Event #5: €1,350 Mini Main Event Day 2 | 2025 WSOP Europe

09-26-2025 19:56 UTC+2

Virlanuta Falls to Schulz

David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Pedro Schulz raised to 100,000 in the hijack, Marian Virlanuta moved all in for 500,000 on the button, and Schulz called.

Marian Virlanuta: Q♠10♠ All in
Pedro Schulz: A♣Q♣

Schulz had Virlanuta dominated and at risk, and the 4♦2♦4♠5♣9♥ board kept Schultz in the lead with his ace to send Virlanuta to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Schulz	3,500,000 1,700,000	1,700,000
Marian Virlanuta	Busted

Tags: Marian Virlanuta Pedro Schulz

09-26-2025 20:05 UTC+2

Atac Sends Out Winkler

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Mo Xu raised to 120,000 in middle position before Andre Winkler three-bet to 260,000 in the hijack. Salih Atac four-bet to 600,000 on the button and Xu folded, but Winkler called off 350,000 more.

Andre Winkler: K♦Q♣ All in
Salih Atac: A♥K♠

Atac had Winkler dominated and took an even bigger lead when the A♠9♦3♣ flop gave him top pair. The rest of the board ran out 2♥K♥ and Atac improved to two pair to send Winkler to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salih Atac	3,700,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Mo Xu	2,100,000 775,000	775,000
Andre Winkler	Busted

Tags: Andre Winkler Mo Xu Salih Atac

09-26-2025 20:06 UTC+2

Majed Has Four Million

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

On a board of A♥8♦6♦J♥, Simon Schnidrig bet 350,000 from under the gun and Rene Majed called from the button.

A Q♥ completed the board and Schnidrig bet 550,000, which was almost half his stack. Majed mulled it over for a while, then jammed, covering Schnidrig and putting him to the test for the rest of his chips. Schnidrig quickly folded and relinquished the pot to Majed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rene Majed	4,000,000 2,100,000	2,100,000
Simon Schnidrig	600,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Tags: Rene Majed Simon Schnidrig

09-26-2025 20:15 UTC+2

Manfredi Wakes Up With a Monster to Bust Two

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Yishay Bechor raised to 325,000 in the hijack before Bogdan Roman moved all in for 1,400,000 in the small blind. Roberto Manfredi also pushed forward his entire stack from the big blind and went to turn over his cards before it was pointed out that Bechor still had 25,000 remaining. Bechor took a peek at the tournament clock before tossing in his last chip.

Yishay Bechor: 5♣5♠ All in
Bogdan Roman: 9♥9♣ All in
Roberto Manfredi: K♣K♦

Manfredi had woken up with kings and improved to top set on the K♠J♦2♠ flop. The 4♣ turn left both opponents drawing dead, while the 9♦ river gave Roman only a good story as he and Bechor headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Manfredi	3,400,000 1,470,000	1,470,000
Bogdan Roman	Busted
Yishay Bechor	Busted

Tags: Bogdan Roman Roberto Manfredi Yishay Bechor

09-26-2025 20:31 UTC+2

Mavritsakis Hits the Rail; Majed Busts Gulas

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Panagiotis Mavritsakis made it 125,000 from middle position with Jakub Sterba calling from the cutoff, Dimitrios Michailidis calling on the button, and Andrei Spataru defending his big blind.

When it got to Mavritsakis on the A♣10♥5♣ flop, he bet 185,000 and was met by a raise to 450,000 from Streba. Michailidis and Spataru got out of the way before Mavritsakis jammed for 700,000. Streba made the call.

Panagiotis Mavritsakis: A♠K♠ All in
Jakub Sterba: K♣Q♣

Mavritsakis had top pair, top kicker against the straight and flush draws of Sterba. The 8♥ turn was safe for Mavritsakis, but the 9♣ completed Sterba's flush.

Mavritsakis headed to the cashier's desk, and Sterba's stack moved up to two million. At a nearby table, Rene Majed was seen pulling in another huge pot after he eliminated Josef Gulas.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rene Majed	6,800,000 2,800,000	2,800,000
Dimitrios Michailidis	3,600,000 600,000	600,000
Jakub Sterba	2,000,000 1,400,000	1,400,000
Andrei Spataru	850,000 150,000	150,000
Josef Gulas	Busted
Panagiotis Mavritsakis	Busted

Tags: Andrei Spataru Dimitrios Michailidis Jakub Sterba Josef Gulas Panagiotis Mavritsakis Rene Majed

09-26-2025 20:37 UTC+2

Haddad Shoves Into White's Rockets

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Pedro Schulz raised to 125,000 in early position before Roland Haddad moved all in for 495,000 in the hijack. Patrick White called in the small blind, while Schulz got out of the way.

