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

2 days 16 hours ago

Lewis Fires Two Barrels

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

After an open to 1,200 from the hijack, Romain Lewis on the button and Petr Kubenka in the big blind called.

The dealer fanned a flop of 3♠5♥6♥ and after two checks, Lewis bet 1,500. Kubenka called while the third player folded.

Lewis fired a second barrel to 6,000 on the K♣ turn and Kubenka check-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Petr Kubenka	77,500 77,500	77,500
Romain Lewis	46,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Petr Kubenka Romain Lewis

2 days 16 hours ago

Laurenz Gunnar Onnen Doubles with Kings

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Laurenz Gunnar Onnen in early position saw his 18,300-chip stack being called by Alexandre Reard in the small blind.

Laurenz Gunnar Onnen: K♦K♥ All in
Alexandre Reard: Q♦Q♥

The board ran out 8♦7♥10♣8♠2♣ and the short stack doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Reard	105,000 10,000	10,000

Laurenz Gunnar Onnen	37,800 12,800	12,800

Tags: Alexandre Reard

2 days 16 hours ago

Top Stacks During Break (WSOP Live)

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Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandar Kozomara	212,900 85,900	85,900
Jonas Hagstrom	190,000 60,000	60,000
Steven Van Zadelhoff	181,200 53,200	53,200
Juho Haapiainen	179,000 179,000	179,000
Tom Talboom	175,500 9,500	9,500
Nils Ortgiese	173,600 173,600	173,600
Paul Runcan	169,300 40,000	40,000
Antonio Galiana	168,000 168,000	168,000

Curtis March	165,000 49,000	49,000
Yuliyan Kolev	164,500 105,500	105,500

Mahersh Selvakumaran	160,000 160,000	160,000
Sonny Franco	160,000 69,000	69,000
Evgenii Fidchuk	156,600 156,600	156,600
Eimantas Adomavicius	155,000 15,000	15,000
Xiaohu Liu	151,000 151,000	151,000
Vladislav Donchev	150,400 150,400	150,400
Erik Avlastimov	146,600 3,400	3,400
Grzegorz Glowny	146,500 146,500	146,500

Vlada Stojanovic	144,200 144,200	144,200
Demetrio Caminita	144,000 144,000	144,000
Eduard Fondos	140,500 140,500	140,500
Anton Mamaev	139,800 139,800	139,800
David "ODB" Baker	136,800 56,800	56,800

Frederik Reinert	136,600 66,600	66,600
Dmytro Stetsiura	135,500 135,500	135,500

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Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

2 days 17 hours ago

20-Minute Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The 554 players of Day 1a are on a 20-minute break.

2 days 17 hours ago

WSOP Bracelet Winner Flops Quads in Five-Bet Pot Against Pocket Kings

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Calum Grant

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

The 2026 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event got underway Friday as Day 1a kicked off inside King’s Casino at Hilton Prague.

And it didn’t take long for the fireworks to start. The €5,300 buy-in event, which carries a €10 million guarantee, has already seen kings cracked several times and flopped quads in the opening levels.

Read How the Hands Played Out Here

2 days 17 hours ago

Chalot Flops Two Pair

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three-way in a limped pot, Aaron Olechnowicz in the cutoff bet 1,500 but saw Benjamin Chalot in the small blind check-raise to 6,000. After the big blind folded, Olechnowicz called.

Chalot bet 6,000 on the 7♦ turn and was quickly called, but both players checked the K♦ river.

Chalot flipped over 5♣2♣ for two pair while Olechnowicz's cards went into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Olechnowicz	86,000 82,000	82,000
Benjamin Chalot	65,500 65,500	65,500

Tags: Aaron Olechnowicz Benjamin Chalot

2 days 17 hours ago

Hu Facing a Tough Decision

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

On a board of 7♥3♥7♣K♦ with 15,000 in the pot, Georgios Zisimopoulos in the big blind bet 7,200.

Weijiang Hu in the cutoff raised to 20,000 but saw Zisimopoulos quickly move all-in for 58,300.

Hu went into the tank for almost two minutes, preparing his chips to call. However he eventually folded and saw the pot go in Zisimopoulos' direction.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Zisimopoulos	73,300 73,300	73,300
Weijiang Hu	44,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Georgios Zisimopoulos Hu Weijiang

2 days 17 hours ago

Martin Hellmuth Survives

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Three-way on a flop of J♦A♠J♠, Martin Hellmuth in the hijack bet 1,500 and was called by Erik Avlastimov on the button while the big blind folded.

Hellmuth bet an even smaller 1,200 on the 6♥ turn and was called, then asked for 3,200 on the 4♠ river. Avlastimov called and Hellmuth immediately mucked his cards, keeping only 500 behind.

He moved all-in in the next hand and managed to double up against Avlastimov to be back at 2,500.