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

Event #14: €10,350 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em European Championship

Day 3 Started

10-06-2025 03:04 UTC+2

Day 3 Seat Draw

Christian Zetzsche

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
101	1	Silviu Baltateanu	Romania	240,000	30
101	2	Marek Tomes	Slovakia	455,000	57
101	3	Manig Loeser	Germany	246,000	31
101	4	Jan-Willem Nijmeijer	Netherlands	1,167,000	146
101	5	Pavel Binar	Czechia	421,000	53
101	6	Alexander Dovzhenko	Ukraine	253,000	32
101	7	Aram Ali	Germany	160,000	20
101	8	Leon Veehof	Netherlands	405,000	51

102	1	Adrian Strobel	Germany	834,000	104
102	2	Max Schoch	Germany	241,000	30
102	3	Tyson Strauss	Sweden	411,000	51
102	4	Lorenzo Arduini	Italy	308,000	39
102	5	Daniel Bussmann	Switzerland	76,000	10
102	6	Giuliano Bendinelli	Italy	263,000	33
102	7	Alessio La Francesca	Italy	66,000	8
102	8	Timofey Asmolov	Russian Federation	934,000	117

103	1	Renji Mao	China	260,000	33
103	2	Elias Vaaraniemi	Finland	273,000	34
103	3	David Taborsky	Czechia	270,000	34
103	4	Anton Markachev	Russian Federation	344,000	43
103	5	Ferdinando D'Alessio	Belgium	709,000	89
103	6	Szabolcs Kukucska	Hungary	365,000	46
103	7	Necat Ayguen	Germany	116,000	15
103	8	Dirk Langer	Germany	526,000	66

104	1	Valter Teixeira	Portugal	145,000	18
104	2	Christian Schneider	Germany	260,000	33
104	3	Govert Metaal	Netherlands	923,000	115
104	4	Adrian Cazacu	Romania	230,000	29
104	5	Georgios Tsouloftas	Cyprus	516,000	65
104	6	Ran Ilani	Israel	750,000	94
104	7	Bastian Döhler	Germany	846,000	106
104	8	Kestutis Jungevicius	Lithuania	998,000	125

105	1	Jose Gomez Casillas	Mexico	251,000	31
105	2	Andreas Krause	Germany	288,000	36
105	3	Ivo Donev	Austria	190,000	24
105	4	Deniz Dogan	Germany	217,000	27
105	5	Oliver Boesch	Austria	786,000	98
105	7	Vlad Andrusca	Romania	258,000	32
105	8	Marcello Miniucchi	Italy	572,000	72

106	1	Roberto Manfredi	Italy	367,000	46
106	2	Luigi Pignataro	Italy	128,000	16
106	3	Dragoslav Timarac	Serbia	154,000	19
106	4	Christopher Puetz	Germany	703,000	88
106	5	Patrik Zidek	Czechia	148,000	19
106	6	Catalin Pop	Romania	370,000	46
106	7	Ivan Tikhov	Russian Federation	461,000	58
106	8	Robert Ashelm	Germany	627,000	78

107	1	Zoltan Szarka	Hungary	265,000	33
107	2	Aaron Duczak	Canada	211,000	26
107	3	Sorel Mizzi	Canada	309,000	39
107	4	Dimitrios Gkatzas	Greece	322,000	40
107	5	Peter Cieslik	Germany	171,000	21
107	6	Max Neugebauer	Austria	116,000	15
107	7	Iago Savino	Brazil	888,000	111
107	8	Gennaro Proscia	Italy	264,000	33

201	1	Corey Hochman	United States	299,000	37
201	2	Daniel Pidun	Germany	613,000	77
201	3	Michael Sklenicka	Czechia	1,388,000	174
201	4	Lulei Hu	China	523,000	65
201	5	Mustafa Sharanshi	Netherlands	254,000	32
201	6	Jose Gaona	Mexico	108,000	14
201	7	Antonio Fragale	Italy	308,000	39
201	8	Michal Majtyka	Poland	184,000	23

202	1	Carlos Spoddig	Germany	458,000	57
202	2	Aliaksandr Shylko	Belarus	161,000	20
202	3	Selim Cimen	Germany	310,000	39
202	4	Emilien Pitavy	France	118,000	15
202	5	Aleksandar Tomovic	Serbia	160,000	20
202	6	Luca Maccatrozzo	Italy	517,000	65
202	7	Karsten Knoebel	Germany	247,000	31
202	8	Serkan Kuru	Turkey	464,000	58

