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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...

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4 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Lampropulos Runs into Rockets

[caption id="attachment_51065" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Maria Lampropulos[/caption] Level 14: 3,000/6,000/6,000 Entries: 136/911 Prize Pool: €441,835 As the bubble started, Sami Agel opened to 20,000, before Maria Lampropulos three-bet jammed for 168,000. Gurvinder Shergill moved all in for 105,000 and Agel folded...

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4 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Another Elimination Before the Break

Level 8: 56/90 Entries Remain Blinds: 800-1,600/1,600 The chips of Timothy Chung were pushed to Luciano Piaggesi when his [7s] [7c] held versus [As] [6h] on a board of [Qd] [7d] [6c] [2h] [4c] that gave the Argentinian a set...

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4 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Covrig Left with Crumbs in Cooler

[caption id="attachment_29918" align="alignnone" width="1707"] Sergiu Covrig[/caption] Level 14: 3,000/6,000/6,000 Entries: 144/911 Prize Pool: €441,835 Badre Al-Ghouch was all-in for 160,000 and at risk against Sergiu Covrig, who just covered him. Badre Al-Ghouch: [As][Ad] Sergiu Covrig: [Ah][Kd] "Of course, totally makes...

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4 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Kilian Eliminated by Lyall

[caption id="attachment_50968" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Leon Kilian[/caption] Level 8: 60/90 Entries Remain Blinds: 800-1,600/1,600 "I three-bet jammed queen-jack and the big blind called with ace-ten, what can you do?" Leon Kilian said while sipping on a beer after his exit. The...

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4 April 2026 | by Richard Hayes

Exits Before Bubble

[caption id="attachment_48765" align="alignnone" width="1250"] Ott-Kaarli Toome[/caption] Level 14: 3,000/6,000/6,000 Entries: 144/911 Prize Pool: €441,835 Gordon Patterson, Ott-Kaarli Toome, Charlie Waters and Alexandru Boboc have all come up just short in their search for a cash in this event.

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4 April 2026 | by Christian Zetzsche

Tori Eliminated by Verhaegen

Level 8: 60/90 Entries Remain Blinds: 800-1,600/1,600 Mairo Tori was spotted all-in and at risk with the [Ah] [Qc] and he was up against the [Kh] [Jh] of Wim Verhaegen. The [Qs] [7h] [6s] [9s] [Th] runout gave Verhaegen the...

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4 April 2026 | by Christoffer Karlen

Cvach Improves

evel 7: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 49/74 Prize Pool: €25,652 Czech Jan Cvach opened to 2,500 UTG. Jake Lines (Hi-jack), Eric Nilsson (Button), and Zafer Alem (Big Blind) all made the call. After an initial check from Alen, Cvach fired a...