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5 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Chip Counts at the Third Break

Level 22: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 5/184 Prize Pool: €93,702 The remaining five players in the tournament are now on a 30-minute break. Below are the current chip counts. Player Country Chips Big Blinds Colin Horgan Ireland 2,765,000 69 Tobias Napel...

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5 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Power Leveraging Stack

[caption id="attachment_43045" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Raymond Power[/caption] Level 31: 150,000/300,000/300,000 Entries: 4/911 Prize Pool: €441,835 With stacks shallow, the action is almost exclusively all-in preflop, with almost no postflop play at the moment. Raymond Power is leveraging his chip lead and...

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5 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Gary Fisher Eliminated in 6th Place (€15,800)

[caption id="attachment_52149" align="aligncenter" width="1250"] Gary Fisher[/caption] Level 20: 5/108 Entries Remain Blinds: 15,000-30,000/30,000 Prize Pool: €288,090 Gary Fisher chopped when his [Ah] [9s] was up against the [As] [9d] of Luciano Piaggesi. He then jammed the button early into the...

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5 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Keith Johnson Eliminated in 7th Place (€12,600)

[caption id="attachment_52134" align="aligncenter" width="1250"] Keith Johnson[/caption] Level 19: 6/108 Entries Remain Blinds: 10,000-25,000/25,000 Prize Pool: €288,090 Robert Bull made it 55,000 to go and Ranno Sootla in the big blind three-bet to 140,000. Back on Bull, the Scotsman pushed all-in...

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5 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Claudio Baldini Eliminated in 6th Place (€15,660)

[caption id="attachment_52110" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Claudio Baldini[/caption] Level 30: 100,000/250,000/250,000 Entries: 5/911 Prize Pool: €441,835 Claudio Baldini jammed from the hijack for 2,625,000, and Raymond Power rejammed from the button, isolating his opponent. Claudio Baldini: [Qh][Jd] Raymond Power: [Qc][Qs] Baldini had...

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5 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Burney and Sootla Lead the Way

Level 19: 7/108 Entries Remain Blinds: 10,000-25,000/25,000 Prize Pool: €288,090 Ranno Sootla made it 55,000 to go and Luciano Piaggesi three-bet to 140,000 in the next seat, which shut down the Estonian. Sootla was then in the big blind and...

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5 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Watinee Robinson Eliminated in 6th Place (€7,740)

[caption id="attachment_52353" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Watinee Robinson[/caption] Level 21: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 5/184 Prize Pool: €93,702 Seated in the Cut-off, Watinee Robinson open-shoved for 75,000. Colin Horgan (Button), Jacob Hamed (Small Blind), and Michael Khan (Big Blind) all made the call....

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5 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

No Action on Return After Dinner

[caption id="attachment_45182" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Tournament Room[/caption] Level 30: 100,000/250,000/250,000 Entries: 6/911 Prize Pool: €441,835 Thus far all have hands after dinner break have involved players moving all in but receiving no action/  

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5 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Bull Doubles Through Johnson

Level 19: 7/108 Entries Remain Blinds: 10,000-25,000/25,000 Prize Pool: €288,090 Ranno Sootla raised to 50,000 and was called by Gary Fisher on the button as well as Max Burney in the big blind. They checked the [Qs] [7h] [3h] flop...

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5 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Full Counts at Dinner Break

[caption id="attachment_43045" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Raymond Power[/caption] Level 30: 100,000/250,000/250,000 Entries: 6/911 Prize Pool: €441,835 Raymond Power - 7,575,000 Nico Frenn - 5,575,000 Samuel Mather - 4,700,000 Tarmo Tammel - 3,500,000 Claudio Baldini - 3,125,000 Jonas Heuser - 2,950,000 Play is...