Event #14: €10,350 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em European Championship
Day 1b Started
2025 WSOP Europe
Event #14: €10,350 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em European Championship
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 WSOP Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
€10,350
Prize Pool
€6,138,585
Total Entries
659
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
84
Players Left
54
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The first opening flight of the World Series of Poker Europe €10,350 Main Event yesterday drew some of the top names in the game and hundreds of qualifiers. Today’s field will be a much more intimate affair, but it will still be a star-studded group that returns to King’s Resort in Rozvadov for Day 1b at noon local time.
The first starting flight saw 304 players out of 462 entries secure their tickets for Day 2. Christopher Puetz ended up as chip leader with 679,000, followed by Colossus champion Jose Gomez Casillas (665,500), 2023 WSOP Paradise runner-up Michael Sklenicka (543,800), and Yannick Schumacher (456,700). Other players to bag a big stack included Dominik Panka (375,500), Viktor Blom (306,700), Sorel Mizzi (304,000), Patrik Jaros (303,000), Uri Reichenstein (281,000), and Shaun Deeb (270,400).
Day 1a Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Puetz | Germany | 679,000 | 424 |
| 2 | Jose Gomez Casillas | Mexico | 665,500 | 416 |
| 3 | Michael Sklenicka | Czechia | 543,800 | 340 |
| 4 | Yannick Schumacher | Germany | 456,700 | 285 |
| 5 | Diego Montone | Italy | 455,800 | 285 |
| 6 | Iago Savino | Brazil | 431,300 | 270 |
| 7 | Bastian Gallitzendoerfer | Germany | 407,000 | 254 |
| 8 | Dominik Panka | Poland | 375,500 | 235 |
| 9 | Cristian David | Romania | 374,000 | 234 |
| 10 | Mateusz Hajman | Poland | 370,200 | 309 |
Further down the leaderboard were Fahredin Mustafov (211,000), Vivian Saliba (181,600), Monsterstack champion Giuliano Bendinelli (163,500), Pierre Calamusa (151,400), Ren Lin (139,600), Renji Mao (135,900), last year’s runner-up Urmo Velvelt (133,000), 2019 champion Alexandros Kolonias (115,200), and Main Event finalist Luka Bojovic (103,800). Thomas Eychenne (99,500), 2023 champion Max Neugebauer (95,500), Manig Loeser (72,000), newly-crowned two-time bracelet winners Tobias Peters (66,400) and Darius Neagoe (65,600), and Zdenek Zizka (17,200) were among those who finished under the starting stack and will have to bounce back on Day 2.
With all the qualifiers playing the opening flight, Day 1b has traditionally been a much smaller field. Those who take their shot at the title today will begin with 100,000 and play seven 90-minute levels. Late registration remains open until the end of Level 12 on Day 2, so there are still plenty of opportunities for the field to grow much larger and approach last year’s total of 768 entries.
PokerNews will be on the floor throughout the day, so stay tuned for all the action.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Level 1
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Day 1b is underway with 16 players currently registered.
Level 1
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Andreas Goeller raised to 800 and Pierre Huter called on a three-handed table to see the K♠9♥6♠ flop. Huter check-called for 1,100 and did so again for 3,400 on the 6♣ turn. After the J♥ river, Huter checked once more and Goeller bet 10,000. The reluctant call by Huter followed and Goeller showed his K♣8♣, which chopped with the K♥10♥ of Huter.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
|
|
100,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Kai Nicholls and Oleh Okhotskyi saw a flop of 10♦5♠7♥ when Okhotskyi bet 600 from the big blind. Nicholls called in the small blind.
Both players checked the K♥ turn. Nicholls then led out for 1,200 on the 8♣ river, and Okhotskyi called.
Nicholls showed 6♠3♥ for a missed straight draw, and Okhotskyi turned over 10♥9♦ for a pair of tens to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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102,000
2,000
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2,000 |
|
98,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
One of the tallest players to visit the casino has entered Day 1b and that happens to be the towering Ivan Banic. Also new in contention are Sirzat Hissou and Martin Vittek which brought the field up to 19 entries.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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100,000 | |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Andreas Goeller was on the button with a raise of 5,800 in front of him before Scott Reynolds reraised to 16,800 in the big blind. Goeller called and they went heads-up to the J♣7♣10♣ flop.
Reynolds then led out for 20,000 and Goeller called. The turn was the Q♠ and Reynolds moved all in. Goeller shook his head and folded, while Reynolds showed him A♠A♣ as he took the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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140,000
40,000
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40,000 |
|
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65,000
35,000
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35,000 |
Level 1
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Grzegorz Gorski limped in on the button before Martin Vittek raised to 900 in the big blind. Gorski called.
The flop came K♥6♦2♣ and Vittek bet 1,000. Gorski again called to see the Q♦ turn, where Vittek bet 2,700. Gorski folded this time, and Vittek showed A♥A♣.
Also at this table is 82-year-old Klaus Goertz, who won his seat in an online qualifier on GGPoker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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107,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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100,000 | |
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95,000
5,000
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5,000 |
