Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event Day 2 | 2023 WSOP Europe

11-02-2023 21:13 UTC+1

Poddubnii Makes Koller Commit Last Chips

David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 2♠J♥A♣, Ran Koller bet 40,000 from early position and Artiom Poddubnii called in the big blind.

The turn came the Q♠ and Koller bet another 180,000. Poddubnii again called and the 2♣ fell on the river. Koller then slid forward a bet of 580,000, leaving around 50,000 behind.

Poddubnii instantly moved all in and Koller grimaced before tossing in his last chips. Poddubnii showed K♣10♥ for the turned straight and Koller tossed Q♣J♦ into the muck as the WSOP bracelet winner headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artiom Poddubnii	3,500,000 2,535,000	2,535,000

Ran Koller	Busted

Tags: Artiom Poddubnii Ran Koller

11-02-2023 21:12 UTC+1

New Eliminations

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Wissam Turkie	Busted
Aaron Duczak	Busted
Roman Pavliuk	Busted
Oleksii Natoptanyi	Busted
Michele Pucci	Busted
Giovanni Giudice	Busted
Abdessamad Ayyad	Busted
Josef Pavelka	Busted
Vincenzo Vollaro	Busted
Marek Rous	Busted
Gianluca Ferro	Busted
Aimeric Camporesi	Busted
Rene Majed	Busted
Yves Thalmann	Busted
Nathan Jones	Busted
Erikas Ragauskas	Busted
Tekie Haile	Busted
Luigi Pignataro	Busted
Stefan Schoss	Busted
Danilo Donnini	Busted
Adolfo D Aniello	Busted
Giuseppe Imperato	Busted
Yvonne Fuege	Busted
Benno Jobst	Busted
Philippe Joseph	Busted

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11-02-2023 21:00 UTC+1

Tocci Wins Battle of Big Aces

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David Salituro

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Roberto Felicetti pushed forward his last 500,000 from the cutoff and Michele Tocci called in middle position.

Roberto Felicetti: A♦J♠
Michele Tocci: A♥K♦

Felicetti was dominated, then fell further behind on the 8♥K♥2♠ flop as Tocci made top pair. The board ran out 5♥2♣ and Tocci sent Felicetti off to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michele Tocci	1,900,000 600,000	600,000
Roberto Felicetti	Busted

Tags: Michele Tocci Roberto Felicetti

11-02-2023 20:40 UTC+1

Nguyen Eliminated by Ardelean

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Maxime Taldir

Level 21 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Renato Ardelean opened from middle position but saw Duc Nguyen, seated on his left, moving all in for 620,000 chips. All the other players folded, and Ardelean quickly called.

Duc Nguyen: A♥Q♦
Renato Ardelean: A♠K♠

Ardelean hit a pair directly on the flop on 8♠K♥9♥7♦2♥, securing the win and sending Nguyen to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renato Ardelean	1,650,000 1,350,000	1,350,000
Duc Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Duc Nguyen Renato Ardelean

11-02-2023 20:22 UTC+1

Peluso Spikes the Flop to Bust Jacob

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David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

At the same table that Vitaliy Kryza busted a few minutes earlier, it was Carsten Jacob's turn to get his last 475,000 in the middle from the cutoff. Fabio Peluso had him at risk in middle position.

Carsten Jacob: A♥Q♦
Fabio Peluso: A♦9♥

Jacob had Peluso dominated, but the 9♠7♠8♦ flop shot Peluso into the lead with nines as Jacob let out a cry and stood up from his seat.

He watched helplessly as the 4♠J♠ completed the board before joining the queue at the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Peluso	1,700,000 950,000	950,000

Carsten Jacob	Busted

Tags: Carsten Jacob Fabio Peluso

11-02-2023 20:16 UTC+1

Volkholz's Bigger Ace Sends Kryza Out

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David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Vitaliy Kryza moved all in for 480,000 in the cutoff and Dino Volkholz called in middle position.

Vitaliy Kryza: A♣10♣
Dino Volkholz: A♥Q♣

Both players hit their ace on the 9♠A♠K♦ flop, but Volkholz remained in the lead with queen-kicker. The Q♥ turn improved him to two pair and left Kryza drawing only to a straight or chop, but instead the 9♥ fell and Kryza was sent off to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dino Volkholz	1,200,000 593,000	593,000
Vitaliy Kryza	Busted

Tags: Vitaliy Kryza Dino Volkholz

11-02-2023 20:06 UTC+1

New Players Eliminated

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Maxime Taldir

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernd Werner	Busted
Giuseppe Rosa	Busted
Adrian Martin	Busted
Fausto Tantillo	Busted
Michal Kil	Busted
Thomas Fischer	Busted
Maria Lampropulos	Busted
Cornel-Gabriel Pop	Busted
Michael Ende	Busted
Anh Do	Busted
Patrik Zidek	Busted
Junhyoung Ki	Busted
Henning Wendlandt	Busted
Lampros Vrakas	Busted
Giuseppe Montella	Busted
Finn Zwad	Busted
Cristiano Viali	Busted
Marco Leonzio	Busted
Petr Segl	Busted
Borys Rozhanovskyi	Busted

11-02-2023 19:38 UTC+1

Uncommon Straight for Samual

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Maxime Taldir

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Down to 102,000 chips, Giuseppe Montella moved all in from middle position. All the other players folded to Darius Samual in the big blind, who called with a very loose hand.

Giuseppe Montella: 2♥2♠
Darius Samual: 7♥4♦

Standing up two meters behind his chair, Montella seemed nervous. And he had reasons to be nervous as Samual hit a straight draw on 5♥J♠3♣. The 6♥ on the turn completed the straight, and Montella was eliminated after the river 3♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darius Samual	2,150,000 1,654,000	1,654,000

Giuseppe Montella	Busted

Tags: Darius Samual Giuseppe Montella

11-02-2023 19:37 UTC+1

Pucci Ousts Vrakas

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Dan O'Hair

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Lampros Vrakas shoved for a bit under 300,000 from middle position and action folded around to Michele Pucci in the small blind, who called to put Vrakas at risk.

Lampros Vrakas: J♣J♥
Michele Pucci: A♣K♥

It was a fair fight, but the 2♥A♥8♦ flop paired Pucci's ace to vault him into the lead.

The 5♥ turn and 6♠ river changed nothing and Pucci added Vrakas' stack to his own.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michele Pucci	2,600,000 2,140,000	2,140,000
Lampros Vrakas	Busted

Tags: Lampros Vrakas Michele Pucci

11-02-2023 19:29 UTC+1

Giudice Picks Off Segl

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David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Petr Segl moved all in for 280,000 in middle position and Giovanni Giudice called in the big blind.

Petr Segl: J♠9♠
Giovanni Giudice: A♠K♠

Giudice had woken up with a monster hand and the A♦8♣7♣ flop gave him top pair, while Segl picked up a straight draw. Segl improved no further on the 6♠ turn or 8♥ river and Giudice won the pot to send Segl to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Giudice	1,500,000 400,000	400,000
Petr Segl	Busted

Tags: Giovanni Giudice Petr Segl