Event #3: €1,350 NLH Mini Main Event Day 1a | 2021 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #3: €1,350 NLH Mini Main Event

Day 1a Completed

11-23-2021 06:56 UTC+1

Day 1a Ends; Cristinel Costin Leads Pack of 49 Survivors in Mini Main Event Day 1a

Calum Grant

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

After 19 levels of poker action, Day 1a of Event #3: €1,350 NLH Mini Main Event wrapped up in the early hours of the morning on Tuesday, November 23 in Europe's biggest poker arena at the King's Resort in Rozvadov.

A total of 321 player registered for the first starting flight in the third gold bracelet event of the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe, which added €385,200 into the prize pool. The tournament has a guarantee of €600,000 and with over half of that already met, along with two more Day 1's to play out, it is heavily expected that figure will be eclipsed.

Cristinel Costin bagged the Day 1a chip lead with a stack of 1,750,000. Sirzat Hissou (1,450,000), Rolf van Brug (1,415,000), Omid Novin (1,250,000) and Andras Balogh (1,177,000) round out the top five biggest stacks advancing to the next stage.

Notables such as 2019 WSOPE Main Event Winner Jack Sinclair, Ali Amelipour and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Martin Kabrhel were unable to make Day 2.

PokerNews comes back to King's Resort for Day 1b which starts at 4 p.m. CET on Tuesday, November 23. Be sure to stick around for all the updates from the WSOPE.

Rank	Name	Country	Chip Count
1	Cristinel Costin	Romania	1,750,000
2	Sirzat Hissou	Germany	1,450,000
3	Rolf van Brug	Netherlands	1,415,000
4	Omid Novin	Germany	1,250,000
5	Andras Balogh	Hungary	1,177,000
6	Zdravko Miskovic	Croatia	1,130,000
7	Oliver Heidel	Germany	1,089,000
8	Clement Cassagne	France	1,088,000
9	Giuliano Bendinelli	Italy	1,077,000
10	Aleksandar Nanchev	Bulgaria	1,048,000

Event #3: €1,350 NLH Mini Main Event Schedule

DATE	DAY	START TIME (CET)	PLAY CONCLUDES
Tuesday, November 23	Day 1b	4 p.m.	15% of the Field
Wednesday, November 24	Day 1c	1 p.m.	15% of the Field
Thursday, November 25	Day 2	2 p.m.	Final Table
Friday, November 26	Day 3	6 p.m.	Winner is Crowned

Tags: Ali Amelipour Andras Balogh Cristinel Costin Jack Sinclair Martin Kabrhel Omid Novin Rolf van Brug Sirzat Hissou

11-23-2021 06:48 UTC+1

End of Day 1a Chip Counts (full)

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cristinel Costin	1,750,000 -50,000	-50,000

Sirzat Hissou	1,450,000 625,000	625,000
Rolf van Brug	1,415,000 170,000	170,000
[Removed:485]	1,250,000 50,000	50,000
Andras Balogh	1,177,000
Zdravko Miskovic	1,130,000 250,000	250,000
Oliver Heidel	1,089,000 -40,000	-40,000
Clement Cassagne	1,088,000 -62,000	-62,000
Giuliano Bendinelli	1,077,000 -23,000	-23,000

Aleksandar Nanchev	1,048,000
Volkan Demirbas	906,000 136,000	136,000
Athanasios Andrianopoulos	901,000 -69,000	-69,000
Nicola D'Anselmo	872,000 -88,000	-88,000
Nicolas Bokowski	856,000 -319,000	-319,000
Umberto Sorrentino	853,000 153,000	153,000
Ciro Perna	827,000

Josef Snejberg	820,000 265,000	265,000
Brendan O'Neill	750,000 -160,000	-160,000
Dennis Magro	704,000 -146,000	-146,000
Martynas Racinskas	675,000 225,000	225,000
Hamoun Habibi	660,000 180,000	180,000
Razvan Bordei	652,000 346,000	346,000
In Ho Song	638,000
Anthony Blaineau	631,000 -55,000	-55,000
Bulcsu Lukacs	597,000 94,000	94,000

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11-23-2021 06:40 UTC+1

End of Play

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

With 49 players remaining, play has ended. The full chip counts and a recap are to follow.

11-23-2021 06:36 UTC+1

Bendinelli Eliminates Azarkan on the Bubble

Calum Grant

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action folded to Farid Azarkan who jammed their 345,000 stack from the small blind. Giuliano Bendinelli called from the big blind.

Farid Azarkan:
Giuliano Bendinelli:

Azarkan found no help on the flop. The gave Bendinelli a straight but also gave Azarkan an open-ended straight draw. The river was a picture card but it was the , sealing Azarkan's fate.

The 49 remaining players will now come back on Thursday, November 22 for Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuliano Bendinelli	1,100,000 354,000	354,000

Farid Azarkan	Busted

Tags: Farid Azarkan Giuliano Bendinelli

11-23-2021 06:32 UTC+1

D'Anselmo Turns Set to Avoid the Bubble

Calum Grant

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Omid Novin in the small blind opened to 60,000 and then called the 415,000 all-in from Nicola D'Anselmo.

Nicola D'Anselmo:
Omid Novin:

D'Anselmo's fate of being the bubble boy looked sealed on the flop. The came on the turn to seal the check mark and double for the at risk player. The river came the .

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:485]	1,200,000
Nicola D'Anselmo	960,000

Tags: Nicola D'Anselmo Omid Novin

11-23-2021 06:31 UTC+1

Heidel Downs Di Persio and Doubles through Bueno to Get to the Bubble

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Matteo Di Persio shoved from the middle position for 311,000 for Oliver Heidel to re-shove for 384,000 in total. Mordehai Bueno decided to put his tournament life at risk too from the cutoff while the rest of the tournament and the clock was paused as the field was down to 51 players. The rest of the table folded.

Matteo Di Persio:
Oliver Heidel:
Mordehai Bueno:

The board ran out for Bueno to flop top pair but for Heidel's overpair to hold. Di Persio busted in 51st place to get the tournament down to the bubble and the hand-for-hand stage.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Heidel	1,129,000 745,000	745,000
Mordehai Bueno	100,000 -406,000	-406,000
Matteo Di Persio	Busted

Tags: Mordehai Bueno Oliver Heidel Matteo Di Persio

11-23-2021 06:26 UTC+1

Mustafov Falls before the Bubble

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Giuliano Bendinelli raised to 40,000 from the middle position and Fahredin Mustafov three-bet jammed from the late position. The action folded to Bulcsu Lukacs in the big blind who four-bet jammed for more for Bendinelli to fold.

Fahredin Mustafov:
Bulcsu Lukacs:

The board ran out to not help Mustafov as he was eliminated in 52nd place.