€600 Main Event Day 1c
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 145/441
Prize Pool: €700,000 GTD

Luigi D’Alterio opened to 4,000 UTG. Seated right next to him, Kevin Whelan moved all in for 70,000 on the dot from UTG+1. Action eventually came to Mateusz Pieprzka, who moved all in for 27,000 from the Small Blind. D’Alterio folded, and the two contestants tabled their holdings.

Kevin Whelan: A♣Q♠
Mateusz Pieprzka: 9♣9♥

It was a classic coin flip confrontation, and Whelan took a solid lead on the Q♣7♦7♥ flop. The board completed with 6♠2♠, and Pieprzka’s tournament life came to an end.

Right before that hand played out, this live reporter saw reigning champion Adrian Ziemichod winning a massive pot with a full house. He now plays a very respectable stack.

Adrian Ziemichod: 209,000
Kevin Whelan: 105,000
Mateusz Pieprzka: 0