Dinner Break

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 51/153 The players will be heading out for their dinner break shortly with the end of Level 10. There are 51 players left in the game and the day will end when the field is down to 15% of the starting field. At the moment with 153 entries, that would…

Sfarlea Takes from Simone

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 54/153 Dan Sfarlea is chipping up at the expense of former chip leader, Alfonso Simone. In a recent hand, Simone opened under the gun to 2,500 and it folded around to Sfarlea in the big blind. He put in a raise to 8,700 but Simone came back over the top…

Better Pair for Papa

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 57/153 Two big stacks battled it out on Table 40 when Roberto Barone bet 6,000 into a pot of close to 40,000 with the on the board after the turn. Antonio Papa called before both players checked the river. Barone turned over the before the dealer asked for the other…

Said Takes Two in a Row

Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 68/152 Oliver Said picked up two hands in a row recently. In the first hand, he opened the button to 2,000 and got calls from both players in the blinds. It checked to Said on the flop and he fired 4,000 to take it down. On the very next hand,…

Mandarano Doubles Through Szopinski

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 64/152 Silvana Mandarano three-bet jammed her short stack of less than 7,000 and was called by Dawid Szopinski. Silvana Mandarano: Dawid Szopinski: Both players bricked the runout for Mandarano to win the hand with a better kicker than Szopinski to double her stack. Meanwhile, Shaun Decesare, Alfredo Cuti, Julien Micallef,…

Zukovs Boat is Good

Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 68/152 Samuel Lindholm opened from the cutoff to 2.000, then called when Andrejs Zukovs raised the button to 6,000. They both checked the flop, but after a check from Lindholm on the turn, Zukovs bet 2,400 and got the call. The river was and Lindholm checked again, then called the…

Mystery Siege of Malta Bounty Hopping

The €450 Mystery Siege of Malta Bounty is well on its way to decimating the €100,000 guarantee in the early goings with 144 entries hopping in early into the first of two opening flights. Players start with a stack of 20,000 in chips with blinds increasing every 20 minutes. Like the Main Event, each opening…

Big Stacks at Break

Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 74/152 Alfonso Simone is still leading the field as he is sitting with 250k at the break following Level 8. Julien Stropoli is also still sitting pretty with just over 150k. Below is a look at a few bigger stacks as they’ll be going into the final two levels of…

Third Break

Players are on their third 20-minute break. Blinds will increase to 500/1,000 along with a 1,000 big blind ante when the action resumes. The battle will continue for two more blind levels after the break. After this, a 75-minute dinner break will take place with late registration closed before the start of Level 11

“Not THAT Jack, Please”

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 76/150 It was all in before the flop when Ahmad Kheil limped early to start things off before Jianyi Liu raised to 2,000 from the middle. Small blind Ian Tabone shoved for 9,200 which pushed Kheil off his hand while Liu called it off with more. Liu was in good…