203	1	Johannes Franz	Germany	550,000	69
203	2	Iraklis Manikaros	Greece	562,000	70
203	3	Michael Adam	Czechia	466,000	58
203	4	Tzur Levy	France	442,000	55
203	5	Mario Colavita	Italy	202,000	25
203	6	Jozef Cibicek	Slovakia	295,000	37
203	7	Pawel Zawadowicz	Poland	161,000	20
203	8	Cheng Zhao	China	702,000	88

204	1	Marco Di Persio	Italy	580,000	73
204	2	Wojciech Barzantny	Germany	196,000	25
204	3	Mariusz Golinski	Poland	120,000	15
204	4	Axel Bayout	France	55,000	7
204	5	Josef Gulas	Czechia	731,000	91
204	6	Max Avela	Finland	125,000	16
204	7	Giorgi Barabadze	Georgia	263,000	33
204	8	Andrei Spataru	Romania	725,000	91

205	1	Rudolf De Boer	Netherlands	181,000	23
205	2	Rutger Hennen	Netherlands	263,000	33
205	3	Viorel Gavrila	Romania	260,000	33
205	4	Claudio Di Giacomo	Italy	258,000	32
205	5	Michail Manolakis	Greece	445,000	56
205	6	Presiyan Tsvetanov	Bulgaria	426,000	53
205	7	Benjamin Huegel	Germany	290,000	36
205	8	Adrian State	Romania	145,000	18

206	1	Simone Pegolotti	Italy	421,000	53
206	3	Jonas Lauck	Germany	1,015,000	127
206	4	Darius Samual	United Kingdom	426,000	53
206	5	Luka Bojovic	Serbia	84,000	11
206	6	Yuhan Wang	China	649,000	81
206	7	Vlastimil Pustina	Czechia	602,000	75
206	8	Samir Nacer	France	509,000	64

301	1	Lukas Pazma	Slovakia	1,322,000	165
301	2	Artem Kobylynskyi	Ukraine	750,000	94
301	3	Boris Kuzmanovic	Croatia	412,000	52
301	4	Vasyl Pidhrushnyi	Ukraine	532,000	67
301	5	Dinesh Alt	Switzerland	614,000	77
301	6	Patrick Fasching	Austria	187,000	23
301	7	Frankie Cucchiara	United States	241,000	30
301	8	Diego Montone	Italy	407,000	51

302	1	Matthias Gude	Germany	850,000	106
302	2	Aleksei Vandyshev	Russian Federation	413,000	52
302	3	Fausto Tantillo	Italy	140,000	18
302	4	Jakob Miegel	Germany	147,000	18
302	5	Jan Dijkstra	Netherlands	302,000	38
302	6	Teemu Jaatinen	Finland	358,000	45
302	7	Grzegorz Flak	Poland	437,000	55
302	8	Heinz Traut	Germany	587,000	73

303	1	Salih Atac	Switzerland	167,000	21
303	2	Alberto Speranzoni	Italy	816,000	102
303	3	Bartlomiej Muzacz	Poland	940,000	118
303	4	Benedikt Zeyher	Germany	190,000	24
303	5	Iryna Tsikhanskaya	Belarus	60,000	8
303	6	Alkiviadis Stamatis	Greece	229,000	29
303	7	Ricardas Vymeris	Lithuania	283,000	35
303	8	Mihai Tabac	Romania	256,000	32

304	1	Daniele Sacchi	Italy	910,000	114
304	2	Aliaksei Chernak	Belarus	130,000	16
304	3	Stefan Heizmann	Germany	518,000	65
304	4	Yannick Schumacher	Germany	452,000	57
304	5	Marko Bajic	Bosnia	726,000	91
304	6	Barak Oz	Israel	313,000	39
304	7	Yosefi Cohen	Israel	320,000	40
304	8	Alessandro Pichierri	Italy	219,000	27

305	1	Ratmir Kesidis	Greece	596,000	75
305	2	Dominik Panka	Poland	291,000	36
305	3	Jan Krnac	Czechia	545,000	68
305	4	Simon Wilson	Ireland	241,000	30
305	5	Nikolas Wicquart	Belgium	234,000	29
305	6	Bastian Gallitzendoerfer	Germany	787,000	98
305	7	Marek Sulc	Czechia	278,000	35
305	8	Marcell Csata	Hungary	187,000	23

