Event #9: €3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max | 2025 WSOP Europe

09-30-2025 18:59 UTC+1

Delval, Picherri Double

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Elias Vaaraniemi raised to 100,000 under the gun and Frederic Delval called in the big blind.

The flop came 10♥5♣4♥ and Delval moved all in for 745,000. Vaaraniemi snap-called.

Frederic Delval: 10♠9♠ All in
Elias Vaaraniemi: Q♥5♥

Delval had flopped top pair, while Vaaraniemi had a pair and a flush draw. The J♣ turn was safe for Delval, while he secured the double once the 3♠ came on the river.

At the other table, Rifat Palevic had shoved from under the gun, and Alessandro Pichierri called for 465,000 in the small blind.

Alessandro Pichierri: A♠Q♠ All in
Rifat Palevic: A♦J♠

Pichierri had Palevic dominated as the flop came Q♦10♠6♠, giving him top pair and a flush draw. The turn was the 4♥, and the 7♣ on the river sealed the pot for Pichierri as he stayed alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Vaaraniemi	2,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000
Frederic Delval	1,700,000 750,000	750,000
Alessandro Pichierri	1,000,000 600,000	600,000

Rifat Palevic	600,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: Alessandro Pichierri Elias Vaaraniemi Frederic Delval Rifat Palevic

09-30-2025 18:54 UTC+1

Kevin Fluegel Eliminated in 9th Place (€24,450)

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Kevin Fluegel made it 100,000 under the gun with 30,000 remaining in his stack. Elias Vaaraniemi three-bet from the small blind to 225,000, and after the big blind folded, Fluegel called the remainder of his chips.

Kevin Fluegel: Q♠8♣ All in
Elias Vaaraniemi: K♠5♠

Fluegel needed to connect with the board to keep his hopes of making the final table alive.

However, the dealer produced a board of K♦9♣3♦K♣A♦ to have Fluegel drawing dead by the turn to Vaaraniemi's trip kings. Fluegel was out in ninth place, and the tournament was on the final table bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Vaaraniemi	3,000,000 100,000	100,000
Kevin Fluegel	Busted

Tags: Elias Vaaraniemi Kevin Fluegel

09-30-2025 18:44 UTC+1

Selected Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Peters	2,600,000 400,000	400,000

Grzegorz Flak	1,360,000 10,000	10,000
Rifat Palevic	1,200,000 450,000	450,000

Alessandro Pichierri	400,000 300,000	300,000

Kevin Fluegel	160,000 220,000	220,000

09-30-2025 18:43 UTC+1

Goeller Continues to Fall as Vaaraniemi Bets Big on the River

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Elias Vaaraniemi raised to 150,000 in the small blind and Andreas Goeller called in the big blind.

Both players checked the 10♥8♥8♦ flop. Vaaraniemi then led out for 225,000 on the 3♣ turn and Goeller called.

Vaaraniemi bet another 725,000 on the K♣ river, and Goeller snap-folded this time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Vaaraniemi	2,900,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Andreas Goeller	1,625,000 375,000	375,000

Tags: Andreas Goeller Elias Vaaraniemi

09-30-2025 18:37 UTC+1

Alberto Speranzoni Eliminated in 10th Place (€21,250)

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David Salituro

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Alberto Speranzoni raised to 605,000 in the cutoff and Tobias Peters called on the button. Speranzoni then bet his last 5,000 on the 10♦8♣9♣ flop.

Alberto Speranzoni: A♠10♣ All in
Tobias Peters: A♣J♦

Speranzoni had outflopped Peters with top pair, but Peters spiked the J♥ on the turn to retake the lead. The river was the 2♦ and Speranzoni was eliminated in 10th place.

Frederic Delval nearly joined him, as at the same time he shoved for 410,000 from the cutoff after Felix Seelentag opened to 100,000 under the gun. Seelentag called to put him at risk.

Frederic Delval: A♣5♣ All in
Felix Seelentag: K♠J♠

Seelentag hit top pair on the K♦6♠3♥ flop, while the turn was the 5♦. Delval caught the A♥ on the river to make two pair as he went off to the rail to celebrate his double up with his wife.

