2025 WSOP Europe
Michail Manolakis made it 25,000 to go from early position and Viorel Gavrila defended his big blind.
The players checked a flop of J♥Q♠9♦ to see the 7♣ hit the turn. Gavrila bet 45,000, which Manolakis called.
A 4♥ completed the board and Gavrila gathered together a bet of 90,000. Manolakis mulled it over for a while and then begrudgingly put in the call.
Gavrila showed a bluff with 10♥6♥, and lost the pot to Manolakis's K♣Q♣ for top pair.
Michael Sklenicka bet 57,000 from the hijack on a flop of 10♥K♦A♠ and Daniel Pidun called in middle position.
The turn was the J♣ and Sklenicka bet another 100,000. Pidun then moved all in, and Sklenicka, with around 900,000 remaining, quickly folded.
Pidun showed Q♥Q♣ as he took the pot.
Daniel Pidun opened to 30,000 from the hijack, and received a call from Lulei Hu on the button, before Vikrant Mangal three-bet to 165,000, leaving himself around 65,000 behind.
Pidun took a bit of time for thought and rejammed, forcing out Hu, and Mangal quickly got the rest of his stack into the middle.
Vikrant Mangal: K♥K♠
Daniel Pidun: A♣A♠
In a brutal cooler, Mangal had run kings into aces near the bubble.
The Q♣J♦10♥ flop was about as sweaty as it could get for Pidun, but much to his delight, Mangal bricked the 6♣ turn and 10♣ river.
Marek Tomes raised to 30,000 from middle position and Ratmir Kesidis three-bet to 80,000 from the hijack. Tomes four-bet to 180,000 when the action got back to him, and Kesidis called.
Upon seeing the 2♠10♦8♦ flop, Tomes used up a few of his time banks and then jammed for 250,000. Kesidis didn't give it much thought before opting to fold and give up the pot to Tomes.
Timofey Asmolov made it 25,000 from middle position before Adrian Strobel three-bet to around 75,000 from the hijack. After the blinds folded, Asmolov burned through two of his time banks before four-bet ripping it for Strobel's stack of around 500,000. Strobel snap-called.
Adrian Strobel: A♦K♥
Timofey Asmolov: A♣5♣
Asmolov turned over his ace-five and one of his tablemates said, "Solver hand bro!".
Asmolov was in rough shape against Strobel's big slick and found no help on the A♠7♠3♦ flop as Strobel's king-kicker kept him out in front. Asmolov picked up a straight draw when the 6♦ hit the turn. The dealer peeled off the 5♠ on the river, giving Asmolov two pair and sending Strobel to the exit just shy of the money.
Aaron Duczak moved all in for 195,000 on the button and Bartlomiej Muzacz put him at risk in the small blind.
Aaron Duczak: J♠J♥
Bartlomiej Muzacz: A♦K♠
Duczak was racing for his tournament life and remained ahead through the turn on a board of 9♦8♠4♦Q♦, but Muzacz caught the 7♦ to make a flush and send Duczak to the rail.
"Very good dealer," Muzacz said.
"10 percent," the dealer joked.
"This dealer is very expensive," tablemate Dimitrios Gkatzas added.
Around 500,000 was in the middle, on a flop of J♥8♥3♣, in a hand between Lukas Pazma in the hijack and Artem Kobylynskyi in the cutoff.
The all-in triangle was in front of Pazma, and the dealer was counting out his chips, with the total coming to 848,000.
Kobylynskyi, who covered Pazma, was in the tank, shaking his head, but all of a sudden he put in a calling chip.
Lukas Pazma: A♥3♥
Artem Kobylynskyi: K♥K♣
Pazma was on the flush draw with a pair of threes, and was in trouble versus Kobylynskyi's overpair kings.
Much to Kobylynskyi's delight, Pazma bricked the 6♠ turn and J♦ river. A huge pot goes to Kobylynskyi, the most significant hand of the tournament so far.