Nedden Doubles Through Micallef

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 50/154 Moritz Nedden was nearly three strikes and out on his third bullet but won a hand against Matthew Micallef to gain some breathing room. First, from the big blind, Nedden managed to get a three-bet squeeze through against a late position opener and caller. The next hand, Matthew Micallef…

Pecheux Takes it on River

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 51/154 Samuel Lindholm opened early to 3,000 and Erwann Pecheux called from the button. They went heads up to the flop of and Lindholm fired 3.500. Pacheux called to the turn and both players checked. The river came and Lindholm checked again only to face a bet of 15,000 from…

Chips for Dinner

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 52/154 Dan Sfarlea looks to be leading at the dinner break with a bit more than 150k. Iuliana Olteanu also has more than 150k as does Mansour Diop. See below for what looks like the biggest stacks as collected during dinner. The remaining players will be back in action with…

Dinner Break

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 51/153 The players will be heading out for their dinner break shortly with the end of Level 10. There are 51 players left in the game and the day will end when the field is down to 15% of the starting field. At the moment with 153 entries, that would…

Sfarlea Takes from Simone

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 54/153 Dan Sfarlea is chipping up at the expense of former chip leader, Alfonso Simone. In a recent hand, Simone opened under the gun to 2,500 and it folded around to Sfarlea in the big blind. He put in a raise to 8,700 but Simone came back over the top…

Better Pair for Papa

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 57/153 Two big stacks battled it out on Table 40 when Roberto Barone bet 6,000 into a pot of close to 40,000 with the on the board after the turn. Antonio Papa called before both players checked the river. Barone turned over the before the dealer asked for the other…

Said Takes Two in a Row

Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 68/152 Oliver Said picked up two hands in a row recently. In the first hand, he opened the button to 2,000 and got calls from both players in the blinds. It checked to Said on the flop and he fired 4,000 to take it down. On the very next hand,…