Event #14: €10,350 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em European Championship Day 1a | 2025 WSOP Europe

10-03-2025 17:33 UTC+1

Pichierri Gets Paid

Richard Hayes

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Vitaliy Kryza from under the gun and Alessandro Pichierri in the small blind had each put in 16,000 preflop to see a board of K♣J♥7♠, where Pichierri check-called a bet of 7,000 from Kryza.

The 5♦ turn was checked to the 3♥ river, where Pichierri fired out a big bet of 40,000.

Kryza sighed, sat back in his chair, took off his sunglasses, and took a sip of water.

After a couple of shakes of the head, he called, only to be shown the bad news when Pichierri tabled K♠J♠ for the flopped top two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessandro Pichierri	220,000 220,000	220,000

Vitaliy Kryza	68,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Alessandro Pichierri Vitaliy Kryza

10-03-2025 17:18 UTC+1

Gavrila Has the Better Flush

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Viorel Gavrila raised the button before Axel Bayout three-bet to 6,000 from the small blind. Gavrila proceeded with a call.

On the A♥K♥K♠ flop, Bayout made a continuation-bet of 4,000, which Gavrila called.

The 4♥ hit the turn, and both players checked for the 3♥ to complete the board. Bayout bet around 4,000, and Gavrila instantly called.

Bayout showed 9♠9♥ for a flush, but lost the pot to Gavrila's A♣Q♥ for a higher flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Axel Bayout	90,000 90,000	90,000

Viorel Gavrila	65,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Axel Bayout Viorel Gavrila

10-03-2025 17:05 UTC+1

Gaona Needs Three Bets to Make Tomovic Fold

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Jose Gaona had opened from early position and Aleksandar Tomovic three-bet from the next seat. A four-bet of 12,000 followed from Gaona, and Tomovic called.

On the A♦9♠10♥, Gaona bet 6,000, which Tomovic called to the 3♠ turn. Another bet came in from Gaona, this time for 9,000, and again Tomovic called.

When the 4♥ hit the river, Gaona went with a sizing of 11,000, and after a minute in the tank, Tomovic let it go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mihai Hanu	220,000 22,000	22,000
Jonas Lauck	150,000 22,000	22,000

Jose Gaona	130,000
Aleksandar Tomovic	30,000

Tags: Aleksandar Tomovic Jose Gaona

10-03-2025 16:44 UTC+1

Metaal Takes Four-Bet Pot

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Richard Hayes

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Gaetan Balleur opened from the cutoff to 1,500, and received a call on the button, before Govert Metaal produced a three-bet to 5,600 from the big blind.

Balleur took quite a bit of time for thought, before four-betting to 12,500. The button folded, and Metaal called.

On the 10♣5♣2♣ flop, Metaal check-called in the face of a bet of 7,000 from Balleur.

The A♦ turn was quickly checked to the Q♥ river, where Metaal led out with a bet of 13,000. After at least two minutes of thought, Balleur folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Govert Metaal	230,500 5,500	5,500
Gaetan Balleur	68,100 68,100	68,100

Tags: Gaetan Balleur Govert Metaal

10-03-2025 15:59 UTC+1

Reichenstein Rumbled by Hanu

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Richard Hayes

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Cards were on their backs and stacks were in the middle, with Uri Reichenstein all-in for around 36,000 and at risk against Mihai Hanu.

Uri Reichenstein: 10♠10♣ All in
Mihai Hanu: Q♥Q♠

Reichenstein was crushed, and he could not find a two-outer on the 9♥4♦3♠4♣K♦ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mihai Hanu	205,000 53,000	53,000
Uri Reichenstein	Busted

Tags: Mihai Hanu Uri Reichenstein

10-03-2025 15:58 UTC+1

Di Persio Loses Some Chips to Vazquez

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Marco Di Persio made it 1,200 to go from early position and Juan Vazquez three-bet to 3,400 from the cutoff. When it got back to Di Persio, he called to see a flop.

Di Persio check-called a continuation-bet of 3,500 from Vazquez on the 2♣4♣2♠ flop.

