Event #14: €10,350 WSOPE Main Event Day 1a | 2021 World Series of Poker Europe

12-03-2021 17:03 UTC+2

Youssafi Fills Up on Ekinci

Adam Lamers

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Yunus Ekinci was seen catapulting out of his seat on Table 112 and for good reason. Ekinci got all of his chips in the middle against Khali Youssafi on a flop of . Ekinci flopped a straight with while Youssafi had a set of queens with .

The turn was the which left Ekinci in the lead but the paired the board on the river and Youssafi improved to a full house. Ekinci sent over a double up which left him with just 3,000 chips after the hand and he would bust just two hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Khali Youssafi	147,500
Yunus Ekinci	Busted

12-03-2021 16:57 UTC+2

Recent Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Safwane Bahri	Busted
Petr Vlcek	Busted
Yunus Ekinci	Busted
Ahmet Dogan	Busted
Ciro Perna	Busted
Sergio Regalbuto	Busted
Bjoern Smolders	Busted

12-03-2021 16:56 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Adam Lamers

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	274,000 169,000	169,000

Jan Bednar	224,000 14,000	14,000
Alexandros Kolonias	210,500 5,500	5,500

Martin Kabrhel	196,500 -68,500	-68,500

Fahredin Mustafov	159,500 59,500	59,500
Tobias Peters	150,000 5,000	5,000

Michal Mrakes	137,000 -23,000	-23,000
Jakob Madsen	131,000 41,000	41,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	115,000 15,000	15,000
Jessica Teusl	98,500 -11,500	-11,500

Ole Schemion	85,000 12,500	12,500

Aleksandar Tomovic	80,000 -13,000	-13,000
Mykhailo Sezonenko	64,600 -35,400	-35,400
Jack Sinclair	44,500 -55,500	-55,500

12-03-2021 16:53 UTC+2

Zazian Felted by Mothes

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

According to Pierre Mothes, Alik Zazian raised to 1,500 and earned one cold-call. Mothes then three-bet to 7,500 on the button and Zazian jammed for 38,000 to get called by Mothes.

Zazian found no help with against the of Mothes on a nine-high board as the German jumped above the average.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Mothes	150,000 30,000	30,000
Alik Zazian	Busted

Tags: Alik Zazian Pierre Mothes

12-03-2021 16:46 UTC+2

Martini Takes From Bohdanov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

On the river of a board, Renat Bohdanov bet 17,000 out of the small blind. Julien Martini called on the button and his for the top pair was good as Bohdanov only had the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Martini	180,000 80,000	80,000

Renat Bohdanov	155,000

Tags: Renat Bohdanov Julien Martini

12-03-2021 16:44 UTC+2

Madanzhiev Jams Up His Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

With some 55,000 in the middle, the turn showed and Stoyan Madanzhiev bet 10,000 in the cutoff. Alik Zazian called on the button and Madanzhiev then jammed the river for 54,600 with the covering stack.

Zazian was in the tank for a short while and elected to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stoyan Madanzhiev	130,000 30,000	30,000

Alik Zazian	38,000 -72,000	-72,000

Tags: Alik Zazian Stoyan Madanzhiev

12-03-2021 16:43 UTC+2

Assorted Counts and Bustouts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Rezaei	315,000 29,000	29,000
Martin Kabrhel	265,000 184,900	184,900

Pete Chen	240,000 65,000	65,000

Jan Bednar	210,000 35,000	35,000
Alexandros Kolonias	205,000 95,000	95,000

Georgios Tsouloftas	195,000 55,000	55,000
Steven Thompson	185,000 60,000	60,000
Matas Cimbolas	130,000

Leonid Yanovski	110,000 39,000	39,000
Veselin Karakitukov	100,000
Jakob Madsen	90,000 -25,000	-25,000
Lars Kamphues	Busted
Danas Dambrauskas	Busted
Dragos Iosub	Busted

12-03-2021 16:37 UTC+2

Blasko Chips Up in Showdown

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Marek Blasko four-bet preflop to get rid of Aliaksandr Shylko according to table chat as two players remained to the river. Blasko bet 27,000 into around 60,000 and Bjoern Smolders tank-called.

Blasko flipped over for aces full and Smolders mucked. "I folded quads," Shylko mentioned in table chat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marek Blasko	177,000 67,000	67,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	165,000 -25,000	-25,000
Bjoern Smolders	38,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Aliaksandr Shylko Bjoern Smolders Marek Blasko

12-03-2021 16:30 UTC+2

Lehner Puts Tran to the Test

Adam Lamers

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

A completed board of was spread across the felt with Tony Tran and Stefan Lehner heads-up. Tran led out with a bet of 5,000 on the river and Lehner ripped all in.

Tran was sitting with just over 40,000 in front of him as he dipped into the tank. After a couple of minutes, Tran finally made the call for all of his chips and Lehner sheepishly showed . Tran tabled his for a straight and earned himself a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Lehner	110,700 110,700	110,700
Tony Tran	108,000 48,000	48,000

12-03-2021 16:27 UTC+2

Ruzicka Makes the Nuts, Leaves Perna on Crumbs

Adam Lamers

Level 4 : 300/600, 600 ante

Ciro Perna and Vojtech Ruzicka went heads-up to a flop of with around 25,000 in the middle. Perna led out with a bet of 5,500 and Ruzicka called to see the on the turn.

Perna checked this time and Ruzicka counted out a bet of 19,200. Perna called and the landed on the river. Perna led out again with a bet of 30,300 and Ruzicka shipped all in for 88,800. Perna quickly called and Ruzicka turned over for the nut flush. Perna flashed his before his cards went to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	252,000 107,000	107,000
Ciro Perna	3,000 3,000	3,000