🇪🇺 EPM Euro Poker Million ✍️ LIVE BLOG
Updated: Aug 15
Here we are once again at King’s Resort Rozvadov, ready to bring you the full coverage of another incredible event: the EPM – Euro Poker Million 2026.
With a €590 buy-in and a massive €3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, the tournament is already underway. The first two opening flights have already been played, and you can find their reports right below. For the full live coverage from Day 1C onward, scroll down and follow all the updates from the tournament floor. Are you ready to live another great poker adventure with us?
Report Day1 A+B - CLICK HERE
Report Day1 C - CLICK HERE
Report Day1 D - CLICK HERE
Report Day1 E - CLICK HERE
Report Day1 F - CLICK HERE
Report Day1 G - CLICK HERE
Report Day2 - CLICK HERE
Thu 28 Jul - 18:30- Final table EPM live streaming! Maksic and Ye on top!
Seat | Name | Chipcount | Nationality |
1 | XIAOJIE YE | 87 600 000 | 🇨🇳 |
2 | GENNARO PROSCIA | 36 400 000 | 🇮🇹 |
3 | DAVID RIHA | 75 900 000 | 🇨🇿 |
4 | SASA MAKSIC | 90 700 000 | 🇷🇸 |
5 | LUKASZ PREJS | 13 800 000 | 🇵🇱 |
6 | HALIL COKNEZ | 7 300 000 | 🇩🇪 |
7 | ROLAND ERARD | 14 900 000 | 🇨🇿 |
8 | ANDRE WINKLER ARNOLD | 18 200 000 | 🇩🇪 |
9 | DREJ GOETZ | 28 200 000 | 🇨🇿 |
Thu 28 Jul - 18:00 Decher busts and the EPM Rozvadov final table is set! Proscia on a downswing against Quiestce but still in!
Blinds 400k/800k/800k – 9/7303 players left – 48.7M average stack
David Riha knocks out Ionut Decher in 10th place and the record‑breaking Euro Poker Million final table is formed.
Decher is short and shoves A‑T, running into the Czech’s A‑K: the board bricks and the pot goes to Riha. The Romanian player cashes €22,900.
All the finalists have already locked up €30,709 plus a ticket for the King’s Million European Poker Championship.
Gennaro Proscia reaches the final table with 33 million, with the average at 48.6M. With 10 players left he had the hand to get back to 60 million. The Czech Quiestce rips his 10 million stack in with A‑8 and Gennaro calls with 9‑9. An ace peels off as the first card on the flop and he drops to 33 million. “We’ll try to win it all back,” Proscia said before the final table.
Final table payout
Posizione | Premio |
1 | 503 000 EUR |
2 | 303 000 EUR |
3 | 205 000 EUR |
4 | 148 000 EUR |
5 | 107 000 EUR |
6 | 78 500 EUR |
7 | 57 000 EUR |
8 | 42 000 EUR |
9 | 30 709 EUR |
Thu 28 Jul - 16:00 - Hu Lulei’s back‑to‑back dream is over, but his friend Ye flies to 100 million! 10 left and on the final‑table bubble!
Blinds 300k/500k/500k – 10/7303 players left – 43.8M average stack
Hu Lulei’s dream ends in 12th place as he has to settle for €14,900 after his previous €380,000 first prize. “Did I believe I could win it again? At some point, yes, but it’s fine anyway. I got close to the final table, but I’ve already made four of them from May to now and I’m happy with that.” Hu also battled as a short stack and, at the end of June, he came close to another final table in Málaga.
He’s now approaching $1.7 million in career winnings.
In 11th place for €19,900, Lukasz Wasek busts, and we’re down to 10 left.
Chip leaders:
Xiaojie Ye – 100M
Ricardo Ferreira – 67M
Bruce Lee – 60M
Gennaro Proscia – 60M
Arnold Winkler – 40M
Thu 28 Jul - 16:00 - Cannistrà and Biavaschi out, 12 left and Ye even deeper!
Blinds 250k/500k/500k – 12/7303 players left – 36.5M average stack
Two Italian players are out. Dario Cannistrà (picture) busts 15th for €14,900, out with 8‑8 vs J‑9, but he leaves happy after firing just one bullet from Saturday through to the final day.
Marco Biavaschi busts in 14th for the same payout. Ye cuts Marco’s stack in half, then Marco gets it in with 9‑9 over “Bruce Lee”’s open with K‑J. Call, and a jack hits the flop.
“Bruce Lee” moves up to 50M and Ricardo Ferreira, on his right, climbs to 80M.
Thu 28 Jul - 15:00, Two tables left with a monster Proscia, 69 vs AA, Ye on 70M and Bruce Lee on 53M!
Blinds 250k/500k/500k – 15/7303 players left – 29.2M average stack
Gennaro Proscia keeps climbing and moves over 70 million chips, still on the feature table. With him Hu Lulei on 5 million, but the Italo‑Chinese Xiaojie Ye has emerged with 70 million.
Proscia takes the field down to the last two tables by busting Czech player Jaromir Hanel in 17th place for €11,100: 69 offsuit for the Italian versus AA. He picks up a gutshot on the turn and hits his straight on the river, shooting up towards 80 million.
Ye started very deep, well above average, then scooped a huge pot in a two pair over two pair cooler. In a blind‑versus‑blind spot with KT offsuit, the flop comes K‑T‑8. Villain rips it in with K‑8 and loses the monster pot, busting from the tournament. Then another short stack shoves and runs into Ye’s A‑A. From there Ye keeps growing through a series of uncontested pots.
Busting in 16th place, just before the final two tables, is Croatian player Mateo Ciglar. Marco Biavaschi knocks him out with Q‑Q. The Italian climbs over 20 million, still some way below the average. The Croatian goes out right before the money jump at €14,900.
“Bruce Lee” is steady on 53 million, Ricardo Ferreira also on 53 million, and Arnold Winkler on 28 million.
Thu 28 Jul - 02:30 - Gennaro Proscia leads the last 24 to the Final Day!
Gennaro Proscia ends Day 3 as the overall chip leader with more than 56 million chips, overtaking Bruce Lee, who had led the field for most of the day. Find all the key hands, highlights and complete coverage from today’s action in our daily report by clicking HERE.
Last 24
🇮🇹 Gennaro Proscia – 56,325,000
🇩🇪 Bruce Lee – 50,850,000
🇨🇿 David Riha – 32,625,000
🇷🇸 Royalsash – 32,050,000
🇵🇱 PREJSU – 26,875,000
🇨🇳 Xiaojie Ye – 23,600,000
🇮🇹 Marco Biavaschi – 22,925,000
🇨🇭 Quiestce – 22,000,000
🇩🇪 Andre Winkler Arnold – 20,200,000
🇷🇴 Ionut Alexandru Decher – 18,600,000
🇵🇱 Lukasz Mieczyslaw Wasek – 18,200,000
🇩🇪 Randy Marsh – 18,025,000
🇨🇿 Ondrej Goetz – 16,175,000
🇨🇿 Šachista – 12,825,000
🇨🇳 Lu Lei Hu – 10,850,000
🇦🇲 Tigran Piloyan – 9,000,000
🇧🇬 Dimitar Aleksandrov Toshev – 8,000,000
🇺🇸 Nicholas Lynn Scott – 7,400,000
🇷🇴 Bogdan Alexandru Tilica – 7,375,000
🇮🇹 Dario Cannistra – 7,275,000
🇫🇷 Dorian Jean Paul Jacquin – 6,300,000
🇭🇷 Mateo Ciglar – 5,025,000
🇭🇷 Ante Mazarekic – 4,525,000
🇮🇹 Alexander Luciani – 2,150,000
Thu 28 Jul - 01:30 - Last break and (then) last level of the day, Bruce Lee ahead, Gennaro Proscia Italy's best!
The EPM – Euro Poker Million 2026 Main Event is heading into the final stretch of Day 3. Play is about to enter Level 31, with blinds increasing to 150,000/300,000 and a 300,000 big blind ante. Just 31 players remain from the original field of 7,363 entries, with the average stack now standing at 14 million chips.
Below you can find the complete list of eliminations since the start of the day.
Among the Italians, the spotlight is firmly on Gennaro Proscia, who has spent the entire day on the feature table and currently sits on an impressive 30.1 million chips, more than double the tournament average. Speaking during the last break, Proscia explained that he has deliberately kept variance to a minimum, passing on several marginal spots despite having the stack to apply pressure.
His biggest pot of the day came when his A-K held against an opponent’s K-Q after a preflop shove worth around 20 big blinds, a hand that gave him another significant boost.
Also flying the Italian flag is Marco Biavaschi, seated at the same table as Proscia, with an excellent 19.5 million-chip stack. Alexander Luciani remains comfortably above average with 13.8 million, while Lu Lei Hu is still in contention with 11.6 million, close to the average stack. The tournament is far from over for the shorter stacks as well, with the current structure still offering plenty of room to manoeuvre.
