Friday, November 11, 2022 5:02 PM Local Time
Medet Kilinc opened the action from early position and was met with a Rene Middelberg three-bet from the small blind. Kilinc then four-bet to 16,400 and Middelberg shoved for 76,700. Kilinc deliberated before making the call.
Rene Middelberg:
Medet Kilinc:
The flop would come a safe before the turn gave Kilinc a flush draw and a decent chance of cracking the aces.
However, the river was the and Middelberg enjoyed the full double.
Rene Middelberg - 154,700
Medet Kilinc - 50,000
Friday, November 11, 2022 4:55 PM Local Time
Over on Table 91, there was already a pot of around 25,000 chips brewing on a board. Rene Middelberg checked over to Malikeh Jamali, who deliberated for about a minute before putting out 18,000 chips. Middelberg snap-called and Jamali immediately turned over for trip eights.
Malikeh Jamali - 132,500
Rene Middelberg - 80,000
Friday, November 11, 2022 4:48 PM Local Time
There was about 3,000 in the middle on a board when Thomas Hueber (hijack) and Marian Zemanek (cutoff) checked over to Dario Sammartino on the button, who bet 1,800. Both Hueber and Zemanek called.
Everyone would check down the turn and the river and Hueber's would be enough to take down the small pot.
Thomas Hueber - 210,000
Marian Zemanek - 83,000
Dario Sammartino - 135,000
Friday, November 11, 2022 4:45 PM Local Time
With a flop of and 6,200 in the middle, Simon Ziou bet 3,500 from under the gun. Giovanni Giudice raised to 7,200 from the button.
Chris Back in the small blind check-raised to 25,000 which made Ziou to fold quickly. Giudice however went deep into the tank. After four minutes thinking it over the clock was called on the Italian. With only a couple of seconds to spare Giudice moved all in for 56,000 and was snap-called by Back.
Giovanni Giudice:
Chris Back:
Giudice was disgusted that he was a victim to a set over set on the flop. That misery was soon transformed to joy as the case hit on the turn and the anguish was on Back's face instead.
The completed the board and Giudice secured a huge double-up and Back was left with fumes. Back asked the WSOP.com reporter "Is that going to make the live updates?" Yes Chris, yes it has.
Giovanni Giudice - 132,000
Chris Back - 8,800
Friday, November 11, 2022 4:35 PM Local Time
Action was caught with 25,000 in the middle on a board and Alexander Tkatschew checked from the big blind over to Adi Rajkovic on the button, who tanked before putting out a bet of 15,000. Tkatschew snap-called and Rajkovic was quick to turn over for top pair. Tkatschew just as quickly turned over for two pair and the win.
Alexander Tkatschew - 220,000
Adi Rajkovic - 120,000
Friday, November 11, 2022 4:26 PM Local Time
Monika Zukowicz, better known as HeyMonia online, opened to 1,200 from under the gun. Daan Mulders, in the hijack, three-bet to 4,500. Zukowicz then four-bet to 10,700 and Mulders called, leaving about 42,000 behind.
The flop came and Zukowicz took her time before continuing for 8,000, which drew a snap-fold from Mulders.
Monika Zukowicz - 164,000
Daan Mulders - 42,000
Friday, November 11, 2022 4:16 PM Local Time
There was around 30,000 in the middle on a board and Arian Kashi, from the hijack, had checked over to Aleksandar Tomovic, who bet 14,000 from the button. Kashi would then go all in for 48,600, which put Tomovic in the tank. After just over a minute, he made the call.
Arian Kashi:
Aleksandar Tomovic:
Tomovic's king-high flush was demolishing Kashi's overpair, with Kashi only having two outs if he wanted to continue on.
The river, incredibly, was the , giving Kashi a full house and a very unlikely win, with many around the table asking what had just happened.
Arian Kashi - 127,200
Aleksandar Tomovic - 29,000
Friday, November 11, 2022 4:05 PM Local Time
There was already 105,000 in the middle on a board when action was caught over at Table 120, with Luigi Shehadeh, from under the gun, having put in 48,000 of his 48,500 chips against Riadh Ben Farhat, who was in early position.
Farhat went deep into the tank, shaking his head no for virtually the entire time until he called off with a virtually similar stack.
Shehadeh turned over and Farhat could only muster a wry smile as he flipped over . After the chips were counted, Farhat was barely covered and was forced to exit the poker arena.
Luigi Shehadeh - 200,000
Riadh Ben Farhat - Eliminated
Friday, November 11, 2022 3:56 PM Local Time
There was a four-way, three-bet pot brewing over at Table 130, with a pot having already reached about 25,000 before the flop came . Action checked over to Leonardo Sabatino on the button, who continued for 8,800. Danilo Donnini, who cold-called Sabatino's three-bet preflop, raised to 20,700. After Roman Chochola and Hasan Kaylan folded, Sabatino went into the tank before deciding not to continue.
Danilo Donnini - 117,000
Leonardo Sabatino - 130,000
Friday, November 11, 2022 3:46 PM Local Time
Over at table 123, there was about 2,800 in the middle on a board and Paulina Loeliger checked over to David Hu, who put out a bet of 1,000. Loeliger raised to 4,500 from middle position and Hu called.
