Event #14: €10,350 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em European Championship Day 3 | 2025 WSOP Europe

10-06-2025 17:43 UTC+1

Tikhov's Aces Get Cracked by Zidek

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Patrik Zidek got his stack of roughly 140,000 into the middle preflop with Ivan Tikhov trying to bust him.

Patrik Zidek: Q♣Q♦ All in
Ivan Tikhov: A♥A♦

Zidek had run into the preflop nuts of Tikhov, and needed a lot of assistance from the dealer to remain seated.

Zidek found the help he needed on the Q♠2♦3♥6♥3♦ runout as he improved to a full house, cracking the pocket aces of Tikhov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Tikhov	480,000 50,000	50,000
Patrik Zidek	320,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: Ivan Tikhov Patrik Zidek

10-06-2025 17:42 UTC+1

Spataru's Run Ends Against Schumacher

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Andrei Spataru used one time bank extension from under the gun and then got his last 55,000 into the middle. Some quick folds later, the action was on Yannick Schumacher and he opted to flat-call in the cutoff while everyone else got out of the way.

Andrei Spataru: J♣2♣ All in
Yannick Schumacher: 4♠4♣

The A♥K♣2♦ flop gave Spataru bottom pair and the A♦ turn opened some counterfeit outs as he now jokingly asked for a king. However, the 10♦ on the river was of no help and that spelled the end for the Romanian who left the tournament area with a smile on the face.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yannick Schumacher	1,100,000 50,000	50,000
Andrei Spataru	Busted

Tags: Andrei Spataru Yannick Schumacher

10-06-2025 17:38 UTC+1

Donev Runs Into Miniucchi's Aces

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Marcello Miniucchi raised to 32,000 in the cutoff and Ivo Donev called in the big blind.

Both players checked the J♥7♥6♣ flop. Donev then moved all in for 57,000 on the 8♠ turn, and Miniucchi called.

Donev showed K♦9♠ for a straight draw and needed to improve against Miniucchi's A♠A♥. The K♠ river wasn't enough, and Donev was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcello Miniucchi	387,000 87,000	87,000
Ivo Donev	Busted

Tags: Marcello Miniucchi Ivo Donev

10-06-2025 17:37 UTC+1

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Elijah Farrow

Level 18 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

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10-06-2025 17:36 UTC+1

Samual Loses a Flip to Bust

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Murilo Garcia jammed from early position for 279,000 and Murilo Garcia shoved over the top for around 580,000. Once the other players folded, the cards were tabled.

Darius Samual: J♣J♠ All in
Murilo Garcia: A♦K♣

Samual needed his pocket jacks to hold up versus Garcia's ace-king if he was to continue his Main Event adventure.

The coin flop went Garcia's way on the A♠K♥9♣Q♥A♣ runout as he improved to a full house, sending Samual to the cashier's desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Murilo Garcia	900,000 460,000	460,000

Darius Samual	Busted

Tags: Murilo Garcia Darius Samual

10-06-2025 17:32 UTC+1

Post Bubble Boost for Pidun Against Sklenicka

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

On the heads-up turn of Q♦J♠5♠6♣, Daniel Pidun and Michael Sklenicka both invested 100,000 each and the former then checked the 5♥ on the river. Sklenicka checked behind and was shown the A♦K♥.

The Czech was fighting with the urge to toss the cards into the muck right away and produced a short-lived hand funeral, during which he exposed the A♠9♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Pidun	1,240,000 60,000	60,000

Michael Sklenicka	833,000 67,000	67,000

Tags: Daniel Pidun Michael Sklenicka

10-06-2025 17:29 UTC+1

Minimum Cashers

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Richard Hayes

Level 18 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Silviu Baltateanu	Busted
Ivo Donev	Busted

David Taborsky	Busted
Kevin Schafer Barthold	Busted
Alkiviadis Stamatis	Busted

10-06-2025 17:29 UTC+1

Pidhrushnyi's Main Event Dream is Popped

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Vasyl Pidhrushnyi moved all in for 112,000 on the button and Catalin Pop called in early position.

Vasyl Pidhrushnyi: 8♠8♦ All in
Catalin Pop: A♥10♦

The flop came 6♦10♣Q♦ to give Pop the lead with a pair of tens. The rest of the board ran out 4♦10♥ and Pop improved to tens to win the pot, sending Pidhrushnyi off to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Catalin Pop	1,400,000 100,000	100,000
Vasyl Pidhrushnyi	Busted

Tags: Catalin Pop Vasyl Pidhrushnyi

10-06-2025 17:27 UTC+1

Ladies Good to Gkatzas

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Richard Hayes

Level 18 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Dimitrios Gkatzas was all-in for 198,000 and at risk against Andrei Spataru.

Dimitrios Gkatzas: Q♥Q♠ All in
Andrei Spataru: A♥K♦

It was the classic race, and Gkatzas was delighted to hold across the 8♦8♥7♦4♠4♣ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Gkatzas	436,000 241,000	241,000
Andrei Spataru	58,000 332,000	332,000

Tags: Andrei Spataru Dimitrios Gkatzas

10-06-2025 17:24 UTC+1

Stamatis Sneaks Into the Money

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David Salituro

Level 18 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Alkiviadis Stamatis survived the money bubble with just 37,000 and was quickly all in from the small blind as Ferdinando D'Alessio in the big blind and Michele Tocci under the gun put him at risk.

D'Alessio and Tocci checked to the river on a board of Q♥A♦6♥J♥10♣. Tocci then bet 26,000, and D'Alessio quickly folded.

Stamatis showed 10♦9♠, but Tocci had K♦J♠ for a straight to win the pot and send Stamatis to the rail.