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Second Break Big Stack Watch

During the second break of the day, we eyeballed the biggest stacks once more. From the looks of it, Daniel Ryder is our current chip leader with over 120,000 chips. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Daniel Ryder 125,000 208 15 7 Matteo Intiso 110,000 183 19 4 Roberto Caprio 100,000 167 22 3 Domenico…

Second Break

Players are on their second short break of Day 2. We will update as many of the big stacks around the room as possible during the break. Blinds will increase to 300/600 with a 600 big blind ante when the action resumes.

Ladies Event Begins

The €150 Ladies Event kicked off with a tidy field of 11 ladies. We wanted to give a special shoutout to Florence Mazet who is in the field. Mazet is an old friend (she’s not old, just this reporter is, but you get the idea that we have known each other for many years) and…

Kausinis Doubles Through Savio

Level 5: 200/400 (400)Entries: 217/287 Edgaras Kausinis fired out for 2,500 from the small blind into a pot north of 10,000 after the landed on the flop. Georgios Karakausis called from the big blind as did Itamar Nachshon from the hijack. Kausinis checked after the followed on the turn. Karakausis bet 5,000. Nachshon immediately folded…

Day 1b Officially Bigger Than Day 1a

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 221/278 This won’t come as a big surprise that Day 1b is already bigger than the 273 entries attracted on Day 1a. The surprise is how quickly it happened as late registration will still be open for 4 1/2 more blind levels and the dinner break that follows. At this…

Mihaylov Quadruples His Crumbs

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 218/268 Perhaps we have a Cinderella story in the making with Kostadin Mihaylov as he was down to just 1,000 chips. He is still short but is headed in the right direction after getting a little bit of luck on the following hand. Mihaylov jammed for 1,000 from under the…

Lions, Tigers, and Bears… Oh My!

Yesterday, we noticed Liran Derei Moshe playing the part of a king in the Main Event. While the King is gone (but not forgotten) today we didn’t notice him in the poker room. However, we did instead notice one of the kings of the jungle in play with Yair Orbach playing a Main Event satellite…