Event #4: €2,000 No-Limit Hold'em 2K Monsterstack | 2025 WSOP Europe

09-23-2025 14:55 UTC+1

Knoebel Catches Perfect to Slow Down Okhotskyi

David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Karsten Knoebel raised to 40,000 in the cutoff and was called by Oleh Okhotskyi on the button.

The flop came A♣J♣5♦ and Knoebel bet 50,000. Okhotskyi called and the 10♥ fell on the turn.

Knoebel then bet 70,000 and Okhotskyi again called. The river was the 10♦ and Knoebel bet 150,000. Okhotskyi snap-called, only for Knoebel to show K♦10♣ for running trips to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleh Okhotskyi	1,300,000 200,000	200,000
Karsten Knoebel	1,100,000 380,000	380,000

Tags: Karsten Knoebel Oleh Okhotskyi

09-23-2025 14:49 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Colavita	Busted
Anh Do	Busted
Lukas Zaskodny	Busted

Matan Mesika	Busted
Nikita Konovalov	Busted
Pascal Pflock	Busted
Giovanni Gaiulli	Busted
Stefan Polster	Busted
Jan Bloch	Busted
Wim Verhaegen	Busted

Ran Ilani	Busted
Ali Balci	Busted

Okhotskyi Takes Out Two

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Anh Do raised to 267,000 under the gun, leaving only a chip behind, and Patrick White committed his last 70,000 in the cutoff. Oleh Okhotskyi then moved all in from the big blind, and Do tossed in his last chip.

Patrick White: A♠9♦ All in
Anh Do: A♥Q♠ All in
Oleh Okhotskyi: Q♣Q♥

Okhotskyi had woken up with two queens, and neither Do or White could improve on the J♥2♠5♣10♦3♦ board as Okhotskyi scored the double knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleh Okhotskyi	1,500,000 300,000	300,000
Patrick White	Busted
Anh Do	Busted

Tags: Anh Do Oleh Okhotskyi Patrick White

09-23-2025 14:42 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cristian Veres	1,350,000 50,000	50,000
Zdenek Zizka	1,260,000 429,000	429,000

Michel Karim	1,200,000 36,000	36,000
Oleh Okhotskyi	1,200,000 432,000	432,000
Christian Schneider	920,000 320,000	320,000
Marco Di Persio	900,000 300,000	300,000
Zoltan Vrancsik	830,000 30,000	30,000
Pawel Wojciechowski	820,000 119,000	119,000

Antonios Onoufriou	750,000 237,000	237,000
Paul Knebel	740,000 31,000	31,000
Roman Sahin	620,000 240,000	240,000
Aaron Duczak	500,000 182,000	182,000
Adrien Sanz	260,000 60,000	60,000
Dinesh Alt	130,000 23,000	23,000

09-23-2025 14:40 UTC+1

La Francesca's Sixes Hold On

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Cristian Veres opened from early position and Alessio La Francesca three-bet the small blind to around 225,000, leaving himself a small amount behind. Veres shoved, and La Francesca called.

Alessio La Francesca: 6♥6♣ All in
Cristian Veres: K♥Q♦

It was a classic race, and one that La Francesca had to win to remain in the hunt. Those pocket sixes did manage to hold as the A♣3♣2♥8♠2♦ runout missed Veres completely.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cristian Veres	1,400,000
Alessio La Francesca	475,000 246,000	246,000

Tags: Alessio La Francesca Cristian Veres

09-23-2025 14:37 UTC+1

Di Persio Doubles Through White

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Kai Cocklin

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Patrick White made it 50,000 from the button and Marco Di Persio shoved the small blind for 280,000. When it got back to White, he took around a minute before he reluctantly made the call.

Patrick White: J♥9♥ All in
Marco Di Persio: A♠J♣

White was disappointed to see that he was dominated, and even more so when the A♦2♠10♥ flop paired Di Persio's ace. A 9♠ on the turn brought a glimmer of hope for White, but that glimmer lost any shine it had when the 5♠ fell on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Di Persio	600,000 318,000	318,000
Patrick White	60,000 315,000	315,000

Tags: Marco Di Persio Patrick White

09-23-2025 14:25 UTC+1

Ferraiuolo Coolers Sikora For a Double

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Around 200,000 was in the middle as Mateusz Sikora and Antonello Ferraiuolo went heads-up to a flop of 10♠7♣J♣. Sikora then bet 75,000 from early position, Ferraiuolo moved all in for 390,000 under the gun, and Sikora snap-called.

Antonello Ferraiuolo: A♥A♣ All in
Mateusz Sikora: Q♠Q♦

Sikora showed a pair of queens, but Ferraiuolo had two aces as the 8♠ turn gave Sikora some hope with a straight draw, but he missed the 3♠ river and Ferraiuolo doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonello Ferraiuolo	1,000,000 680,000	680,000

Mateusz Sikora	400,000 345,000	345,000

Tags: Antonello Ferraiuolo Mateusz Sikora

Level: 17

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

09-23-2025 14:19 UTC+1

Baltateanu Not Afraid to Use the Big Stack

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Mario Colavita raised to 32,000 in the hijack and Silviu Baltateanu called in the cutoff. Stefan Polster then moved all in for 283,000 on the button.

Colavita folded, while Baltateanu stood up from his seat, grabbed some of his big stack, then slammed the chips in the middle.

Stefan Polster: A♦9♥ All in
Silviu Baltateanu: 3♥3♠

Polster hit a pair on the Q♦9♦3♣ flop, but Baltateanu spiked a set to take a big lead in the hand. The rest of the board ran out 2♥8♣ and Polster was sent to the rail.

"I play only because I have this stack," Baltateanu said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Silviu Baltateanu	1,300,000 500,000	500,000
Mario Colavita	350,000 25,000	25,000
Stefan Polster	Busted

Tags: Mario Colavita Silviu Baltateanu Stefan Polster

09-23-2025 14:18 UTC+1

Reynolds Binks the River to Double

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Kai Cocklin

Level 16 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Ferdinando D'alessio raised from under the gun to 32,000 and Scott Reynolds shoved around 300,000 from the cutoff. After thinking for a short time, D'alessio called.

Scott Reynolds: A♣10♣ All in
Ferdinando D'alessio: J♠J♣

Reynolds was in trouble, but did find a few more outs on the 5♥10♦K♥ flop. D'alessio's jacks were holding strong through the 4♣ turn, but the A♠ river gave Reynolds two pair and the double-up.