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…
Day 1b players are on their first break. We will update with the biggest stacks around the room during all of the breaks today including this one. Blinds will increase to 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante when the action resumes.
Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 196/214 Albert Ostrovskij fired out for 6,500 into a pot of a bit more with the on the board after the river. Mary Dvorkin didn’t waste more than five seconds before she called. Ostrovskij turned over and was likely betting to push Dvorkin off something better. This didn’t work for…