Event #5: €5,300 WSOPE Main Event NLHE European Championship Day 1a | 2026 WSOP Europe

Apr 03, 2026

Astedt Has a Beautiful Hand

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Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Niklas Astedt opened to 3,000 from early position before Corel Theuma, the winner of WSOPE Event #1, three-bet to 8,500. Astedt called.

Astedt, getting a massage, check-called for 6,500 on the Qx9x6x flop, bringing in the J♦ turn. Both players checked and the K♠ river completed the board. Astedt fired out 21,000, releasing a sigh from Theuma. He used up a time bank before folding his hand.

Astedt was kind enough to show Theuma he had a straight with J♥10♥.

"It's such a beautiful hand, I had to show you," Astedt said, dragging in the pot.

Tags: Corel Theuma Niklas Astedt

Apr 03, 2026

Roh Caught Speeding

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Calum Grant

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Dongjae Roh limped in from under the gun. Fatos Haxhaj called from middle position before Sooraj Sairam made it 7,500 from the hijack. Michael Rosaman, Aliaksandr Shylko, Erick Lindgren and Dan Cates all folded before Roh called. Haxhaj also returned his cards to the dealer.

Roh check-called for 5,500 on the Q♠J♥7♦ flop, bringing in the 7♠ turn. Roh led out for 5,000 and was called. He sized up to 12,000 on the 8♦ river, and Sairam called once more.

Roh had air with A♦4♦ and Sairam's 9♥9♣ took the pot.

Tags: Aliaksandr Shylko Dan Cates Dongjae Roh Erick Lindgren Fatos Haxhaj Michael Rosaman

Apr 03, 2026

Expensive Mistake

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Maxime Taldir

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Xu Aiguo looked down at his cards and raised to 11,000 from early position. Hearing the reaction from players around the table, he quickly realized he had sized much larger than expected. “Sorry guys, I made a mistake,” he said immediately.

To punish the misclick, Kumar Macawili in the small blind three-bet to 31,000. Aiguo went into the tank but ultimately had no choice but to fold, losing nearly half of his stack in the process.

Tags: Kumar Macawili Xu Aiguo

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Apr 03, 2026

'Gonna Be a Long Year': Martin Kabrhel Already Causing Trouble at WSOP Europe

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Calum Grant

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Martin Kabrhel is in midseason form two months before the 2026 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas begins, at least when it comes to his behavior.

The polarizing but skilled high roller is currently competing in the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) series on his home turf in the Czech Republic, and not everyone is happy to have him around.

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Tags: Martin Kabrhel

Apr 03, 2026

Big Stacks After Final Break (WSOP Live App)

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Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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Apr 03, 2026

Last Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

450 players are now on their final 25-minute break of the day. They will play two more levels before bagging for the night.

Apr 03, 2026

Karmatckii Wins Multi-Way Pot

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Calum Grant

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Arsenii Karmatckii opened to 2,600 from under the gun. Sebastian Schulze, Timothy Kenyon and Paulo De Moraes called from the button and blinds.

Karmatckii continued for 2,900 on the Q♥3♦3♠ flop. Only Kenyon called.

Kenyon check-folded to a bet of 17,400 on the 4♦ turn.

Tags: Arsenii Karmatckii Paulo De Moraes Sebastian Schulze Timothy Kenyon

Apr 03, 2026

Richter Folds Out Burmistrov

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Calum Grant

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ivan Burmistrov opened to 2,500 from under the gun and was called by Cristian-Dinu Cirja from the hijack. Martin Richter three-bet to 11,500 from the small blind and only Burmistrov called.

Burmistrov called a bet of 8,500 on the K♣8♣6♦ flop, but folded to a bet of 16,000 on the 8♦ turn.