Krasimir Yankov limped in from the small blind and Sirzat Hissou raised to 10,000 from the big blind. Yankov three-bet to 40,000 and Hissou made the call.
The flop came J♣9♥2♥ and Yankov bet 50,000. Hissou raised enough to put Yankov all in and Yankov, who had 116,000 behind, made the call to put himself at risk.
Krasimir Yankov: A♦K♥
Sirzat Hissou: 9♣9♦
Hissou was a huge favorite with middle set while Yankov was drawing only to a running straight. He picked up the gutshot on the Q♣ turn before the straight came in on the 10♥ river giving Yankov a full double up at Hissou's expense.
Hoang Phan limped in from the hijack and Samuel Ju raised to 27,500 from the small blind. Phan made the call.
The flop came K♥J♣10♦. Ju checked, Phan bet 55,000 and Ju called.
Phan bet again for 100,000 when checked to on the 2♥ turn. Ju moved all in for 398,000 and Phan made the call with a covering stack to put Ju at risk.
Samuel Ju: K♦K♠
Hoang Phan: 10♣10♠
Phan had flopped a set of tens but was drawing to just one out against Ju's set of kings. He found no help on the Q♥ river and was left with just under 15 big blinds while Ju secured a full double up.
Krasimir Yankov opened to 10,000 from the button before Salih Atac three-bet to 36,000 from the small blind. Orpen Kisacikoglu then reraised to 80,000 from the big blind, putting the action on Yankov. The latter used two time banks before five-betting to 148,000. Atac got out of the way ahead of Kisacikoglu putting in calling chips.
Kisacikoglu check-called for 45,000 on the 7♠6♠4♣ flop before the 7♣ turn checked through to the 9♠ river.
Yankov had around 205,000 behind and Kisacikoglu slid in enough T-25,000 chips to put his opponent all-in. Yankov used up a time bank before finding a fold.
Viktor Blom opened to 8,000 from the cutoff and Orpen Kisacikoglu three-bet to 40,000 from the small blind. Blom put in a four-bet to 128,000 and Kisacikoglu five-bet shoved, covering Blom who had started the hand with around 600,000. Blom weighed his options for just under 30 seconds before making the call, putting himself at risk.
Viktor Blom: Q♥Q♣
Orpen Kisacikoglu: K♠K♥
Blom was on the wrong side of a brutal preflop cooler and couldn't catch up on the 5♠2♠2♥4♣4♥ runout. Kisacikoglu dragged in the largest pot of the tournament so far while Blom quickly exercised his option to reenter.
Meanwhile at the other table, Tom-Aksel Bedell just sat down with a starting stack of 500,000.
In a limped pot between the blinds, Sirzat Hissou bet 2,000 on the 4♠3♥2♦ flop and Konstantyn Holskyi called.
Hissou then check-called a bet of 3,000 on the 3♠ turn, which brought in the 9♠ river. Hissou checked once more and Holskyi sized up to 20,000. Hissou checked his cards once more before flicking in a calling chip.
Holskyi tabled 10♥7♣ for a bluff and Hissou's J♣J♥ took in the pot.
With two players seeing a board of 8♣7♠5♣ and just under 10,000 in the middle, Konstantyn Holskyi bet 10,000 from the small blind and Stephen Chidwick called from the big blind.
Holskyi fired a second barrel for 20,000 on the 10♦ turn. Chidwick raised to 55,000 and Holskyi made the call.
On the J♦ river Holskyi checked and Chidwick bet 150,000. Holskyi used a single time extension before opting to call.
Chidwick turned over a straight with J♣9♠ to take down a massive early pot at Holskyi's expense.
At the 2024 WSOP Europe, 15 bracelet events are scheduled, and four have already crowned their champions.
Przemyslaw Szymanski claimed the first bracelet of the series by taking down Event #1: The €350 NLH Opener. Szymanski, a recreational player with an average tournament buy-in of €300, outlasted a massive field of 3,509 entries to win the top prize of €115,350, which also included a coveted ticket to the upcoming WSOPE Main Event.
In Event #2: €550 Pot-Limit Omaha, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Kokoulin emerged victorious. He secured his first bracelet after defeating Tomasz Kozub in a heads-up battle.
Former poker dealer Christopher Campisano turned a €1,350 buy-in into an impressive €213,950 by winning the Mini Main Event.
Brazilian pro and 888poker ambassador Vivian Saliba etched her name in history in Event #4: €2,000 Pot Limit Omaha, and became the first woman in three years to win a live open bracelet event (excluding the WSOP Ladies Event and Casino Employees Event). Saliba captured the title and the €91,400 top prize.
At the 2023 WSOP Europe, 42 of the world’s most prolific poker players had gathered at King’s Resort in Rozvadov to battle for the €25,000 GGMiliion€ title.
When the dust had settled, the 89 entries they had done together created a mighty prize pool of €2,079,930. However, the lion’s share of €600,000 could only go to the victor, and that was Canadian high roller Daniel Dvoress, who won his second golden bracelet by defeating Michael Rocco heads up. Rocco took home €365,000 after a relatively short heads-up battle but ultimately missed out on the top spot and all the glory that comes with it.
The win was Dvoress' first live bracelet, and followed his 2020 WSOP Online triumph. The live bracelet felt more special for Dvoress as “It was a tougher final table, it was a deeper final table, and the whole tournament was just longer, so it felt more real.”
Event #8: €25,000 GGMillion€ Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Daniel Dvoress
Canada
€600,000
2
Michael Rocco
United States
€365,000
3
Martin Kabrhel
Czechia
€260,000
4
Gab Yong Kim
South Korea
€189,000
5
Leonard Maue
Germany
€140,300
6
Niklas Astedt
Sweden
€106,600
7
Cedric Schwaederle
France
€82,900
8
Tamas Adamszki
Hungary
€66,200
Michael Rocco
Dvoress denied Rocco his maiden bracelet, but the American only had to wait until the following summer to finally shake off his WSOP hoodoo.
Stephen Chidwick opened to 2,500 from under the gun and Konstantyn Holskyi three-bet to 15,000 from the big blind. Chidwick four-bet to 37,500 and Holskyi made the call.
Chidwick bet 40,000 when checked to on the 10♥8♦3♦ flop. Holskyi check-raised to 125,000 and Chidwick opted to fold while Holskyi dragged in a sizable early pot without showdown.
