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

04-04-2026 19:55 UTC+2

Chip Counts at Dinner Break from WSOP Live (full)

Calum Grant

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eros Calderone	265,000 265,000	265,000
Erdem Akmert	236,600 8,500	8,500
Dmytro Smyrnov	230,200 99,200	99,200
Quirin Heinz	220,700 220,700	220,700
Martin Hellmuth	218,000 97,500	97,500
Alf Martinsson	212,500 212,500	212,500
Cesar Ponce	205,800
Diogo Duarte	201,200 85,000	85,000
Mateusz Moolhuizen	194,700 36,700	36,700
Andy Stacks	190,000 62,500	62,500
Ryan Mandara	187,100 187,100	187,100
Georgios Skarparis	186,200 186,200	186,200

Hendrik Breitmann	184,400
Hugo Delmaire-Sizes	179,200
Pawel Brzeski	177,200 58,100	58,100
Siarhei Alontsau	174,000 174,000	174,000
Timo Kamphues	173,800 173,800	173,800
Gabriele Guerrini	172,800 172,800	172,800
Bartosz Wesolek	171,000 50,000	50,000
Steven Jones	168,900 18,000	18,000

Ioannis Angelou Konstas	164,000 164,000	164,000
Jeremie Zouari	163,500 163,500	163,500
Jesse Lonis	162,200 50,200	50,200

Gennaro Proscia	160,000 160,000	160,000
Cheng Xu	159,200 159,200	159,200

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04-04-2026 19:55 UTC+2

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Level 7 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

04-04-2026 19:33 UTC+2

Day 1b on Stream

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Maxime Taldir

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

04-04-2026 18:55 UTC+2

Set Over Set Drama for Abby Merk

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Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

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04-04-2026 18:55 UTC+2

WSOP Main Event Returns to ESPN

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

For the first time since 2020, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event is returning to ESPN.

The WSOP confirmed a historic multi-year agreement with the network, which broadcast poker's most prestigious tournament from 1988-2020.

The announcement puts an end to weeks of speculation following the release of the 2026 WSOP schedule, which hinted at a major shake-up to the tournament structure.

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04-04-2026 18:51 UTC+2

Dinner Break

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The Main Event is now on a 60-minute dinner break. Play resume at 7:45 p.m. local time.

04-04-2026 18:42 UTC+2

Yarosh Triples Up

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Maxime Taldir

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Aliaksandr Yarosh jammed for 4,600 from under the gun. He was called once before Hossein Ensan in the small blind raised all-in to make the third player fold.

Aliaksandr Yarosh: A♦3♦ All in
Hossein Ensan: A♥K♠

Yarosh was lucky enough to hit a full house on A♠10♦3♠3♥9♣ to triple his stack before dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hossein Ensan	47,000 16,000	16,000

Aliaksandr Yarosh	15,000

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04-04-2026 18:33 UTC+2

Deeb Among the Chip Leaders

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Shaun Deeb has brushed off his earlier heads-up defeat in the COLOSSUS and taken his seat in the WSOP Europe Main Event.

Just like in every tournament he’s entered here in Prague, Deeb is already building a stack. He has turned the 60,000 starting stack into 260,000 heading into the dinner break.

Deeb previously finished third in the 2022 WSOP Europe Main Event, and looks to be off to another strong start in the series showpiece.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	260,000

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04-04-2026 18:29 UTC+2

Obst Sends Montavani Quackers

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

There was 27,000 in the pot on the 4♥A♣3♣2♥10♥ board in a hand between Alexandre Mantovani and James Obst.

Mantovani bet 3,500 from the big blind before Obst raised to 20,000 from the button.

After sending a couple of time bank cards to the dealer, Mantovani made the call.

Obst tabled 2♦2♠ for a set of deuces. The sight of Obst’s ducks frustrated Mantovani, who squeezed his hole cards in his hand and grimaced, before sending them into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Moran	145,000 3,000	3,000
James Obst	75,000 15,000	15,000

Alexandre Mantovani	33,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Alexandre Mantovani James Obst