michal Schuh	Busted

11-23-2021 03:48 UTC+2

Yankov Flushes to the Top of the Counts

Shirley Ang

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

Massimo De Mario raised to 12,000 from the middle position and Krasimir Yankov defended his big blind.

The flop came , Yankov check-called the 8,000 bet of De Mario.

They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Yankov barreled a bet of 50,000 into the pot and De Mario called but mucked when Yankov flipped over the for the nut flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Krasimir Yankov	918,000	502,000
Massimo De Mario	56,000	56,000

Tags: Krasimir Yankov Massimo de Mario