A quick look around the room shows Germany’s Bruce Lee still leading the field with 38 million chips, nearly three times the average. Among the other biggest stacks are David Riha (25M), Prejsu (24M), Royalsash (24M), Andre Winkler Arnold (22M), Randy Marsh (22M), Xiaojie Ye (21M), Mateo Ciglar (18M) and Lukasz Mieczyslaw Wasek (16.5M). Romanian regular Ionut Alexandru Decher continues his run with 11.7 million chips.
Just before the players headed on break, the tournament floor witnessed another interesting confrontation, adding to the growing tension as the field edges closer to the final stages. More details on that hand will follow in the next update.
Meanwhile, the High Roller has reached the four-handed stage. Still in contention for the €91,973 first prize are Pascal Los (Netherlands), Cristiano Ronaldo (Germany, nickname), Ronit Halfon (Israel), who currently leads the chip count, and Romania’s Eusebiu Nicolae Ialba, the shortest stack of the remaining four players
Top Stacks (Unofficial)
🇩🇪 Bruce Lee – 38.0M
🇮🇹 Gennaro Proscia – 30.1M
🇨🇿 David Riha – 25.0M
🇷🇸 Royalsash – 24.0M
🇵🇱 Prejsu – 24.0M
🇩🇪 Andre Winkler Arnold – 22.0M
🇩🇪 Randy Marsh – 22.0M
🇨🇳 Xiaojie Ye – 21.0M
🇮🇹 Marco Biavaschi – 19.5M
🇭🇷 Mateo Ciglar – 18.0M
🇵🇱 Lukasz Mieczyslaw Wasek – 16.5M
🇮🇹 Alexander Luciani – 13.8M
🇷🇴 Ionut Alexandru Decher – 11.7M
🇨🇳 Lu Lei Hu – 11.6M
Last Eliminations (33-100)
🇵🇹 Ricardo Joao Almeida Ferreira – €5,975
🇮🇹 Piero Protti – €5,975
🇮🇹 Francesco Spinella – €5,975
🇨🇭 Sergio Carrabs – €5,975
🇮🇹 Davide Filieri – €5,975
🇩🇪 Tim Koehler – €5,975
🇷🇴 Cosmin Ionut Nica – €5,975
🇷🇴 Iulian Dumitru Ciobotariu – €5,975
🇩🇪 Marcel Baskharon – €5,975
🇩🇪 Xiaohua Yang – €5,975
🇨🇭 Simon Schnidrig – €5,975
🇮🇹 Salvatore Liotta – €5,975
🇷🇴 Adrian Ionescu – €4,300
🇨🇿 Jan Tichacek – €4,300
🇬🇷 Apostolos Kofidis – €4,300
🇩🇪 Milad Sheva – €4,300
🇩🇪 Amir Ali Karami – €4,300
🇷🇴 Ionut Chirap – €4,300
🇨🇭 Suat Ajdini – €4,300
🇺🇦 Aliaksei Chernak – €4,300
🇩🇪 Marc Emanuel Friedrich Roberto Eden – €4,300
🇷🇴 Catalin Paul Diac – €4,300
🇦🇹 Pascal Inkert – €4,300
🇮🇹 Matteo Garofali-Martorelli – €4,300
🇪🇸 Juan Manuel Lopez Agenjo – €4,300
🇮🇹 Giuseppe Cangemi – €4,300
🇸🇮 Mateusz Moolhuizen – €4,300
🇸🇰 David Hoppan – €4,300
🇩🇪 Ahmad Ali Sameeian – €4,300
🇮🇱 Shalom Sharabi – €4,300
🇬🇷 Timour Kotidis – €3,000
🇮🇹 Emanuele Bonesi – €3,000
🇨🇿 Jakub Koleckar – €3,000
🇮🇹 Paride Zullo – €3,000
🇫🇷 Rachid Medjahdi – €3,000
🇮🇹 Davide Ceglia – €3,000
🇩🇪 Hueseyin Erbay – €3,000
🇨🇿 Radek Kotas – €3,000
🇮🇹 Mauro Frederick Zennaro – €3,000
🇲🇩 Andrei Chiriliuc – €3,000
🇸🇪 Yuhan Wang – €3,000
🇨🇿 Marek Ohnisko – €3,000
🇬🇧 Radu Gabriel Lita – €3,000
🇮🇹 Francesco Di Profio – €3,000
🇧🇪 Kevin Hox – €3,000
🇮🇹 Matteo Zanardi – €3,000
🇩🇪 Diab Khodr – €3,000
🇩🇪 De Han Kim – €3,000
🇸🇰 Ivan Fedor – €3,000
🇨🇭 Beat Mathys – €3,000
🇵🇱 Gabriel Dobromir Rymar – €3,000
🇷🇴 Marius Constantin Iftimia – €3,000
🇨🇭 Patrick Schlatter – €3,000
🇭🇺 Attila Kuna – €3,000
🇮🇹 Riccardo De Marchi – €3,000
🇵🇱 Maciej Ludwik Kondraszuk – €3,000
🇮🇹 Feliciano Rosano – €3,000
🇷🇴 Adam Albert – €3,000
🇵🇹 Paulo Jorge Do Rio Andre De Castro Rodrigues – €3,000
🇸🇪 Johan Alexander Mikael Koehl – €3,000
🇨🇿 David Taborsky – €3,000
🇮🇹 Salvatore Ricciardi – €3,000
🇸🇰 Marian Kubis – €3,000
🇮🇹 Luca Capobianco – €3,000
🇩🇰 Ismail Yilmaz – €3,000
🇦🇹 Pavel Chalupka – €3,000
🇩🇪 Maximilian Kuntz – €2,000
🇮🇹 Carlo Bernardinello – €2,000
Thu 28 Jul - 00:15 - Ye coolers Piloyan and climbs to 18M with 35 left!
35/7,303 players left, 125k/250k/250k, 12.5M average stack.
Italo-Chinese player Xiaojie Ye takes off at Hu Lulei’s table. Another cooler, this time against Armenian player Tigran Piloyan (picture).
Ye opens with AA, Piloyan 3-bets from the button, 4-bet and call.
Flop: 7-6-5, Ye rips it in and gets called.
Piloyan has JJ. Turn Q, river 10 and the Armenian drops to 15.8M while Ye climbs to 18M.
Mon 27 Jul - 23:45 - Monster cooler, German player Bruce Lee is massive chip leader with 40M!
39/7,303 players left, 100k/200k/200k, 11.2M average stack.
German player Bruce Lee is the massive chip leader of the EPM Main Event with over 40M, 4x the average! He was already on 34M when, on the button, he looks down at AA and opens to 400k. Romanian player Ionut 3-bets to 1.5M, Bruce Lee jams for 34M and gets called for a total of 6M. Ionut busts in 45th place for €5,975.
Out in 44th place: Salvatore Liotta (picture), who takes home €5,975 after a brutal Day 3.
Alexander Luciani wins a few uncontested pots and stays above average, same as Hu Lulei.
Mon 27 Jul - 23:00 - PREJSU’s smart strategy: burns 3 time banks, doubles up and hits the pay jump, RoyalSash and Scott still on top
44 players left, playing on until 3 a.m., average stack is 9.5M.
Polish player PREJSU goes for a strategy spot, burning 3 time banks against Nicholas Scott, who has 30M in front of him.
PREJSU opens to 425k, Scott 3-bets to 1.2M, the Pole then effectively rips it in, leaving just a few chips behind. He tanks and burns 3 time banks to wait out the pay jump. He makes the call right after Adrian Ionescu busts 45th against Ye (QQ > A2) for €4,300. From 44th place the payout jumps to €5,975.
It’s QQ vs AK and an ace hits the flop for the double up. Scott loses 3 million.
RoyalSash is on 29M and Arnold Winkler has 19M. Former EPM 2025 winner Hu Lulei is above average with 11M, Liotta sits on 8M, Piero PRO has 7M, and Filieri takes a hit and drops down.
Mon 27 Jul - 22:00 - RoyalSash busts Ferreira and climbs to 16M, Ciglar up to 17M, Filieri near average
52/7,303 players left, 8.4M average stack at 80k/160k/160k.
RoyalSash keeps climbing and is now on 16M after this hand. Ferreira drops below average.
UTG Ricardo Ferreira opens to 325k, RoyalSash 3-bets to 825k from the cutoff, call.
Flop: J❤️ 5♦️ 8❤️ – check-check.
Turn: 3♣️ – 900k, call.
River: J♣️ – another barrel from the Portuguese for 1.1M and a call.
RoyalSash: 7♠️8♠️
Ferreira: A♠️Q♣️
Meanwhile, Mateo Ciglar (picture) continues to build and is up to 17M, Filieri recovers and gets close to average.
Piero PRO applies pressure on Arnold Winkler. He 3-bets to 825k from the button over the Austrian’s UTG1 open to 325k.
Flop: Q♦️ J♣️4♣️ – Piero rips it in on the flop and shows AK. He scoops 1.3M and starts to climb back toward the average.
