Event #3: €1,350 Mini Main Event Day 2 | 2024 WSOP Europe

09-26-2024 19:48 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Giorgi Mdivani	Busted
Nandor Blasko	Busted
Robert Sampat	Busted
Dan Sfarlea	Busted
Emil Bise	Busted

Vitalii Seman	Busted
Philippe Riminucci	Busted
Andre Winkler	Busted
Nicolas Courbin	Busted
Stepan Budac	Busted

Aleksandar Petrovic	Busted
Junyu Liu	Busted
Albert Zarhi	Busted
Eusebiu Jalba	Busted
Jakub Cihar	Busted
Liviu Nedelea	Busted
Amza Cantec	Busted
Ioannis Temekonidis	Busted

Bueno Checks Down Trips

Kai Cocklin

Level 22 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

With around 200,000 in the middle on a flop of 8♣6♥K♣, both Catalin Diac and Patrick Bueno checked it over to Bernd Reich, who bet 90,000. Diac folded, but Bueno called.

The K♥ turn paired the board where both players checked to the A♥ river. It didn't take long for the river to also go check-check, then Bueno tabled K♦4♠ for trips to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaohua Yang	4,800,000 1,800,000	1,800,000

Bernd Reich	2,900,000 1,866,000	1,866,000
Patrick Bueno	1,100,000 370,000	370,000

Catalin Diac	950,000 800,000	800,000
Ioannis Chorianopoulos	500,000 323,000	323,000

Tags: Bernd Reich Catalin Diac Patrick Bueno

09-26-2024 19:59 UTC+1

El Yaacoubi’s Eights Hold Strong, Sending Schenk to the Rail

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Sava Krink

Level 22 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Lina Schenk kicked off the action with a raise to 80,000 from the button, only to be met with an all-in shove from Rachid El Yaacoubi in the big blind, who had her well-covered. Without hesitation, Schenk made the call, and the two prepared for a showdown.

Lina Schenk: A♠K♣ All in
Rachid El Yaacoubi: 8♥8♣

In this classic flip situation, Schenk was hoping for some help from the board. Unfortunately for her, the dealer revealed 2♥4♥7♦9♣7♠, offering no improvement to her hand. With that, Schenk’s tournament run came to an abrupt end as she was sent to the rail, while El Yaacoubi’s pocket eights held strong.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rachid El Yaacoubi	3,000,000 1,300,000	1,300,000
Lina Schenk	Busted

Tags: Rachid El Yaacoubi Lina Schenk

09-26-2024 20:01 UTC+1

Chorianopoulos Puts a Dent in Yang's Mountain

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Kai Cocklin

Level 22 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Ioannis Chorianopoulos shoved for 430,000 from middle position and Xiaohua Yang called from the cutoff.

Ioannis Chorianopoulos: A♦K♠ All in
Xiaohua Yang: A♠10♥

Yang let out a sigh when he saw the hand of Chorianopoulos, and was forced to fork out some of his big stack after the runout of Q♥8♠J♣2♥Q♣ didn't change anything.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaohua Yang	4,400,000 400,000	400,000

Ioannis Chorianopoulos	960,000 460,000	460,000

Tags: Ioannis Chorianopoulos Xiaohua Yang

09-26-2024 20:03 UTC+1

Trip Aces Not Enough For Safari Against Eychenne

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David Salituro

Level 22 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Thomas Eychenne raised to 80,000 in the hijack before Faramarz Safari three-bet to 220,000 on the button. Eychenne four-bet to 525,000, Safari moved all in for around 1,400,000, and Eychenne snap-called.

Faramarz Safari: A♦8♣ All in
Thomas Eychenne: K♦K♥

Safari was looking for an ace to stay alive and found two of them on the A♥A♣5♥ flop to take the lead. The turn, though, was the K♣ and Eychenne spiked a full house. Safari missed the 7♦ river and was sent to the rail, while Eychenne boosted his stack up past 4,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Eychenne	4,300,000 2,900,000	2,900,000

Faramarz Safari	Busted

Tags: Faramarz Safari Thomas Eychenne

09-26-2024 20:04 UTC+1

Gyorffy's Ace on the River Eliminates Peters

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Sava Krink

Level 22 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The action kicked off when Tobias Peters raised to 80,000 from middle position. Sitting right beside him, Bob Bielen responded with a three-bet to 210,000. In the big blind, Sandor Gyorffy deliberated for a full two minutes before deciding to call. The pressure shifted back to Peters, who shoved all-in for 1,060,000. Bielen quickly folded, but Gyorffy, after some thought, called.

"You’ve got jacks, right?" Peters asked, but he was mistaken.
Gyorffy revealed A♣K♦, while Peters showed Q♥Q♦.

Peters looked poised to double up as the flop and turn came 8♥6♥5♣10♠, but the river dashed his hopes with the A♠, sealing his fate and knocking him out of the tournament.

As the players stood to take a break, Bielen remarked, "I had jacks."

Player	Chips	Progress
Sandor Gyorffy	2,040,000 1,613,000	1,613,000
Bob Bielen	1,500,000 700,000	700,000
Tobias Peters	Busted

Tags: Bob Bielen Sandor Gyorffy Tobias Peters

09-26-2024 20:10 UTC+1

Break Time

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David Salituro

Level 22 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The remaining 69 players are going on a 15-minute break.

09-26-2024 20:17 UTC+1

Life Outside Poker: Why HCL Boss Ryan Feldman Was Kicked Out of the WSOP Main Event

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Josh Noy

Level 22 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Ryan Feldman, co-owner of Hustler Casino Live, revealed on PokerNews' Life Outside Poker podcast that he was kicked out of the 2016 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event over a conflict of interest stemming from his employment at ESPN.

In the 16th episode of the podcast, host Connor Richards speaks with the producer/founder of the most popular livestream in poker history about why he was booted from poker's biggest tournament, along with numerous other topics such as sports journalism, interviewing star athletes, leaving ESPN to start a poker stream, founding HCL and putting together some of the most entertaining lineups in poker history.

This interview was filmed in July at the 2024 WSOP inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Ryan Feldman by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Level: 23

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

09-26-2024 20:34 UTC+1

Behor Unexpectedly Finds Himself Dominating Huelk

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Sebastien Lucina raised to 100,000 in the cutoff before Mark Huelk three-bet to 300,000 on the button. Yehonatan Behor moved all in for 390,000 in the big blind, Lucina folded, while Huelk called.

Yehonatan Behor: 4♦4♥ All in
Mark Huelk: 2♣2♦

Behor found himself dominating Huelk with his pair of fours as the board ran out 10♠K♦3♦10♥6♥, earning him a double up.