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

09-21-2025 15:25 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Denis Turay	Busted
Axel Bayout	Busted

Andrew Brett	Busted
David Nemes	Busted
Athanasios Kostouros	Busted
Arin Mohamad	Busted
Daniel Beck	Busted
Danilo Donnini	Busted
Patrick White	Busted
Frederico Pereira	Busted
Pavel Baroncea	Busted
Alessio La Francesca	Busted
Andrei Birgaoanu	Busted
Edwin Kohli	Busted
Robert Koepke	Busted
Philipp Hartwig	Busted
Pavlos Pavlopoulos	Busted
Tomas Krivsky	Busted
Dmitri Taldikin	Busted
Dominic Koell	Busted
Marko Topic	Busted
Rifat Palevic	Busted

Jakob Gruenwald	Busted
Toon Hillen	Busted
Mike Koch	Busted

Shcherba Takes Out Kostouros

David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Athanasios Kostouros moved all in for 195,000 under the gun, Vitalii Shcherba reshoved in the hijack, and the rest of the table got out of the way.

Athanasios Kostouros: A♦Q♥ All in
Vitalii Shcherba: A♠K♦

Shcherba had Kostouros dominated and at risk as the flop came 9♦J♣3♦. Both players hit top pair on the A♣ turn, while Shcherba improved to two pair on the K♠ river to score the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vitalii Shcherba	600,000 370,000	370,000
Athanasios Kostouros	Busted

Tags: Athanasios Kostouros Vitalii Shcherba

09-21-2025 15:21 UTC+2

Hohenleitner Hits the Turn to Bust Baroncea

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Tim Baker

Level 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Pavel Baroncea got his final 108,000 into the middle preflop from late position with Peter Hohenleitner trying to bust him from the big blind.

Pavel Baroncea: Q♥Q♣ All in
Peter Hohenleitner: A♥9♥

Baroncea just had to avoid a board containing an ace or some hearts to remain seated in the event.

The 3♣10♥7♣ flop was safe for Baroncea, but the A♦ turn propelled Hohenleitner into the lead with top pair. A K♠ completed the board, and Baroncea headed to the cashier's desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Den Girshberg	700,000 380,000	380,000
Peter Hohenleitner	630,000 76,000	76,000
Pavel Baroncea	Busted

Tags: Pavel Baroncea Peter Hohenleitner

09-21-2025 15:20 UTC+2

A Double and More for Utech

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Steffen Utech got the last 35,000 in after the A♠A♦J♦4♠ turn and was called by Panagiotis Mavritsakis, who revealed the Q♠J♣. Utech's A♣5♥ had the check mark prior to the 3♦ river.

Soon after, Marcel Cerbone pushed for around 45,000 and Utech moved all-in over the top from the button.

Marcel Cerbone: A♣9♦ All in
Steffen Utech: J♦J♥

The pocket pair remained ahead on the Q♠6♣4♦9♥5♣ board to eliminate Cerbone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Panagiotis Mavritsakis	350,000 72,000	72,000
Steffen Utech	210,000 95,000	95,000
Marcel Cerbone	Busted

Tags: Marcel Cerbone Panagiotis Mavritsakis Steffen Utech

09-21-2025 15:16 UTC+2

Sagkinian Turns Topic into a Slowroll Story

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Vagke Sagkinian opened to 22,000 from middle position and Marko Topic shoved from the cutoff. When it got back to Sagkinian, he asked for a count and was informed it was 196,000. After leaning back in his chair, taking a peek at the clock, and pondering for a while, Sagkinian decided to call.

Marko Topic: A♥K♥ All in
Vagke Sagkinian: A♠A♦

"Nice slowroll," said Topic, who looked extremely confused as to why Sagkinian took so long to call preflop.

Topic was asking for some hearts, but the 8♣J♣9♠4♠K♠ board left him drawing dead by the time the turn card hit the felt. On the other hand, Sagkinian's stack vaulted up to almost 800,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vagke Sagkinian	775,000 365,000	365,000
Marko Topic	Busted

Tags: Marko Topic. Vagke Sagkinian

09-21-2025 15:13 UTC+2

"Dealer Power"; Skipper Spikes a King to Bust Koepke

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David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Matthias Kribben raised to 22,000 in the hijack before Robert Koepke moved all in for 220,000 on the button. Daniel Skipper called in the small blind, while Kribben got out of the way.