Mon 27 Jul - 21:30 - Top stacks with 54/7,303 players left, 8.1M average stack at 80k/160k/160k
German player Pavel is still in the lead, while the best-placed Italian is Alexander Luciani. Hu Lulei, who can go back-to-back on the final day, is above average with 9.5M.
Pavel 18M
Andre Winkler Arnold 15.1M
David Riha 15.6M
Nicholas Scott 14.4M (picture)
Alexander Luciani 14M
MAKI 13.4M
RoyalSash 13.2M
Xiaohua Yang 12.7M
Hu Lulei 9.5M
Gennaro Proscia 8M
Mon 27 Jul - 20:30, Pavel leads with 18M at 61 left! Filieri in a nasty spot vs Ciglar!
61 players left, blinds 60k/120k with a 120k ante, 7.2M average stack. Davide Filieri drops from 14M down to 11M in a big pot against Croatian player Mateo Ciglar.
Ciglar opens to 225k, Davide 3-bets the button to 750k, call.
Flop: 8♣️ J♣️2♠️ – check, 275k, call.
Turn: 6❤️ – check, Filieri bets 825k, call.
River: 7❤️ – check, Filieri fires a third barrel for 1.9M, semi-snap call.
Ciglar: 4❤️4♣️
Filieri: A♣️ Q♦️
Hu Lulei is on 8M, Liotta still on 6M. Out in front is German player Pavel with 18M.
Mon 27 Jul - 18:30 Filieri crushing with 13M! Liotta from 3BB to 52BB while Ricciardi punts it off!
Italy still on fire as Davide Filieri surges to 13 million with 80/7,303 players left and a 5.4M average stack at 50k/100k/100k.
Filieri, a young player from Puglia and friend of Vincenzo Bortone, doubled his stack in a single level, scooping uncontested pots, including a Q-high hero call.
He’s at the table where Salvatore Ricciardi basically committed suicide: from 8M down to 1.3M, then a double up back to 6M and finally busted with an open jam with AK and a few more lost hands. Out in 94th for €3,000.
Salvatore Liotta (picture con Riha) on the other hand, spins it up from 3BB to 6 million in chips. He wins many pots in bluff and uncontested and finds a key double up in a blind-vs-blind spot, TT vs AQ, with the tens holding. From 3BB to 52BB, right around average.
Matteo Martorelli is on 7.5 million and Hu Lulei climbs back to around average and, in the meantime, is among the last 80 players left.
American player Nicholas Scott sits on 11.5 million, the former winner of an event in Albania, Nik, has 11 million, and Greek player MAKI is on 8 million.
Some bustouts: Matteo Zanardi 78th, Attila Kuna 86th, Riccardo De Marchi 87th, Feliciano Rosano 89th and Luca Capobianco 96th.
Mon 27 Jul - 16:30 Italy on fire with Cangemi and Luciani! Liotta splashes but survives!
Italians on fire on Day 3 of the EPM Main Event with 108/7,303 players left, 4M average stack.
Giuseppe Cangemi is flying high with 9 million, Alexander Luciani (picture) is up to 8.5 million, and Ante Mazarekic bags 8.2 million. Still in the mix from Day 2: Davide Ceglia with 2.5 million and former EPM 2025 champion Hu Lulei with 2.2 million.
Salvatore Liotta crashes but stays alive: “A chip and a chair,” he says after tripling up from 1BB. The Italian had just lost a monster pot against Portuguese player Ricardo Ferrerira, who climbs to 8.3 million. As Liotta himself recounted, he splashes the pot on the turn with A9 vs AQ on AT8 and loses the lot.
The triple-up comes like this: MP opens to 200k at 80k/160k (T80k), short stack 3-bet jams for 10x, Liotta puts it all in for 1BB. Czech player David Riha reshoves to isolate and the opener folds.
Short: A❤️Q❤️
Liotta: K❤️5❤️
Riha: A♦️2♦️
Runout: K♠️2♠️9❤️7♦️3♣️
Mon 27 Jul - 15:00, What’s happening to Ricciardi? From 8M down to 22x, then doubles through Piero PRO! Kofidis cruising, Filieri flying for Italy
In the space of an hour, Salvatore Ricciardi drops from 8 million to a 22 big blind stack, then finds a double-up to get back towards the average of 3,450,236. There are 127/7,303 players left at 30k/60k/60k on Day 3 of the EPM Main Event.
A royal flush, quads and a few more brutal bad beats send Ricciardi down to 1,370,000. He open-jams from UTG+1 and Piero PRO snap-calls on the button.
Ricciardi: K♦️4♦️
Piero PRO: A❤️Q♣️
The flop brings a king and a four. Turn and river brick for Piero, who drops to 2M – he was one card away from climbing close to 5M.
At Ricciardi’s table we also find Davide Filieri on 5M and Greek player Apostolos Kofidis on 6.7M.
The bustouts are coming fast in this level. Domenico Paparo exits in 129th for €2,000, alongside Sebastian Langrock, Imad Fakhro, and Eros Rossi in 148th for an extra €1,250 after losing a nasty pot at the end of Day 2. Sandro Dellanna bows out in 149th, Simone Pegolotti in 158th and Wissam Ouertani in 165th.
Wissam played all of Day 2 on a super short stack, grinding hard, but on Day 3 he never found the crucial double-up needed to keep the deep run going.
Mon 27 Jul -3:30 , last 5 hands of the night: Ricciardi and Winkler Arnold crushing as 175 remain at the end of Day 2!
Level 25k/50k/50k – 176/7,303 players left – 2.5M average stack
Salvatore Ricciardi is on fire with 8.1M when the end-of-day average is around 2.4M in chips. There are a lot of big stacks in play, and out in front appears to be Andre Winkler Arnold with 8.4M, followed by Maximilian Kuntz on 7.3M and one of the most consistent performers of the day, Pascal Inkert, on 7M.
Other notable stacks: Maciej Kala with 4.9M, The Universe on 4.8M and Adrian Koermoeczy with 4.5M.
Still in the mix is Gennaro Proscia with 2.8M, while former EPM 2025 champion Hu Lulei and Davide Ceglia are both around the average at 2.4M. Wissam Ouertani is hanging on with 800,000, and at his table Frenchman Koffi Eklu gets back to an average stack in a pot against Greek player Leonidas Georgopoulos, who drops to 2.8M.
The French player opens to 100,000 from UTG+1, Leonidas 3-bets to 300,000 and the original raiser makes the call.
Flop: Q❤️ 9♦️ 6❤️ – check, 180,000 bet, and the Frenchman calls with about 900,000 behind.
Turn: 6♠️ – check, 275,000 bet, call.
River: Q♦️ – shove, and Leonidas folds.
Mon 27 Jul - 00:45 - Last break of the day, 233 left on Day2, Cabitza and Fragale out!
The field has been reduced to 233 players from a record-breaking 7,363 entries in the EPM – Euro Poker Million 2026 Main Event.
Play is currently at 20,000/40,000 with an 80,000 big blind ante, while the average stack stands at 1.8 million chips.
The players are chasing a €500,000 first prize, along with a €3,000 package for September’s King’s Super Main Event, including four tournament tickets.
Since the previous update, the field has lost several notable players, including Gianluca Calizza and Antonio Fragale. Fragale’s run came to an end after a four-bet shove with A♠5♠.
His opponent made the call with top range, and with no help arriving on the remaining streets, the Italian was eliminated.
Among the notable survivors, Stefan Drusca is still in contention with approximately 1.5 million chips, while Fabio Peluso has climbed above the average stack with more than 2 million chips. Also still in the hunt is Wissam Ouertani, who continues his run with around 10 big blinds, keeping his hopes of a deep finish alive.
Stay tuned for more updates as the race toward the final table continues at King’s Resort Rozvadov.
Last Eliminations (234-300)
🇩🇪 Turay Kurtbogan — €745
🇬🇷 Nikolaos Skremmydas — €745
🇮🇹 Vittorio Londoni — €745
🇨🇭 Pascal Charles Dubois — €745
🇷🇴 Neculai Macovei — €745
🇳🇱 Christian Geogiev Hristov — €745
🇸🇪 Kjell Magnus Silva Ferreira — €745
🇵🇱 Michal Lukasz Zielinski — €745
🇩🇪 Fadi Hamo — €745
🇩🇪 Abdul Aziz Khodr — €745
🇮🇹 Massimo Broggi — €745
🇮🇹 Vitaliy Sytnyk — €745
🇷🇴 Andrei Alexandru Ciuca — €745
🇨🇿 Van Binh Nguyen — €745
🇮🇹 Roberto Antonio Palmieri — €745
🇮🇱 Nizar Abu Daoud — €745
🇹🇷 Mustafa Simsek — €745
🇨🇿 Anh Do — €745
🇮🇱 Gad Ben Oded Gishgush — €745
🇷🇴 Alex Tudor Florea — €745
🇮🇹 Sergio Di Ruberto — €745
🇮🇹 Gianluca Cabitza — €745
🇨🇭 Yannick Alexandre Pablo Jobin — €745
🇩🇪 Milad Gami — €745
🇩🇪 Robert Elias Viisoreanu Depner — €745
🇭🇷 Mario Vuletic — €745
🇷🇴 Ioan Alin Rus — €745
🇱🇧 Wissam Turkie — €745
🇸🇰 Ladislav Zubaj — €745
🇭🇷 Marko Milanovic — €745
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Sun 26 Jul - 00:00 -Inkert and Fakhro up to 4M! Former champion Hu Lulei appears on 2M! Proscia delivers a huge suckout!
