Event #13: €10,350 Main Event NLH European Championship Day 2 | 2023 WSOP Europe

11-12-2023 20:30 UTC+1

Gallo Plays His Role to Perfection to Bust Odeen

David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Gianluca Gallo was in the big blind and had a three-bet to 22,500 in front of him before Jerry Odeen four-bet to 50,000 in early position.

Gallo tanked for several minutes as he agonized over the decision until moving all in. Odeen snap-called for his last 180,000.

Jerry Odeen: K♣K♠
Gianluca Gallo: A♥A♠

Gallo showed he didn't really have a decision as he woke up with aces to crush the kings of Odeen. The board ran out 2♠9♠J♣2♥6♦ and Odeen was sent to the rail thanks to the massive cooler.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianluca Gallo	450,000 271,500	271,500
Jerry Odeen	Busted

Tags: Gianluca Gallo Jerry Odeen

11-12-2023 20:44 UTC+1

Ensan Eliminated by Pudel

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Hossein Ensan had re-entered after he was eliminated earlier today but never got much going. He eventually three-bet jammed for 73,000 over a raise by Nils Pudel and a call. Only Pudel came along to set up the following showdown.

Hossein Ensan: K♦J♠
Nils Pudel: A♦9♠

The Q♦6♣4♥8♠8♣ board missed both players and ace-high was good enough for Pudel to knock out Ensan.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nils Pudel	425,000 115,000	115,000
Hossein Ensan	Busted

Tags: Hossein Ensan Nils Pudel

11-12-2023 20:50 UTC+1

Mustafov Predicts a Bad Beat

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Calum Grant

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Ramzi Zuraikat opened to 8,000 from under the gun before Fahredin Mustafov made it 35,000 from the next seat over. Benjamin Woywode jammed for 147,000, which Zuraikat called. Mustafov jammed for 8,500 more and Zurakait put in the extra chips.

Benjamin Woywode: J♣J♦
Fahredin Mustafov: K♣K♦
Ramzi Zuraikat: 10♠10♣

As the cards went on their back, Zuraikat called for a ten.

"In this place, it can happen," said Mustafov.

Zurakait then called for spades after the 6♠3♠3♦ flop, but he found the 10♥ on the turn instead to make a full house. Mustafov was sickened, and he paid up his masseuse bill after the 5♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramzi Zuraikat	600,000 350,000	350,000
Benjamin Woywode	Busted
Fahredin Mustafov	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Woywode Fahredin Mustafov Ramzi Zuraikat

11-12-2023 20:57 UTC+1

Sammartino Bombs the River on Keating

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A pot of more than 200,000 was already in the middle as Alex Keating and Dario Sammartino went to the turn on a board of K♦9♦4♠4♦.

Keating, in the small blind, then bet 90,000. Sammartino tanked for a minute before calling as the 10♥ fell on the river.

Keating then slowed down and checked, and Sammartino took another moment before assembling two towers of chips and using both hands to push them in the middle, a bet totaling 285,000.

Keating shot a look up at the ceiling but didn't take too long before he slid his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	750,000 300,000	300,000

Alex Keating	485,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Alex Keating Dario Sammartino

11-12-2023 21:15 UTC+1

Miscikowski Goes For a Massive Shove, Bogdanov Calls Him Down

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

David Miscikowski raised to 10,000 under the gun and was called by Athanasios Kidas in the cutoff before Yulian Bogdanov three-bet to 38,000 on the button. Miscikowski called, while Kidas got out of the way.

The flop came 5♣A♦8♥ and Bogdanov continued for 20,000. Miscikowski then raised to 60,000 and Bogdanov called.

Miscikowski bet another 80,000 on the 9♦ turn. Bogdanov quickly called and the 6♣ fell on the river.

Miscikowski then bet 260,000, leaving himself one 500 chip behind. Bogdanov spent several minutes in the tank leaning over the table before sliding in a call.