Di Persio checked for a second time on the A♥ turn and Vazquez opted to check behind. The Q♠ completed the board and both players checked again. Di Persio showed 6♣5♣ for a busted straight flush draw, and lost the pot to Vazquez's 10♠10♥ for a pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Di Persio	85,000 15,000	15,000
Juan Vazquez	70,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Juan Vazquez Marco Di Persio

10-03-2025 15:48 UTC+1

Dijkstra Gets There on River in Five-Bet Pot

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Richard Hayes

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Uri Reichenstein opened to 1,000 from the early position, and was met with a three-bet to 4,000 from Jan Dijkstra in the cutoff. Mihai Hanu cold-called in the big blind, before Reichenstein produced a four-bet to 15,000.

Dijkstra thought it through, and five-bet to 27,000. Hanu sighed and got out of the way, and after a good bit of thought, Reichenstein called.

On the Q♦10♥5♥ flop, Reichenstein check-called versus a bet of 7,500 from Dijkstra.

The 9♠ turn was quickly checked to the J♣ river, where Reichenstein checked once more. Dijkstra slid out a bet of 30,000, and Reichenstein put his hands in the air to signal he didn't have much choice but to call, but didn't like it.

Djikstra tabled A♦K♠ for the rivered nut straight, and that didn't appear to be news to Reichenstein, as he nodded, sighed, and tabled K♣K♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Dijkstra	225,000 90,000	90,000
Mihai Hanu	152,000 152,000	152,000
Uri Reichenstein	36,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Jan Dijkstra Mihai Hanu Uri Reichenstein

10-03-2025 15:36 UTC+1

Deeb Flops Trips and Gets a Full Double

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

From the cutoff, Seyed Fazeli had a bet of 2,000 placed out in front of him on a flop of 5♥9♣5♣, and Shaun Deeb, who was seated in the small blind, had check-raised to 6,500. Fazeli three-bet to around 21,000, which Deeb called.

An 8♠ rolled off on the turn and both players checked to see the 2♦ complete the board. Deeb didn't take long to shove for 71,600, causing Fazeli to go into the tank. In the end, after getting an exact count from the dealer. Fazeli stuck in the call.

Deeb turned over trip fives with 5♠4♠, which earned him the pot as Fazeli mucked J♥9♥ for a pair of nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	188,000 93,000	93,000

Seyed Fazeli	60,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Seyed Fazeli Shaun Deeb

10-03-2025 15:30 UTC+1

Palevic Doubles With Cowboys

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Ivan Tikhov bumped it up to 1,100 from early position and Rifat Palevic called from middle position. Nikolaus Kovacs squeezed it up to 4,400 from the hijack, which Tikhov called. Palevic back-raised to around 25,000, causing Kovacs to go into the tank. After a while, Kovacs folded, but Tikhov jammed to put Palevic all in. Palevic immediately called for his stack of 59,000 total.

Rifat Palevic: K♥K♠ All in
Ivan Tikhov: Q♣Q♥

Both players held premium pocket pairs, but it was Palevic's cowboys that were ahead. Paelvic improved to a set on the K♣3♣8♠7♦10♠ runout, earning him a double-up at the expense of Tikhov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rifat Palevic	125,000 25,000	25,000

Nikolaus Kovacs	110,000 110,000	110,000
Ivan Tikhov	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Nikolaus Kovacs Rifat Palevic

10-03-2025 15:11 UTC+1

Bojovic Wins a Multi-Way Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 3 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

In a single-raised pot, four players saw the flop come down K♦A♠J♥. After Ghattas Kortas checked from the small blind, Adrian Strobel bet 1,900 from under the gun. Luka Bojovic called from the cutoff, while Lulei Hu folded the button and Kortas also folded.

Heads-up to the 3♥ turn, which caused Strobel to continue firing for 8,000. Again, Bojovic just called.

The 5♦ completed the board and Strobel checked. Bojovic jammed for 27,500, which was enough to get Strobel to return his cards to the dealer.