Event #5: €550 NLH Colossus Day 2 | 2024 WSOP Europe

09-29-2024 21:53 UTC+1

Alain Hostettler Eliminated in 23rd Place (€7,100)

Frank Visser

Level 30 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Alain Hostettler limped in from the small blind and was put all-in by Lorenzo Arduini in the big blind. Hostettler quickly called off his stack of 600,000 and a showdown was had.

Alain Hostettler: A♣3♣ All in
Lorenzo Arduini: Q♣10♥

Hostettler was a small favorite to double up, but Arduini the better two pair on the 6♦5♦10♠6♠3♥ runout to eliminate his opponent in 23rd.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lorenzo Arduini	3,200,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Alain Hostettler	Busted

Tags: Alain Hostettler Lorenzo Arduini

09-29-2024 21:17 UTC+1

Volzhan Finds Hero Call on the River

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Patrick Cole

Level 29 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Action folded around to Valentin Schramm who called in the small blind. Edwin Volzhan checked his option.

Schramm led for 80,000 on the Q♦10♣4♦ flop. Volzhan called. Schramm led again, this time sizing up to 205,000 on the A♥ turn. Volzhan called once more after a moments thought.

Schramm fired again for 400,000. Volzhan went deep into the tank, with numerous players on neighbouring tables up on their feet waiting for the three table redraw.

Eventually he found the call. Schramm showed J♠9♠ for a missed straight draw and Volzhan showed K♥3♦ for bottom pair which was good enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Valentin Schramm	2,650,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Edwin Volzhan	2,100,000 650,000	650,000

09-29-2024 21:02 UTC+1

Trumm Stacks Roman

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Kai Cocklin

Level 29 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Hong Pham raised from under the gun to 170,000 and Bogdan Roman shoved from the next seat for 1,110,000. William Trumm was in the small blind and after checking out the stacks of his opponents, he announced a call. Pham folded.

Bogdan Roman: A♣Q♦ All in
William Trumm: 9♦9♠

Trumm's pocket nines help up as the 2♥K♦5♥2♠10♥ runout sent Roman to the rail with around thirty players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
William Trumm	6,500,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Hong Pham	1,300,000 200,000	200,000
Bogdan Roman	Busted

Tags: Bogdan Roman Hong Pham William Trumm

09-29-2024 20:48 UTC+1

Pflock Catches Runcan Getting Out of Line and Overtakes Him in Chips

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Patrick Cole

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop where Pascal Pflock checked from the small blind to Paul Runcan who wagered 95,000. Pflock made the call.

Pflock check-called again on the A♠ turn, this time it was a wager of 215,000. Pflock checked once more on the 6♣ river, prompting Runcan to fire again. A stack of chips, around 650,000 worth, had barely touched the felt before Pflock made the call.

Runcan snap-mucked and Pflock returned his cards face down and scooped in a sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Pflock	3,750,000 450,000	450,000
Paul Runcan	3,000,000 1,600,000	1,600,000

Tags: Pascal Pflock Paul Runcan

09-29-2024 20:26 UTC+1

Rivas Survives

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Jose Rivas shoved for 220,000 from early position and Daniel Frey made the call.

Jose Rivas: Q♣6♣ All in
Daniel Frey: K♦Q♠

Rivas looked to be heading to the exit but he flopped trips on the 6♦6♥A♣7♦J♣ board to keep himself in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Frey	1,300,000 1,038,000	1,038,000
Jose Rivas	600,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Daniel Frey Jose Rivas

09-29-2024 19:44 UTC+1

Ricci Doubles on Deep-Stacked Table

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Frank Visser

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Andrea Ricci got his stack of 1,600,000 in from the small blind against big stack Dohang Na in the cutoff.

Andrea Ricci: A♥K♥ All in
Dohang Na: A♠J♥

Ricci's kicker remained in play on the 3♣8♥2♣3♦6♠ board, doubling up his already above-average stack. Meanwhile, Na was also left with 60 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Ricci	3,325,000 2,025,000	2,025,000
Dohang Na	3,000,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Tags: Andrea Ricci Dohang Na

09-29-2024 19:37 UTC+1

Na Cracks Vlachos's Aces

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Patrick Cole

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Dimitrios Vlachos moved all in from the cutoff for 355,000. Action folded around to Dohang Na who moved all in from the small blind. The big blind folded and the players showed down.

Dimitrios Vlachos: A♠A♦ All in
Dohang Na: 6♣6♦

Na spiked a set on the 4♠6♥2♥ flop and held across the 7♥ turn and J♦ river to secure Vlachos's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dohang Na	2,775,000 2,110,000	2,110,000
Dimitrios Vlachos	Busted

Tags: Dimitrios Vlachos Dohang Na

09-29-2024 19:11 UTC+1

Dumitru's Bullets Shoot Down Ruangroj and Ceglia

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Kai Cocklin

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Nik Ruangroj was all-in for around 400,000 and Davide Ceglia had also committed his stack of around 700,000 to the pot. Ionut Dumitru had a slightly covering stack and put them into the middle to create a three-way all-in pot.

Nik Ruangroj: J♣J♥ All in
Davide Ceglia: K♣K♦ All in
Ionut Dumitru: A♣A♥

A perfect situation for Dumitru to send to players packing, and that's just what happened as the runout of Q♦4♥5♠9♥7♠ kept his pocket aces in the lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ionut Dumitru	1,900,000 1,350,000	1,350,000
Nik Ruangroj	Busted
Davide Ceglia	Busted

Tags: Davide Ceglia Ionut Dumitru Nik Ruangroj

09-29-2024 18:55 UTC+1

Big Slick Helps Buchta to a Double-Up

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Kai Cocklin

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Michael Aflalo raised the button to 80,000 and Simon Buchta made it 300,000 from the small blind. Aflalo called.

With just 175,000 behind, Buchta shoved the Q♠K♠10♥ flop, and Aflalo quickly called.

Simon Buchta: A♦K♦ All in
Michael Aflalo: K♣J♦

Buchta was ahead but needed to fade the straight draw of Aflalo. The 8♥ turn and 7♥ river never changed the outcome of the hand, and Buchta doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Buchta	1,000,000 500,000	500,000
Michael Aflalo	550,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Michael Aflalo Simon Buchta

09-29-2024 18:06 UTC+1

Arduini Gets Value From Kribben

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Kai Cocklin

Level 25 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Lorenzo Arduini opened to 65,000 from early position and Matthias Kribben defended from the big blind.

They saw a flop of 8♠K♣3♦ where Kribben check-called a bet of 50,000 from Arduini.

The 9♦ turn checked through to the 9♠ river where Kribben checked, and Arduini quietly announced a bet of 200,000, then put in a stack of 100,000, followed by another stack moments later. Kribben was arguing that it was a string bet, but the players backed up Arduini and said that he did announce the bet before he put the chips in. Kribben then thought for a moment and called.

Arduini showed K♥10♥ for top pair, and Kribben knuckled the table a few times before he mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lorenzo Arduini	1,300,000 320,000	320,000
Clayde Terlaan	1,000,000 225,000	225,000
Oscar Ceron	850,000 50,000	50,000
Matthias Kribben	800,000 300,000	300,000
Georgios Tsouloftas	700,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Lorenzo Arduini Matthias Kribben