Miscikowski immediately mucked his cards and Bogdanov took the nearly 900,000-chip pot without a showdown to move into contention for the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yulian Bogdanov	1,150,000 775,000	775,000

David Miscikowski	500 399,500	399,500

Tags: David Miscikowski Yulian Bogdanov

11-12-2023 21:46 UTC+1

Lehner's Big Bluff Picked Off By Radicchi; Sturm Uses Seven-Deuce to Bust One

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David Salituro

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

Heads-up on a flop of 8♠2♦3♦, Andrea Radicchi bet 26,000 in the cutoff before Stefan Lehner raised to 68,000 in the hijack.

Radicchi called and the Q♠ fell on the turn. Lehner then bet another 170,000 and Radicchi called. The river was the A♦.

Lehner took several minutes before putting in three blue 75,000 chips and announcing he was all in for around 300,000. Radicchi snap-called and turned over Q♦8♦ for the rivered flush and Lehner could only show 10♠9♠ for a missed flush draw before heading for the exit.

At the same time on another table, Ercan Yildiz got all his chips in with 10♦10♥ against Leon Sturm on a board of 8♣4♥7♣7♦5♥, but Sturm showed 7♥2♥ for trip sevens to take the pot and score the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Radicchi	1,400,000 450,000	450,000
Leon Sturm	700,000 60,000	60,000

Ercan Yildiz	Busted
Stefan Lehner	Busted

Tags: Andrea Radicchi Ercan Yildiz Leon Sturm Stefan Lehner

11-12-2023 21:51 UTC+1

Barer's Move Goes South; Chips Go East

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Christian Zetzsche

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

With 116,000 in the middle to the 7♥7♦3♦ flop, Jareth East made it 26,000 to go. Ami Barer then raised to 79,000 in the cutoff with around 180,000 behind. East opted to move all-in with the covering stack and Barer called it off.

Ami Barer: A♦10♦
Jareth East: Q♣Q♥

Barer had an overcard to go with his nut flush draw but bricked the 8♥ turn as well as the 2♠ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jareth East	800,000 35,000	35,000
Ami Barer	Busted

Tags: Ami Barer Jareth East

11-12-2023 22:12 UTC+1

Madanzhiev Cracks Rutter's Aces

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David Salituro

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

With around 75,000 in the middle and the flop showing 10♦K♥3♦, Stuart Rutter got his last 200,000 in the middle from the hijack against Stoyan Madanzhiev in middle position.

Stuart Rutter: A♣A♠
Stoyan Madanzhiev: K♣10♣

Madanzhiev had flopped top two pair to leave Rutter needing help with his aces, but none arrived on the 2♥ turn or 9♣ river as Madanzhiev scooped the big pot and sent Rutter off with nothing but a bad beat story.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stoyan Madanzhiev	610,000 215,000	215,000

Stuart Rutter	Busted

Tags: Stoyan Madanzhiev Stuart Rutter

11-12-2023 22:28 UTC+1

End of the Road for Schemion

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The stack of Ole Schemion had dwindled as of recently and he ultimately got it in against Quan Zhou in a battle of the blinds with both players turning over ace-rags.

Ole Schemion: A♥2♦
Quan Zhou: A♦6♦

The 7♠5♣4♣ flop and J♦ turn provided no help and the 6♣ river only improved Zhou to a pair of sixes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	430,000 180,000	180,000
Ole Schemion	Busted

Tags: Ole Schemion Quan Zhou

11-12-2023 22:36 UTC+1

Sturm Causes Cooler

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Frank Visser

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

Dimtrijs Prohorovs raised to 10,000 from the hijack, and both blinds Matas Cimbolas and Leon Sturm called. The flop of Q♣4♥Q♥ was then checked to Prohorovs, who continued with another 10,000 bet. Cimbolas folded but Sturm had other plans and put in a raise to 32,000.

Prohorovs called and the 9♦ turn was dealt. Sturm kept up the aggression with a bet of 65,000, and once more Prohorovs made the call.

On the 6♠ river, Sturm went for a sizing of 160,000. Prohorovs thought about it for a little while before deciding he could not fold. He called and saw the bad news when Sturm tabled K♣Q♦ for trip queens. Prohorovs showed his Q♠ before cutting out the call from his stack.

By winning this pot Sturm passed the one million-chip mark.