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

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:

Player	Country	Stack
Brandon Sheils		100 bb
Chris Hunichen		39 bb
Benjamin Chalot		36 bb
Viacheslav Sultanov		33 bb
Thomas Hall		31 bb
Thomas Eychenne		14 bb
Lazare Kalebashvili		9 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).