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

11-13-2023 14:25 UTC+1

Zuraikat Shows Al Labani the Nuts

David Salituro

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

After an open in middle position, Hael Al Labani three-bet to 65,000 in the small blind and only Ramzi Zuraikat called in the big blind.

The flop came 5♠10♠J♣ and Al Labani continued for 30,000. Zuraikat then raised to 125,000.

"If you hadn't bet I would not bet. No, I don't have a flush draw," Zuraikat said as Al Labani tanked for several minutes.

"You have queens probably," Zuraikat told him.

"I call or go all in," Al Labani replied.

"All in is absolutely the right play. I have 390 remaining. You go all in and I drive back to Prague. Poker is an easy game," Zuraikat said.

Al Labani eventually folded. "Show ace-king," Zuraikat added, but Al Labani only flashed the A♠. Zuraikat showed him J♣J♦ for top set as he took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramzi Zuraikat	570,000 170,000	170,000
Hael Al Labani	540,000 190,000	190,000

Tags: Hael Al Labani Ramzi Zuraikat

11-13-2023 14:16 UTC+1

Cooler Spells the End for Peffly

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Frank Visser

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

Alex Peffly open-jammed for 97,000 chips from under the gun and the action folded to Vittorio Maugini in the hijack, who put in a three-bet to 175,000. The rest of the table folded, leading to a showdown.

Alex Peffly: Q♠Q♥
Vittorio Maugini: A♥A♦

Peffly's tablemates were rooting for some spades to appear, but none came on the 3♣4♣3♥ flop. The 9♠8♠ did not help the Brit either, and he was the latest to be eliminated from the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vittorio Maugini	802,000 119,000	119,000
Alex Peffly	Busted
Ismet Oral	Busted
Christophe Sanchez	Busted

Tags: Alex Peffly Vittorio Maugini

11-13-2023 14:12 UTC+1

Gessis Gets There Against Kunze

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Jean Gessis check-raised the K♠J♠10♠ flop out of the small blind to 110,000 and Thore-Fabian Kunze called in the big blind, the third player in the hand folded.

Gessis then instantly bet the 4♠ turn for 150,000 with 19,000 behind. Kunze was shook and needed some thirty seconds before he shrugged, pushed in a stack worth 500,000 and Gessis called all-in.

Jean Gessis: A♠9♥
Thore-Fabian Kunze: Q♠6♠

Kunze had a single out for a straight flush to avoid a setback but the 4♦ river secured the double for Gessis.

"Good call preflop with the ace-nine off suit," Svajunas Seduikis said with a dry voice while Kunze then inquired whether or not his table neighbour had called a shove on the flop.

"I don't know," Gessis replied.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean Gessis	700,000 244,000	244,000
Thore-Fabian Kunze	480,000 320,000	320,000

Tags: Jean Gessis Svajunas Seduikis Thore-Fabian Kunze

11-13-2023 14:06 UTC+1

Unlucky Exit for Kovalchuk

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Frank Visser

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

Hacine Chatteur tossed in a T-25,000 chip from the button for a raise before Olekssi Kovalchuk three-bet jammed his final 85,000 in from the small blind. Chatteur took a while but eventually called.

Oleksii Kovalchuk: A♦K♦
Hacine Chatteur: A♥5♥

Kovalchuk got his phone out to film the affair, but little did he know he would end up filming his demise. The 5♦3♥10♠ paired Chatteur up, and he would remain the only player doing so when the board ran out 4♥J♣.