Level 10,000/25,000/25,000 – 295/7,303 players left – 1,485,356 average stack
Pascal Inkert keeps building and is now up to 4M in chips, but Lebanese player Imad Fakhro has emerged as well, along with Catalin Diaz and Radek Kotas on 2.8M.
For Italy, Davide Ceglia has 2.5M at the same table as Andrea Benelli on 2.2M. The 2025 former winner Hu Lulei is now on 2M: “The tournament is very long and that’s fine by me,” he commented.
Gennaro Proscia opens to 100,000 from MP at 10,000/25,000/25,000 over an UTG limp. MP1 3-bet jams for 350,000, the limper folds and Proscia calls. It’s J-J vs A-A and a jack on the turn gives the pot to the November 2024 Pirates Poker Treasure winner.
Japiko, chip leader on Day 1E, is at 1.1M, while Gigetto Pignataro has dropped to 1M.
Unfortunately, Nicola Sasso gets short and busts with A-4 vs A-K, finding no help from the board.
Sun 26 Jul - 22:15 - 368 players left on Day 2, Inkert and Ganea crushing, Benelli climbing, Di Nicola coolered with kings!
Pascal Inkert from Austria is on a heater, up to 3.8M with the average at 1.1M in chips. Chasing him is Romanian Raul Ganea on 3.4M, while Anh Do sits on 2.3M and Popopoker, a three-time WSOP bracelet winner, has 2.4M. Davide Ceglia is on 2.1M and Salvatore Lavolpe has 1.8M.
Then there’s Andreino Benelli, sitting on 1.3M and climbing further after this hand:
Benelli opens to 45,000 from the hijack, Ceglia calls, and BB Giovanni Ciani defends.
Flop: 3♣️ 9❤️ 7♠️ – check, Benelli bets 60,000, Ceglia folds, Ciani calls.
Turn: J♠️ – check, check.
River: J❤️ – Ciani checks, Benelli bets 110,000, Ciani calls and then mucks when Andrea shows 6❤️6♣️ and moves up to 1.6M.
Brutal spot for Armenian Armenak Abgaryan, who crashes down to 300,000. Moroccan panda opens UTG, Abgaryan 3-bets, the Belgian 4-bet jams and Armenak calls. It’s Q-Q vs A-Q, and the board brings an ace on the river to send Moroccan up to 2.2M: J-8-10-J-A.
Defending champion Hu Lulei is around the average, while Ermanno Di Nicola tumbles down to 500,000 in a huge pot holding K-K.
The Italian two-time WSOPE bracelet winner finds himself in a three-way pot at 16,000/32,000 (T16,000 ante).
Flop: Q♣️ 7♦️ 8♦️ – the short stack donk-shoves, there’s a call, and Di Nicola flats as well holding K♦Kx, deciding to see what develops with the king of diamonds.
Turn: 2❤️ – the remaining opponent jams and Di Nicola calls it off.
The two opponents table J♦️8♦️ and A♦️10♦️. The river is the 3♦️ and Tomas Rous scoops the whole pot with the nut diamond flush, soaring to 2.5M.
Meanwhile the High Roller is also breaking records, with 395 entries and 254 players left, and €369,325 in the prize pool up for grabs!
Sun 26 Jul - 20:15 - Tvetanov unstoppable! Bad beat for Galic, Iemmito out with 536 players still in the tournament
In this update the biggest stack belongs to Martin Tvetanov, who’s up to 3.6M with the average at 815,978. There are 536 players left from a total of 7,303 entries. Tigran Piloyan has 2M, as does Ondrej Goetz.
Turbo qualifier Francesco Perrupato has climbed to 1.1M, and Nicola Sasso is holding steady on 1M, comfortably above average. Antonio Fragale is over 700,000, close to the average, while Fabio Peluso and Dario “Bonzo” Nittolo are on around 400,000.
Bad beat for Mario Galic against bombpot1234. Galic opens from the hijack at 8,000/16,000/16,000 and bombpot1234 3-bets to 125,000 from the big blind. Galic calls.
Flop: A♦️ Q♣️ 2❤️ – BB bets 125,000, Galic calls.
Turn: 10♦️ – check, Galic leads 125,000, bombpot1234 jams and Galic folds.
Gabriel Iemmito busts in two hands. In a blind-vs-blind spot, the Danish player knocks him down with A-3 suited vs J-J, spiking an ace on the turn. Then, holding 2♠3♠ with a flush draw on the flop, he loses to Nadel Seleman’s two pair with 7-3 on that same flop.
Today they’ll play through until 4 AM. Tomorrow is Day 3, and Tuesday is the final day
Top prize!
Position | Prize |
1 | 503 000 EUR |
2 | 303 000 EUR |
3 | 205 000 EUR |
4 | 148 000 EUR |
5 | 107 000 EUR |
6 | 78 500 EUR |
7 | 57 000 EUR |
8 | 42 000 EUR |
9 | 30 709 EUR |
10 | 22 900 EUR |
Sun 26 Jul - 19:00 - WhooOps, Di Nicola and Linaras on top! 135 bustouts in just a level and a half!
There are 588/7,303 players left on Day 2 of the EPM Main Event, with over €3.6 million in the prize pool and €500,000 up top.
Some of the top stacks at 6,000/12,000/12,000, with an average stack of 740k:
WhooOps is among the chip leaders with 1.7M, WSOPE double bracelet winners Ermanno Di Nicola and Sokratis Linaras are both on 1.5M, Manuel Ferber has 1.2M, while Ugo Gasparini has slid back to 1M after a downswing.
Then we have Gabriel Iemmito on 1M in chips, same as Roberto Palmieri, who satellited in through a Flip & Go Pineapple and then spun his stack up from average to seven figures.
Josef Gulas is above average (717k) with 800k in front of him, while Wissam Ouertani sits slightly below.
Short stacks include Dario “Bonzo” Nittolo, Sergio Proietti and a disappointing Andrei Lukacs, who had bagged a great stack on Day 1H.
Finally, a bit of run-good for Chiara Crescimone, who climbed from 50,000 (5 big blinds) up to 300,000. The Italian player had suffered two brutal coolers in two different Day 1s, cashing both times but never managing to bag a meaningful stack. Now she’s got a real shot.
Among the eliminations we note: Gianluca Cammarata 596th, Wassim Chaitou 595th, Patrik Jaros 599th, Daniele Grasso 613th, Massimo Vullo 623rd (qualified via the Turbo), Giovanni Nuzzo 658th, Nicola D’Anselmo 662nd, Serena Rosetti 665th, Alexandru Farcasanu 680th, Simone De Masi 688th, Antonio De Lucia 696th, Maurizio Saieva – always card dead and running bad – 708th, Renato Hysenbelli 720th, and the very first player out on Day 2, Robert Pollmeier.
Sun 26 Jul - 16:45, 721 players advance to Day 2 out of 7,303 entries for a €3.6M+ prize pool! €500,000 up top! Donnini goes crazy on the last hand of the Turbo!
There are 86 qualifiers from the 851 entries of Day 1I Turbo. Thanks to the Flip & Go Pineapple flights, the prize pool has climbed to €3,662,454 and 721 players will return for Day 2 out of a total of 7,303 entries. Play resumes at 5,000/10,000/10,000 with an average stack of 607,739.
The ending was pure madness as Federico Donnini effectively gifted the chip lead to an opponent who bags 1.6M. The Rome-based player had spun it up from 2 big blinds to 700,000 and was the one to burst the bubble with A-K vs A-A, looking up to the sky and cursing repeatedly. His opponent bags 1.6M.
He edges past Martin Tzetanov, who had 1,540,000 in front of him. Other big stacks: Hungarian Pasha Bluff on 800,000, Riccardo Lombardi on 700,000, and Francesco Perrupato from Team Bullpay, who locks up his second cash of the festival.
Sun 26 Jul - 04:15, Day 1H ends with 98 players through to Day 2! What a finish from Gasparini, Sasso and Cabitza!
All 98 survivors from Day 1H (out of 976 entries) are safely through to Day 2. The qualifiers can rest and come back for Day 2 without needing the Turbo, which starts in just six hours, or the Flip & Go Pineapple.
Ahead of the full recap, we can highlight Ugo Gasparini on 1.2M, Nicola Sasso over 1M along with Tommy, Portuguese player Ricardo Ferreira and Edin Dedeic. Gianluca Cabitza bags 788k chips
Sasso lost a blind-vs-blind coin flip right at the end of Day 1, A-K < T-T, otherwise he would have bagged around 1.4M. The final average is 597k in chips.