306	1	Michele Tocci	Italy	302,000	38
306	2	Roland Haddad	Germany	774,000	97
306	3	Pierre Calamusa	France	459,000	57
306	4	Gregor Daniel	Germany	203,000	25
306	5	Pascal Pflock	Germany	700,000	88
306	6	Gerald Karlic	Austria	1,127,000	141
306	7	Alexander Burghardt	Germany	169,000	21
306	8	Murilo Garcia	Brazil	453,000	57

307	1	Ermanno Di Nicola	Italy	169,000	21
307	2	Andras Halasi	Hungary	193,000	24
307	3	Jakub Koleckar	Czechia	223,000	28
307	4	Glenn Davies	United Kingdom	471,000	59
307	5	Christopher Campisano	Italy	391,000	49
307	6	Vikrant Mangal	Germany	250,000	31
307	7	Ivan Banic	Croatia	402,000	50
307	8	Mateusz Hajman	Poland	314,000	39

61	1	Nolan Curatolo	Italy	113,000	14
61	2	Kevin Schafer Barthold	Germany	123,000	15
61	3	Ridvan Sare	Germany	174,000	22
61	4	Mario Boos	France	240,000	30
61	5	Martin Kabrhel	Czechia	385,000	48
61	6	Florian Thumm	Germany	455,000	57
61	7	Klaus Suhr	Germany	130,000	16

10-06-2025 10:15 UTC+2

Race to the Money and Beyond on Day 3 of the 2025 WSOP Europe Main Event

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Christian Zetzsche

Gerald Karlic is fourth on the leaderboard

At noon local time, 165 players out of 659 entries will return to their seats in the poker arena here at King's Resort in Rozvadov for Day 3 of the 2025 World Series of Poker Europe €10,350 Main Event, all in the hopes of securing a portion of the €6,138,585 prize pool. The money bubble is not quite in sight yet when the cards will go back in the air as only the top 99 spots are paid at least two times the buy-in.

The top 15 players on the leaderboard all return with more than 100 big blinds at their disposal and the top five have seven-figure stacks to show for their efforts so far. Leading the way is local poker pro Michael Sklenicka with a stack of 1,388,000 and 2023 WSOP Europe bracelet winner Lukas Pazma follows right on his heels with 1,322,000.

Other chip millionaires thus far include Jan-Willem Nijmeijer (1,167,000), Gerald Karlic (1,127,000) and Jonas Lauck (1,105,000) whereas Lithuania's Kestutis Jungevicius (998,000) is just one pot away from joining them.

Top Ten Chip Counts for Day 3

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Michael Sklenicka	Czechia	1,388,000	174
2	Lukas Pazma	Slovakia	1,322,000	165
3	Jan-Willem Nijmeijer	Netherlands	1,167,000	146
4	Gerald Karlic	Austria	1,127,000	141
5	Jonas Lauck	Germany	1,015,000	127
6	Kestutis Jungevicius	Lithuania	998,000	125
7	Bartlomiej Muzacz	Poland	940,000	118
8	Timofey Asmolov	Russian Federation	934,000	117
9	Govert Metaal	Netherlands	923,000	115
10	Daniele Sacchi	Italy	910,000	114

Other notables with above-average stacks include Dutch live poker stalwart Govert Metaal (923,000), Iago Savino (888,000), Christopher Puetz (703,000), Pascal Pflock (700,000), Dinesh Alt (614,000), Daniel Pidun (613,000), Georgios Tsouloftas (516,000), and French poker pro Pierre Calamusa (459,000).

The only former WSOP Europe Main Event champion still in contention is the former basketball player Max Neugebauer, who has the work cut out for a possible repeat victory on a mere 116,000 - good enough for 20 big blinds. Far more chips at his disposal belong to Josef Gulas, the father of 2021 champion Josef Gulas Jr as he brings 731,000 chips into Day 3.

Five-time WSOPE bracelet winner Martin Kabrhel resides in the middle of the pack with 385,000 where he is joined by the likes of Sorel Mizzi (309,000), Ivan Banic (402,000), as well as the EPT and WSOP bracelet winners Dominik Panka (291,000) and Giuliano Bendinelli (263,000).

