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4 April 2026 | by Dominic Clementson

Updated Chip Counts

Joan Hadley: 121,000 Marco Wendt: 107,000 Namir Mohamed: 105,000 Thomas Beck: 97,500 Kimberley Kilroy: 97,000 Adrien Pierini: 97,000 Ian Gill: 92,500 Robert Legg: 82,000 Jukka Parviainen: 66,000 Raf De Wever: 65,000

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4 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Big Stacks After the Second Break

Level 9: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 43/81 Prize Pool: €33,577 The second 20-minute break has concluded, meaning that late registration has now closed. Combined, the two starting-day flights has yielded a €33,577 prize pool. Below are the top 10 biggest stacks...

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4 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Risco Move Doesn’t Pay Off

Level 9: 52/92 Entries Remain Blinds: 1,000-2,000/2,000 Sebastian Risco jammed the last 25,500 from the small blind and Max Burney in the big blind gave him a stare down before he made the call. Sebastian Risco: [Ks] [4d] Max Burney:...

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4 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Power and Valerio Double on Bubble at Table 40

[caption id="attachment_43045" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Raymond Power[/caption] Level 15: 4,000/8,000/8,000 Entries: 136/911 Prize Pool: €441,835 Raymond Power jammed from the small blind for 90,000, and was looked up by John Doherty in the big blind. Raymond Power: [Th][Ts] John Doherty: [Ad][Qs]...

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4 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Bull Earns a Double

[caption id="attachment_51181" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Robert Bull[/caption] Level 9: 54/91 Entries Remain Blinds: 1,000-2,000/2,000 Over on table one, Robert Bull was all-in for 48,500 with [Ad] [Kh] against the [Ac] [Jc] of Dennis Schrijvers and the kicker played on the [Th]...

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4 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Ennes Doubles Through Risco

Level 9: 54/91 Entries Remain Blinds: 1,000-2,000/2,000 Tjenno Eskes in the big blind checked the [9s] [3d] [2d] [2h] turn and then called a bet worth 16,500 into 23,000 by Sebastian Risco. Eskes checked the [Jc] on the river and...

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4 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

The Fingers in the Cookie Jar

Level 9: 56/90 Entries Remain Blinds: 1,000-2,000/2,000 Max Burney raised to 4,000 in the cutoff and Stan Van Dijk three-bet to 15,000 on the button. Both blinds got out of the way and Burney then moved all-in, Van Dijk snap-folded....

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4 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

The Final Two Levels of the Night

Level 9: 56/90 Entries Remain Blinds: 1,000-2,000/2,000 The T-100 chips were raced off during the last break as they are no longer needed for the remainder of the evening and tournament. Below are the updated counts of the largest stacks...

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4 April 2026 | by Dominic Clementson

Break Time

Players are taking 20 minutes of respite. The tournament will resume at 23:05

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4 April 2026 | by Dominic Clementson

Kelly Doubles

Level 8: 800/1600 (1600) Entries: 43/76 Una Kelly went all in preflop for 20,300, and was called by Ahmed Abdella, who covered, but not by much Kelly: [ah][6s] Abdella: [kh][jc] The dealer spread out [8s][ac][ts]  [as]  [4d], giving Kelly a...