Sun 26 Jul - 04:15, Everyone ITM in Day 1H, De Marchi and Lukacs on top, Cristea climbs with a double knockout! More heartbreak for Chiara Crescimone
The bubble has burst in Day 1H of the EPM Main Event and everyone is in the money, with 27 bustouts coming immediately after ITM. Play stops with 98 players left. At the top of the counts (average 500,000 chips) we still have Riccardo De Marchi on 1.6M and Andrei Lukacs on 1.5M, but in the last hands Valentin Cristea rockets up to 1.4M in this spot:
Cristea opens from UTG+2, the hijack calls and the short-stacked cutoff shoves. Cristea reshoves and late-position caller Francesco Avossa also moves all in.
Cristea: Q♣️10♦️
Avossa: A❤️K♦️
Cutoff: Q♦️J♦️
Board runs out 7♦️10♣️ Q♠️ 5❤️5♣️ – two players bust and Cristea stacks up to 1.4M.
Sokratis Linaras is still cruising on 1.1M. Also in the money: Gianluca Cabitza, Lollo66, Nicola Sasso and Dario “Bonzo” Nittolo, with the last two sitting on 400,000 chips.
Brutal endgame again for Chiara Crescimone. She gets it in with J-J against David Kozma’s K-6. The Hungarian rivers a flush with the K♦️, leaving her short. Chiara picks up her second cash, but once again falls short of a Day 2 bag.
Sun 26 Jul - 02:45, Lukacs massive chip leader in Day 1H near the bubble! De Marchi and WSOPE bracelet winner Linaras chasing
After a rough finish on Friday night, Romanian Andrei Lukacs is crushing Day 1H with 1.5 million chips, with the average sitting at 334,629. There are 175/976 players left, with 147 paid spots and 98 seats for Day 2.
Behind Lukacs we find Riccardo De Marchi on 1.1 million and WSOPE bracelet winner Sokratis Linaras on 1 million.
Other big stacks: Tomas Sedlacik on 700,000, Massimo Broggi and Assou Ekotto on 600,000, and German player Ali Buhl with 500,000.
Italian veterans Nicola Sasso and Dario “Bonzo” Nittolo are firing again with 200,000, both below average. Bonzo lost a 400,000 pot with A-6 versus K-J, after his opponent had just 100,000 behind following a button limp. He then climbed back up to 250,000.
Chiara Crescimone, after the brutal cooler on Friday night, is on 200,000 chips and chasing a Day 2 bag.
Also taking another shot: Lollo66 (above average), Nicolae Mihai, Dimitrios Anastasakis, Maurizio Saieva, Gianluca Cabitza and Leonardo Ludovisi.
Sun 26 Jul - 02:00, Moschella scores a huge one, busts two players and shoots up to 1.6M! Bubble bursts and it’s bag-and-tag time!
Luca Moschella is chasing the chip lead right as the bubble bursts. The former “Casa degli Assi” star knocks out two opponents in the same hand and climbs to 1.6M in chips. Behind him are Shalom Sharabi on 1.5M, Swier Copinga on 1.3M, Ermanno Di Nicola on 1.2M together with Jhonny Oestbjerg and Graziano Cantiani, and Max Petrosillo on 1.1M.
Just before the bubble burst, Moschella wins the decisive pot.
He opens to 60,000 (3x at 20,000 blinds) from the cutoff, the button short stack jams and the small blind reshoves:
Moschella: Q-Q
Button: 2-2
SB: A-J
Board comes 5-4-Q-7-8, busting both opponents and sending Moschella up to 1.6M.
Around the average stack are Nunzio Vanoncini and Christopher Mondongo.
Meanwhile in Day 1H there are 231/976 players left, with a 253k average stack. There will be 98 qualifiers to Day 2 and 147 players in the money.
Sat 25 Jul - 00:25, Austria's Benjamin Binyaminov is the Day1 G bubble-man; late reg closed on Day1 H with 976 entries!
The money bubble has officially burst in the main Day 1G flight at King’s Resort Rozvadov.
Benjamin Binyaminov became the unfortunate bubble player, meaning the 247 remaining players are now all guaranteed at least the €1,200 min-cash. Play is currently in Level 17, and the field will continue to shrink until just 166 players (10% of the field) secure their place in Day 2.
Meanwhile, Day 1H Speed has reached Level 11. Late registration is now closed, with the evening flight finishing at 976 entries. There are 392 players still in contention, playing 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 big blind ante, while the average stack has risen to 150,000 chips.
Both flights still have plenty of action ahead before the final Day 2 qualifiers are decided.
Sat 25 Jul - 23:15 Last bits of Day1 G, almost K entries on Day1 H with the late reg open!
Action continues across both tournament rooms at King’s Resort Rozvadov, with two starting flights moving into their decisive stages.
Day 1H Speed has reached Level 9, with 908 entries so far and late registration still open for another level and a half. There are 529 players still in contention, playing 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante, while the average stack stands at 102,000 chips.
Meanwhile, the main Day 1G flight has officially climbed to 1,657 entries. Just 357 players remain in the hunt for a Day 2 seat, with blinds at 6,000/12,000 and a 12,000 big blind ante.
A total of 249 players (15%) have already secured at least the €1,200 min-cash, while only 166 players (10%) will advance to Day 2.
With at least another couple of hours of play expected in both flights, stay tuned to our live blog and social channels for all the latest updates from King’s Resort Rozvadov.
Sat 25 Jul - 20:25 bubble time in Day 1G: DA Sille, Skoric and Chaitou on top, Bognanni and Vanoncini going strong! 5,880 total entries with 844 in Day 1H
There are 306 players still alive, 249 seat paid, and play will continue down to 166 players left. The average stack is 320,000 chips.
Czech player DA Sille is up to 750,000 chips, followed by Mirko Skoric and Wassim Chaitou on 700,000, Marko Milanovic on 630,000 and the German player Leo with 600,000. PassionForCards sits on 520,000, Marco “Magicbox” Bognanni on 550,000 (picture) and Nunzio Vanoncini wraps up an excellent Day 1G with 500,000 chips. It’s not going to be easy to take chips off the doctor. Max Petrosillo is still deep with 400,000.
It’s been a real up‑and‑down between Daniele Santaniello and Gianluca Cabitza: Santaniello is back above average, while Cabitza has dropped back to average after peaking at 700,000.
Francesco Spinella finds a crazy double-up with 9❤️6❤️ against Christiano’s A❤️5♦️, who drops to 400,000 on a 7-8-8-8-5 board.
Claudio Di Giacomo is holding steady above average, as is a climbing Christopher Mondongo, while Alessio Fratti is below average along with Amar Reso on 110,000. Salvatore Bonavena is out after two coolers, one of them against A-A.
There are still 3 levels left to register for Day 1H, with 552/844 players left and a 91k average stack. Total entries are now 5,880 and the €3 million guarantee is practically covered, with the gross prize pool at €3.5 million.
Sat 25 Jul - 20:25 - Koga crushing with 600k, Cantiani cruising, Di Giacomo loses the chip lead in a bluff!
Koga is flying high at 600,000, Pascal Inkert has 530,000 and Graziano Cantiani sits on 500,000. That’s the top 3 in Day 1G of the EPM Main Event, with 448/1,657 players left and a 222k average stack.
Great stack as well for Claudio Di Giacomo, who is on 340,000 but just lost a big pot after having been chip leader. Di Giacomo barrels all the way on a 2❤️5❤️Q♠️2♦️4 ♣️ board. On the river he puts Emiliano Papetti all in after getting called on every street. Jam and call for 145,000.
Papetti: K-Q
Di Giacomo: K-10
Papetti climbs to 310,000.
Other stacks: Rolandinio on 340,000, Salvatore La Volpe 270,000, then around average Vito Branciforte, Gabriel Iemmito, Nicola Sasso and Giovanni Sutera.
Still in the field: Ermanno Di Nicola, Salvatore Bonavena, Christopher Mondongo, Paul Macovei (now around average after being way above), Amar Reso and Biagio Morciano.
Sat 25 Jul - 19:15 -5,485 entries overall, prize pool already smashed with over €3.2 million
Roughly 2,100 total entries(Day1G + Day1H) today in the EPM Main Event here at King’s Resort Rozvadov.
Day 1G registration closes at 1,657 entries, with 249 players in the money and 166 seats for tomorrow’s Day 2 (Sunday).
It’s still a long way to the money, with 566 players currently in action.
There are seven levels to play in Day 1H, with 376/440 players left at 300/600/600.
Sat 25 Jul - 17:45 - Nemanic, VNM and Albore still on top! One level left to register and we’re heading past 1,600 entries! Day 1H underway
More big stacks emerging from the massive Day 1G field at the EPM Main Event. Robert Nemanic is among the chip leaders with 535,000, VNM is firing again after Day 1F and is up to 510,000 chips, and Alessio Albore keeps climbing, now over 400,000.
