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

04-05-2026 20:23 UTC+2

Phan Sends Ephremsen to the Rail

Maxime Taldir

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

Cecile Ticherfatine opened to 3,000 from middle position. Hoang Phan in the hijack called before Paul Ephremsen in the cutoff moved all-in for 13,600. Ticherfatine was tempted to call but folded. Phan however quickly called.

Paul Ephremsen: K♠Q♦ All in
Hoang Phan: A♣4♣

Phan flopped top pair on A♠7♦2♥4♦J♠ and Ephremsen was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cecile Ticherfatine	180,000 70,000	70,000
Hoang Phan	150,000 1,000	1,000
Paul Ephremsen	Busted

Tags: Cecile Ticherfatine Hoang Phan Paul Ephremsen

04-05-2026 20:16 UTC+2

Gurevich Loses a Flip

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Calum Grant

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

Alexandro Tricarico opened to 2,200 from the button and called when Garry Gurevich shoved for around 21,000 from the small blind.

Garry Gurevich: A♦J♥ All in
Alexandro Tricarico: 8♥8♠

Tricarico's pair made a set on the J♠9♠8♣Q♣7♣ runout, and Gurevich departed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandro Tricarico	65,000 25,900	25,900
Garry Gurevich	Busted

Tags: Alexandro Tricarico Garry Gurevich

04-05-2026 20:07 UTC+2

Devesa Doubles with Quads

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Maxime Taldir

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

Three-way on a flop of 4♥K♣K♠, Gregoire Panetti in the hijack bet 3,000 and was called by Jose Devesa in the cutoff while the small blind folded.

Panetti checked the 8♠ turn and Devesa immediately moved all-in for 12,100. Panetti went into the tank and called.

Jose Devesa: K♥10♠ All in
Gregoire Panetti: Q♠Q♣

Devesa flopped trips and even hit quads with the K♦ river to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Devesa	38,000 9,400	9,400
Gregoire Panetti	19,000 8,200	8,200

Tags: Gregoire Panetti Jose Devesa

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

04-05-2026 19:54 UTC+2

Chip Counts from WSOP Live

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pieter De Necker	286,500 126,500	126,500
Alain Medesan	273,800 146,800	146,800
Zeljko Tokic	254,600 129,600	129,600
Francesco Zappala	242,700 172,000	172,000
Matteo Martorelli	239,000 155,500	155,500
Marc Delimal	228,400 49,700	49,700
Adil Oubaaous	227,400 53,400	53,400
Michal Mastalerz	211,200 89,200	89,200
Frederic Delval	211,000 107,992	107,992
Fausto Tantillo	207,300 112,300	112,300
Markus Bonus	205,000 150,000	150,000
Yang Li	200,000 40,000	40,000
Carlos Peixoto	190,000 31,000	31,000
Onur Gizir	189,000 74,500	74,500
Hengtao Zhu	188,100 800	800

Espen Jorstad	185,500

Vivian Saliba	185,000 100,000	100,000

Nicolae Toma	184,000 132,800	132,800
Mitchell Hynam	177,600 73,100	73,100

Isabel Baltazar	177,000 49,500	49,500
Shqiptare Varaku	175,100 116,100	116,100
Daniel Rezaei	175,000 32,800	32,800

Mohamed-Said Taghla	174,000 103,600	103,600
Michael Mizrachi	172,700 18,700	18,700

Levan Chachua	172,600

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04-05-2026 18:47 UTC+2

60-Minute Dinner Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

420 players reached the end of Level 6 and are on a 60-minute dinner break. Play resumes at 7:47 p.m. local time.

04-05-2026 18:45 UTC+2

Two Pair for Phan

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Maxime Taldir

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Hoang Phan limped from early position. Jun Park in the cutoff limped as well so Daria Krashennikova only had to check her option to find a flop of 7♦K♦8♣.

Phan bet 2,200 and fired a second barrel to 6,500 on the 10♠ turn. Park called both times while Krashennikova folded on the flop.

Phan and Park both checked the 9♥ river and Phan won the pot with 9♠8♠ for two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hoang Phan	150,000 90,000	90,000
Daria Krashennikova	102,000 102,000	102,000
Jun Park	32,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Daria Krashennikova Hoang Phan Jun Park

04-05-2026 18:38 UTC+2

Juanda Almost Back to Starting Stack

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

A sizable pot between Stefan Hulin and past WSOPE Main Event champion John Juanda was taking place, with action caught on the J♦6♦2♥ flop.

There was around 24,000 in the pot, and Hulin checked from the cutoff. Juanda bet 6,000 from the button, leaving him with 21,700 behind. Hulin called.

The 6♣ turn paired the board, and Hulin checked once more. Juanda jammed, sending his opponent into the tank.

"Queens?" asked Hulin, but he found no response from Juanda. After using a few time banks, he opted to fold, and the pot went to the Poker Hall of Famer.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	58,000 32,500	32,500

Stefan Hulin	53,000 500	500

Tags: John Juanda Stefan Hulin

04-05-2026 18:18 UTC+2

Muniz Rivers a Flush to Double

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Maxime Taldir

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Cards went on their backs with Daniel Muniz in early position all-in and at risk for 12,100 against Enrico Rudelitz in the hijack.

Daniel Muniz: K♦J♠ All in
Enrico Rudelitz: A♣Q♠

After a flop of 8♦5♠5♦, Muniz found a flush draw with the 4♦ turn. The J♦ river completed the flush and he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enrico Rudelitz	65,000 13,500	13,500
Daniel Muniz	25,000 4,400	4,400

Tags: Daniel Muniz Enrico Rudelitz

04-05-2026 18:13 UTC+2

Blom Navigates River Spots

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

There was around 40,000 in the pot on the 10♥8♣6♦K♠A♣ completed board. Cesar Veroez, in the big blind, had a bet of 26,000 out in front of him. His opponent was Viktor Blom, who was in the cutoff. After some thinking time, Blom called. Veroez immediately tapped the table, to signal to Blom that he was good. Veroez just mucked his hand and Blom took in the pot.

Around ten minutes later, Blom found himself in another spot on the river. This time the board read Q♣7♣5♠2♠10♦, and Raphael Debbah bet 6,000 into a pot of around 42,000 from the big blind. Blom, in early position, raised to 32,800 and folded out Debbah.

On the next deal, Blom opened to 1,800 from under the gun. Josef Schusteritsch called from the button.

On the J♣6♦5♦ flop, Blom had his 1,800 continuation bet called. Blom check-called for 7,500 on the 10♥ turn, before check-folding to a bet of 36,000 on the K♥ river.