2026 WSOP Europe

Event #5: €5,300 WSOPE Main Event NLHE European Championship
Day: 1b
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Event Info
2026 WSOP Europe
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
7♦6♣
Prize
€2,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€13,085,000
Total Entries
2,617
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
653
Players Left
269
Players Left 1 / 2,617
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Sekler with Sixes

Maxime Taldir
Maxime Taldir
Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Giuseppe Zarbo opened to 1,000 from middle position. Anthony Zinno to his left three-bet to 2,300 and was called by Nikola Sekler on the button. Zarbo called as well.

Zinno continued for 2,500 on a flop of 2♦9♠2♠ and only Sekler called. He fired a very small second barrel to 1,000 on the K♥ and was called again, then checked the 4♣ river.

Sekler checked back with 6♣6♠ and won this one against Zinno's missed flush draw with Q♠J♠.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nikola Sekler fr
Nikola Sekler 		75,000
Profile photo of Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno 		33,000
29,000
 29,000
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 3X Winner
Profile photo of Giuseppe Zarbo it
Giuseppe Zarbo 		18,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Anthony ZinnoGiuseppe ZarboNikola Sekler

The Biggest WSOP Winners Without a Bracelet

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
WSOP Crushers Without a Bracelet
WSOP Crushers Without a Bracelet

One question always gets asked in the build-up to the World Series of Poker (WSOP): who are the best players still chasing their first bracelet? It's something PokerNews looks at every year.

But here's another angle worth exploring. Which players have actually won the most money at the WSOP without ever getting their hands on one of poker's most coveted prizes?

Some players have racked up millions in WSOP earnings, building their totals on one monster score, while others have chipped away year after year grinding the series.

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Shaun Deeb Denied By Quads Again in Heads-Up for WSOP Bracelet

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 4 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Shaun Deeb came agonizingly close to winning his ninth World Series of Poker bracelet for the second time at the 2026 World Series of Poker Europe, but once again saw his bid denied.

For the second time in less than a week, the final hand of heads-up ended with his opponent making quads, as France's Gilles Silbernagel captured the €565 COLOSSUS title for €165,000 at King’s Casino inside Hilton Prague.

Silbernagel defeated Deeb in the final duel to secure the biggest win of his career since 2018, denying the two-time WSOP Player of the Year yet another shot at history. Deeb had previously fallen short in the €3,300 PLO Mixed, where he also lost the final hand of heads-up to quads and collected €81,784.

Had Deeb closed it out, he would have become the fastest player to reach nine bracelets, a record currently held by Phil Ivey.

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Tags: Gilles SilbernagelHilton PraguePhil IveyShaun Deeb

Ketzer with a Better Kicker

Maxime Taldir
Maxime Taldir
Level 4 : 300/500, 500 ante

Felipe Ketzer in early position raised to 1,100 and faced Johannes Straver who defended from the big blind.

Ketzer continued for 800 on a flop of 4♠K♦3♣ and was called, but checked back the 8♥ turn.

Straver led out for 3,400 on the 7♦ river with K♠5♦. Ketzer snap-called and scooped the pot with K♣10♥.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Felipe Ketzer br
Felipe Ketzer
130,000
70,000
 70,000
Profile photo of Johannes Straver nl
Johannes Straver 		56,500
56,500
 56,500

Tags: Felipe KetzerJohannes Straver

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Bahri Sends Fitoussi into the Tank

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Bruno Fitoussi raised to 1,000 from under the gun before Safwane Bahri made it 3,200 from the cutoff. It folded back to Fitoussi, and he four-bet to 11,500. Bahri called.

Bahri called a bet of 5,500 on the 8♦8♣6♥ flop before the A♥ turn checked through to the 6♠ river. Fitoussi checked, prompting Bahri to fire out 15,000. Fitoussi went deep into the tank for several minutes, burning up five time bank cards before painfully returning his cards to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Safwane Bahri fr
Safwane Bahri 		70,000
Profile photo of Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi 		36,000

Tags: Bruno FitoussiSafwane Bahri

Wisbrod with Aces

Maxime Taldir
Maxime Taldir
Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Barak Wisbrod raised to 800 from early position and was called twice before Joey Weissman in the small blind squeezed to 600. Wisbrod four-bet to 11,000 to make the next two players fold but Weissman called.

Wisbrod continued for 3,000 on a flop of K♠6♠7♠ and was called, then fired a second barrel to 15,000 on the 7♥ turn. Weissman check-called.

Weissman checked the 10♥ river and Wisbord eventually checked-back with A♦A♥. Weissman didn't have a better hand with K♦J♦.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Barak Wisbrod il
Barak Wisbrod 		94,000
94,000
 94,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman 		29,000
29,000
 29,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings

Tags: Barak WisbrodJoey Weissman

Akmert Cracks Trips and Aces with Lucky River

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

There was around 14,000 on the middle on the 9♠9♣2♠7♣ board, with three players in the mix.

Corel Theuma checked from the big blind before the cutoff jammed for 16,000. Erdem Akmert reshoved for 21,000 and Theuma called as the covering stack.

Cutoff: A♥A♦All in
Erdem Akmert: 8♠8♣All in
Corel Theuma: J♥9♥

Theuma had both opponents drawing to two outs, but the 8♦ river put Akmert from worst to first. His unlikely two-outer sealed him the checkmark with a full house, and boosted his stack to 72,000 while the cutoff departed dejectedly.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Corel Theuma mt
Corel Theuma 		140,000
15,100
 15,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Erdem Akmert tr
Erdem Akmert 		72,000

Tags: Corel TheumaErdem Akmert

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