Event #14: €10,350 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em European Championship Day 2 | 2025 WSOP Europe

10-05-2025 20:35 UTC+2

Cazacu Cracks Neugebauer

Richard Hayes

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Cheng Zhao opened to 8,000 from middle position, before Max Neugebauer three-bet jammed for 42,000 from the next seat. Adrian Cazacu cold-called in the cutoff, and Zhao got out of the way.

Max Neugebauer: J♠J♦ All in
Adrian Cazacu: A♠A♦

The 2023 WSOPE Main Event champ had run into rockets, and could not find an escape on the Q♠Q♣5♣8♣6♣ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian Cazacu	160,000 110,000	110,000
Max Neugebauer	Busted

Tags: Adrian Cazacu Cheng Zhao Max Neugebauer

10-05-2025 20:38 UTC+2

Neagoe Puts a Dent in Pazma's Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Lukas Pazma opened the button to 9,000 and Darius Neagoe three-bet from the small blind. Pazma then moved all in, and Neagoe called off his stack of 101,000.

Darius Neagoe: Q♥Q♦ All in
Lukas Pazma: A♦J♠

Neagoe had the best of it with a pair of queens, and had one less out to worry about on the 9♥4♥2♥ flop as he picked up a flush draw. Nothing changed on the 6♣4♣ runout, and Neagoe doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lukas Pazma	625,000 5,000	5,000

Darius Neagoe	210,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Darius Neagoe Lukas Pazma

10-05-2025 20:45 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Spataru	610,000 67,000	67,000
Dominik Panka	550,000 220,000	220,000

Zoltan Szarka	500,000 50,000	50,000
Yuhan Wang	450,000 50,000	50,000

Yannick Schumacher	400,000
Gennaro Proscia	400,000 185,000	185,000
Claudio Di Giacomo	350,000 150,000	150,000
Bastian Dohler	350,000
Florian Thumm	350,000 20,000	20,000
Elia Salerno	320,000 200,000	200,000
Tzur Levy	320,000 60,000	60,000
Michele Tocci	300,000 120,000	120,000
Uri Reichenstein	260,000 90,000	90,000
Stanislav Koleno	250,000 60,000	60,000
Marco Di Persio	230,000 70,000	70,000
Ermanno Di Nicola	210,000 90,000	90,000

Zdenek Zizka	180,000 240,000	240,000

Ivan Banic	125,000 200,000	200,000

Alessandro Pichierri	120,000 50,000	50,000

Viet Vo	120,000 30,000	30,000
Lulei Hu	120,000 40,000	40,000
Corey Hochman	100,000 13,900	13,900
Davidi Kitai	60,000 30,000	30,000

Ghattas Kortas	Busted
Saif El Ouardani	Busted

Knapp Coolers Metz

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Richard Hayes

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Rene Knapp opened to 8,000 and received a call from Corey Hochman, both in middle position, before Alexander Metz three-bet jammed for 53,000 from the button.

Knapp called, and Hochman bowed out.

Alexander Metz: A♣K♠ All in
Rene Knapp: K♦K♥

Metz had run big slick into cowboys, and although he turned a gutshot, he bricked the 10♠10♦3♦J♥4♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rene Knapp	175,000 66,800	66,800
Corey Hochman	125,000 25,000	25,000
Alexander Metz	Busted

Tags: Alexander Metz Corey Hochman Rene Knapp

10-05-2025 20:49 UTC+2

Pflock Pilfers Pot

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Richard Hayes

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A big pot of 180,000 had developed by the river on a board of K♠8♥3♣6♥10♦ in a hand between Barak Oz under the gun and Pascal Pflock in middle position.

Oz checked, and Pflock put out a bet of 90,000. Oz went into the tank, and eventually Pflock called the clock.

After a bit more thought, Oz sent his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Pflock	720,000 190,000	190,000
Barak Oz	327,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Barak Oz Pascal Pflock

10-05-2025 20:50 UTC+2

Kesidis Wins a Battle of the Blinds; Tuerkmen Hits the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Gueven Tuerkmen completed from the small blind, and Ratmir Kesidis checked his option out of the big blind.

