Muschetto Cracks Kings to Score First Elimination of WSOPE Main Event
Weijiang Hu was the first player to be eliminated in the WSOP Europe Main Event, with a set of threes cracking his pocket kings. Evan Muschetto was the player to scoop in the pot, and he recapped the hand to PokerNews.
Loic Morand raised to 500 from under the gun and was called by Aram Simonian from middle position. Hu three-bet to 1,500 from the hijack, and was called by Alexandro Tricarico and Muschetto from the blinds. Morand and Simonian also stuck around.
On a rainbow 9x5x3x flop, Hu continued for 3,000. Tricarico called before Muschetto made it 13,000. Morand and Simonian got out of the way. Hu called before Tricario also folded.
On the Jx turn, Muschetto bet 20,500 and Hu jammed in the remainder of his 60,000 starting stack. Muschetto slightly covered, and called.
Weijiang Hu: KxKx
Evan Muschetto: 3x3x
Muschetoo had bottom set, and was ahead of the pocket kings. A 7x completed the board and Hu was the first player to depart. He was soon followed out of the door by Andrius Tapinas, who was also sent packing on another table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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127,000
127,000
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127,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |