Ladies Good for Martinez

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 310/870 Yoan Dody from the button called a three-bet jam by Ivan Furniet Martinez from the small blind to 32,000. Ivan Furniet Martinez: Yoan Dody: Martinez didn’t have much of a sweat and doubled his stack after Dody’s nines didn’t get anywhere on the board. Ivan Furniet Martinez – 80,000…

Blind on Blind Goes Big

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 328/872 Oliver Markham limped in from the small blind, then called when Miguel Bolivar raised the big to 3,500. Markham quickly fired 3,600 on the flop and Bolivar flatted behind. On the turn, Markham again fired for 6k this time and again got the call. He finally slowed down on…

Buremi Turns a Set

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 324/870 Marian Ivanov opened for 2,500 from the cutoff and was called by Gabriele Re from the button before Fabio Buremi three-bet to 8,400 from the big blind. Ivanov called and Re folded. Buremi check-called a bet of 6,100 on the flop before both players checked the turn. Buremi fired…

Hasevik Shows His Bluff

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 344/870 Late registration is over but it will take a few minutes to verify the numbers to make sure all the qualifiers that were scheduled to play on Day 1c got into the mix. We will report the final figures as soon as they are made official. In the meantime,…

Chips for Dinner

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 345/867 Entries close on this massive Day 1c when the dinner break ends in just under an hour. There are still three flights to go after this one, with a regular 1d tomorrow followed by two turbo flights before Sunday’s Day 2. Name Chips BB Giuseppe Fracesco 200,000 167 Piotr…

Bon Appétit

Players are on a 75-minute dinner break with the action set to kick off again at 10 p.m. local time. Late registration will be closed when the action resumes, at which point we will know how big the field got and how many players are scheduled to advance to Sunday’s Day 2 from the Day…

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 381/861 Guido Roperti raised from the middle to 2,600 and big blind Magnus Pukk called to the flop. Both players slowed down and checked the flop and the turn. When the river came Pukk led out for 8,500, and after some thought, Roperti called. It was king-high for Pukk with…

Nines Good for Martinsen

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 378/863 Benjamin Fougerouze jammed for 12,500 from early position before the action paused on Benjamin Fougerouze from the hijack. Fougerouze asked for a count before jamming over the top for 32,000. Benjamin Fougerouze: Joem Martinsen: Martinsen’s nines held to win the hand and felt his opponent after Fougerouze bricked the…

Censabella Pulls Ahead of Cowboys

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 398/856 Angelo Censabella jammed for 13,700 from middle position and was up against Corrado Martinelli from the cutoff. Angelo Censabella: Corrado Martinelli: Censabella had one live card and it connected on the flop for a better two-pair than Martinelli. Martinelli was unable to get a two-outer to get back on…

Savio Cuts into Table Leader

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 405/852 Damir Savio raised to 2,100 from the button and big blind and table big stack Fabrizio Cocco called. The flop came and both players checked to the turn. Cocco checked again, then tank-called when Savio fired 3,400. When the hit the river, he led out for 7,600 and after…