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

04-06-2026 18:11 UTC+2

Frankland Folds Out Kudzmanas

Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Marius Kudzmanas opened to 8,000 from early position and was called by Mathew Frankland from the hijack.

Frankland called a bet of 11,000 on the K♥10♦7♠ flop before the 7♣ turn checked through to the A♦ river. Kudzmanas check-folded to a bet of 32,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathew Frankland	370,000 253,000	253,000
Marius Kudzmanas	320,000 186,000	186,000

Dan Shak	160,000 47,000	47,000
Xuan Liu	95,000 54,500	54,500

Tags: Marius Kudzmanas Mathew Frankland

04-06-2026 18:09 UTC+2

Fisentzou Four-Bets

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Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Vikentios Fisentzou opened to 8,000 from the cutoff before Martin Surovec made it 36,000 from the small blind. Fisentzou reraised to 56,000 after using a time bank, and Surovec made a quick fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Surovec	370,000 228,000	228,000
Vikentios Fisentzou	320,000 320,000	320,000

Tags: Martin Surovec Vikentios Fisentzou

04-06-2026 18:05 UTC+2

Cintula Folds Out Obrestad

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Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Andrej Cintula opened to 8,000 from early position. Annette Obrestad defended her big blind.

The first ever WSOP Europe Main Event winner check-called for 7,000 on the A♣Q♦4♦ flop but folded to a bet of 16,000 on the Q♥ turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrej Cintula	200,000 108,500	108,500
Annette Obrestad	125,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Andrej Cintula Annette Obrestad

04-06-2026 17:52 UTC+2

Bahri Cracks Zerjav's Kings

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Blaz Zerjav in middle position ended up moving all-in for approximately 90,000 against Safwane Bahri in the blinds.

Blaz Zerjav: K♣K♥ All in
Safwane Bahri: Q♠Q♥

Bahri flopped a set on 7♣Q♦9♥3♠7♥ to crack Zerjav's kings and send him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Safwane Bahri	475,000 387,000	387,000
Blaz Zerjav	Busted

Tags: Blaz Zerjav Safwane Bahri

04-06-2026 17:47 UTC+2

Fritz Folds to Pressure

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Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Toni Zengovski opened to 8,000 from early position and was called by Manuel Fritz from the button.

Zengovski bet 5,000 on the K♦J♦4♠ flop and called when Fritz made it 20,000. The 2♦ turn checked through to the 10♦ river. Zengovski fired out 40,000 and Fritz folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toni Zengovski	310,000 146,000	146,000
Manuel Fritz	250,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Manuel Fritz Toni Zengovski

04-06-2026 17:42 UTC+2

Smyrnov Puts Pressure on Do

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Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Anh Do opened to 8,000 from the cutoff. Vladislav Donchev and Dmytro Smyrnov called from the blinds.

The 6♠5♥3♠ flop checked through to the A♣ turn where Smyrnov bet 12,000. Only Do called.

Smyrnov fired out 160,000 on the 3♣ river, gunning for Do's last 122,000. After some thought, Do folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladislav Donchev	420,000 327,000	327,000
Dmytro Smyrnov	240,000 58,000	58,000
Anh Do	122,000

Tags: Anh Do Dmytro Smyrnov Vladislav Donchev

04-06-2026 17:39 UTC+2

4 WSOPE Bracelet Winners You Might Have Missed

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Milko van Winden

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

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04-06-2026 17:31 UTC+2

Nut Flush for Grubinger

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

As Egor Sukhov nears the million-chip mark, action at the next table saw Oleksii Kovalchuk raise to 8,000 from the button, with Marcel Grubinger defending his big blind.

Kovalchuk continued for 7,000 on the 10♣4♦Q♣ flop, and fired a second barrel to 17,000 on the A♣ turn. Grubinger check-called both times.

Grubinger checked the 9♣ river. Kovalchuk quickly checked back but lost to Grubinger's nut flush with K♣2♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Egor Sukhov	955,000 300,000	300,000
Oleksii Kovalchuk	290,000 169,000	169,000

Marcel Grubinger	145,000 145,000	145,000

Tags: As Egor Sukhov Egor Sukhov Marcel Grubinger Oleksii Kovalchuk

04-06-2026 17:15 UTC+2

Van Putten Doubles Up with Jacks

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 5♥8♥K♠, Jasper van Putten on the button saw his 46,000-chip stack being called by Davit Mikhanashvili in the big blind.

Jasper van Putten: J♠J♣ All in
Davit Mikhanashvili: 10♣8♠

Mikhanashvili flopped a pair but it wasn't enough to eliminate Van Putten who's jacks held on the 2♦ turn and the Q♥ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jasper van Putten	115,000 15,000	15,000

Davit Mikhanashvili	44,000 69,000	69,000

Tags: Davit Mikhanashvili Jasper van Putten Van Putten

04-06-2026 17:12 UTC+2

Vaitiekunas Busts Schulze in Huge Flip

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Calum Grant

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Sebastian Schulze, the 23rd place finisher in the 2025 WSOP Main Event, opened to 8,000 from the hijack. David Mzareulov called from the cutoff before Paulius Vaitiekunas three-bet to 30,000 from the button. Schulze used a time bank before moving all-in for around 340,0000. Mzareulov folded but Vaitiekunas snap-called as the slighly bigger stack.

Sebastian Schulze: 10♥10♣ All in
Paulius Vaitiekunas: A♣K♦

The pot was worth almost 700,000 and Schulze had one hand on it after the J♣7♦5♠ flop. However, the A♠ turn gave Vaitiekunas the lead and Schulze's exit was confirmed after the 2♣ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paulius Vaitiekunas	730,000 272,000	272,000

Sebastian Schulze	Busted

Tags: David Mzareulov Paulius Vaitiekunas Sebastian Schulze