Event #11: €1,650 NLH 6-Max Jour 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker Europe

2021-11-30 10:58 UTC+2

Welcome to Day 1 of the Event #11: €1,650 NLH 6-Max

Welcome back to King's Resort, Rozvadov where the 11th bracelet event of the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe gets underway at 10 a.m. local time. Today sees the start of Day 1 of the two-day tournament.

The event is a new entry to the WSOPE schedule and is expected to create a huge field, as it is the only 6-max NLH event of the series. The tournament is unlimited re-entry, with players receiving 40,000 starting chips. The plan for Day 1 is to play 16 levels of 40 minutes each. Late registration is open for 12 levels.

Stay tuned to PokerNews as this exciting event gets underway.

2021-11-30 13:01 UTC+2

Chen Eliminates Maliqi

Niveau 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Pierre Mothes raised to 800 and Bleron Maliqi next to him called. Pete Chen raised to 4,000 from the button and after the fold of Mothes, Maliqi called to see a flop.

The flop came and Maliqi check-raised to 6,000 the bet of 1,800 of Chen.

Chen raised enough to put Maliqi all-in who called relatively quickly.

Bleron Maliqi:
Pete Chen:

The turn and river gave the pot to Chen and sent Maliqi to the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Pete Chen	65,000 25,000	25,000

Bleron Maliqi	Eliminé

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2021-11-30 13:50 UTC+2

Mrakes Doubles Through Chen

Niveau 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

With the board completed and with around 33,000 in the pot Michal Mrakes called the shove of Pete Chen who covered him and the cards were turned over.

Chen had for a pair of aces while Mrake's bested that with trip tens .

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Michal Mrakes	75,000 35,000	35,000
Pete Chen	70,000 -30,000	-30,000

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2021-11-30 14:28 UTC+2

Ruzicka Joins the Field

Niveau 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Former November niner, Vojtech Ruzicka joined the field.

In one of the hands he played, the action started with a limp from Mark Helou under the gun, Wilfried Haselmayer next to him followed as well and so did Iman Ghashayar from the small blind and Vojtech Ruzicka from the big blind.

The flop came and all players checked.

The turn was the and Ghashayar led for 1,000 which Ruzicka raised to 4,500. Helou called and the other players folded.

The river was the and Ruzicka bet 2,500. Helou raised to 7,000 and Ruzicka snap-called to split the pot as both players had the one card straight. Ruzicka with and Helou with .

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Vojtech Ruzicka	40,000 40,000	40,000

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2021-11-30 16:47 UTC+2

Stokkan Doubles Through Radicchi

Niveau 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With around 35,000 in the middle, Andrea Radicchi and Preben Stokkan were all-in on the flop, with Radicchi having the bigger stack.

Preben Stokkan:
Andrea Raficchi:

The turn was the and the river the and Stokkan doubled up to leave Radicchi back with the starting stack.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Preben Stokkan	85,000 45,000	45,000
Andrea Radicchi	40,000 -60,000	-60,000

2021-11-30 19:31 UTC+2

Bendinelli Knocks Out Teusl

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Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Jessica Teusl and Giuliano Bendinelli ended up all-in preflop with Teusl having around 60,000 and Bendinelli covering her by far.

Jessica Teusl:
Giuliano Bendinelli:

The board opened and Teusl was out.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Giuliano Bendinelli	260,000 125,000	125,000

Jessica Teusl	Eliminé

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2021-11-30 20:34 UTC+2

Bise Knocks Out Martirosian

Niveau 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Artur Martirosian, who entered in the last minute in the tournament, was all-in preflop against Emil Bise.

Artur Martirosian:
Emil Bise:

The board ran out and gave the pot to Bise sending Martirosian to the rail.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Emil Bise	360,000 -80,000	-80,000

Artur Martirosian	Eliminé

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2021-11-30 21:24 UTC+2

Sitbon Doubles Through Nedelcu

Niveau 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mark Helou raised to 6,500 and Julien Sitbon called from the button. Narcis Nedelcu raised to 22,300 from the small blind forcing the fold of Helou.

Sitbon counted his stack and the shoved all-in for 112,000. Nedelcu snap-called.

Julien Sitbon:
Narcis Nedelcu:

The board opened and Sitbon doubled up.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Narcis Nedelcu	245,000 -155,000	-155,000
Julien Sitbon	235,000 50,000	50,000

2021-11-30 22:34 UTC+2

Big Stacks pour ElkY, Sonny Franco et Quentin Crutel

Niveau 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Day 1 of Event #11: €1,650 NLH 6-Max has come to an end. It was a long and gruelling day for the players who had to compete for fifteen 40-minute levels. Out of the 535 entries only 91 survived and bagged their chips for Day 2.

There were many big names who either started the tournament or late registered it. Among them Jack Sinclair, Tom Vogelsang, Laszlo Bujtas, Anton Morgerstern, Artur Martirosian, Julien Martini and Preben Stokkan who all failed to move on to Day 2.

However, there were a lot of notable players that made it to Day 2 such as Fahredin Mustafov, Bertrand ''ElkY'' Grospellier, Pete Chen but at the top of the chip count is an online-bracelet winner Kacper Pyzara, who is looking to match his success in the live felt as well.

Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1 of Event #11: €1,650 NLH 6-Max

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Kacper Pyzara	Poland	649,000	130
2	Quentin Crutel	France	589,000	118
3	Oleg Mandzjuk	Germany	530,000	106
4	Sonny Franco	France	525,000	105
5	Renat Bohdanov	Ukraine	523,000	105
6	Tony Tran	United States	519,000	104
7	Vadzim Lipauka	Belarus	492,000	98
8	Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier	France	484,000	97
9	Alik Zazian	Russia	480,000	96
10	Ivan Bryksin	Russia	452,000	90

Play resumes tomorrow at 10 a.m. local time and players will enter level 16, with 3000-6000 and a big blind ante of 6000.

Tags: Anton Morgerstern Artur Martirosian Fahredin Mustafov Jack Sinclair Julien Martini Kacper Pyzara Laszlo Bujtas Pete Chen Preben Stokkan Tom Vogelsang