Other strong stacks: Matteo Nuzzo 400,000, Francesco Di Profio 300,000, Avocado Man 240,000, Davide Filieri 200,000, Daniele Santaniello 140,000 and French player Kim Nguyen on 120,000, around the average.
Nicola Sasso is up to 160,000 chips, having just landed in Rozvadov. He 3-bets to 11,600 over a 4,000 open at 1,000/2,000/2,000, in a cutoff vs button dynamic.
Flop: A-T-2 – check, Sasso c-bets 11,000, call.
Turn: A – check, Sasso bets 25,000, opponent jams and Sasso calls.
River: X
Opponent: A-8
Sasso: T-T
More Italians in the field: Ermanno Di Nicola (WSOPE bracelet winner), Gianluca Cabitza firing again, Mario Scalia, Nadir Molinari, Francesco Urso, Paul Macovei, Roberto Palmieri on around-average stacks, and many others.
Cards in the air for Day 1H, with 200 entries already in at level 1.
Sat 25 Jul - 17:00 - Three more levels of late reg on the way to 1,600 entries! Albore still on fire after back-to-back deep runs in 2024–2025! Counts and Italians in the field
There are still 3 levels left to register for Day 1G of the EPM Main Event, with 913/1,524 players remaining at 800/1,600/1,600. The average stack is 100,263.
Massive field, tables packed all the way into the cash game area at King’s Resort, and plenty of Italians in action.
Starting from the top stacks, Alessio Albore is among the leaders with 320,000 chips, around 3x the average. The former IPO Sanremo champion has already hit a 13th and an 11th place in the two record-breaking EPM editions: “I was very deep on Day 1E as well, then I lost a few spots and busted,” Albore said.
Then we have Radoslaw Jan Wielewicki on 236,000, Marijus Dirgela 230,000, Maurizio Falzea 200,000, Christian Magi and Luca Moschella 160,000, Vincenzo Bortone and Nemanja Cemerikic 140,000, with Nicola Sasso, Salvatore Bonavena and Andrei Aremescu around the average.
There’s a huge Italian contingent, with Claudio Di Giacomo, Antonio Scalzi, Marco Di Persio, Amar Reso, Mauro Leonardo, Federico Donnini, Simone De Masi, Alex Longobardi, Leonardo Ludovisi, Fabio Giamberardini (EPM 2025 runner-up) firing again after busting yesterday, Catello De Martino, Giovanni Sutera, and the newly arrived Davide Ferrario.
Sat 25 Jul - 14:30, It all leads to a new record: 1.2K entries after 5 levels of play!
Everything points towards a new European attendance record, and the numbers continue to back it up.
At the end of Level 5, with blinds at 400/800 and an 800 big blind ante, the tournament has already reached 1,221 entries, while late registration remains open for another five levels.
A remarkable 954 players are still seated across the tournament area, with both floors of King’s Resort Rozvadov completely packed. The average stack has climbed to 76,000 chips, up from the 60,000 starting stack.
Several hundred more entries are expected before registration closes, meaning this could become one of the biggest flights in European live poker history.
Later today, attention will also turn to Day 1H Speed, kicking off at 6:00 p.m. with 30-minute levels. Current projections suggest that flight could also surpass 1,000 entries.
Stay tuned to our live blog for all the latest updates from another extraordinary day at King’s Resort.
Sat 25 Jul - 03:45, Everyone in the money, 3-way bubble split! VNM and Freezer on top, Timarac cracks Aces and goes to 1.2M!
All players reach the money very quickly in Day 1F Speed. Three bustouts at the same time for Masoud Hagi, Antonio Ferruzzi and Huseyn Arkun, who chop the bubble and each take the €800 min cash.
With 81 players still in, VNM and Freezer both sit on 1.4M, while the German XXK and Nikolay Tsanev are on 1.2M and 900,000 respectively. Neculai Macovei has 700,000.
Serbian Dragoslav Timarac jumps up to 1.1M after cracking A-A and busting an opponent with A♦️Q♦️. A nut flush ♦️ sends him to more than double the average, now 514,000 chips.
On 300,000, Fabio Giamberardini is still grinding, while Gianluca Cammarata, below average, survives a nasty A-A crack versus an opponent’s J♠️5♠️, who hits a straight on 10-K-9-Q on the turn.
“Bonzo” Nittolo makes the money but, left with 60,000 chips, shoves from UTG and can’t find the miracle. He’ll be back for one of today’s two flights, on Saturday, July 26.
In the King’s Friday Night Turbo, Antonio Fragale and Giorgio Soceanu are among the last 15 players standing out of 277 entries, with a €30,248 prize pool.
Sat 25 Jul - 02:30 ,XXK crushes Day 1F! Giamberardini, EPM 2025 runner-up, sitting on average! Nice fold by Cammarata!
With 1.2 million chips, XXK is leading the 113 remaining players in Day 1F (99 ITM, 66 advancing to Day 2), as blinds are at 5,000/10,000/10,000 with a 360k average stack.
On 1 million is German player Zlataner, who busts an opponent in a cooler: A♦️ K♦️ vs A♣️ Q❤️. Clean board – 4♣️ 10♣️ 6♠️ 7♦️ 8♦️ – and Zlataner soars.
Above 700,000 chips we find NaptimeGrinder, Valter Affatato, Darek Tobaj, David Riha, Mihai Tabac, Nld and Natzke.
Around average are Fabio Giamberardini, runner-up at EPM 2025 for €271,000, and Paolo Coser.
Gianluca Cammarata sits on 400,000 and makes a big fold with pocket eights after opening UTG to 22,000. Mario Scalia jams for 183,000 and shows pocket nines. Good fold by Cammarata.
Sat 25 Jul - 01:25, Japiko leads the 116 Day 1E survivors, big stacks for Scognamiglio and Craciunas! Day 1F heading towards the money
Austrian reg Japiko bags the chip lead at the end of Day 1E, which sends 116 players through to Sunday’s Day 2, with 1,959,000. Armando Scognamiglio is second on 1,779,000 and Paul Craciunas takes third with 1,705,000.
Lots of Italians in the mix: Davide Ceglia on 1,579,000, Luigi Percossi 1,508,000, Stefano Iolli 1,262,000 and Eros Rossi 1,250,000. The average stack is 602,000.
Rossi climbed to an excellent stack right at the end after a blazing start and a very tough Day 1. Also worth noting: Gabriele Poli on 958,000 and Andrea Benelli on 912,000.
Day 1F Speed currently has 147 players in their seats, with 99 seat paid and 66 tickets to Day 2.
Sat 25 Jul - 00:15 - Scognamiglio leads Day 1E, Flight F at 660 entries, 66 through to Day 2
Level 8,000/16,000/16,000 – 126/1,164 players left, 554k average stack
We’re close to the end of Day 1E with 126 players remaining and 117 seats for Day 2. Meanwhile, Day 1F has reached 660 entries with 239 players left. There will be 99 players in the money and 66 qualifiers for Day 2.
Armando Scognamiglio is chip leading Day 1E with 2 million. His friend Antonio De Lucia from Naples has 400,000 in his stack, while Davide Ceglia is on 1.3 million and ZBEYDA on 1 million. Fabio Peluso keeps climbing and is up to 900,000 at the same table as Eros Rossi and Chiara Crescimone on 650,000. Romanian Gabriel Gavrila has 600,000.
Andreino Benelli is steady on 750,000, while Wissam Ouertani is around average and Simone De Masi, Gianluca Cabitza and Mario Galic are currently below.
Fri 23 Jul - 22:45, Bubble time in Day 1E, Rosano and Raschbauer lead, big stacks for Poli, Covaciu and Benelli
Level 6,000/12,000/12,000, 178/1,164 players left, 392k average stack
It’s bubble time in Day 1E of the EPM Main Event. Leading the way are Italian Feliciano Rosano with 1.3M and Stefan Raschbauer with 1.2M.
They’re followed by Gabriel Poli on 900,000, Paul Covaciu on 840,000 and Andreino Benelli with 750,000. The Tuscan player says he’s built his stack only through small pots, never going to showdown.
Same stack (750,000) for Edgar Yukams, and Jason on 700,000. Davide De Francesco has 650,000, Armando Scognamiglio 640,000 and Gabriel Rymar 600,000.
At the same table, Fabio Pelusoon 600,000 and putting pressure on the bubble. Chiara Crescimone has 650,000, Mario Galic 550,000 and Eros Rossi 400,000, just above the 392,000 average.
Rossi, on the second hand of level 1, picked up Q-Q on a J-J-7 board. He tried to maximize the pot but in a blind-vs-blind spot his opponent had J-7. The turn was a 3 and the river a Q, sending Rossi up to 125,000. He then spewed off a good portion of his stack and reached the ITM zone back around average.
Arbove average is Gianluca Cabitza, while just below avg are MousAas, Simone De Masi and Leonardo Mauro.
Fri 23 Jul - 21:45 - 541 entries on Dat1 F with 3 levels of late reg open!
The action is heating up at King’s Resort Rozvadov, with both Friday flights well underway.
