Event #1: €350 NLH Opener Day 2 | 2023 WSOP Europe

10-29-2023 23:22 UTC+2

Leykauf Gets Lucky to KO Kondraszuk

Josh Noy

Level 29 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Schayan Schakeri opened from under the gun to 130,000 and the action folded around to Frank Leykauf on the button. Leykauf three-bet to 260,000 before Maciej Kondraszuk moved all in for 690,000 in the big blind.

Schakeri took some time before making the fold, while Leykauf called and the hands were revealed.

Maciej Kondraszuk: A♥K♦
Frank Leykauf: A♣Q♣

The flop of 7♠J♣9♦ was clean for Kondraszuk, but the Q♥ turn left Leykauf in front. The 6♦ river completed the board, as Kondraszuk wished the table good luck on his way to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Schayan Schakeri	2,320,000 370,000	370,000
Frank Leykauf	2,210,000 730,000	730,000
Maciej Kondraszuk	Busted

Tags: Frank Leykauf Maciej Kondraszuk Schayan Schakeri

10-29-2023 23:15 UTC+2

Positano Loses Flip

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Josh Noy

Level 29 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Giuseppe Positano moved all in and was called by Stefan Drusca to his immediate left. The rest of the table folded, leaving Positano at risk.

Giuseppe Positano: A♦Q♦
Stefan Drusca: 10♣10♥

The classic flip turned sharply in Drusca's favor after hitting a set on the 6♣3♣10♦ set. The K♥ turn brought Positano a straight draw, but the 2♣ river was a brick to end his deep run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Drusca	2,180,000 -220,000	-220,000

Giuseppe Positano	Busted

Tags: Giuseppe Positano Stefan Drusca

10-29-2023 23:04 UTC+2

Bernau Among the Last to Fall

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 28 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Three players bowed out in quick succession and two of them lost their remaining chips on the same table. Jacek Kaczmarek was the first to vanish followed by Christian Bernau.

It was Bernau who jammed for 415,000 and Zlatin Penev called. Claudiu Descultu then jammed over the top and isolated.

Christian Bernau: A♠8♣
Claudiu Descultu: J♠J♣

No ace appeared on the Q♠2♠2♣Q♦3♠ runout as the field dropped to 44 hopefuls.

Player	Chips	Progress
Claudiu Descultu	2,050,000 650,000	650,000
Zlatin Penev	1,500,000 -100,000	-100,000
Marouane El Houati	Busted
Jacek Kaczmarek	Busted
Christian Bernau	Busted

Tags: Christian Bernau Claudiu Descultu Jacek Kaczmarek Zlatin Penev

10-29-2023 22:04 UTC+2

Schakeri and Penev Knock Out Pop

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Cornel-Gabriel Pop was in the big blind with a severe short stack and big blind ante invested. He faced a raise to 100,000 by Schayan Schakeri and a three-bet to 250,000 by Zlatin Penev, after which he called all-in for 175,000 and Schakeri came along.

On the A♣7♠7♥ flop, Schakeri check-called for 65,000 and did so again for 250,000 on the 2♣ turn. The A♥ river was checked as Schakeri was shown the A♠Q♠ by his table neighbour. Schakeri had a dry smile on the face as his A♦7♦ had flopped a full house only to settle for a chop.

In the meanwhile, Pop's tournament ended as he stood no chance with the J♣9♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Schayan Schakeri	1,950,000 1,420,000	1,420,000
Zlatin Penev	1,600,000 850,000	850,000
Cornel-Gabriel Pop	Busted

Tags: Cornel-Gabriel Pop Schayan Schakeri Zlatin Penev

10-29-2023 22:04 UTC+2

Recent Casualties at a Glance

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 27 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Huegel	Busted
Maximilian Kapun	Busted

Giorgi Imnadze	Busted

Ivan Vatev	Busted
Georgios Pantazis	Busted
Francesco Blasio	Busted
Jan Teunis	Busted
Maxim Fana	Busted
Christaki Tseko	Busted
Zeljko Gadzic	Busted
Adrian Martin	Busted
Brian Moro	Busted
Payam Ansarian	Busted
Catalin Diac	Busted
Andre Taskonidis	Busted
Petr Kubenka	Busted
Marian Cocea	Busted
Norman Vogel	Busted

10-29-2023 21:08 UTC+2

Rozhanovskyi On the Rise

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Josh Noy

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Hoa Nguyen moved his final 290,000 chips into the middle from middle position, only to see Borys Rozhanovskyi shove his stack of 595,000. Marin Dragutan instantly called in the big blind and the hands were turned up.

