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WSOP Europe News: Zhu Leads Main, Deeb Goes Deep Again, Schemion Wins Bracelet

WSOP Europe News: Zhu Leads Main, Deeb Goes Deep Again, Schemion Wins Bracelet
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Alex Sakuta Content Editor
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  • Updated: April 9, 2026
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25 players advanced to Day 5 of the €5K Main Event. Each is guaranteed at least €50K. Here’s how the action unfolded.

WSOP Europe Main Event: Hengtao Zhu Leads Day 5

Hengtao Zhu enters Day 5 with a stack of 102 bb. He built this stack thanks to two hands. In one, on a 10 2 A 7 5 board, Zhu bet all three streets and on the river faced an all-in raise from Johan Espholm. Zhu showed K Q , Espholm — 10 10 , pot 120 bb. In another hand, Zhu got it in with KK vs QQ against Roberto Romanello for a pot of 75+ bb.

Also still in play:

PlayerCountryStack
Brandon Sheils100 bb
Chris Hunichen39 bb
Benjamin Chalot36 bb
Viacheslav Sultanov33 bb
Thomas Hall31 bb
Thomas Eychenne14 bb
Lazare Kalebashvili9 bb

There are no women left in the tournament. Shiina Okamoto was eliminated in 37th place “the Shaun Deeb way.”

Annette Obrestad was eliminated in 34th place after losing a coinflip.

The stream continues today at 14:00 UTC on YouTube.

Shaun Deeb goes deep again and builds a big stack in High Rollers

Deeb finished 9th in the €2,750 Rounder Cup NLH (€20.8K). This was a tournament where one flight featured only Americans and the other only Europeans. The event drew 647 entries. Michael Leah won (€292K). This is his second career bracelet; the first came at WSOP Asia Pacific 2014 in the A$25K NLH High Roller ($600K).

After busting, Deeb entered the most expensive event of the series — the €20K Super High Roller — and bagged 88 bb for Day 2 (top 11). Alex Keating leads with 141 bb. There are 68 players remaining, with 242 total entries.

Ole Schemion wins His second bracelet in the €5K PLO European Championship (€395K)

He defeated Santtu Leinonen (€260K) heads-up. Michael “Texas Mike” Moncek finished third (€175K). The tournament drew 379 entries. Ole Schemion’s previous bracelet also came at WSOP Europe, in the €100K Diamond High Roller NLHE 2019 ($341.5K).

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Written By: Alex Sakuta Content Editor

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