Event #13: €10,350 Main Event NLH European Championship Day 3 | 2023 WSOP Europe

11-13-2023 13:04 UTC+1

Kunze Crushes Amelipour's Hopes

David Salituro

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

Thore-Fabian Kunze raised to 16,000 under the gun and Ali Amelipour then moved all in for 90,000 in the hijack. The table folded around to Kunze and he called.

Ali Amelipour: Q♣Q♥
Thore-Fabian Kunze: 7♣6♣

Amelipour was far ahead with his queens until the 7♥K♥6♦ flop gave Kunze two pair.

Amelipour flung his arms in the air in frustration and watched as the board ran out 9♥4♣ to send him to the rail.

"Heartbreaker," tablemate Alex Keating said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thore-Fabian Kunze	1,100,000 259,000	259,000
Ali Amelipour	Busted

Tags: Ali Amelipour Thore-Fabian Kunze

11-13-2023 13:00 UTC+1

Rezaei Coolers Hagstrom

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Josh Noy

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

Quan Zhou raised to 17,000 in early position before Daniel Rezaei three-bet from the small blind to 64,000. Jonas Hagstrom then moved all in from the big blind for 199,000, with Zhou folding but Rezaei quickly making the call.

Jonas Hagstrom: J♥J♦
Daniel Rezaei: A♠A♥

Hagstrom ran into the pocket aces of Rezaei and could not improve on the 8♥6♥3♣3♠Q♣ runout, ending his run at the feature table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Rezaei	548,000 143,000	143,000

Quan Zhou	254,000 38,000	38,000
Jonas Hagström	Busted

Tags: Daniel Rezaei Jonas Hagstrom Quan Zhou

11-13-2023 12:50 UTC+1

Tantillo Stays In Contention

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Having suffered a setback earlier on, Fausto Tantillo was all-in for 121,000 just now and Mihai Niste looked him up for around one third of his stack.

Fausto Tantillo: A♥10♠
Mihai Niste: 9♣9♠

The 10♥5♣2♠8♦J♥ board gave Tantillo the superior pair and he stayed in contention.

Pascal Pflock was not as fortunate as his chips were sent over to Alf Martinsson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alf Martinsson	950,000 55,000	55,000
Fausto Tantillo	260,000 8,000	8,000
Mihai Niste	240,000 253,000	253,000
Pascal Pflock	Busted
Paulius Vaitiekunas	Busted

Tags: Alf Martinsson Fausto Tantillo Mihai Niste Pascal Pflock

11-13-2023 12:46 UTC+1

Chun Calls Off to Adams

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David Salituro

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

Heads-up on a board of 10♦7♦3♠4♠ and around 100,000 in the pot, Jun Beum Chun bet 15,000 from the big blind before Timothy Adams raised to 68,000 on the button.

Chun called and the 4♥ fell on the river. He checked to Adams, who bet enough to put Chun all in for around 120,000 more. Chun tanked for a minute before calling.

He showed J♦10♣ for two pair, but Adams turned over A♣10♠ and won the pot with his ace-kicker to send Chun to an early Day 3 exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Adams	650,000 413,000	413,000

Jun Beum Chun	Busted

Tags: Jun Beum Chun Timothy Adams

11-13-2023 12:37 UTC+1

Schumacher In the Danger Zone

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Yannick Schumacher started the day as one of the shortest stacks and lost a small portion of it in three-way action. The turn showed A♦J♠2♠10♦ and the action checked to Martin Ilavsky, who bet 65,000. It folded back to Schumacher who was covered by then and reluctantly folded.

Other notables have been eliminated since, including Johan Guilbert and Fabio Peluso.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Ilavsky	350,000 128,000	128,000
Yannick Schumacher	62,000 36,000	36,000
Saar Wilf	Busted
Fabio Peluso	Busted

Cedric Schwaederle	Busted
Johan Guilbert	Busted

Tags: Fabio Peluso Johan Guilbert Martin Ilavsky Yannick Schumacher

11-13-2023 12:29 UTC+1

Liu Goes on a Safari

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Faramarz Safari opted to open-shove for his last 53,000 in the hijack. Wing Po Liu in the cutoff called and all other players behind folded.

Faramarz Safari: Q♥4♥
Wing Po Liu: 10♠10♣

Safari had one overcard at his disposal but failed to get there on the A♠9♠2♥K♦K♣ runout to join the early casualties on Day 3.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wing Po Liu	650,000 20,000	20,000

Faramarz Safari	Busted

Tags: Faramarz Safari Wing Po Liu

11-13-2023 12:17 UTC+1

Dovzhenko Wins Three-Bet Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

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

In a duel cutoff versus button, Julian Märgner took on Alexander Dovzhenko and they created a pot of around 120,000 to the 9♠6♥2♥ flop. Märgner checked to Dovzhenko, who made it 51,000 to go on the other side of the dealer.

Märgner gave him a stare down for half a minute and folded.

In the meanwhile, another pair of players have been eliminated in Max Avela and Timothy Friese.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julian Märgner	615,000 54,000	54,000
Alexander Dovzhenko	315,000 48,000	48,000
Max Avela	Busted
Timothy Friese	Busted

Tags: Alexander Dovzhenko Julian Märgner Max Avela Timothy Friese

11-13-2023 12:12 UTC+1

Kidas Knocks Out Birizdo

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Leonard Maue was the first player to depart and he was followed by Istvan Birizdo. The Hungarian three-bet jammed for some 15 blinds out of the small blind and Athanasios Kidas as the initial raiser instantly called.

Istvan Birizdo: 9♦9♥
Athanasios Kidas: A♦J♦

The 10♥10♦6♦ flop gave Kidas a flush draw to go with his two overcards and he then spiked the A♠ turn. Birizdo already vaulted out of his chair even before the 6♠ river completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Athanasios Kidas	450,000 168,000	168,000
Leonard Maue	Busted
Istvan Birizdo	Busted

Tags: Athanasios Kidas Istvan Birizdo Leonard Maue

11-13-2023 12:10 UTC+1

Mateos Hits a Million, Takes out Sklenicka

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Josh Noy

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

Adrian Mateos opened to 16,000 in early position before Michael Sklenicka moved all in from the small blind for his last 94,000. Mateos made the quick call and the cards were turned up.

Michael Sklenicka: K♦Q♣
Adrian Mateos: Q♥Q♦

The dealer fanned out a board of 9♠9♠A♥5♠7♣, leaving Mateos in the clear and sending Sklenicka to the rail early on Day 3.