The action will get back underway at noon local time with blinds of 4,000/8,000 and a big blind ante of 8,000, and up to seven levels of 90 minutes each are scheduled for today. It is expected that the money bubble will be reached within the first three levels, and Day 3 will have a break after every level, with an extended dinner break after the fourth level of the day.

Along with the exclusive PokerNews live updates, the action will also be streamed on the King's Resort YouTube channel with cards-up coverage and commentary available in German and English on a delay of 60 minutes.

Tags: Christopher Puetz Daniel Pidun Dinesh Alt Dominik Panka Georgios Tsouloftas Gerald Karlic Giuliano Bendinelli Govert Metaal Iago Savino Ivan Banic Jan-Willem Nijmeijer Jonas Lauck Josef Gulas Josef Gulas Jr Kestutis Jungevicius Lukas Pazma Martin Kabrhel Max Neugebauer Michael Sklenicka Pascal Pflock Pierre Calamusa Sorel Mizzi

Level: 15

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 8,000

10-06-2025 12:02 UTC+2

Cards in the Air

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Richard Hayes

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Play is underway here in Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event. Stay tuned to PokerNews as we move towards the bubble and see who can navigate their way to a €20,700 minimum cash.

10-06-2025 12:12 UTC+2

Pidun Spikes the River to Bust Gaona; Does Shylko Have Somewhere to Be?

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David Salituro

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

On the first hand of the day, Serkan Kuru raised to 18,000 in the hijack before Aliaksandr Shylko moved all in for 161,000 on the button. "Do you have somewhere to be?" Kuru asked him.

"No. What else is there to do in Rozvadov other than play the tournament?" Shylko replied. Kuru ended up folding.

At another table, Daniel Pidun bet 38,000 from the button on a flop of A♠6♦Q♥ and Jose Gaona moved all in for 92,000 in early position. Pidun took a minute before calling.

Jose Gaona: A♦10♦ All in
Daniel Pidun: Q♣J♠

Gaona was ahead with his pair of aces as the turn came the 7♠, but the J♥ river gave Pidun two pair and Gaona was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Pidun	820,000 207,000	207,000

Serkan Kuru	400,000 64,000	64,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	180,000 19,000	19,000
Jose Gaona	Busted

Tags: Aliaksandr Shylko Daniel Pidun Jose Gaona Serkan Kuru

10-06-2025 12:13 UTC+2

Pidhrushnyi Takes from Kobylynskyi

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Tim Baker

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Heads-up to the turn on a board of 2♦J♥K♠Q♠ that saw Vasyl Pidhrushnyi check from the big blind and Artem Kobylynskyi fire 44,000 from the button. Pidhrushnyi called to see the river.

Pidhrushnyi checked for the last time on the 2♥ river, and after giving it some thought, Kobylynskyi checked behind.

Pidhrushnyi turned over Q♣10♣ for a pair of queens, and Kobylynskyi mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artem Kobylynskyi	700,000 50,000	50,000
Vasyl Pidhrushnyi	600,000 68,000	68,000

Tags: Artem Kobylynskyi Vasyl Pidhrushnyi

10-06-2025 12:17 UTC+2

Zeyher Leaves Atac with Crumbs

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Richard Hayes

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Salih Atac opened to 20,000 from early position, and was met with a three-bet to 63,000 from Benedikt Zeyher in the cutoff.

Action folded back to Atach, who promptly four-bet jammed for his 203,000 stack, just covering Zeyher, who quickly got his chips into the middle.

Benedikt Zeyher: A♥A♦ All in
Salih Atac: J♣J♥

It was an early cooler, and Zeyher flopped top set on A♣Q♥3♥, and improved to a full house on the river on the 2♣Q♣ remaining runout.

Atac thought he was covered, but he had 5,000 left when the accounting was done.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benedikt Zeyher	416,000 226,000	226,000
Salih Atac	5,000 162,000	162,000

Tags: Benedikt Zeyher Salih Atac

10-06-2025 12:20 UTC+2

Maccatrozzo Three-Bet Folds

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Richard Hayes

Level 15 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Carlos Spoddig opened to 16,000 from middle position, and received a call from Aleksandar Tomovic in the small blind, before Luca Maccatrozzo reached for chips and produced a three-bet to 59,000 from the big blind.

Spoddig thought it through for a bit, and then pumped it up further to 115,000. Tomovic quickly folded, but Maccatrozzo took at least 90 seconds before electing to send his cards to the muck.