Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 206/298 We strolled by Table 3 and saw a small pot with only 4k in the middle and the board reading . But the pot was about to grow significantly. From the Big Blind Gaspare Sposato bet 3.2k and Issak Wilhelm made it 11k to go from the Cut-Off. Sposato…
The €150 Ladies Event kicked off with a tidy field of 11 ladies. We wanted to give a special shoutout to Florence Mazet who is in the field. Mazet is an old friend (she’s not old, just this reporter is, but you get the idea that we have known each other for many years) and…
Level 5: 200/400 (400)Entries: 217/287 Edgaras Kausinis fired out for 2,500 from the small blind into a pot north of 10,000 after the landed on the flop. Georgios Karakausis called from the big blind as did Itamar Nachshon from the hijack. Kausinis checked after the followed on the turn. Karakausis bet 5,000. Nachshon immediately folded…
Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 221/278 This won’t come as a big surprise that Day 1b is already bigger than the 273 entries attracted on Day 1a. The surprise is how quickly it happened as late registration will still be open for 4 1/2 more blind levels and the dinner break that follows. At this…
Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 218/268 Perhaps we have a Cinderella story in the making with Kostadin Mihaylov as he was down to just 1,000 chips. He is still short but is headed in the right direction after getting a little bit of luck on the following hand. Mihaylov jammed for 1,000 from under the…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 212/252 Maksym Sheingart jammed for 7,200 into a pot of around 10,000 with the on the board after the river. Simon Steinberg tanked for about a minute before he called for most of his stack. Sheingart turned over for a better two pair than was on the board. Steinberg attempted…
Yesterday, we noticed Liran Derei Moshe playing the part of a king in the Main Event. While the King is gone (but not forgotten) today we didn’t notice him in the poker room. However, we did instead notice one of the kings of the jungle in play with Yair Orbach playing a Main Event satellite…
The poker players at the table are practically swimming in a sea of drinks! It’s like they’ve formed an exclusive hydration club, always making sure their thirst is on the rocks. When this reporter took a break from counting the chips, he had the inexplicable urge to keep counting, only this time, it was the…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 212/241 Sergio Ritano checked before Eliyahu Yamin bet 6,500 into a pot of 10,000 with the on the board after the turn. Ritano tanked for about a minute before he called. Both players checked the river. Yamin turned over the for the top pair. However, Ritano won the pot with…
During the first break, we eyeballed the biggest stack in the Main Event and by the looks of it, Amir Assal is in the lead with more than three times the starting stack. Those are the biggest stacks right now: Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Amir Assal 90,000 300 4 2 Giuseppe Florio…