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

2 days 19 hours ago

Gilboa Flops a Set to Eliminate Middleton

Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

The action was picked up on a board of 10♥3♦5♠Q♥7♠ with 46,600 in the pot.

Tom Middleton on the button moved all-in for 41,500. Uri Gilboa in middle position asked for a count an announced "call" while laying all his 5♥5♣ next to the board for a flopped set.

"Thank you," he said to Middleton and the dealer while Middleton was walking away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Uri Gilboa	132,000 72,000	72,000

Tom Middleton	Busted

Tags: Tom Middleton Uri Gilboa

2 days 19 hours ago

Athanasiadis Folds Out Johnson

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Calum Grant

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Ryan Johnson raised to 600 from middle position. Odysseas Athanasiadis and Daniel Moran called from the button and big blind.

Johnson continued for 800 on the 9♣5♠2♥ flop, and was called by both opponents. He fired out another 3,000 on the 9♠ turn. Athanasiadis called before Moran got out of the way.

The 4♦ completed the board, and Johnson check-folded to a bet of 5,500, awarding Athanasiadis the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Odysseas Athanasiadis	69,000
Ryan Johnson	49,000
Daniel Moran	43,500

Tags: Daniel Moran Ryan Johnson Odysseas Athanasiadis

2 days 20 hours ago

Two Pair for Banic

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Bernat Carreras opened to 700 from the cutoff and was called by both Ivan Banic and Niklas Deitmer in the blinds.

Carreras continued for 800 on Q♠5♠9♣ and was only call by Banic, then his second barrel to 2,300 was check-called once again.

They both checked the 7♥ river and Banic was firs to reveal his Q♥5♦ for two pair to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Banic	73,000 73,000	73,000

Olga Iermolcheva	66,000 66,000	66,000
Niklas Deitmer	54,000 54,000	54,000
Bernat Carreras	51,000 51,000	51,000

Tags: Bernat Carreras Ivan Banic Niklas Deitmer

2 days 20 hours ago

Burmistrov Cracks Halil's Kings

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Maxime Taldir

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

After an open to 600 by Michael Dick in middle position, Hasan Halil in the cutoff three-bet to 2,000. Ivan Burmistrov on the button didn't see this raise but called it, as well as Dick.

Halil made a continuation bet on 9♣7♥4♣ but Burmistrov quickly raised to 8,000. Dick check-folded and Halil called.

Halil checked the 2♦ turn and Burmistrov bet 20,000. Halil looked at him and raised all-in for 44,500. Burmistrov snap-called.

Hasan Halil: K♦K♥ All in
Ivan Burmistrov: 7♦7♠

Burmistrov flopped a set to crack Halil's kings who was eliminated after the J♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Burmistrov	139,000 139,000	139,000
Max Neugebauer	62,000 62,000	62,000

Michael Dick	27,500 27,500	27,500
Hasan Halil	Busted

Tags: Hasan Halil Ivan Burmistrov Michael Dick

Level: 2

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

2 days 20 hours ago

Iliev Can't Find a Fold; Ciurea Hits River to Double

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Calum Grant

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

A sizeable pot between Iliya Iliev and Fahredin Mustafov had brewed, with 20,000 in the pot on the 5♥4♦9♥6♦8♥ completed board.

Iliev checked in the big blind, and Mustafov fired out 20,500 from the button. Iliev went into the tank, using several time banks before putting in calling chips. Mutsafov tabled A♥3♥ for the nut-flush, and cracked Iliev's A♦A♠.

As that hand completed, there was an all-in and call on a neighboring table.

On the 7♦2♠J♠10♦ board, Nazih Al Tajar and Christian Ciurea exchanged raised from under the gun and middle position, that saw Ciurea all-in for hi slast 23,100.

Christian Ciurea: 10♠6♠ All in
Nazih Al Tajar: KxJx

Al Tajar was ahead with top pair, but Ciurea still had some hope with his second pair and flush draw. The A♠ came in to give the shorter stack the checkmark to double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	77,000 15,000	15,000

Christian Ciurea	56,000 56,000	56,000
Iliya Iliev	30,000 30,000	30,000
Nazih Al Tajar	28,000

Tags: Christian Ciurea Fahredin Mustafov Iliya Iliev Luiz Duarte

2 days 20 hours ago

Hanel Takes a Massive Pot

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Maxime Taldir

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Jaromir Hanel opened to 500 from the hijack and was called by Tyson Strauss in the cutoff and Yuliyan Kolev on the button. Maksym Filipovskyi in the big blind squeezed to 2,700, but Hanel four-bet to 7,700. Both Strauss and Kolev folded but Filipovskyi called.

The dealer fanned a flop of Q♠J♣5♦ and Hanel continued for 2,000. Filipovskyi check-called.

Hanel fired a second barrel to 5,500 on the 8♣ turn, but after using a time bank extension, Filipovskyi check-raised to 25,000. It didn't take long for Hanel to call.

The 10♣ river completed the board and Filipovskyi bet 22,000, with only 2,500 behind. Hanel called with A♦Q♣ for top pair and caught Filipovskyi with 7♠7♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaromir Hanel	105,000 105,000	105,000
Alexandre Reard	60,000 60,000	60,000

Yuliyan Kolev	59,000 59,000	59,000

Tyson Strauss	56,000 56,000	56,000
Maksym Filipovskyi	2,500 2,500	2,500

Tags: Jaromir Hanel Maksym Filipovskyi Tyson Strauss Yuliyan Kolev

2 days 21 hours ago

Mustafov Rivers a Boat

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Maxime Taldir

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

In a limped pot, Fahredin Mustafov in the big blind bet 300 on 8♣10♠J♥ and Andreas Berggren in the small blind check-called.

After they both checked the Q♦ turn, Berggren checked the 10♥ river.

Mustafov led out for 800 and Berggren eventually made the call. However he ran into Mustafov's full house with Q♠10♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	62,000 62,000	62,000

Andreas Berggren	54,000 54,000	54,000

Tags: Andreas Berggren Fahredin Mustafov

2 days 21 hours ago

Early Entrants

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Maxime Taldir

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wheeler	60,000 60,000	60,000

Uri Gilboa	60,000 60,000	60,000

Mateusz Moolhuizen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Vivian Saliba	60,000

Tomasz Brzezinski	60,000

Julien Sitbon	60,000 60,000	60,000

Virgile Turchi	60,000 60,000	60,000
Klemens Roiter	60,000 60,000	60,000

Fausto Tantillo	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ihar Soika	60,000 60,000	60,000
Paul Newey	60,000 60,000	60,000
Luka Bojovic	60,000 60,000	60,000
Manig Loeser	60,000 60,000	60,000

Atanas Malinov	60,000 60,000	60,000

2 days 21 hours ago

Muschetto Cracks Kings to Score First Elimination of WSOPE Main Event

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Calum Grant

Level 1 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

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 All in
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
Evan Muschetto	127,000 127,000	127,000
Weijiang Hu	Busted
Andrius Tapinas	Busted

Tags: Alexandro Tricarico Andrius Tapinas Aram Simonian Evan Muschetto Loic Morand Weijiang Hu