2019 World Series of Poker Europe

Abelardo Hafauri moved in for a little under 800,000 from middle position. Everyone folded to Shahar Levi in the big blind who snap-called the shove.

Abelardo Hafauri:
Shahar Levi:

Hafauri begged for the three-outer to come but the aces didn't appear on a board to end his bracelet attempt. David Mackenzie busted the Mini Main shortly after as well.

Renat Bohdanov raised to 180,000 on the butotn, Nitin Jain three-bet shoved 1,165,000 from the small blind and Bohdanov snap-called.

Nitin Jain:
Renat Bohdanov:

Jain's light reshove was looked up by Bohdanov but the Indian escaped eliminated when the dealer fanned out to pair Jain up on the river.

Georgy Philipppovich shoved from the cutoff for 1,175,000 and was called by Shahar Levi in the big blind.

Georgy Philippovich:
Shahar Levi:

The board ran out for Levi to hit flop top pair and hold throughout to eliminate Philippovich.

In the first of two hands, Alexander Poizner and Gerardo Giammugnani had built a pot of about a million already when the board was reading . Poizner fired a shell worth 570,000 and Giammugani called him off after quite some thought with . Poizner had for an airball and was left with 625,000.

A few hands later, Poizner shipped his remaining stack in from under the gun and got a call once seat over from Andrii Vakaliuk.

Alexander Poizner:
Andrii Vakaliuk:

Poizner lost the race on a board and was gone in 32nd place.

Fulvio Sansanelli shoved from the hijack for around 750,000 and was called by Leonid Yanovski in the big blind who flipped over his cards but looked away during the runout.

Fulvio Sansanelli:
Leonid Yanovski:

The board ran out for Yanovski to flop top pair but Sansanelli picked up the gutshot to a Broadway too. The rest of the board didn't bring the hack Sansanelli needed as he was sent to the rail.

Andrii Vakaliuk raised to 130,000 from under the gun and Navot Golan called in the hijack. Quan Zhou shoved for 900,000 in the cutoff. Action folded back to Vakaliuk who folded but Golan called.

Quan Zhou:
Navot Golan:

The board ran out for Zhou to hold with the pair of jacks to double up.

Bartel Kars raised to 125,000 from the cutoff and Andrew Bak three-bet to 375,000 from the small blind. Paul Evans folded his big blind and action was back on Kars who made the call after checking out Bak's stack.

The flop came , Bak continued with a bet of 250,000 and Kars called.

The turn was the , Bak slowed down by checking and Kars took over the initiative by leading out for 350,000. Bak called to see the complete the board. Bak checked for the last time. Kars shoved with the bigger stack and Bak snap-called with for two pair, aces and sevens, while Kars held .

2019 WSOPE Event #1 winner Renat Bohdanov has been on a rampage here as well but just met some resistance from Gerardo Giammugnani.

With already a sizable pot brewing between the two, Giammugnani checked from the big blind to Bohdanov, who bet 425,000 on the button. Giammugnani check-raised all in for 1,555,000 and Bohdanov folded after thirty seconds.

One table over, Vasile Sabou was all in and at risk holding against the of Jose Rivas, who had him covered by a wide margin. The board didn't gave Sabou the needed help and Rivas loudly celebrated the win. Thai Ha and Bogdan Munteanu also busted.