Kovalchuk took his bad beat in good spirits and wished everyone good luck before leaving the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hacine Chatteur	551,000 56,000	56,000
Oleksii Kovalchuk	Busted

Tags: Oleksii Kovalchuk Hacine Chatteur

11-13-2023 14:05 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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David Salituro

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Radicchi	1,800,000
Max Neugebauer	1,500,000 100,000	100,000

Giuseppe Mazza-Boussemart	1,120,000 70,000	70,000
Axel Hallay	1,100,000 475,000	475,000
Vito Vella	1,000,000 70,000	70,000
Dario Sammartino	980,000 100,000	100,000

Kasparas Klezys	970,000 80,000	80,000

Yulian Bogdanov	920,000 41,000	41,000

Christian Rudolph	850,000 25,000	25,000
Andrej Cintula	800,000 200,000	200,000
Marius Gicovanu	780,000 50,000	50,000
Omar Eljach	750,000 130,000	130,000

Viktor Blom	750,000 30,000	30,000
Alex Keating	750,000 25,000	25,000

Maria Lampropulos	750,000 10,000	10,000
Borys Rozhanovskyi	650,000 125,000	125,000
Francisco Benitez	600,000
Dumitru Pora	600,000 82,000	82,000

Nacho Barbero	560,000 25,000	25,000

Jareth East	560,000 32,000	32,000
Daniel Montagnolli	510,000 295,000	295,000
Matas Cimbolas	480,000 354,000	354,000

Koray Korkmaz	470,000 174,000	174,000
Stephen Chidwick	400,000 130,000	130,000

Aaron Duczak	300,000 184,000	184,000

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11-13-2023 14:04 UTC+1

Refos Scores a Double Through Tuna

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Raoul Refos was all-in preflop for the last 176,000 with the dominated A♣Q♠, as Akin Tuna looked him up with the superior A♦K♦.

The fortune changed on the Q♣4♣3♣ flop when Refos made the top pair and nut flush draw. Tuna picked up some chop outs with the 2♦ turn but the 9♣ river only improved Refos to the nut flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Desimoni	1,300,000 303,000	303,000
Maria Lampropulos	760,000 395,000	395,000
Nils Pudel	720,000 51,000	51,000
Michael Armstrong	500,000 120,000	120,000
Gab Yong Kim	400,000 200,000	200,000
Raoul Refos	370,000 5,000	5,000
Akin Tuna	295,000 137,000	137,000
Danilo Velasevic	130,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Akin Tuna Raoul Refos

11-13-2023 14:00 UTC+1

Martin Kabrhel Cracks Kings Twice to Beat Johan "YoH ViraL" Guilbert in $294,920 Pot

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Calum Grant

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

The 2023 World Series of Poker Europe is in full flow, with proceedings for the record-breaking €10,350 Main Event currently underway at King's Resort in Rozvadov.

And while there's been some immense tournament poker on display already, there's been plenty of exciting action in the cash game streets here at King's. Yesterday's cash game livestream featured some huge names such as Martin Kabrhel, Johan "YoH ViraL" Guilbert, Rob Yong, Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier and casino owner Leon Tsoukernik.

One of the biggest pots of the night was played between Guilbert and Kabrhel where the latter found an ace on two boards to scoop in the massive pot.

Watch the hand play out here

11-13-2023 13:59 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Radicchi	1,800,000 225,000	225,000
Levan Rcheulishvili	1,150,000 20,000	20,000

Dario Sammartino	1,080,000 399,000	399,000

Timo Kamphues	1,060,000 178,000	178,000
Christian Rudolph	825,000 37,000	37,000
Viktor Blom	780,000 80,000	80,000
Leon Sturm	776,000 254,000	254,000

Alex Keating	775,000 74,000	74,000

Armin Rezaei	700,000 22,000	22,000
Hyunsup Kim	700,000 18,000	18,000
Nicola D'Anselmo	673,000 159,000	159,000
Jens Lakemeier	650,000 220,000	220,000

Hal Rotholz	640,000 202,000	202,000

Ioannis Angelou-Konstas	595,000 204,000	204,000
Nacho Barbero	585,000 218,000	218,000

Andrea Dato	570,000 98,000	98,000

Maria Lampropulos	365,000 523,000	523,000
Tobias Peters	262,000 80,000	80,000

Alessandro Pagliuso	136,000 75,000	75,000

Level: 16

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

11-13-2023 13:38 UTC+1

First Break of the Day

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Upon completion of level 15, the Day 3 field has been sent on a scheduled 15-minute break. In the first 90 minutes of poker action, 191 hopefuls have been reduced to just 156 contenders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Ilavsky	Busted