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

11-24-2021 13:00 UTC+2

Day 1c of Event #3: €1,350 NLH Mini Main Event Begins at 1 p.m. CET

GeorgeA

Welcome to Day 1c of Event #3: €1,350 NLH Mini Main Event, here at King's Resort, Rozvadov. This is the third and final flight of the Mini Main Event. Play starts at 1 p.m. CET.

Day 1a drew 321 players with only 49 making it to Day 2. Leading the way is Romania's Cristinel Costin with 1,750,000 chips followed by Sirzat Hissou of Germany (1,450,000) Rolf van Brug (1,415,000), Omid Novin (1,250,000) and Andras Balogh (1,177,000) round out the top five biggest stacks advancing to the next stage. Also, advancing to the Day 2 is the reigning champion Vangelis Kaimakamis who bagged 320,000 chips.

Day 1b drew 397 players with only 60 making it to Day 2. Romania's Marius Gicovanu claimed the chip lead with 1,827,000, followed by Ricardas Vymeris from Lithuania with 1,627,000, Quinter Spykerelle from Luxembourg with 1,516,000, Charles Motamedi from Sweden with 1,359,000 and Dumitru Pora from Romania with 1,185,000.

The qualified players from today, will meet the 109 players who have already advanced to Day 2 from the previous flights and who have reached the money. The guaranteed prize pool of €600,000 has been crushed with one more flight remaining. Today, players will start with 100,000 chips on 40-minute levels with the option of one re-entry during the first twelve (40-minute) levels. Action will stop when fifteen percent of the field remains.

Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates from King's Resort!

Event #3: €1,350 NLH Mini Main Event Schedule

DATE	DAY	START TIME (CET)	PLAY CONCLUDES
Wednesday, November 24	Day 1c	1 p.m.	15% of Field Remains
Thursday, November 25	Day 2	2 p.m.	9 Players Remain
Friday, November 26	Day 3	6 p.m.	End of Event

Tags: Cristinel Costin Marius Gicovanu Vangelis Kaimakamis

11-24-2021 17:41 UTC+2

Day 1a of the Colossus Canceled

Shirley Ang

Level 5 : 400/800, 800 ante

The tournament organization has just informed the PokerNews live reporting team that Day 1a of the Colossus has been canceled due to the large field sizes combined with staffing issues.

11-24-2021 21:42 UTC+2

Sinclair Eliminates [Removed:313]

GeorgeA

Level 10 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Andrei Radu opened under the gun for 6,000 and got a call from Danas [Removed:313] in the hijack. Jack Sinclair was in the button and shoved all-in covering both players.

Radu folded but [Removed:313] decided to go for it.

Danas [Removed:313]:
Jack Sinclair:

The board ran out gave the pot to Sinclair and eliminated [Removed:313].

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Sinclair	470,000	106,500
Danas Dambrauskas	Busted

Tags: Jack Sinclair

11-24-2021 22:15 UTC+2

Tabacaru Loses a Flip and Exits the Tournament

GeorgeA

Level 11 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Ion Tabacaru put his last 32,500 from the big blind after Ori Elul opened from early position and Carmelo Vasta raised to 15,000 from the button. Vasta called and put Tabacaru at risk.

Ion Tabacaru:
Carmelo Vasta:

The board ran out and the pot went to Vasta.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ion Tabacaru	Busted

Tags: Ion Tabacaru

11-25-2021 00:09 UTC+2

Alexandridis Gets Paid Three Streets

GeorgeA

Level 13 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Symeon Alexandridis opened under the gun to 10,000 and got a call from the button from Liran Ivgi.

The flop was and Alexandridis continued for 10,000. Ivgi called.

The turn was the and Alexandridis fired again 30,000. Ivgi called again.

The river was the and Alexandridis didn't hold back as he placed a 75,000 bet which earned him a call.

He turned over his pocket kings and won this big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Symeon Alexandridis	750,000	165,000
Liran Ivgi	55,000	55,000

11-25-2021 01:04 UTC+2

Bogoevski Eliminated in the Hands of Shalom

GeorgeA

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

Roee Shalom limped from the small blind and Dushko Bogoevski from the big blind checked.

The flop came and Shalom bet 7,000 which Bogoevski called.

The turn was the and Shalom bet 22,000. Bogoevski shoved for 110,000 and Shalom snap-called putting Bogoevski at risk.

Dushko Bogoevski:
Roee Shalom:

Bogoevski had a double gutter and a flush draw against the two pair of Shalom.

The river was the and Bogoevski was out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roee Shalom	280,000	280,000
Dushko Bogoevski	Busted

Tags: Dushko Bogoevski

11-25-2021 01:38 UTC+2

Sinclair Makes the Correct Call

GeorgeA

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

Vehbi Davul limped under the gun and Jack Sinclair made it 25,000 from the lowjack. Philippe Genilloud called from the hijack and the same did Davul.

The flop opened and after two checks, Genilloud bet 36,000. Davul folded but not Sinclair.

The turn was the and both players checked.

On the river Sinclair checked again. His opponent bet 50,000 which Sinclair called.

Genilloud didn't show his cards so Sinclair won the pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Sinclair	540,000	160,000
Philippe Genilloud	360,000	360,000

Tags: Jack Sinclair

11-25-2021 02:30 UTC+2

Faggioli Near 900K

Calum Grant

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

With over 250,000 already in the pot on the flop. Ugo Faggioli raised to 150,000 after Vadzim Lipauka had bet 50,000.

After some thinking, Lipauka mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ugo Faggioli	880,000	540,000
Vadzim Lipauka	310,000

11-25-2021 03:38 UTC+2

Toth Gets a Double Up

GeorgeA

Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Richard Toth shoved for his remaining 180,000 from middle position and Christoph Richter covering him, re-shoved for around 450,000.

Richard Toth:
Christoph Richter:

The board ran out to give the pot to Toth who remained alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Toth	380,000
Christoph Richter	270,000

Tags: Richard Toth

11-25-2021 05:05 UTC+2

Tach Bubbles Day 1c in Dramatic Fashion

Calum Grant

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Approaching the bubble, Farukh Tach opened to 240,000 in early position, leaving just 25,000 behind. Action folded to chip leader Amit Yacov. He raised to 500,000 on the button which folded out the blinds, one of which was Ori Elul.

Tach then went deep into the tank, waiting to see if the there were any more bust outs before committing his stack.

Dario Rodrigues was eliminated and Tach thought that was the bubble burst. He put in the rest of chips thinking he had secured a min-cash.

Farukh Tach:
Amit Yacov:

Yacov scooped the pot on the runout. It was then relayed to Tach that Rodrigues was the 104th bust out, much to his annoyance, and that he was the 103rd meaning he was the unfortunate bubble boy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amit Yacov	2,700,000	300,000
Ori Elul	325,000	325,000
Farukh Tach	Busted