Cowboys No Good for Mercieca

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 27/1,992 James Mercieca opened for 90,000 from middle position and was called by Jon Persent from the cutoff, Dario Minieri from the button, David Lappin from the small blind, and Junyu Liu from the big blind for five players to see the flop. The action was checked over to Merieca,…

Andrea Dominici Doubles Once More

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 26/1,992 Andrea Dominici is digging the short stack game. At the start of the level, he was down to roughly 10 big blinds and was hovering at that level for a while now. But right now he managed to double up against the table chip leader Victor Fryda. It was…

Bellanca Flushes Shindler to the Rail

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 29/1,992 Robert Shindler opened for a min-raise from the cutoff. Giorgio Bellanca three-bet to 280,000 from the big blind. Shindler four-bet jammed for nearly 800,000 and Bellanca snap-called. Robert Shindler: Giorgio Bellanca: Shindler was behind but he moved slightly ahead after his five found a friend on the flop. Bellanca…

Junyu Liu Three-Bets Twice in One Hand

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 30/1,992 With roughly 600k in the middle already we arrived at Table 18 with the flop reading . Two players were in the hand. We assume the preflop action went as follows: Jon Persent raised from middle position, Junyu Liu reraised from the small blind and Persent called. On the…

Roch Snap-Mucks After Agnoletto Calls

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 31/1,992 There were between 400,000 and 500,000 in the pot when Lahire Roch check-called a bet of 180,000 by Andreas Agnoletto with the on the board after the turn. Roch checked again after the river completed the board. Agnoletto bet 280,000. Roch tanked for a couple of minutes before he…

Rain Moelderkivi Loses Huge Chunk of his Stack

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 30/1,992 Over at Table 16 we just saw Rain Moelderkivi lose a significant portion of his stack. With roughly 450k in the middle on the river, the board read and Moelderkivi checked to his lone opponent, Roberto Caprio. Caprio bet 250k and Moelderkivi reluctantly called. The Italian turned over for…

Caruso’s Aces Cracked, Tournament Life Kaputt

Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 31/1,992 Right before the break, we lost Sebastiano Caruso who busted in brutal fashion against Candido Cappielle. Cappielle raised from the button and Caruso moved all-in from the blinds for roughly 420k chips. Cappielle eventually called, showing . Caruso had this hand crushed with . But the dealer fanned –…

Break Time

Day 3 is on its first break. The field has been trimmed down from 48 players to start the day to just 31 hopefuls. Daniel Ryder and Sebastiano Caruso won’t be among the players returning as they both hit the rail just before the break. The big stacks will be updated during the break and…