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

10-03-2025 20:59 UTC+1

Veehof Doubles Through Cibicek

Maxime Taldir

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

On a flop of 6♣9♣8♦ with 25,000 in the pot, Leon Veehof in early position moved all in for 14,800, and Jozef Cibicek called from the button.

Leon Veehof: Q♥10♥ All in
Jozef Cibicek: A♦Q♣

The 7♥ turn completed Veehof's straight, so he doubled up after the K♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jozef Cibicek	103,000 37,000	37,000
Leon Veehof	54,600 45,400	45,400

Tags: Jozef Cibicek Leon Veehof

10-03-2025 20:57 UTC+1

Double-Up for Hissou

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Richard Hayes

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

Around 50,000 was in the middle on a board of 8♣7♣3♣4♠, in a hand between Sirzat Hissou and Mario Baumann.

Hissou had overbet jammed for 98,000, and Baumann was in the tank. After a bit of thought, he made the call.

Sirzat Hissou: J♦J♣ All in
Mario Baumann: J♠8♦

Baumann had top pair but was crushed versus Hissou's overpair jacks, and the 9♥ river confirmed Hizzou's double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sirzat Hissou	230,000 130,000	130,000
Mario Baumann	Busted
Siamak Tooran	Busted

Tags: Mario Baumann Sirzat Hissou

10-03-2025 20:52 UTC+1

Bifarella Fires Two Barrels

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Maxime Taldir

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

Shay Rozenbaum opened from middle position. Samuel Bifarella in the hijack called, and so did Marek Blasko in the big blind.

Both Blasko and Rozenblum checked a flop of 7♥2♦3♦, but Bifarella bet 2,900. He was called twice.

Bifarella fired a second barrel of 10,300 on the 5♣ turn and managed to make his opponents fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Bifarella	143,000 143,000	143,000
Shay Rozenbaum	130,000 130,000	130,000
Marek Blasko	105,000 51,000	51,000

Tags: Marek Blasco Samuel Bifarella Shay Rozenbaum

Level: 6

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

10-03-2025 20:36 UTC+1

Selected Counts at Fifth Break

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Richard Hayes

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Gomez Casillas	608,000 148,000	148,000

Yannick Schumacher	375,000 29,000	29,000
Davide Suriano	355,000 355,000	355,000

Martin Kristeller	352,000 352,000	352,000
Viktor Blom	335,000 10,000	10,000
Michael Sklenicka	328,000 133,000	133,000

Ronny Schubert	320,000 90,000	90,000
Marcin Kacprzak	315,000 41,000	41,000
Iago Savino	300,000 35,000	35,000
Bastian Gallitzendoerfer	300,000 170,000	170,000
Robert Fluereci	277,000 48,000	48,000
Yuhan Wang	268,000 268,000	268,000

Roland Haddad	255,000 255,000	255,000
Yosefi Cohen	255,000 65,000	65,000
Aliaksei Chernak	250,000 250,000	250,000
Pascal Pflock	244,000 4,000	4,000
Simon Fiala	216,000 9,000	9,000
Pierre Calamusa	210,000

Ratmir Kesidis	210,000 80,000	80,000
Ren Lin	Busted

10-03-2025 20:30 UTC+1

Do Poker Cheaters Deserve a Second Chance? | PokerNews Podcast #918

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

In the 918th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, the 100th of the revamped in-studio show, Chad Holloway and Mike Holtz are joined by Ben Ludlow to talk about the latest stories from the poker world, including a discussion about GGPoker’s Olive Branch Initiative. Do banned players and poker cheaters deserve a second chance?

The trio then discusses Monarch's recent seven-figure heads-up matches that saw $11 million and $12.7 million pots, recent tournament winners from the latest Triton Poker stop, including Isaac Haxton and Christoph Vogelsang, and Kristen Foxen taking over the top spot from Vanessa Selbst on the Women's All-Time Money List on The Hendon Mob.

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Finally, Chad reveals another code word for this year's NAPT Gold Pass giveaway valued at $10,000! There are not many up for grabs this year, so you won't want to miss out on this limited opportunity to win one just by listening to the PokerNews Podcast and MSPT Podcast Presented By PokerNews.

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10-03-2025 20:27 UTC+1

15-Minute Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

440 entries were recorded by the end of Level 5, with 360 players still in the field as they head into a 15-minute break.

10-03-2025 20:24 UTC+1

Double-Up for Fiala After River Trap

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Richard Hayes

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

A player opened from early position, and was met by a three-bet to 8,000 from Vito Branciforte in middle position. Action folded to Simon Fiala in the big blind, who reached for chips and produced a four-bet to 22,000.

The opener got out of the way, but Branciforte called.

On the K♣9♠8♣ flop, Fiala check-called versus a bet of 16,500 from Branciforte.

The 4♣ turn was quickly checked to the 10♣ river, bringing one-card flush possibilities.

Fiala checked, and Branciforte moved all in with the slightly covering stack. Fiala had a quick peek at his cards, and made the call.

Fiala tabled A♣A♥ for the ace-high flush, and Branciforte was always in trouble with J♥J♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Fiala	225,000
Vito Branciforte	10,000

Tags: Simon Fiala Vito Branciforte

10-03-2025 20:15 UTC+1

Sootla and Lin Split

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Ranno Sootla raised to 1,800 from early position. "On my big blind," Ren Lin said before calling.

Sootla continued for 2,400 on the A♠Q♦10♥ flop and fired a second barrel of 7,000 on the 5♠ turn. Lin quickly check-called both times.

Lin checked the 7♠ river with A♥10♦. Sootla checked back with A♣10♠ so they split the pot with the same hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ranno Sootla	142,000 142,000	142,000

Ren Lin	97,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Ranno Sootla Ren Lin

10-03-2025 20:03 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Blom	325,000 4,000	4,000
Sorel Mizzi	200,000 65,000	65,000
Alessandro Pichierri	180,000 20,000	20,000

Patrik Jaros	148,000
Darius Neagoe	135,000 1,000	1,000

Ran Ilani	134,000
Fahredin Mustafov	110,000 12,000	12,000
Adrian State	95,000 25,000	25,000
Mario Colavita	92,000 43,000	43,000
Ren Lin	90,000 44,000	44,000

Charlie Chiu	87,000 19,000	19,000
Manig Loeser	75,000 20,000	20,000

Lukas Pazma	50,000 40,000	40,000