The turn brought the and Loeliger opted to check to Hu, who bet 5,200, forcing a snap-fold from Loeliger.
Despite losing the hand, Loeliger, more commonly known as Poker Bunny, is off to a flying start on Day 1a and has more than doubled her initial starting stack.
David Hu - 98,000
Paulina Loeliger - 210,000
Friday, November 11, 2022 3:40 PM Local Time
Level: 3
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Friday, November 11, 2022 3:25 PM Local Time
Players are now on their second 15-minute break of the day and will play five more levels in the first of two Day 1 flights.
Players will be on a 90-minute dinner break at the conclusion of Level 4.
Recently-crowned two-time WSOP Europe bracelet winner Emil Bise sat down in Level 2 and has already added a decent amount to his starting stack.
Julien Sitbon and Giorgio Montebelli have also fared well over the course of the first two levels of the day.
Matthias Kribben, who was one of the biggest Day 1 stacks at the 2022 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas, is already off to a flying start today, having more than doubled his starting stack in the first three hours of play.
With 386 players already registered for today alone, it appears that the field will absolutely smash the €5,000,000 guarantee and could potentially break last year's record-field of 688 entrants.
Friday, November 11, 2022 3:24 PM Local Time
With 28,000 in the middle on a completed board of , the action was on Paulina Loeliger in the small blind. Whilst they were making a decision Mihai Szilvezter flattened their stack to allow 'pokerbunny' to easily how much they had left.
After two minutes Loeliger opted to bet 20,000. This put the hooded and shaded Szilvezter deep into the tank. Loeliger was as still as a statue while the Italian made their decision.
After four minutes David Hu called for the clock. Tournament Director Andy Tillman gave Szilvezter thirty seconds to make a decision, they folded their hand and Loeliger is building a nice stack.
Paulina Loeliger - 169,300
Mihai Szilvezter - 49,400
Friday, November 11, 2022 3:21 PM Local Time
With 52,000 in the middle on a board, Benjamin Stiefel opted to jam for 93,000 from early position.
Luca Marchetti, who had about 70,000 behind, deliberated for some time before deciding to make the fold.
Benjamin Stiefel - 145,000
Luca Marchetti - 70,000
Friday, November 11, 2022 3:13 PM Local Time
Over at Table 101, there was exactly 10,000 in the middle when the flop came and Johannes Jonkers fired for 2,400. Matthias Kribben called while Alexander Dovzhenko got out of the way.
Both players would tap the table on the turn but on the river, Jonkers checked over to Kribben, who put out a bet of 7,000. Jonkers would take his time before eventually making the laydown.
Kribben, who's off to a blazing start, knows a thing or two about stacking chips at the Main Event, as he finished Day 1b second in chips at this past summer's WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas.
Matthias Kribben - 230,000
Johannes Jonkers - 90,000
Alexander Dovzhenko - 43,500
Friday, November 11, 2022 3:07 PM Local Time
Antonino Karman bet 1,300 from under the gun and Nicola D'Anselmo called from early position. Raoul Refos in the big blind raised to 7,500 which was called by both Karman and D'Anselmo.
Refos and Karman checked the flop of which gave D'Anselmo the opportunity to bet 10,500. Refos called but Karman folded.
The was delivered on the turn and D'Anselmo bet a huge 31,000. Refos thought it over and elected to fold.
Nicola D'Anselmo - 154,700
Antonino Karman - 44,000
Raoul Refos - 70,800
Friday, November 11, 2022 3:00 PM Local Time
There was 38,000 in the middle on a runout and Fabrizio D'Agostino put in a bet of 18,200 from the small blind. After about a minute, Hamid Bashardoust then shoved over the top and D'Agostino immediately tossed away his cards.
Hamid Bashardoust - 255,000
Fabrizio D'Agostino - 68,600
Friday, November 11, 2022 2:54 PM Local Time
The first ten players have been eliminated from the Main Event. Here is the list of early casualties.
Alfredo Cuti - Eliminated
Rene Middelberg - Eliminated
Dejan Jakovljevic - Eliminated
Younghwi Cho - Eliminated
Daniel Rezaei - Eliminated
Sammy Truong - Eliminated
Lautaro Cabrerizo - Eliminated
Dennis Magro - Eliminated
Samuel Mullur - Eliminated
Friday, November 11, 2022 2:48 PM Local Time
Over at Table 131, there was 18,000 already in the middle on a board and Julien Sitbon had put out a bet of 16,500 from early position. Mehrdad Nasiri then raised to 35,000, which got a reaction from Sitbon after about a minute in the tank. "I should probably call but I don't think I can." Eventually, he would fold and show for a flush.
Nasiri then raised his eyebrows and shook his head, indicating that Sitbon made a correct laydown before pointing up and saying "higher", claiming he had a better flush.
Mehrdad Nasiri - 110,000
Julien Sitbon - 135,000
Friday, November 11, 2022 2:39 PM Local Time
In the back of the poker arena, there was 20,000 in the middle on a runout and Gianluca Petrone, in the big blnd, had checked over to Vasilios Ntoumos, who deliberated before checking back.
Petrone flipped over , which received a scoff from Ntoumos before he tossed his cards into the muck.
Gianluca Petrone - 120,000
Vasilios Ntoumos - 88,000