Tuerkmen knuckled the action over to Kesidis on the 4♦5♠6♥ flop and Kesidis bet 8,000. Tuerkmen quickly check-raised to 25,000, and Kesidis put in the call.

The 8♠ turn and 8♣ river checked through for Tuerkmen to show K♥5♣ for a pair of fives. Kesidis had that beat with 10♣6♣ for a pair of sixes, and he was awarded the pot.

Tuerkmen was left with just a few big blinds and was eliminated a few hands later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ratmir Kesidis	280,000 246,600	246,600
Gueven Tuerkmen	Busted

Tags: Ratmir Kesidis Gueven Tuerkmen

10-05-2025 20:54 UTC+2

Jaros' Double Barrel Gets Gallitzendoerfer to Fold

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Tim Baker

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Bastian Gallitzendoerfer raised to 9,000 from the hijack before Patrik Jaros three-bet to 35,000 out of the small blind. Gallitzendoerfer immediately called when the action got back to him.

Jaros tossed out a bet of 25,000 on the 4♥7♠Q♠ flop. Gallitzendoerfer deliberated for a few moments before making the call.

The Q♣ rolled off on the turn, and Jaros fired a second barrel of 65,000. Gallitzendoerfer quickly folded, and Jaros dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bastian Gallitzendoerfer	850,000 100,000	100,000
Patrik Jaros	280,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Patrik Jaros Bastian Gallitzendoerfer

10-05-2025 20:56 UTC+2

Dijkstra Raises the Flop

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Kai Cocklin

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jan Dijkstra opened from under the gun to 9,000 and Aliaksei Chernak called on the button. Alexander Dovzhenko called in the small blind, and Lulei Hu came along from the big blind.

On the 2♦8♦10♥ flop, the action checked around to Chernak, who bet 25,000. Dovzhenko quickly called before Hu took some time and folded.

Dijkstra then counted out a raise and slid 95,000 into the pot, which got Chernak out of the way. Dovzhenko then sat motionless for around 90 seconds before he eventually mucked, which allowed Dijkstra's stack to climb to around 350,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Dovzhenko	470,000 210,000	210,000
Lulei Hu	375,000 255,000	255,000
Jan Dijkstra	350,000 50,000	50,000
Aliaksei Chernak	280,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Alexander Dovzhenko Aliaksei Chernak Lulei Hu Jan Dijkstra

10-05-2025 20:58 UTC+2

Flopped Straight for Timarac

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Richard Hayes

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With a pot of 22,000 accrued, on a flop of 6♥4♥2♣, Dragoslav Timarac had ended up all-in for 100,000 from the small blind and at risk against Nikolas Wicquart under the gun.

Dragoslav Timarac: 5♣3♦ All in
Nikolas Wicquart: 10♣10♦

Timarac had flopped the nut straight against Wicquart's overpair, and the 6♦ turn and 4♠ river confirmed Timarac's double-up.

"What's it like to play five-three and flop the nuts? I don't know this feeling, maybe I'm too tight," commented Martin Kabrhel.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolas Wicquart	320,000 20,000	20,000
Dragoslav Timarac	225,000 201,600	201,600

Tags: Dragoslav Timarac Nikolas Wicquart

10-05-2025 21:03 UTC+2

Vaaraniemi Bluff Could Put Jaros on "Super-Tilt"

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David Salituro

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With around 70,000 in the pot on a flop of Q♥7♠9♠, Elias Vaaraniemi bet 23,000 from the button and Patrik Jaros called in middle position.

Both players checked the 10♦ turn and the 10♣ fell on the river. Vaaraniemi then bet 88,000, sending Jaros deep into the tank.

Jaros spent several minutes shuffling his chips in his hand and squirming around in his seat before taking one last peek at his cards and flicking them into the muck.

"Don't show the bluff. You'll put me on super-tilt," Jaros said.

"I don't know bluffs," Vaaraniemi replied, returning his cards face down and taking in the pot.