Jack is Good for Brackley

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 454/1,216 I picked up the action on the flop with the board reading and three players checked to the turn. After a check from small blind Torben Krogh, Dzintars Lacis fired 3,500 from the big blind. Peter Brackley made it 10k to go, Krogh out while Lacis called. Both remaining…

Dinner Chips

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 455/1,211 Name Chips BB Michael Cowper-Johnson 200,000 167 Alessandro Cenciarini 195,000 163 Timothy Chung 181,000 151 Alberto Cucca 170,000 142 Charif Akhoun 151,000 126 Chris Da-Silva 145,000 121 Christian Christandl 140,000 117 Luciano Chiavaro 134,000 112 Francesco Ruggiero 122,000 102  

Let’s Have Some Dinner

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 463/1,209 Level 10 has just finished and the players are off for their 75-minute dinner break now. Entries are still open through the break but once Level 11 starts Day 1d will be closed. There are still two more turbo flights for the Main Event with Day 1e Turbo running…

Spina Doubles

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 478/1,207 Younes Charrat opened to 2,500 early, and Simone Spina called from the cutoff. Charrat checked the then snap-called when Spina shoved 19,800. Charrat had king-queen of diamonds for overs and some backdoors but Spina hit the ten with ten-jack and held for the double. Younes Charrat – 60,000 Simone…

Big Pot Ends on Flop

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 537/1,201 Roberto Cilia raised to 2,200 from the hijack and he got a couple of callers before big blind Nikolaos Michailidis made it 8,700 to go. Two players folded, but cutoff Andrea Melluzzo called, The flop came and Michailidis continued his aggression with a bet of 11,300, enough to push…

Day 1e Begins

The turbo-charged Day 1e has kicked off with a field of 70 entries. Several players are giving it another go after failing to advance to Day 2 in prior opening fields including Roberto Aprile, Albert Sapiano, Shaun Decesare, and Constantinos Miaris. Best of luck to all of the Day 1e players. We will provide another…

Christandl Hits the Ace

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 588/1,198 I picked up the action on the turn with the board reading and Christian Christandl checked from the big blind. Nilson Pascoal put out a bet of 15,000 and got the call to on the river. Both players checked and Pascoal mucked after Christandl showed ace-jack for the flopped…