On Day 1E, 233 players remain from a field of 1,164 entries. A total of 117 players (10%) will advance to Day 2, while 15% of the field will secure a cash. Play is currently at Level 14, with blinds at 3,000/6,000 and a 8,000 big blind ante, meaning more than 100 eliminations are still needed before the flight comes to an end.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the tournament room, Day 1F Speed has reached Level 7. The evening flight has already attracted 542 entries, with 384 players still in contention. Blinds are 600/1,200 with a 1,200 big blind ante, while the average stack stands at 84,000 chips.
As in the previous days, play is expected to continue well into the night before the final qualifiers for Day 2 are determined.
Fri 23 Jul - 18:45 - Around 3,000 total entries, 1,164 in Day 1E (175 ITM, 117 through) and Day 1F Speed already at 300 entries
Registration has closed on Day 1E of the EPM Main Event with 1,164 entries. The 436 players left will play down to 10% of the field, so 117 players. There will be 175 players in the money, with a €1,200 min cash.
Day 1F Speed is underway with 30-minute levels. There are 267 players and 286 entries after two levels of play. Late registration closes at the end of level 10.
The King’s Arena is already full, with a 1,500-entry day and still 4 hours left to register.
Saturday is shaping up to be record-breaking and, in the meantime, the tournament is heading towards a total of 3,000 entries.
Fri 23 Jul - 17:15 - Over 1,100 entries and 2 levels left to jump in, Rullo outplays MousAaa, Crescimone and Pasquariello on fire
With two levels still available for late registration, Day 1E has passed 1,100 entries with 585 players left. The average stack is 110,000 chips and blinds are 1,000/2,000/2,000.
In 20 minutes, Day 1F Speed gets underway, with 50 players already registered.
In the field we find Biagio Morciano, Antonio Iannei and Dario “Bonzo” Nittolo, who wins a pot as soon as he arrives in Rozvadov and sits straight down to play. On the ladies’ side, Chiara Crescimone climbs above average to 110,000 and Tiziana Pasquariello takes another shot after a deep run without bagging in Day 1D.
Luca Rullo outplays King’s regular MousAaa. The Italian opens from UTG and MousAaa defends his big blind.
Flop: 7♣️ 6♣️ 7♦️ – check, 3,500 from Rullo and the Romanian player 3-bets to 11,500. Rullo 4-bets to 33,000, MousAaa tanks and folds. The Italian moves up to around average while the Romanian drops down.
International notables: Dimitros Anastasakis is still on the starting stack; Ivo Donev, WSOP bracelet winner and mixed games specialist, is around average. Short-stacked is the Romanian Nik, winner of a record-breaking event in Albania last year.
Georgios Papakostantinou, a recent finalist in a Malta event, busts and immediately heads to the re-entry desk. He was seated next to Federico Donnini, who has yet to build on his initial starting stack.
Fri 23 Jul - Around 1,000 entries with Iolli, Lanfranconi and Ouertani on top, plenty of Italians in the field, Stribrny leads
Out in front is Pavel Stribrny with 300,000, followed by Tigran Piloyan on 270,000, Adrian Kolodziejski 250,000, Abdellah Baali 220,000, the Romanian Gabriel Gavrila on 210,000, and Iulian Strugaru, with Stefano Iolli on 265,000 and Cesare Lanfranconi on 260,000 among the top stacks. The average is 85,000 chips and play resumes at level 600/1,200/1,200.
Other Azzurri: Wissam Ouertani 245,000, Michele Manucci 200,000, Francesco Beneventano 190,000, Max Petrosillo 180,000, Giovanni Uva 170,000, Fabio Giamberardini 120,000.
Also at the tables: Eros Rossi, Andrea Benelli, Dario “Bonzo” Nittolo, Gianluca Cabitza, Christopher Mondongo and many more.
Out in front is Pavel Stribrny with 300,000, followed by Tigran Piloyan on 270,000, Adrian Kolodziejski 250,000, Abdellah Baali 220,000, the Romanian Gabriel Gavrila on 210,000, and Iulian Strugaru and Golf both on 200,000.
Fri 23 Jul - 14:30, Over 850 entries at the 6th level!
New update here from the main poker room of King's Resort where the field has already grown to 865 entries, with 681 players still in action. Play is moving from Level 5 to Level 6, with blinds increasing to 500/1,000 and a 1,000 big blind ante. Players will then enjoy the longest scheduled break of the day after another 40-minute level.
Late registration will remain open through the first 10 levels, before the tournament continues until just 10% of the field remains. As always, 15% of the entrants will finish in the money.
The tournament floor is packed with familiar faces and King’s Resort regulars. Among them are plenty of Italian players, alongside large groups from Romania and France, many of whom are now regular grinders on the King’s circuit.
Action will continue throughout the day, while attention will also shift to Day 1F Speed, scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. with 30-minute levels. Stay tuned for the next updates from the tournament floor.
Fri 23 Jul - 11:30, Almost 400 entries in the midst of the 2nd level!
Day 1E continues to build momentum here at King’s Resort Rozvadov, with 379 entries already recorded as play approaches the end of Level 2.
There are 370 players still in action at the tables, with blinds at 100/300 and a 300 big blind ante. The first 15-minute break of the day will begin at the end of the current level.
This is the longest flight scheduled today, featuring 40-minute levels, and plenty of players are still expected to join. It is shaping up to become the biggest opening flight of the festival so far.
Later today, attention will also turn to Day 1F Speed, which kicks off this afternoon with 30-minute levels.
As in every opening flight, each Day chip leader will receive a €,150 ticket for the next King’s Super Main Event, while 15% of the field will reach the money and 10% will advance to Day 2.
Fri 23 Jul - 03:15, Pahlewan finally gets it done after 20 all-in calls, never-ending bubble on Day 1D despite WSOPE bracelet winner Linaras
Level 8,000/16,000/16,000, 73/485 players left, 398k average stack
Never-ending bubble on Day 1D, with around 20 showdowns and almost all of them resulting in double-ups. Pahlewan finally busts a player with A-A vs A-K and climbs to 1.2M. The 73 remaining players are now in the money. Play continues down to 49 players left.
The chip leader is Kamil Dobosz with 1.5M, followed by Kostadin Mihailov and Nikolos Skremmydas on 1.2M, and Feda Causevic on 1.1M after hitting a set of threes on the bubble.
Also still in the field is the 2023 WSOPE Mini Main Event bracelet winner Sokratis Linaras. The Greek player doubled his stack against Andrei Kovacs (picture), 99 > AQ, and is now up to 600,000.
Kovacs, down to half a blind, then doubled A-K vs K-7, again against Linaras. In that hand, the small blind folded even though he had twice as many chips as the Romanian player.
Sokratis has $764,000 in career winnings, $327,000 of which came from his WSOPE bracelet.
Salvatore Terdossi is hanging on with 300,000, and Tiziana Pasquariello is also in the money.
Fri 23 Jul - 1:45, Agbaryan-crack! Causevic close to one million! Dobosz wins monster pot against Akamane with the nut flush! Bubble zone!
Level 5,000/10,000/10,000, 77/485 players left, 377k average stack
Swings up and down continue as we get close to the bubble in Day 1D of the EPM Main Event, €3 million guaranteed. The Armenian Agbaryan drops to 300,000 while Feda Causevic soars to 900,000 chips. Huge stack as well for Phalewan on 850,000 and climbing, with Sergio Dell’Anna and Sanja Sann both on 750,000.
Aharon Ben Simon busts an opponent and moves up to 800,000. At the same table, M.R. is on 700,000. The Dutchman Liz slips below 600,000.
Ugly end of the day for Zakariya Akamane, who 3-bets to 60,000 over the open from Kamil Dobosz. The Polish player 4-bet jams and the 3-bettor snap-calls.
Akamane: Q♣️Q♥️
Dobosz: A♥️K♥️
Runout: 8♥️ 2♠️ 5♥️ 2♥️ 5♦️
Dobosz climbs to 770,000 chips. Symeon Alexandridis holds with A-K versus A-Q and is up to 200,000 chips.
Fri 23 Jul - 00:45, Chip lead changes hands: Agbaryan on top as Mihailov drops, big moves from Dellanna and Liz
Level 3,000/6,000/6,000 – 119/485 players left, 244k average stack
Mihailov slips back and hands the chip lead to Armenak Agbaryan, who pays off a double-up in a cooler but still sits on 760,000 chips. Kelvin Liz climbs to 600,000, while Nikolaos Skremmydas is on 550,000.
Two key spot see the Bulgarian drop to 400,000.
Mikayel Balabekyan open to 20,000, Spartak Aleksandridis 3-bet jams for 90,000 and Mihailov 4-bet shoves for 500,000. Balabekyan folds, showing 9♠️9♣️. The Russian tables K♠️K♥️ versus 6♠️6♦️, wins the pot and moves up to 200,000.
Then the German Pahlewan opens from UTG, Marius Spiridon calls from UTG1, Luigi Gaudiano (600,000) calls from UTG2, and Mihailov calls from MP1 as well.