"She wants a ring. A nice ring," Delval joked with his tablemates when he returned.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Peters	2,200,000 800,000	800,000

Frederic Delval	950,000 285,000	285,000
Felix Seelentag	920,000 380,000	380,000
Alberto Speranzoni	Busted

Tags: Alberto Speranzoni Felix Seelentag Frederic Delval Tobias Peters

09-30-2025 18:33 UTC+1

Seelentag Sniffs Out Goeller's Bluff; Pichierri Doubles

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Tim Baker

Level 24 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Kevin Fluegel raised under the gun with Felix Seelentag calling from the cutoff, and Andreas Goeller defending his big blind.

After two checks on the 10♥9♥Q♣ flop, Seelentag bet 85,000, and only Goeller called.

Both players checked the 2♥ turn to see the 5♣ complete the board. Goeller led out for 250,000 and Seelentag tank-called.

Goeller showed a busted draw with K♣3♠ and lost the pot to Seelentag's Ax10x for a pair of tens.

At the other table, Alessandro Pichierri doubled up through Rifat Palevic when his A♣6♣ backdoored into a flush to best the A♠Q♦ of his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Goeller	2,000,000 400,000	400,000
Rifat Palevic	1,650,000 350,000	350,000

Felix Seelentag	1,300,000 500,000	500,000
Alessandro Pichierri	700,000 480,000	480,000

Kevin Fluegel	380,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Alessandro Pichierri Andreas Goeller Felix Seelentag Kevin Fluegel Rifat Palevic

Level: 24

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

09-30-2025 18:27 UTC+1

Georgios Tsouloftas Eliminated in 11th Place (€10,900)

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Grzegorz Flak raised to 100,000 on the button and Georgios Tsouloftas put in a few time banks and peeked at the action at the other table before shoving for 200,000 in the big blind. Flak quickly called.

Georgios Tsouloftas: A♣4♦ All in
Grzegorz Flak: A♦9♥

Tsouloftas was dominated and at risk, and the Q♠5♠2♠ flop gave him some outs with a straight draw. The J♠ fell on the turn, while the 7♥ river was no help to Tsouloftas as he was eliminated in 11th place, locking up a Main Event ticket for the remaining 10 players.

While the table was waiting for a new player, action continued on the other table as Elias Vaaraniemi and Felix Seelentag checked to the turn on a board of 4♣J♥5♦2♦. Vaaraniemi then bet 75,000 from the big blind and Seelentag called on the button.

Vaaraniemi bet 155,000 on the 7♥ river and Seelentag again called. Vaaraniemi showed K♣7♦ for a rivered pair, and Seelentag mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Vaaraniemi	1,700,000 50,000	50,000
Grzegorz Flak	1,350,000 300,000	300,000
Felix Seelentag	800,000 300,000	300,000
Georgios Tsouloftas	Busted

Tags: Elias Vaaraniemi Felix Seelentag Georgios Tsouloftas Grzegorz Flak

09-30-2025 18:20 UTC+1

Vaaraniemi Puts Fluegel to the Test

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Tim Baker

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Kevin Fluegel made it 60,000 from the cutoff and Elias Vaaraniemi defended his big blind.

Vaaraniemi check-called a bet of 50,000 from Fluegel on the 9♣J♥K♠ flop.

Check, check came after the Q♦ turn for the A♣ to complete the board. Vaaraniemi looked over at Fluegel's stack, which amounted to 365,000, then jammed, putting Fluegel all in. Fluegel folded, and Vaaraniemi dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Vaaraniemi	1,750,000
Kevin Fluegel	365,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Kevin Fluegel Elias Vaaraniemi

09-30-2025 18:14 UTC+1

Pichierri Triples Up

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Tim Baker

Level 23 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Alessandro Pichierri jammed the button for 60,000 with Rifat Palevic calling in the small blind and Grzegorz Flak calling out of the big blind.

With Pichierri all-in, Flak and Palevic checked a runout of K♥J♠2♣9♣8♥ all the way down and the cards were revealed.

Flak showed Q♥7♣ for a pair of queens and beat the A♦10♣ of Palevic for ace-high. Pichierri, however, revealed the winner with K♦5♦ for a pair of kings and he tripled up.

After the hand, Pichierri received a warning from the tournament director for speaking his native Italian to his rail during the hand, telling him he had flopped top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rifat Palevic	2,000,000 200,000	200,000

Grzegorz Flak	1,050,000 50,000	50,000
Alessandro Pichierri	220,000 145,000	145,000

Tags: Alessandro Pichierri Grzegorz Flak Rifat Palevic