Second Break

Players are on their second short break of Day 3. The blinds will increase to 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante when the action resumes. We will update some of the bigger stacks from around the room at the break.

Chop It Up

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 60/3,432 I arrived at the table on the turn with the board reading and Zvezdan Tadic was counting out a bet of 475k. Herli Orlap shoved with the biggest stack, and Tadic snapped him off. Both players were on king-queen, however, and they chopped it up with both players holding…

Campione Flashes a Ten

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 60/3,432 Salvatore Ritrovato limped from under the gun before Salvatore Caruso raised to 85,000 from one seat over. Davide Campione three-bet to 215,000 from the small blind and Ritrovato folded. Meanwhile, Caruso went into the tank for about 30 seconds before he called. Campione fired out for 200,000 on the…

De Meulder Bets Big on the River

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 62/3,432 Christophe De Meulder bet 90,000 from the button and Giuseppe Di Bella called from the small blind. Action checked through the flop and turn, but after a check from Di Bella on the De Meulder made a near-pot bet of 180k and took it down. Christophe De Meulder –…

HORSE Begins

The €350 HORSE has attracted an initial field of 20 entries. Players start off with 20,000 in chips with blinds increasing slowly at every 30 minutes between five limit games in hold’em (H), Omaha (O), razz (R), stud (S), and stud eight or better (E). The field will continue to grow with late registration open…

Two Pair for Tranchina

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 65/3,432 Matteo Tranchina jammed for around five big blinds from early position and was called by Raoul van Wersch from the button. Matteo Tranchina: Raoul van Wersch: Tranchina stood up and was looking ready to leave the table even after he pulled ahead on the flop. Van Wersch connected with…

Bjoerbaek Busts with Fumes

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 67/3,432 Erik Bjoerbaek shoved early with fumes, having only about 60k behind and facing 80k in the big blind in two hands. It folded to the big blind, MIlan Dondur, who had no choice but to put in the extra 20k, given the pot odds. Dondur was best with ace-ten…

Eliminations During Level 24

The blinds just increased to Level 25 with blinds at 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. Check out all the eliminations below from Level 24: Place Player Prize 68 Paolo Riga €4,690 69 Felciano Rosano €4,690 70 Gianluca Cabitza €4,690 71 Gabriela Hlouskova €4,690 72 Antonio Guerrero €4,170 73 Antonio Capoluongo €4,170 74 Eros…