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6 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Nagreckis Doubles Through Karadimos

[caption id="attachment_53989" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Aleksandras Nagreckis[/caption] Level 40: 800,000/1,600,000 (1,600,000) Entries: 8/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 Action folded to Petros Karadimos, who min-raised to 3,200,000 on the Button. Aleksandras Nagreckis moved all in for 6,500,000 from the Small Blind, and Karadimos...

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6 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Garrett Boyle Eliminated in 9th Place (€15,320)

[caption id="attachment_53978" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Garrett Boyle[/caption] Level 40: 800,000/1,600,000 (1,600,000) Entries: 8/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 Action folded to Garrett Boyle, who open-shoved 13,000,000 on the Button. Sami Agel peeked at his hole cards in the Big Blind, then made the...

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6 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Garrett Survives

[caption id="attachment_53978" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Garrett Boyle[/caption] Level 39: 600,000/1,200,000 (1,200,000) Entries: 9/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 Short-stacked Garrett Boyle moved all in for 4,000,000 from UTG+1. Petros Karadimos three-bet to 7,000,000 from the Hi--jack, and the two contestants soon tabled their...

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6 April 2026 | by Dominic Clementson

Final 12 Chip Counts

[caption id="attachment_53657" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Javier Bris[/caption] Level 17: 6k/12k (12k) Entries: 12/131 Now the heads-up phase has finished, the blind levels have been dialled back. Here are the chip counts of our final dozen players. Javier Bris: 1,666,000 Mo Xu:...

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6 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Agel Doubles Through Boyle

[caption id="attachment_53970" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Sami Agel[/caption] Level 39: 600,000/1,200,000 (1,200,000) Entries: 9/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 Garrett Boyle opened to 2,500,000 UTG and was then faced with a three-bet to 6,500,000 from Sami Agel (UTG+2). Boyle then moved all in, and...

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6 April 2026 | by Dominic Clementson

Xu’s the Daddy — Bringing Heads-Up Phase to an End

[caption id="attachment_54114" align="alignnone" width="1250"] David Ledden[/caption] Level 19: 10k/20k (20k) Entries: 13/131 The mano a mano part of the Triathlon -- the cycling stage, if you will -- has now drawn to a close. Last to go was David Ledden,...

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6 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

McBrearty Doubles First Hand

[caption id="attachment_53974" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Darren McBrearty[/caption] Level 38: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 9/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 Darren McBrearty moved all in for 8,600,000 from the Lo-jack the very first hand of the final table. Action folded to chip leader David Penly,...

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6 April 2026 | by Dominic Clementson

Baumdicker Falls to Macovei

[caption id="attachment_54118" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Christian Baumdicker[/caption] Level 19: 10k/20k (20k) Entries: 15/131 Christian Baumdicker and Neculai Macovei got all the saucers in, on a flop of [3d][jd][6d], with the former at risk. Baumdicker: [qh][qs] Macovei: [kd][2h] Macovei was behind but...

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6 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Final Table Draw and Updated Counts

Level 38: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 9/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 The nine-handed final table is set and as of now, every level will feature a fixed amount of hands which happens to be 14 each until a winner has been crowned....

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6 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Bartkus is Out; Final Table is Set

[caption id="attachment_53961" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Gediminas Bartkus[/caption] Level 38: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 9/7,349 Prize Pool: €1,532,634 Action folded to Gediminas Bartkus in the Small Blind, who moved all in for 7,900,000. After contemplating his decision for a minute or two, Sami...