Event #13: €10,350 Main Event NLH European Championship Day 1b | 2024 WSOP Europe

10-05-2024 21:15 UTC+1

Runcan Versus Mustafov, Round Two

Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Fahredin Mustafov raised his J♠9♠ from the hijack and Paul Runcan three-bet A♦K♣ to 10,000 in the big blind.

Runcan bet 5,000 on the K♦J♦10♣ flop and 18,000 on the 8♥ turn. Mustafov called both times before Runcan checked the A♠ turn. Mustafov put in a hefty bet of 65,000, around the size of the pot.

Runcan tanked for a little while before mucking the best hand, sending some chips back to Mustafov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Runcan	185,000 21,000	21,000
Fahredin Mustafov	151,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Fahredin Mustafov Paul Runcan

10-05-2024 21:14 UTC+1

Frere Pushes De Souza Out

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With around 6,000 in the middle on a flop of 6♣A♥2♦, Mallory Frere fired 2,400 and Belarmino De Souza made it 7,000. Frere called.

A J♣ on the turn was checked through to the 9♠ river were Frere fired 20,000. De Souza eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mallory Frere	170,000 30,000	30,000
Cheng Zhao	140,000
Gyula Rapolti	100,000 15,000	15,000
Belarmino De Souza	90,000
Francesco Rinaldi	85,000 10,000	10,000
Peter Bosen	80,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Mallory Frere Belarmino De Souza

10-05-2024 21:05 UTC+1

Wojciechowski Takes Four-Bet Pot on the Flop

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Patrick Cole

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Pawel Wojciechowski opened to 2,000 from under the gun. Aram Sargsyan three-bet to 6,700 from the cutoff. Action folded around back to Wojciechowski who four-bet to 17,500. Sargysan called.

Wojciechowski then led out for 8,200 on the flop of 8♥3♦7♥. Sargysan went into the tank before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pawel Wojciechowski	200,000 28,000	28,000

Aram Sargsyan	195,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Aram Sargsyan Pawel Wojciechowski

10-05-2024 21:04 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Vlad Darie	230,000 90,000	90,000

Aram Sargsyan	230,000 90,000	90,000
Kazimieras Sileikis	210,000 35,000	35,000
Seyed Dezfooli	190,000 105,000	105,000
Pawel Wojciechowski	172,000 112,000	112,000

Edgaras Kausinis	150,000 45,000	45,000
Erik van Hulst	140,000 5,000	5,000
Cheng Zhao	140,000 4,000	4,000
Mallory Frere	140,000 68,000	68,000
Robin Berggren	130,000 40,000	40,000
Fariss Ebolheb	130,000 15,000	15,000
Salih Atac	100,000 31,000	31,000
Vladas Tamasauskas	98,000 4,400	4,400
Peter Bosen	83,000 27,000	27,000
Aaron Duczak	80,000 80,000	80,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	45,000 8,300	8,300

Palma Hero Calls King-High

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Nick Palma raised to 2,000 as first to act. Ran Shahar then three-bet his button to 5,500, which Palma called.

Shahar continued for another 5,500 on the A♦J♦2♣ flop. Palma check-called to the 2♥ turn, which was checked through.

Palma checked to Shahar for a third time on the 4♥ river. Shahar slid in a tiny bet of 3,000, about one-eighth of the pot. Palma thought for some time and then tossed in a call.

Shahar could only show six-high with 6♠5♠, while Palma had called him down with K♦Q♦ for king-high and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Palma	162,000 14,100	14,100
Ran Shahar	77,900 3,900	3,900

Tags: Nick Palma Ran Shahar

10-05-2024 20:59 UTC+1

Blom's Stack Back Above Starting

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Kai Cocklin

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Viktor Blom raised from early position to 2,000 and Mike Marquet called out of the big blind.

On the K♥2♠J♣ flop, Marquet check-called a bet of 3,800 from Blom see a 5♥ drop on the turn. Marquet again went into check-call mode after Blom fired 9,600.

When the 6♦ hit the river, both players opted to check it down. Marquet shrugged his shoulders as if to say he had nothing, then revealed A♥10♣ for just ace-high. Blom then tabled K♦9♦ for a pair or kings, which earned him the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Blom	110,000 44,000	44,000
Mike Marquet	95,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Mike Marquet Viktor Blom

10-05-2024 20:58 UTC+1

Runcan Four-Bets, Wins Huge Pot

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Anton Suarez sat under the gun and raised to 2,000. Fahredin Mustafov in the hijack three-bet to 6,500 before Paul Runcan made it a massive 24,000 to go in the big blind.

Suarez quickly folded his 10♦4♦ but Mustafov called. Runcan and Mustafov both checked the Q♦J♣6♠ flop before Runcan bet 14,000 on the 6♣ turn.

Mustafov called, after which Runcan tossed in 35,000 on the 2♥ river. Mustafov weighed his options for a while but eventually decided to call. Runcan tabled K♥Q♣ for top pair, beating Mustafov's 10♥10♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Runcan	206,000 74,200	74,200
Anton Suarez	153,000 4,300	4,300
Fahredin Mustafov	126,000 78,000	78,000

Tags: Anton Suarez Fahredin Mustafov Paul Runcan

Level: 6

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

10-05-2024 20:36 UTC+1

Break Time

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Patrick Cole

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The 89 players are now on a 15 minute break. Below are some highlights from Level 5.

10-05-2024 20:35 UTC+1

Rinaldi Doubles With Aces

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Francesco Rinaldi got his last 29,000 into the middle on the turn with the board showing 4♥8♠10♦7♥. Belarmino De Souza called to try and bust him.

Francesco Rinaldi: A♣A♦ All in
Belarmino De Souza : J♦7♠

Rinaldi was ahead with aces, but De Souza had a lot of outs to send him to the rail. The 10♥ river wasn't one of them and Rinaldi had doubled with pocket aces.