Hoa Nguyen: K♣Q♠
Borys Rozhanovskyi: J♠J♦
Marin Dragutan: A♥Q♥

Rozhanovskyi was looking to fade overcards and was able to on the 2♠6♠9♥9♦2♥ runout, earning the pot while Nguyen was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marin Dragutan	1,720,000 1,451,000	1,451,000
Borys Rozhanovskyi	1,550,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Hoa Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Borys Rozhanovskyi Hoa Nguyen Marin Dragutan

10-29-2023 21:08 UTC+2

Mueller Eliminated by Koleno

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Jiri Kun got out of the way when Stanislav Koleno pushed all-in, having previously called the shove of short stack Manfred Mueller.

Manfred Mueller: A♥Q♥
Stanislav Koleno: 10♦10♠

The K♣7♠3♥ flop and J♥ turn gave Mueller plenty of outs but the K♠ river was not among them.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jiri Kun	2,200,000 1,976,000	1,976,000
Stanislav Koleno	1,900,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Samir Boudeliou	1,700,000 1,564,000	1,564,000
Ivan Vatev	950,000 350,000	350,000
Benjamin Huegel	850,000 696,000	696,000
David Hu	800,000 575,000	575,000
Jan Teunis	500,000 258,000	258,000
Kasparas Klezys	500,000 342,000	342,000
Manfred Mueller	Busted

Tags: Jiri Kun Manfred Mueller Stanislav Koleno

10-29-2023 20:39 UTC+2

Kaya Eliminated by Bise

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Cemil Kaya raised to 75,000 off a stack of around half a million and Emil Bise then pushed all-in with the covering stack. That sent Kaya into the tank and he eventually called it off.

Once Bise rolled over the A♣9♥, Kaya sighed and exposed the dominated A♦6♦.

The kicker played on the 7♠7♣5♣3♣2♦ runout as Kaya failed to improve, sending Bise'e stack to seven figures.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emil Bise	1,400,000 700,000	700,000

Cemil Kaya	Busted

Tags: Cemil Kaya Emil Bise

10-29-2023 20:22 UTC+2

Farcasanu Can't Fade the River

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Josh Noy

Level 25 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Alexandru Farcasanu moved all in from under the gun for 285,000 and was quickly at risk when Andras Balogh also moved all in to his left. The rest of the table folded leaving the hand heads up.

Alexandru Farcasanu: 9♣9♦
Andras Balogh: A♠Q♦

Farcasanu's pocket pair was in front, but the K♦6♦5♦ flop brought Balogh a flush draw. The 4♠ turn was safe before the 4♦ river completed the ace-high flush for Balogh, ending Farcasanu's tournament run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Balogh	925,000 663,000	663,000
Alexandru Farcasanu	Busted

Tags: Alexandru Farcasanu Andras Balogh

10-29-2023 19:25 UTC+2

Duquellenec Joins the Big Stacks With Double Elimination

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 24 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Vadzim Lipauka open-shoved for 105,000 and Damien Duquellenec called from one seat over. Riadh Ben Farhat in the big blind tanked for a minute to then shove for more than half a million and Duquellenec snapped him off to put two players at risk.

Vadzim Lipauka: 5♣5♠
Riadh Ben Farhat: J♦9♠
Damien Duquellenec: K♠K♦

Ben Farhat was caught with the fingers in the cookie jar and there was no upset in the cards. The A♠4♠3♥3♣Q♣ board provided no help to Lipauka either and Duquellenec scored a double knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damien Duquellenec	1,950,000 1,150,000	1,150,000
Riadh Ben Farhat	Busted
Vadzim Lipauka	Busted

Tags: Damien Duquellenec Riadh Ben Farhat Vadzim Lipauka