Luska Wins Massive Pot With Jacks

Level 28: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 29/3,432 Andrea Fazio opened for 225,000 from the hijack before Marko Luska jacked it up to 500,000 from the button. Fazio jammed for 3,400,000 and Luksa called. Andrea Fazio: Marko Luska: Luska stood up and fist-bumped the air after improving to a set on the flop. He immediately realized that…

Melli Holds for Double

Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 34/3,432 The money was in the middle and cards were on their backs with Pierluigi Melli on ace-queen versus king-jack for Nikolaos Vouldis with Melli at risk. Melli hit the ace on the flop and never looked back with a board of . Vouldis was left nearly felted after the…

Dedoni Holds for a Double

Level 28: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 34/3,432 Giuseppe Dedoni was down to less than 10 big blinds but he found a spot on the button to put it in. Big blind Ivan Picavet asked for a count and then called with and was roughly racing against the for Dedoni. There were two aces on the flop…

Bougaret Runs Into Ribeira’s Cowboys

Level 28: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 38/3,432 Marc Bougaret jammed for 11 big blinds from under the gun and was cold-called by Renato Ribeira from middle position. Marc Bougaret: Renato Ribeira: Bougaret connected with his queen on the flop but this still wasn’t enough to get ahead of Ribeira’s cowboys. Neither the turn nor the river…

Patsalides Defends Big

Level 28: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 39/3,432 Szymon raised to 160,000 under the gun, and Panayiotis Patsalides called from the big blind. He check-called for 110,000 on the flop of [d]. Both players checked the turn and Patsalides fired 430,000 on the river, forcing a fold. Szymon Kuczerski – 1,900,000 Panayiotis Patsalides – 3,700,000