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

11-02-2023 19:37 UTC+1

Pucci Ousts Vrakas

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 19:35 UTC+1

Mao Wins a Flip Against Do

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David Salituro

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

Anh Do raised to 50,000 in middle position and Dragoljub Martinovic called in the hijack. Renji Mao then moved all in for 700,000 in the small blind, Do reshoved for 800,000, and Martinovic got out of the way.

Renji Mao: 8♦8♣
Anh Do: A♥Q♦

The two players were flipping for nearly 1,500,000 and watched as the board ran out 7♠4♥3♥2♠2♦. Mao gave up a big fist pump when his eights stayed in front and he doubled up, dropping Do to an extreme short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dragoljub Martinovic	1,800,000 1,154,000	1,154,000
Renji Mao	1,500,000 900,000	900,000

Anh Do	100,000 550,000	550,000

Tags: Anh Do Dragoljub Martinovic Renji Mao

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

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

11-02-2023 18:53 UTC+1

Dinner Break

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The remaining 185 players are now on a 30-minute dinner break.

Play should resume around 7:20 p.m. local time.

11-02-2023 18:53 UTC+1

Latest Eliminations

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Ulanov	Busted
Serhii Mokan	Busted
Toni Radonic	Busted
Schayan Aghajan	Busted
Jakob Schilk	Busted
Jareth East	Busted
Armando Scognamiglio	Busted
Roland Israelashvili	Busted

Nicola Danselmo	Busted
Min Sung Lee	Busted
Rodrigo Canas	Busted
Gavril-Dorel Peter	Busted
Matthias Kribben	Busted
Jared Strauss	Busted

Sebastian Skurzynski	Busted
Ionnis Georgopoulos	Busted
Andras Balogh	Busted
Paolo Erriques	Busted
Fabian Rolli	Busted
Salih Atac	Busted
Robert Burlacu	Busted

11-02-2023 18:52 UTC+1

A Sad State of Affairs

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Dan O'Hair

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Adrian State shoved for his last 200,000 from the cutoff and was called by Ioannis Chaitas in the big blind to be put at risk.

Adrian State: A♥9♠
Ioannis Chaitas: 7♠7♥

The 8♠7♣6♦ flop improved Chaitas to a set, but State was still drawing live to a straight.

It wasn't meant to be, however, as the 8♦ turn improved Chaitas to a full house and left State drawing dead.

An irrelevant 9♥ completed the board and State was sent to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioannis Chaitas	750,000 168,000	168,000
Adrian State	Busted

11-02-2023 18:48 UTC+1

Saran Triples; Seeks to Grow Poker in His Native Country

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David Salituro

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

[Removed:446] snapped a photo of a three-way all in encounter he was just involved in that catapulted up over 1,000,000.

"Big stack raise, short stack jam, I re-jam," Saran explained. Saran had A♥Q♠ and was up against A♦K♦ and A♠K♥.

The Q♣ fell right in the window, and the rest of the board came 9♠8♦5♠2♠ as Saran tripled up.

Saran is from Mongolia and is looking to promote the game in his home country. "It helps grow the game," he explained.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:446]	1,300,000 1,030,000	1,030,000

11-02-2023 18:47 UTC+1

Petri Triples Up

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Maxime Taldir

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action was caught when the dealer was counting the stacks of Stefan Petri in middle position, Maria Lampropulos in the hijack and Cedric Jaby in the cutoff, as all three of them moved all in preflop. Petri had the shortest stack, with 223,000 chips.

Stefan Petri: A♥J♣
Maria Lampropulos: K♣K♠
Cedric Jaby: A♦K♦

On 5♥J♦7♣J♥8♣, Petri was lucky enough to hit trips to triple up. With her kings, Lampropulos took the side pot but lost a big part of her stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Petri	719,000 512,000	512,000
Cedric Jaby	270,000 210,000	210,000
Maria Lampropulos	148,000 239,000	239,000

Tags: Cedric Jaby Maria Lampropulos Stefan Petri

11-02-2023 18:41 UTC+1

Davenport's Cowboys Send Arifovski and Boutaleb Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 19 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Mikael Hen opened to 40,000 from under the gun and action folded around to Djamal Boutaleb, who shoved for approximately 370,000. Djadid Arifovski also went all in for less on the button, and Matthew Davenport also went all in for around 1,200,000. Hen got out of the way and a three-way showdown was held.

Djadid Arifovski: A♣Q♦
Djamal Boutaleb: 4♦4♣
Matthew Davenport: K♦K♠

The board ran out 9♥Q♠9♣5♣7♣ — keeping Davenport's kings in the lead for the double knockout.