Flop: 5♥️ J♦️ 3 ♠️ – checked through.
Turn: 10♦️ – 30,000 from Pahlewan, fold, call from Gaudiano, Mihailov folds.
River: 7♣️ – check, check, and the original raiser takes it down with K ♠️10 ♠️ against K♦️Q♦️ of the Italian.
The former chip leader was above 800,000 and calls the all-in for 84,000 from drowler, who holds K♣️K♦️ versus J ♠️J♥️.
Sandro Dellanna up to 500,000, with Pasquariello holding on. Alessio Fratti is short.
Thu 23 Jul - 23:00, 485 entries in Day 1D, playing down to 49 players, Mihaylov up to 5x average
Level 2,000/4,000/4,000, 167/485 players, 160k average stack
Day 1D registration closes at 485 total entries with 167 players left. There are 73 players in the money with a €1,200 min cash, and play continues down to the last 49 players.
Bulgarian player Kostadyn Mihaylov (picture) keeps building and is now up to 750,000, while Manheim and Aharon Ben Simon sit on around 270,000 chips.
At Simone Pascucci’s table, where he has 180,000 chips in front of him, Masoud Hagi is on 450,000 and Dutchman Kelvin Iz on 350,000.
Radoslav Wielewicki loses chips in a pot against Whoops, who moves closer to the average. The Dutchman opens from middle position, and both Paul Craciunas (winner of The Festival Main Event June 2026) and Wielewicki make the call.
Flop: A♣️ 5♣️ 6♥️ – check, check, 6,000, fold, call
Turn: 2♥️ – check, check
River: A♠️ – check, 25,000, call
Whoops shows A♥️ 5♥️, the Polish player mucks and drops to 350,000.
Thu 23 Jul - 21:30, Two levels left to register, Kamperis flying, plenty of Italians joining in late registration.
Two more levels are available for late registration or re-entry. Day 1D Speed of the EPM has reached 438 entries with 253 players left.
Play resumes at level 1,000/2,000/2,000 with a 100,000-chip average stack.
In this update, the Greek player Evangelos Kamperis is on 370,000 chips, followed by Rocky Marciano 220,000, then the Italian Salvatore Terdossi and Armenak Abgaryan both on 200,000. Valeru Preda sits at 170,000.
Great spot for Cristian Veres, who doubles up to 160,000 on a flop of 10♠️ 5♠️ J♠️ holding 6♠️ 7♠️. All-in on the J♥️ turn; his opponent shows A♣️ J♦️, and the 3♣️ river does not bring a full house.
Plenty of Italian notables jumping in late, such as Daniele Sacchi, Leonardo Ludovisi, Marco Bognanni and Angelo Fratti.
Among the other Italians, Juri Lombardo is on 120,000, Tiziana Pasquariello is back around average, while Wissam Ouertani is well below it on 60,000.
Among the King’s regs, Mousa is short, while the Romanian Alexandru Farcasanu is around the average stack.
Thu 23 Jul - 20:00, notables are short, Italians still in the field: Pascucci, Terdossi and Saieva
Level 400/800/800, 273/380 players, 83k average stack
The notable players are not taking off. Japico busts an opponent and gets back to average with pocket sixes on 7-5-7-4-2 against his opponent’s A9, but he was short, just like Szymon Politowski and Gabriel Gavrila, two regulars at King’s Resort.
The Italians? Above average are Salvatore Terdossi and Fabio Peluso, while with JJ Simone Pascucci climbs back to 70,000. Still in the field: Tiziana Pasquariello (short), Maurizio Saieva on the starting stack, and Wissam Ouertani.
Terdossi gets involved in a hand from the small blind against the big blind and the open to 2,000 from middle position by George Iota.
Flop: Q♦️ Q♥️ 7♥️ – Terdossi checks, checked through.
Turn: 8♥️ – check, 5,000, call from Iota, Terdossi folds.
River: 5♠️ – 5,000 from the big blind and 15,000 from Iota, big blind folds. Iota moves up to 100,000.
With 9♦️ 10♦️, SanSouSi jams, hits a diamond flush runner-runner and climbs to 120,000.
Thu 23 Jul - 19:00, TRexx chip leader at dinner break! Lukcas and Marinov top 3 and Peluso into the game!
At the dinner break, Day 1D Speed of the EPM Main Event has reached 313 entries with 260 players left. Play resumes at 400/80Rozvadov, Fabio Pelusos up to 140,000, almost twice the average stack of 72,184 chips.
The chip leader is the German player TRexx with 280,000 chips, a real “T-Rex” when it comes to defending his stack. The Romanian Andrei Lukacs follows with 250,000 chips, then the Bulgarian Kamen Marinov on 190,000.
Several stacks are around 2-average: RMN66 and ELEPHANT on 180,000; David Buechler and the Spaniard Solohighrollers on 160,000; DIAMO, Kostadyn Myhailov and bonkie on 140,000.
Freshly landed in Rozvadov, Fabio Peluso immediately hits the break: “I’ve already played several pots and my stack has grown a bit,” he said.
Thu 23 Jul - 18:00, Almost 300 entries after the first two levels!
We’re back in the main tournament hall at King’s Resort Rozvadov to bring you all the action from Day 1D, the fourth scheduled flight of the EPM – Euro Poker Million 2026.
The field has already grown to 298 entries, and we’re still only in the early stages of play, with plenty of time for even more players to join the action.
As in the previous flights, play will continue until just 10% of the field remains, while 15% of the entrants will secure a cash.
Stay tuned to EuroRounders for all the latest updates from this fantastic event.
Thu 23 Jul - 3:00, Wafan Koolo on the top! Proscia super with Polluveer and Vuletic
Level 8,000/16,000/16,000, 33/220 players left, 400,000 chips average stack
The bubble bursts and the 33 players left are all in the money. Wafan Koolo reaches 1,000,000 chips, and around 700,000 there are Erik Polluveer, Mateusz Makulik, Mario Vuletic and the Italian player Gennaro Proscia. It’s Proscia himself who wins a huge bluff spot against Daniel Maric, who is left short.
Josef Gulas is steady at 250,000 but now below average.
Other Italian players still in: Varlio Missori, Riccardo Allegrini and Omar Lanzanova. Play will continue down to 22 players left, 10% of the field.
Thu 23 Jul - 1:30 - Decher on the top, Allegrini e Lanzanova are following
Level 3,000/6,000/6,000 — 57/220 players left, 231k average stack
The chip leader in this update is Romanian player Ionut Decher with 600,000 chips. At 470,000 is Italian Riccardo Allegrini and at 400,000 Adrian Koermoeczy.
Another Italian is above average with 350,000 — Omar Lanzanova — and Josef Gulas has surpassed 300,000 chips and keeps growing.
The final table was reached in the Mystery Bounty and Paolo Di Girolamo and Daniele Grasso finished 12th and 13th, earning €910 each plus the bounties they won.
The winner will receive €26,500; the min-cash is €1,810. The tournament attracted 1,136 entries for a prize pool of €238,650 (guaranteed €200,000).
Wed 22 Jul - 00:00 - 220 entries total for Day1C, SanSousi on top and monster pot for Tegin Li!
Day 1C has officially closed registration with 220 entries. With 15% of the field reaching the money, 33 players are guaranteed a payout, while play will continue until 22 players remain, representing 10% of the total field.
There are currently 90 players left at the tables during Level 2,000/4,000 (4,000 BB ante), with an average stack of 143,000.
Among the biggest stacks is Czech pro SanSouSi, sitting on approximately 400,000 chips. Also near the top are Erik Polluveer with 340,000 at Table 402 and Andrei Lukacs with around 320,000.
One of the most interesting hands of the day took place between Dutch player Tegin Li and Israel’s Aviel Yehieli, with a pot worth nearly 300,000 chips.
Yehieli opened to 10,000 from UTG+1 and Li defended his big blind.
Flop: 4♥️ A♦️ 3♣️Check, 15,000, call.
Turn: Q♠️Check, 17,000. Li check-raised to 55,000, sending Yehieli deep into the tank. As another player counted down the clock, Yehieli eventually made the call.
River: J♠️Li moved all-in for 70,000. After another brief tank, Yehieli called.
Tegin Li: 3♥️ 3♠️
Aviel Yehieli: A♥️ 7♠️
Li’s flopped set held up, allowing the Dutch player to climb to approximately 320,000 chips, while Yehieli dropped to around 250,000.
Also in the field are two familiar faces at King’s Resort: Ari Ziegler, a regular on the King of Kings leaderboard, and former WSOP Main Event champion Josef Gulas
Wed 22 Jul - 21:30 - Here we go with Day1 C!
Here we are once again at King’s Resort Rozvadov for another exciting chapter of the EPM – Euro Poker Million 2026.
Day 1C is currently underway, with play now at Level 6. Blinds are 600/1,200 with a 1,200 big blind ante, and around 180 players are seated at the tables.
Late registration will remain open for the first 10 levels of play, leaving plenty of time for the field to grow.
Stay tuned for the next updates straight from the tournament floor.
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