Event #5: €1,350 Mini Main Event | 2025 WSOP Europe

09-27-2025 14:25 UTC+1

Pustina Hits the River He Wanted

Maxime Taldir

Level 31 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Vlastimil Pustina jammed for 1,575,000 from the small blind. Alkiviadis Stamatis in the big blind asked for the count and called.

Vlastimil Pustina: A♥9♣ All in
Alkiviadis Stamatis: 9♦7♦

Stamatis flopped a pair on K♦6♣7♣ to take the lead. "Ace, ace," Pustina started to ask out loud. He wasn't heard on the K♠ turn, but he luckily hit the A♣ river to secure a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gal Naim	14,000,000 2,700,000	2,700,000
Alkiviadis Stamatis	4,600,000 1,550,000	1,550,000
Vlastimil Pustina	3,450,000 1,750,000	1,750,000

Roberto Manfredi	3,000,000 2,625,000	2,625,000

09-27-2025 14:23 UTC+1

Wheel-y Fortunate Turn Saves Wang from Elimination

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Tim Baker

Level 31 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Yuhan Wang completed from the small blind and Vlastimil Pustina made it 1,000,000 to go out of the big blind. Wang wasted no time in limp-jamming for 6,300,000. Pustina made the call after a few moments, and the cards were tabled.

Vlastimil Pustina: A♠10♣ All in
Yuhan Wang: Q♠5♠

Wang made a move with a suited queen, but ran into the ace-ten of Pustina. Pustina had been having a rough day and had the chance to get his stack back up to what he began the day with.

A flop of A♦4♥3♠ put Pustina firmly in the lead with top pair, and Wang needed a deuce to survive. The dealer burned a card and delivered the 2♣ on the turn, giving Wang the wheel. A 6♦ completed the board to cement Wang's double-up at the expense of Pustina.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuhan Wang	12,900,000 6,600,000	6,600,000

Vlastimil Pustina	1,700,000 6,100,000	6,100,000

Tags: Vlastimil Pustina Yuhan Wang

09-27-2025 14:18 UTC+1

Two Pair for Ciolte

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Maxime Taldir

Level 31 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Calin Ciolte opened to 600,000 from under the gun and was only called by Gal Naim, who defended from the big blind.

Ciolte's continuation bet to 400,000 on the 9♠9♥6♠ flop was check-called by Naim, who checked the 8♦ turn. Ciolte checked back.

The 2♣ river completed the board and after Naim checked again, Ciolte bet 600,000. Naim called but lost to Ciolte's two pair with A♠8♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gal Naim	16,700,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Calin Ciolte	7,600,000 1,525,000	1,525,000

Tags: Calin Ciolte Gal Naim

09-27-2025 14:13 UTC+1

Zappala Makes Sfarlea Fold Top Pair

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Kai Cocklin

Level 31 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Francesco Zappala raised with A♥J♠ from the button to 600,000 and Dan Sfarlea called with Q♠J♦ from the big blind.

Both caught a piece of the 10♥Q♥8♥ flop as Zappala picked up straight and flush draws, while Sfarlea had a gutshot with top pair. Sfarlea check-called a bet of 650,000 to the 7♣ turn, where he checked again. Zappala used some extra time before he bet 2,500,000.

Sfarlea thought for a while, then decided to fold his top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Sfarlea	8,075,000 1,550,000	1,550,000
Francesco Zappala	7,075,000 950,000	950,000

Tags: Dan Sfarlea Francesco Zappala

09-27-2025 14:08 UTC+1

Koleno Bets Out Elhaiany

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Kai Cocklin

Level 31 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Stanislav Koleno looked down at 10♠10♦ in the hijack and made it 600,000 to go. Daniel Elhaiany called with 4♠4♥ in the big blind.

They went to a flop of 7♣2♥9♥ and Elhaiany checked it over, then called a bet of 550,000 from Koleno. An A♦ landed on the turn and after Elhaiany checked, Koleno fired another bet of 700,000. Elhaiany folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Elhaiany	12,375,000 700,000	700,000
Stanislav Koleno	7,775,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Tags: Daniel Elhaiany Stanislav Koleno

09-27-2025 14:05 UTC+1

Ciolte Doubles Without Seeing a Flop

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Tim Baker

Level 31 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Besnik Aruqi opened the button to 700,000, and then folded when Calin Ciolte jammed out of the big blind for 2,475,000.

The next hand, Aruqi tried again with a raise to 600,000 from the cutoff. Ciolte stuck it all in again, this time for 3,525,000 out of the small blind, which forced Aruqi to fold for a second time.

Then, Gal Naim took his shot at stealing the blinds as he opened the cutoff to 600,000. Ciolte, for the third time on the trot, jammed for 4,725,000 from the button. Naim flashed an ace as he tossed his cards into the muck.

Ciolte more than doubled his stack from three hands, without having to see any community cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gal Naim	17,800,000 200,000	200,000
Besnik Aruqi	9,000,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Calin Ciolte	6,075,000 3,000,000	3,000,000

Tags: Besnik Aruqi Calin Ciolte Gal Naim

09-27-2025 14:00 UTC+1

Feature Table Counts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 31 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Elhaiany	13,075,000 950,000	950,000
Christophe Vincent	12,925,000
Dan Sfarlea	9,625,000 925,000	925,000
Roman Isaienko	7,925,000 150,000	150,000
Stanislav Koleno	6,775,000 750,000	750,000
Andrei Spataru	6,350,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Francesco Zappala	6,125,000 625,000	625,000

09-27-2025 13:58 UTC+1

Wang Doubles Through Aruqi

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Maxime Taldir

Level 31 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Yuhan Wang opened to 600,000 from middle position. Besnik Aruqi in the big blind raised all-in and Wang snap-called, being the player at risk for 2,925,000.

Yuhan Wang: K♥K♦ All in
Besnik Aruqi: 10♦10♥

Despite a straight draw for Aruqi on the turn on 9♦A♠Q♠J♥2♥, Wang's kings held and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Besnik Aruqi	10,100,000 2,800,000	2,800,000
Yuhan Wang	6,300,000 2,750,000	2,750,000

Calin Ciolte	3,075,000 925,000	925,000

Tags: Besnik Aruqi Yuhan Wang

09-27-2025 13:53 UTC+1

Hicham Aouraghe Eliminated in 16th Place (€8,800)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 31 : Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante

Hicham Aouraghe shoved for 2,725,000 from middle position and Christophe Vincent shoved the cutoff to isolate.

Hicham Aouraghe: 10♣8♣ All in
Christophe Vincent: A♦Q♥

Aouraghe did have live cards, but didn't find any of them on the K♠2♦6♠ flop. It was all over on the A♠ turn as Vincent paired his ace, with an A♥ on the river improving him to trips just for good measure.