Event #2: €350 No-Limit Hold'em King's Million | 2025 WSOP Europe

09-22-2025 19:23 UTC+1

Kohl Trips Up Sare

David Salituro

Level 39 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Heger Sare limped in from the small blind, and Jan Kohl checked his option.

Sare checked to Kohl on the J♦7♣3♠ flop, and Kohl bet 1,100,000. Sare came back with a raise to 2,400,000, and Kohl called.

Both players checked the 7♦ turn. Sare also checked the 10♠ river before Kohl bet 2,500,000. Sare called with A♣10♦ for two pair, but Kohl had Q♦7♥ for trips to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Kohl	32,700,000 7,700,000	7,700,000
Heger Sare	4,700,000 7,300,000	7,300,000

Tags: Heger Sare Jan Kohl

09-22-2025 19:19 UTC+1

Sarah Link Eliminated in 5th Place (€38,250)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 39 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Sarah Link made it 5,500,000 to go from under the gun, leaving herself just 300,000 behind. Jan Kohl then shoved the button, and when it got back to Link, she called.

Sarah Link: A♣10♦ All in
Jan Kohl: 9♠9♣

It was a fair fight, but one that Link needed to win if she wanted to stay alive. A flop of 6♥4♣J♣ didn't offer much help, but she did pick up a few more outs on the K♣ turn with both straight and flush draws.

Unfortunately for Link, the 6♦ river was a brick, which left her on the sidelines in fifth.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Kohl	25,000,000 5,800,000	5,800,000
Sarah Link	Busted

Tags: Jan Kohl Sarah Link

09-22-2025 19:15 UTC+1

Vittek Can't Wait to Get It In

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David Salituro

Level 39 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Stepan Budac raised to 1,600,000 under the gun and Martin Vittek defended the big blind.

The flop came 10♥6♠5♦ and Budac bet 1,300,000. He barely had enough time to put the chips in the middle before Vittek announced all in for 8,100,000.

"Will you show if I fold?" Budac asked, taking a few seconds before folding 8♥8♣. Vittek flashed Q♥10♦ as he took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stepan Budac	15,725,000 2,900,000	2,900,000

Martin Vittek	13,800,000 3,300,000	3,300,000

Tags: Martin Vittek Stepan Budac

09-22-2025 19:08 UTC+1

Link and Sare Both Shove

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Kai Cocklin

Level 39 : Blinds 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Sarah Link got a shove through with A♦10♥ from the small blind as Heger Sare flashed the worst starting hand in poker, 7♣2♠, from the big blind.

Budac then made it 1,600,000 to go with A♣J♥ in the cutoff and Sare shoved A♦Q♦ for 8,800,000 from the small blind. Budac elected to lay down his hand, and Sare chipped up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Kohl	19,200,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Stepan Budac	18,625,000 200,000	200,000

Heger Sare	12,000,000 3,950,000	3,950,000
Martin Vittek	10,500,000
Sarah Link	5,800,000 800,000	800,000

Tags: Heger Sare Sarah Link

Level: 39

Blinds: 400,000/800,000

Ante: 800,000

09-22-2025 19:00 UTC+1

Michal Szczeblewski Eliminated in 6th Place (€31,350)

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David Salituro

Level 38 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Stepan Budac raised to 1,200,000 in the hijack, Michal Szczeblewski moved all in for 4,125,000 in the small blind, and Budac called.

Michal Szczeblewski: 10♥10♣ All in
Stepan Budac: K♣Q♣

It was an exact 50-50 coin flip, and the J♠9♠5♣ flop gave Budac outs to a straight with one of the remaining two tens. The 9♥ turn took away those outs, but he still caught the Q♠ on the river to win the pot and send Szczeblewski to the rail in sixth place.

Budac, who was down to less than two big blinds at one point during this final table, pulled nearly even with Jan Kohl for the chip lead with that pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stepan Budac	18,425,000 5,325,000	5,325,000

Michal Szczeblewski	Busted

Tags: Michal Szczeblewski Stepan Budac

09-22-2025 18:54 UTC+1

Tudor Zapsa Eliminated in 7th Place (€26,250)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 38 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Tudor Zapsa shoved from under the gun for 3,900,000 and Martin Vittek called from the hijack.

Tudor Zapsa: K♦Q♥ All in
Martin Vittek: 9♠9♦

Zapsa needed to win a flip to stay alive, but he couldn't find anything to work with on the 8♠6♥3♣A♦6♠ runout, which ended his run in seventh.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Vittek	10,500,000 3,900,000	3,900,000
Tudor Zapsa	Busted

Tags: Martin Vittek Tudor Zapsa

09-22-2025 18:49 UTC+1

Budac Takes From Link With King-High

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David Salituro

Level 38 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Jan Kohl raised to 1,200,000 in the cutoff and Stepan Budac and Sarah Link called in the blinds.

All three players checked the 7♠4♦2♣ flop. Budac then led out for 1,600,000 on the A♣ turn, and only Link called.

The Q♥ river was checked down and Budac showed K♣J♦. Link mucked 8♦5♥ and Budac took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Kohl	21,000,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Stepan Budac	13,100,000 3,400,000	3,400,000

Sarah Link	6,600,000 2,200,000	2,200,000

Tags: Jan Kohl Sarah Link Stepan Budac

09-22-2025 18:44 UTC+1

Kohl Flops a Deuce; Budac Adds Chips

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Kai Cocklin

Level 38 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Michal Szczeblewski opened from the button with A♣J♦ to 1,200,000 and Jan Kohl defended his big blind with Q♣2♣.

Kohl caught a pair on the 8♦2♥7♥ flop and led out with a bet of 1,700,000, which got Szczeblewski to fold.

In the next hand, Stepan Budac opened A♠9♦ from under the gun and picked up the blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Kohl	22,500,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Stepan Budac	9,700,000 50,000	50,000

Michal Szczeblewski	5,325,000 3,000,000	3,000,000

Tags: Jan Kohl Michal Szczeblewski Stepan Budac

09-22-2025 18:36 UTC+1

Vittek Virtually Commits Himself Twice; Kohl Picks Up Aces

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David Salituro

Level 38 : Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante

Martin Vittek moved all in for 3,900,000 from the small blind with J♦9♣ and Stepan Budac gave up his big blind.

Jan Kohl then picked up A♦A♣ in the cutoff and raised to 1,200,000. Sarah Link called in the big blind, and they saw a flop of K♦Q♠2♥.

Kohl then bet 1,700,000, and Link quickly folded 9♥8♥.

Vittek then raised to 4,500,000 in the cutoff with A♠5♠, leaving 600,000 behind, and the rest of the table folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Kohl	21,000,000 1,800,000	1,800,000
Sarah Link	8,800,000 1,775,000	1,775,000

Martin Vittek	6,600,000 1,500,000	1,500,000

Tags: Jan Kohl Martin Vittek Sarah Link