Event #5: €5,300 WSOPE Main Event NLHE European Championship Day 2 | 2026 WSOP Europe

04-06-2026 13:22 UTC+2

Sammartino Flushed Away

Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Quan Zhou opened to 5,500 before Josh Arieh three-bet to 16,000. Dario Sammartino jammed for 50,500, prompting Zhou to reshove as the slightly bigger stack. Arieh folded.

Dario Sammartino: A♦J♦ All in
Quan Zhou: A♥K♥

Zhou made the nuts on the 10♠7♥8♦6♥3♥ runout, and eliminated the PokerStars ambassador.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quan Zhou	200,000 78,500	78,500
Josh Arieh	198,000 2,000	2,000

Dario Sammartino	Busted

Tags: Dario Sammartino Josh Arieh Quan Zhou

04-06-2026 13:19 UTC+2

Sammer Jams on Huang

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Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Harald Sammer opened to 5,000 from middle position and called when Yuxi Huang three-bet to 12,000 from the hijack.

Sammer check-called a bet of 8,000 on the A♥Q♣7♦ flop. The J♠ turn checked through to the 5♣ river.

As Sammer mulled over his options, Huang kept her eyes fixed on her opponent through her sunglasses. Her gaze dropped to Sammer’s hands as he shoved all in for around 68,000. Huang peeked back at her cards, then slid them to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuxi Huang	303,000 33,500	33,500

Harald Sammer	114,000 20,500	20,500

Tags: As Sammer Harald Sammer Yuxi Huang

04-06-2026 13:16 UTC+2

Degens Folds Out Sanchez

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Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Marijn Degens opened to 5,500 from the cutoff and called when Mauricio Sanchez three-bet to 15,000 from the button.

Degens check-called for 14,000 on the 10♥7♦5♣ flop before the 9♥ turn checked through to the 2♦ river. Degens bet 40,000 and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mauricio Sanchez	235,000 72,000	72,000
Marijn Degens	190,000 67,000	67,000

Tags: Marijn Degens Mauricio Sanchez

04-06-2026 13:14 UTC+2

Kuermayr Chopped Up by Queens

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Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Frank Brannan opened to 5,000 from middle position and was called by Ovidiu Sava from the next seat over. Kyle Miholich shoved for 47,000 from the cutoff before Felix Kuermayr four-bet jammed for 109,000 from the big blind. Brannan put in his stack of 58,500 and the cards were tabled.

Kyle Miholich: Q♥Q♣ All in
Frank Brannan: Q♠Q♦ All in
Felix Kuermayr: 10♥10♠

Miholich and Brannan both had the same hand, and chopped up some of Kuermayr's stack after. the K♣5♣6♠2♠3♠ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Brannan	102,000 42,000	42,000

Kyle Miholich	75,000 21,500	21,500
Felix Kuermayr	42,000 94,000	94,000

Tags: Felix Kuermayr Frank Brannan Kyle Miholich Ovidiu Sava

04-06-2026 13:08 UTC+2

Vukovic Runs Into Jacks

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Luka Vukovic under the gun raised to 17,500 and was called by both Pierre Calamusa in the hijack and Teemu Jaatinen on the button.

The dealer fanned a flop of 5♣2♦9♠ and Vukovic went all-in for his last 5,000. Calamusa called but folded to Jaatinen's raise to 32,000.

Luka Vukovic: A♥10♠ All in
Teemu Jaatinen: J♥J♠

The K♣3♦ runout didn't change anything and Vukovic was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Calamusa	255,000 65,000	65,000
Teemu Jaatinen	220,000 1,500	1,500
Annette Obrestad	175,000 14,000	14,000

Luka Vukovic	Busted

Tags: Luka Vukovic Pierre Calamusa Teemu Jaatinen

04-06-2026 12:58 UTC+2

Massesson Rivers a Straight to Eliminate Kanit

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Oskar Massesson opened to 5,000 from the hijack but saw Mustapha Kanit in the cutoff three-bet to 14,000. The button and the blinds folded and Massesson called.

Both players checked a flop of 6♣K♦5♥ leading to the 10♦ turn. Massesson bet 26,000 and was called.

The river card was the A♠ and after Massesson checked, Kanit bet 60,000. Massesson raised all-in for 270,000 and Kanit went into the tank.

He eventually made the call with his last 39,000 and A♥10♣ for two pair but ran into Massesson's straight with Q♣J♣.

Kanit quickly re-entered and sat at one of the feature tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oskar Massesson	454,000 144,000	144,000
Mustapha Kanit	60,000 88,000	88,000

Tags: Mustapha Kanit Oskar Massesson

04-06-2026 12:43 UTC+2

Pereira Doubles Through Jorstad

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Eduardo Pereira on the button moved all-in for 9,500 and was called by 2022 WSOP Main Event champion Espen Jorstad who opened from the hijack.

Eduardo Pereira: 8♥8♦ All in
Espen Jorstad: K♠J♠

Pereira flopped a set on 10♦Q♠8♣ while Worsted had a straight draw. He hit a pair with the J♦ turn, but Pereira secured a double up with the 7♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Jorstad	175,000 11,500	11,500

Eduardo Pereira	24,000 14,500	14,500

Tags: Eduardo Pereira Espen Jorstad

04-06-2026 12:42 UTC+2

New Entrants

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Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vidar Oie	60,000 60,000	60,000
Samir Kourie	60,000 60,000	60,000
Vanna Tea	60,000 60,000	60,000
Yuri Maron	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ravi Sheth	60,000 60,000	60,000
Boris Progner	60,000 60,000	60,000
Alin Grasu	60,000 60,000	60,000
Rudolf Fourie	60,000 60,000	60,000
Michael Rodrigues	60,000 60,000	60,000

Nikolay Bibov	60,000 60,000	60,000
Oleh Okhotskyi	60,000 60,000	60,000
Anton Mamaev	60,000 60,000	60,000
Benjamin Pollak	60,000 60,000	60,000
Stefan Heizmann	60,000 60,000	60,000
Carlos Peixoto	60,000 60,000	60,000
Sven Bogaert	60,000 60,000	60,000
Nazim Shala	60,000 60,000	60,000
Sami Boualam	60,000 60,000	60,000
Mitchell Tsang	60,000 60,000	60,000
John Juanda	60,000 60,000	60,000

Brian Battistone	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ramon Fernandez Munoz	60,000
Paul Ephremsen	60,000 60,000	60,000
Ren Lin	60,000 60,000	60,000
David Gomes	60,000 60,000	60,000