Robert Koepke: 9♠9♦ All in
Daniel Skipper: A♠K♣

Koepke was racing for his tournament life, but he fell behind on the K♥J♦J♠ flop as Skipper hit two pair. The rest of the board ran out 4♥10♥ and Koepke was sent to the rail.

"Yes! Dealer power!" Skipper shouted out, raising his arms in the air while he added to his massive stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Skipper	800,000 100,000	100,000
Matthias Kribben	100,000 15,000	15,000
Robert Koepke	Busted

Tags: Daniel Skipper Matthias Kribben Robert Koepke

09-21-2025 15:10 UTC+2

Pereira Eliminated by Heredia

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Pablo Heredia raised to 20,000 and Rifat Palevic called on the button, Frederico Pereira came along in the big blind. On the J♥7♥4♥ flop, Pereira led for 15,000 to earn a call from Heredia only and then bet again the A♦ turn for 30,000. Heredia raised to 90,000 for Pereira to call and the latter then jammed the J♦ on the river for 115,000 to send Heredia into the tank.

"Ace jack?" Heredia asked while Pereira had gathered all his belongings and closed his jacket, standing up from his chair. Pereira even tossed his card protector over to his opponent on the other side of the table as well.

Heredia tank-called and showed the K♥10♥ for a flush. Pereira revealed the A♥ first followed by the Q♣ and was sent to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Heredia	600,000 234,000	234,000
Rifat Palevic	230,000 170,000	170,000

Frederico Pereira	Busted

Tags: Frederico Pereira Pablo Heredia Rifat Palevic

09-21-2025 15:10 UTC+2

Ochoa Rivers a Miracle to Stay Alive

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Tim Baker

Level 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Hicham Aouraghe made it 24,000 under the gun before Cristobal Ochoa three-bet ripped it for 169,000 from the cutoff. Aouraghe called and the players went to a showdown.

Cristobal Ochoa: K♣J♣ All in
Hicham Aouraghe: Q♠Q♦

Aouraghe's ladies were ahead heading to the 10♦10♠J♠ flop, where Ochoa picked up a few extra outs having paired his jack. The 10♣ turn gave both players a full house, but it was Aouraghe's boat that was the biggest.

However, a miraculous J♦ completed the board to improve Ochoa to jacks full, and he doubled up through Aouraghe.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hicham Aouraghe	400,000 8,000	8,000
Cristobal Ochoa	365,000 51,000	51,000

Tags: Hicham Aouraghe Cristobal Ochoa

09-21-2025 15:06 UTC+2

Stann Sets Up Hillen

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David Salituro

Level 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of K♠7♥10♥, Dave Stann bet 20,000 from early position and Toon Hillen called in the small blind.

The turn was the J♣ and Stann bet another 85,000. Hillen took a minute before moving all in for 120,000, and Stann snap-called.

Hillen showed A♠J♥ for a pair and straight draw, but Stann had 7♠7♦ for a set. The river was the 9♦ and Stann scored the knockout.

At the same table, Martin Kabrhel is sitting on a stack of around 130,000 while playing a game of backgammon on his phone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dave Stann	450,000 133,000	133,000
Martin Kabrhel	130,000 162,000	162,000

Toon Hillen	Busted

Tags: Dave Stann Toon Hillen

09-21-2025 15:01 UTC+2

Marculescu Scoops a Three-Way All-In

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

A huge three-way all-in pot just went the way of Virgil Marculescu, which boosted his stack to around 750,000.

Nicolas Antouard had committed his stack of around 165,000 from the cutoff and Marculescu also had his 281,000 in from the button. Amit Buganim was in the small blind and was looking for a double knockout as he covered both players.

Nicolas Antouard: 10♣9♣ All in
Virgil Marculescu: A♥Q♠ All in
Amit Buganim: K♠K♣

With a ton of chips on the line, the only player to not feel hopeful after the A♣6♦J♣ flop was Buganim as his kings fell behind to the ace of Marculescu. Antouard picked up a flush draw, and added an open-ender on the 8♥ turn as he looked to triple up.

However, the J♥ on the river was a brick, which left Antouard on the rail, Buganim with just a few big blinds, and Marculescu with a very healthy stack.