Mateusz Stanielewicz Wins €250 Sviten Special

The first of two pot-limit Sviten Special events concluded yesterday with Poland’s Mateusz Stanielewicz shipping the bacon after defeating local player from Belgium Soner Vanelderen heads-up en route to the title and the €2,980 top prize. The Sviten Special affair attracted 34 players to create a €7,100 prize pool. Check out the payouts below: Place…

It’s a Chop

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 538/695 Salvatore Signorelli raised to 800 from the middle, and he was called by Ivan Ferrara to in the hijack before Davide Biondo made it 3,000 to go from the cutoff. Both players called to the flop and they checked it through. The same check action came on the turn…

Fjeldstad Gets it on River

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 544/661 Andreas Fjeldstad made it 1,000 to go from the button, and small blind Vito Costanza called to the flop. Costanza check-raised a bet of 1,000, making it 2,600 to go and Fjeldstad called. Costanza led for 3.500 on the turn and Fjeldstad flatted. The small blind checked the river,…

Bounty, Anyone?

The €250 NLH Bounty recently began and already has 121 entries in the field including Jonathan Raab, Cory Desmond, Noam Fater, Vadim Gercev, Taras Khilko, Junyu Liu, James Middleton, Antonios Onoufriou, Harald Redl, Geert Vanoppen, Daniel Stancer, and Kaidar Viikman. Each player has a €100 bounty on their head, allowing players to earn some dinero…

Chiriac Takes it on the River

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 536/616 Massimiliano Platania raised to 600 from the cutoff and big blind Geroge Chiriac called to the flop of . Chiriac check-called for 800 and both players checked the turn. Chriac led out for 2,200 on the river and got a fold. Geroge Chiriac – 16,000 Massimiliano Platania – 19,000

Fives Everywhere As Bumba Toasts Groccia

Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 487/542 Fives were everywhere and not just because it was Table 55, although this was part of the reason. Peter Bumba three-bet squeezed preflop to 2,800. Giovanni Groccia called and another player folded to see the flop. Groccia checked and Bumba continued for 2,500. Groccia jacked it up to 5,500…

No Spades

Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 472/515 It was a bit of a strange hand just now at Table 44. After a raise from the middle, Kristian Previsic flatted next to act before the player to his left, Massino Casabona, made it 3,500 to go. Both players called to the all-spade flop of . After an…

Leotta Shoves Turn

Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 454/474 I arrived at the table with the flop already out reading and four players with cards in front of them. It checked through the flop, but on the turn Antonio Greco made it 700 and got folds from Lyu Congliang and Gainluca Pagliaro. Antonino Leotta, from the small blind,…