It is the third 15-minute break of the day and 78 players remain with a chance of bagging a WSOPE gold bracelet.
2023 WSOP Europe
With two players seeing a board of A?8?10? and roughly 70,000 in the middle, Serkan Kuru had moved all in for his last 98,000 from the big blind and was called by Thijs Hilberts from under the gun who covered.
Serkan Kuru: A?K?
Thijs Hilberts: 6?5?
Kuru was ahead with top pair but the 9? turn brought the flush in, leaving Kuru drawing dead. The 2? river changed nothing and Hilberts took down a colossal pot while Kuru was eliminated on the stone bubble.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thijs Hilberts |
596,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
Serkan Kuru | Busted |
With two players seeing a board of 6?K?Q?Q? and roughly 90,000 already in the middle, Evgheni Toporas checked and called a 30,000 bet from Vladimir Troyanovskiy.
The river was the 10? and this time Toporas lead out with a bet of 50,000. Troyanovskiy quickly called.
Toporas tabled K?10? for two pair but Troyanovskiy showed down 6?6? for sixes full of queens to take the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vladimir Troyanovskiy |
370,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
Evgheni Toporas |
84,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
Aaron Duczak moved all in for 58,000 from the cutoff and was called by Radu Pitic in the small blind.
Aaron Duczak: K?Q?
Radu Pitic: J?8?
Duczak was ahead, but after the board of 4?2?2?K?J?, Pitic made a flush to win the pot and the Canadian's bounty. Duczak made the final table of this event last year, but won't be repeating the feat this year.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Radu Pitic |
436,000
122,000
|
122,000 |
Aaron Duczak | Busted |
The floor has announced that hand for hand is now in play due to slow play on some tables.
Currently 88 remain and two eliminations will burst the bubble
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
With 120,000 in the middle on the flop of J?10?7?, John Armbrust bet 100,000 which was enough to put Dennis Sahin at risk. Sahin took a minute before calling.
Dennis Sahin: K?J?
John Armbrust: A?J?
Both players had a pair of jacks but Armbrust had the better kicker. The 8?6? completed the board and did not change the result. Sahin busts a few spots short of the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Armbrust |
520,000
520,000
|
520,000 |
Dennis Sahin | Busted |
Hacine Chatteur opened to 42,000 from the cutoff, committing approximately half his stack. Arturo Paduano moved all in from the big blind with a covering stack and Chatteur made the call to put himself at risk.
Hacine Chatteur: A?J?
Arturo Paduano: 8?7?
Chatteur was ahead preflop but the Q?6?5? flop gave Paduano a monster draw in the form of a flush draw and open-ended straight draw. The straight came in on the 4? turn leaving Chatteur drawing dead. the 9? river was a formality and Chatteur was sent to the rail while Paduano continued to add chips to his stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Arturo Paduano |
480,000
438,500
|
438,500 |
Hacine Chatteur | Busted |
Thijs Hilberts bet 16,000 from middle position and faced a raise of 42,000 from Kacper Pawlowski on the button.
Both players checked the J?10?6? flop, but Hilberts led out for 24,000 on the turn which was called by Pawlowski.
The 7? completed the board and Hilberts bet 45,000. After nearly a minute of contemplation time Pawlowski made the call. Hilberts tabled 9?8? who picked up a monster draw on the flop, but in the end, made a jack-high straight to take a huge pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thijs Hilberts |
485,000
461,000
|
461,000 |
Kacper Pawlowski |
137,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000