Event #8: €25,000 NLH GGMillion€ Day 1 | 2024 WSOP Europe

09-30-2024 21:21 UTC+1

Atac Finds an Ace to Bust Hissou

Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Salih Atac opened from the hijack before Sirzat Hissou three-bet to 35,000 from the big blind. Atac moved all in for 219,000, and Hissou called for his tournament life as the slightly smaller stack.

Sirzat Hissou: J♥J♣ All in
Salih Atac: A♦9♠

Hissou was the favorite but the A♠K♦4♦ flop put Atac in the lead. The 4♣ turn provided no aid to Hissou ahead of the 10♠ river confirming his elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salih Atac	430,000 10,000	10,000
Sirzat Hissou	Busted

Tags: Salih Atac Sirzat Hissou

09-30-2024 21:17 UTC+1

Yankov Cracks Hissou's Set to Score Unlikely Double

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Krasimir Yankov limped in from the small blind and Sirzat Hissou raised to 10,000 from the big blind. Yankov three-bet to 40,000 and Hissou made the call.

The flop came J♣9♥2♥ and Yankov bet 50,000. Hissou raised enough to put Yankov all in and Yankov, who had 116,000 behind, made the call to put himself at risk.

Krasimir Yankov: A♦K♥ All in
Sirzat Hissou: 9♣9♦

Hissou was a huge favorite with middle set while Yankov was drawing only to a running straight. He picked up the gutshot on the Q♣ turn before the straight came in on the 10♥ river giving Yankov a full double up at Hissou's expense.

Player	Chips	Progress
Krasimir Yankov	416,000 211,000	211,000
Sirzat Hissou	205,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Krasimir Yankov Sirzat Hissou

09-30-2024 21:09 UTC+1

Andrian Joins the Field

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The latest player to hop into the mix is WSOP bracelet winner Simone Andrian. In 2021, the Italian topped the 535-entry field in the €1,650 NLH 6-max here at King's Resort in Rozvadov for a career-best score of €158,616 ($179,653).

Player	Chips	Progress
Simone Andrian	500,000

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09-30-2024 21:08 UTC+1

Ju Decimates Phan

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Hoang Phan limped in from the hijack and Samuel Ju raised to 27,500 from the small blind. Phan made the call.

The flop came K♥J♣10♦. Ju checked, Phan bet 55,000 and Ju called.

Phan bet again for 100,000 when checked to on the 2♥ turn. Ju moved all in for 398,000 and Phan made the call with a covering stack to put Ju at risk.

Samuel Ju: K♦K♠ All in
Hoang Phan: 10♣10♠

Phan had flopped a set of tens but was drawing to just one out against Ju's set of kings. He found no help on the Q♥ river and was left with just under 15 big blinds while Ju secured a full double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Ju	985,000 520,000	520,000
Hoang Phan	57,000 443,000	443,000

Tags: Hoang Phan Samuel Ju

09-30-2024 21:02 UTC+1

Kisacikoglu Takes in Five-Bet Pot from Yankov

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Krasimir Yankov opened to 10,000 from the button before Salih Atac three-bet to 36,000 from the small blind. Orpen Kisacikoglu then reraised to 80,000 from the big blind, putting the action on Yankov. The latter used two time banks before five-betting to 148,000. Atac got out of the way ahead of Kisacikoglu putting in calling chips.

Kisacikoglu check-called for 45,000 on the 7♠6♠4♣ flop before the 7♣ turn checked through to the 9♠ river.

Yankov had around 205,000 behind and Kisacikoglu slid in enough T-25,000 chips to put his opponent all-in. Yankov used up a time bank before finding a fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu	1,450,000 250,000	250,000

Salih Atac	420,000 40,000	40,000
Krasimir Yankov	205,000 370,000	370,000

Tags: Krasimir Yankov Orpen Kisacikoglu Salih Atac

09-30-2024 20:59 UTC+1

Kim Fires Three Streets

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Orpen Kisacikoglu opened to 10,000 from the cutoff and called when Gab Yong Kim three-bet to 35,000 from the button.

Kisacikoglu check-called bets of 24,000 and 65,000 on the flop and turn for the final board to read A♦2♦8♣8♠3♠. Kisacikoglu checked for a third time, putting the action on Kim. The latter thought for around 25 seconds before firing out 242,000, leaving 75,000 behind. Kisacikoglu wasted little time in folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu	1,200,000 125,000	125,000

Gab Yong Kim	575,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Gab Yong Kim Orpen Kisacikoglu

09-30-2024 20:52 UTC+1

Blom Sent to the Reentry Desk while Bedell Takes his Seat

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Viktor Blom opened to 8,000 from the cutoff and Orpen Kisacikoglu three-bet to 40,000 from the small blind. Blom put in a four-bet to 128,000 and Kisacikoglu five-bet shoved, covering Blom who had started the hand with around 600,000. Blom weighed his options for just under 30 seconds before making the call, putting himself at risk.

Viktor Blom: Q♥Q♣ All in
Orpen Kisacikoglu: K♠K♥

Blom was on the wrong side of a brutal preflop cooler and couldn't catch up on the 5♠2♠2♥4♣4♥ runout. Kisacikoglu dragged in the largest pot of the tournament so far while Blom quickly exercised his option to reenter.

Meanwhile at the other table, Tom-Aksel Bedell just sat down with a starting stack of 500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu	1,325,000 605,000	605,000

Viktor Blom	500,000 120,000	120,000
Tom-Aksel Bedell	500,000 500,000	500,000

Tags: Orpen Kisacikoglu Tom-Aksel Bedell Viktor Blom

Level: 6

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

09-30-2024 20:41 UTC+1

Hissou Jams on Holskyi

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Calum Grant

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Konstantyn Holskyi opened to 6,000 from the cutoff and called when Sirzat Hissou three-bet to 18,000 from the big blind.

Hissou check-called bets of 15,000 and 50,000 on the flop and turn for the final board to read A♠Q♣4♥4♦6♥.

With 141,000 in the middle, Hissou jammed in his stack of 114,000 and Holskyi thought briefly before returning his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Konstantyn Holskyi	695,000 105,000	105,000
Sirzat Hissou	255,000 66,000	66,000

Tags: Konstantyn Holskyi Sirzat Hissou

09-30-2024 20:34 UTC+1

Blom Raises Kim

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

With two players seeing a board of 3♦8♣7♠3♠ and around 25,000 in the middle Gab Yong Kim bet 15,000 from the big blind and Viktor Blom called from the cutoff.

Kim fired a very small bet of 13,000 on the J♦ river. Blom raised to 78,000 and after burning through two time extensions Kim opted to fold.