Joona Nyholm A♥Q♦ raised to 500,000 from under the gun and Thomas Hall 9♥8♥ called from the big blind.
Hall check-called for 425,000 on the J♦7♣4♠ flop before check-jamming for 6,200,000 over a bet of 1,500,000 on the 10♠ turn.
Nyholm ditched his ace-high and Hall collected the pot.
Joona Nyholm A♥Q♦ raised to 500,000 from under the gun and Thomas Hall 9♥8♥ called from the big blind.
Hall check-called for 425,000 on the J♦7♣4♠ flop before check-jamming for 6,200,000 over a bet of 1,500,000 on the 10♠ turn.
Nyholm ditched his ace-high and Hall collected the pot.
Lazare Kalebashvili opened to 500,000 from the hijack before Brandon Sheils three-bet to 1,500,000 from the button. Kalebashvili four-bet to 3,000,000 and snap-called for his stack of 9,200,000 when Sheils moved all in as the bigger stack.
Lazare Kalebashvili: J♦J♣
Brandon Sheils: A♠5♠
Sheils had three outs to bust Kalebashvili but the jacks held on the 10♠7♦9♦9♠7♥ runout to scoop the 18,925,000 chip pot.
The action was caught with cards on their backs, with Peter Koevesdi all-on and at risk for 2,100,000. Sondre Stormyr was the player looking to bust him.
Peter Koevesdi: A♥A♦
Sondre Stormyr: K♣10♣
Stormyr ran into aces and Koesesdi doubled up after his opponent failed to crack the rockets on the J♦8♦J♣6♠9♠ runout.
Maksym Mamon under the gun opened to 550,000 and was called by both Rokas Asipauskas in the cutoff and Thomas Eychenne in the big blind.
Mamon continued for 800,000 on 10♥6♦J♠. Asipauskas called but Eychenne check-folded A♥10♦.
Mamon fired a second barrel to 2,500,000 on the K♥ turn and Asipauskas called again to find the 8♣ river where Mamon bet 4,500,000.
Asipauskas went deep into the tank and after more than two minutes, he folded 10♠10♣. It was a good fold as Mamon had Q♠9♠ for a straight.
Sondre Stormyr opened to 500,000 from early position and was called by Nikolay Bibov from the hijack.
On the 6♦2♥2♣ flop, Bibov called a bet of 425,000. Stormyr then check-called for 650,000 on the 9♣ turn. The J♦ river prompted Stormyr to check again, putting the action on Bibov. He used several time banks before jamming as the big stack. Stormyr had 4,300,000 behind, and it was his turn to burn through a couple time extensions.
Stormyr decided to lay down his 10♠10♦ and it was the right move as Bibov had a set with his 9♠9♦.
In the 954th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is at the 2026 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) in Prague, where he is joined by special guest cohost Josh Arieh, the 2021 WSOP Player of the Year.
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| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip count | Big blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Joona Nyholm | Finland | 6,850,000 | 27 |
| 1 | 2 | Hengtao Zhu | Finland | 25,400,000 | 102 |
| 1 | 3 | Rokas Asipauskas | Lithuania | 13,375,000 | 54 |
| 1 | 4 | Jan Tichacek | Czech republic | 5,650,000 | 23 |
| 1 | 5 | Chris Hunichen | United States | 15,525,000 | 62 |
| 1 | 6 | Thomas Eychenne | France | 2,475,000 | 10 |
| 1 | 7 | Maksym Mamon | Switzerland | 8,400,000 | 34 |
| 1 | 8 | Thomas Hall | United Kingdom | 7,400,000 | 30 |
| 2 | 1 | Peter Koevesdi | Germany | 2,050,000 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | Lazare Kalebashvili | Georgia | 8,150,000 | 33 |
| 2 | 3 | Akihiro Konishi | Japan | 7,425,000 | 30 |
| 2 | 4 | Brandon Sheils | United Kingdom | 16,300,000 | 65 |
| 2 | 5 | Sondre Stormyr | Norway | 5,900,000 | 24 |
| 2 | 6 | Marius Kudzmanas | Lithuania | 17,625,000 | 71 |
| 2 | 7 | Nikolay Bibov | Bulgaria | 10,575,000 | 42 |
| 2 | 8 | Antonio Guimaraens | Spain | 3,800,000 | 15 |
Giovanni Zanette jammed for 3,800,000 from the button. Marius Kudzmanas in the small blind raised all-in for 13,000,000 and the big blind folded.
Giovanni Zanette: K♠Q♣
Marius Kudzmanas: 10♦10♣
Zanette was on his way to double up thanks to a flop of A♦3♥K♥, but the 10♥ turn gave Kudzmanas a set. The 8♥ river changed nothing and Zanette was eliminated.
The clock was stopped after this hand to do the two-table redraw.
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