Ameed Khalil destroyed by Roberto Caprio

Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 35/1,992 “You destroyed him”, a player over at Roberto Caprio’s table exclaimed. The Italian just single-handedly took out the former chip leader Ameed Khalil. In hand we didn’t witness, he took half of Khalil’s stack. With roughly 1m chips left, Khalil raised with from early position to 60k. On the…

Lappin Getting Short

Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 33/1,992 The Chip Race podcast co-host David Lappin is one of the players the live reporting team is secretly rooting for. Well, I guess the secret is out of the bag but Lappin will need some hands or some luck soon as he is short on chips after the following…

Maksym Sheingart Dents Dario Minieri’s Stack

Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 36/1,992 Maksym Sheingart opened from middle position to 60k and Dario Minieri reraised to 160k right behind him. It folded back to Sheingart who called. Flop: – Sheingart checked, Minieri bet 165k and now Sheingart raised to 335k Minieri called the check-raise. Turn: – Sheingart checked again and once more…

Ladies Kind for Bellanca

Level 24: 10,500/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 37/1,992 Dario Barone opened for 65,000 from the button and was called by Andrea Agnoletto from the small blind. Giorgio Bellanca, who had a big stack to start the hand despite starting the day with one of the shorter stacks, three-bet to 255,000. Barone called and Angoletto folded before the…

Andrea Dominici Doubles Through Edgaras Kausinis

Level 23: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 38/1,992 Italian Andrea Dominici was working with a rather small stack for the last hour, but he just managed to score a double-up against Kausinis Edgaras. Dominici was all-in with Nines against Dominici’s Ace-Jack and spiked a nine on the board to double up to 700k – still below average,…

Cechowski Runs Into Caprio’s Cowboys

Level 23: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 38/1,992 Roberto Caprio jammed with the on the board. Dylan Cechowski went into the tank for a bit before the clock was called on him. Cechowski announced a call as time was about to run out and likely wishes he folded. Caprio turned over the for two pair with an…

Dario Minieri takes out Dumitru Sandu

Level 23: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 40/1,992 Dumitru Sandu was down to a handful of big blinds and was all-in against Dario Minieri before the flop. Dumitru Sandu showed and Minieri had him crushed with . The board didn’t help Sandu as it fell , sending him packing. Dario Minieri – 1,600,000 Dumitru Sandu – 0

Shindler Eliminates Gugliotta

Level 23: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 41/1,992 Robert Shindler opened for 60,000 from the cutoff. Andrea Agnoletto called from the small blind before Daniel Gugliotta three-bet jammed for 225,000 from the big blind. Shindler came in over the top for a four-bet jam. Agnoletto asked Shindler about how much his stack was not wanting an official…

Roch Wins Pivotal Hand Against Di Salvo

Level 23: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 44/1,992 With the players getting closer to big payout jumps, the play has slowed down considerably. Maybe the players need a few more coffees, to get up to speed. We just witnessed a hand that took more than ten minutes. It began with Giulio Di Salvo raising from the button.…