Patrick Ronacher and Christoph Hillinger got all-in preflop with Ronacher being the player at risk for his stack of 73,000.
Patrick Ronacher: A♠Q♥10♠9♥
Christoph Hillinger: K♥K♦Q♦5♦
Ronacher picked up a lot of outs on the 8♦7♠5♠ flop, and managed to take the lead by pairing his ace when the A♥ came on the turn. He improved to two pair when the 9♣ completed the board and doubled up through Hillinger
Iliya Iliev raised to 8,000 on the button for Rifat Palevic and Salih Atac to call in the blinds. On the 10♣10♥6♠ flop, they all checked before Palevic bet the 9♠ turn for 13,000 and the 3♣ river for 19,000. Atac called both times while Iliev only called the first bet.
Palevic tabled the J♦8♦7♥6♣ for the ten-high straight and won the pot.
Event #3: €1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe drew 811 entries at the King’s Resort, Rozvadov, generating a prize pool of €850,000
The 123 that made it to Day 2 from the four opening flights are all in the money and guaranteed a min-cash of €2,485, while the eventual champion will walk away with €148,600 and the bracelet.
The 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe is rolling on at King’s Resort, Rozvadov, and the third bracelet event of the series comes into focus. Event #3: €1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max attracted a total of 811 entries across four opening flights, with 123 players returning to the felt today for Day 2.
Leading the way into Day 2 is Denis Gergoc of Switzerland, who bagged 847,000 and is the only player to have breached the eight-hundred-thousand chip mark. Close behind is Israel’s Tzuriel Damari with 640,000, while Andria Gogelidze of Georgia rounds out the top three with 639,000. Bracelet winner Rifat Palevic also secured a place inside the top five after ending his opening flight with 635,000.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Denis Gergoc
Switzerland
847,000
282
2
Tzuriel Damari
Israel
640,000
213
3
Andria Gogelidze
Georgia
639,000
213
4
Rifat Palevic
Sweden
635,000
212
5
Karim Rebei
Algeria
619,000
206
6
Bjorn Verbakel
Netherlands
613,500
205
7
Schayan Schakeri
Germany
607,000
202
8
Filippo Ragone
United States
600,000
200
9
Memik Sezer
Germany
563,000
188
10
Ersin Kanik
Turkey
525,000
175
Notable players advancing to Day 2 include Bjorn Verbakel (613,500) and Hokyiu Lee (447,000), who captured a PLO bracelet at the 2023 WSOPE. Also returning are Tobias Peters (268,000), Manig Loeser (219,000), and Javier Francort (207,500), who will be multi-tabling as he also finds himself on the final day of another bracelet event running at the same time. Others still in the mix include Renji Mao (187,000), Michal Schuh (141,000), Christopher Campisano (106,000), Thierry van den Berg (105,500), and Sebastian Langrock (52,500).
Javier Hubertus Antonius Francort
Play resumes at 2 p.m. with 12 minutes remaining in Level 14, where blinds are 1,500/3,000 with a big blind ante of 3,000. Everyone returning is already guaranteed a payout, with the official prize pool and full payouts to be announced before cards are in the air. Today is the penultimate day with the official champion set to be crowned tomorrow.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the live updates and chip counts from the first Pot-Limit Omaha event of the series, as the field battles down with a bracelet on the line tomorrow.
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