Roland Haddad: 3♠3♣ All in
Patrick White: A♦A♥

White pretended to reel in a fishing rod after turning over his two aces. The flop came 10♠7♣4♦, while the A♠ turn improved him to top set and left Haddad drawing dead. The J♠ fell on the river and Haddad stopped to snap a photo of the board before heading for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick White	4,300,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Pedro Schulz	3,300,000 200,000	200,000
Roland Haddad	Busted

Tags: Patrick White Pedro Schulz Roland Haddad

09-26-2025 20:49 UTC+2

Big Slick Helps Farcasanu Double Up

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Tim Baker

Level 25 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Alexandru Farcasanu raised to 200,000 from the small blind and Rene Majed three-bet jammed out of the big blind. The raise was for all of Farcasanu's stack, which amounted to roughly 925,000. Farcasanu made the call and the players went to a showdown.

Alexandru Farcasanu: A♠K♠ All in
Rene Majed :A♥3♣

Farcasanu's big slick had Majed crushed, and he looked poised to score a huge double up.

Farcasanu stayed ahead through the A♣6♥9♥ flop and 2♣ turn, meaning only a trey on the river would bust him. A clean 10♥ completed the board, and Farcasanu doubled through Majed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rene Majed	6,400,000 400,000	400,000
Alexandru Farcasanu	1,930,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Alexandru Farcasanu Rene Majed

09-26-2025 21:04 UTC+2

Majed Gets Creative Against Zappala

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David Salituro

Level 25 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Rene Majed and Francesco Zappala went heads-up to a flop of 8♣6♠3♠ when Zappala bet 135,000 from early position. Majed called in the big blind.

The turn was the 7♣, and Majed led out for 300,000. Zappala spent a few minutes in the tank before raising to 1,000,000, and Majed quickly moved all in. Zappala snap-folded.

Majed showed A♥9♣ as he took the pot.

"Wow. You're great, really. I'm committed to call, and you can do this," Zappala told him as he reached across the table to shake Majed's hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rene Majed	7,500,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Francesco Zappala	500,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Tags: Francesco Zappala Rene Majed

09-26-2025 21:05 UTC+2

Zarghami Flops a Set to Take a Big Pot

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Maxime Taldir

Level 25 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Kai Vater opened to 275,000 from middle position. He was called by Mo Xu in the hijack and by Emad Zarghami in the cutoff.

All three of them checked a flop of 6♦Q♠4♣, leading to the K♥ turn, where both Vater and Xu checked again.

Zarghami bet 280,000, then Vater check-raised to 560,000. Xu folded while Zarghami went into the tank. He eventually three-bet to 1,280,000. Vater jammed, and Zarghami called, finding himself at risk for 1,970,000.

Kai Vater: A♦K♦ All in
Emad Zarghami: 6♥6♣

Vater moved all in with top pair, but ran into Zarghami's flopped set. The 3♥ river completed the board, and Zarghami doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emad Zarghami	4,965,000 2,565,000	2,565,000

Mo Xu	1,500,000 600,000	600,000
Kai Vater	450,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Tags: Emad Zarghami Kai Vater Mo Xu

09-26-2025 21:13 UTC+2

Brutal Bad Beat Sends Him Ott of Here

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Tim Baker

Level 25 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Andre Ott made it 160,000 under the gun, and Xiaohua Yang called from middle position. Hicham Aouraghe squeezed it to 500,000 from the hijack, and the action folded back around to Ott. Ott, who started the hand with just over two million, opted to four-bet to 1,160,000. Yang folded, and Aouraghe went into the tank.

After Aouraghe thought for quite some time, he five-bet ripped it with the covering stack. Ott instantly called.

Andre Ott: A♠A♣ All in
Hicham Aouraghe: A♥Q♠

Upon seeing Ott's pocket aces, Aouraghe said, "I thought you had kings."

Just before the flop was dealt, Ott's neighbor said he had folded a queen, at which point the dealer burned a card and fanned a flop of Q♣Q♥5♣ to give Aouraghe trip queens, and left Ott needing an ace or running clubs to survive.

The 4♦ turn left Ott had one out, which didn't come as the 9♣ completed the board. Ott headed to the rail in disgust, and Aouraghe said, "Finally, I get lucky."

Player	Chips	Progress
Hicham Aouraghe	6,200,000 3,400,000	3,400,000
Xiaohua Yang	900,000 100,000	100,000
Andre Ott	Busted

Tags: Andre Ott Hicham Aouraghe