Players Back From Dinner

Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 64/5,799 The final 64 players are back from their dinner break and are effectively 40 big blinds deep on average. Of course, there are some short stacks still in play despite the deep action. The tournament director reminded players as they were coming back that play will end the sooner…

Stacks Above 4 Million at Dinner Break

Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 64/5,799 Nils Jarafjall and Krzysztof Mielnik were both north of 8 million chips at the dinner break. Check out all the players above 4 million at the dinner break below: Player Chips Big Blinds Nils Jarefjall 8,300,000 104 Krzysztof Mielnik 8,200,000 103 Pasquale Gregorio 6,700,000 84 Alexander Luciani 6,300,000 79…

Rudolf Loses Stack With Sixes

Level 28: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 67/5,799 Mitja Rudolf three-bet jammed the button for about 10 big blinds and was called by Phanishsarn Tanapatr, who opened from the cutoff. Mitja Rudolf: Phanishsam Tanapatr: Rudolf had his camera ready to go as his opponent connected with his ace on the runout. Phanishsam Tanapatr – 4.4 million Mitja…

Yet More Fallen Warriors

Level 28: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 71/5,799 The Main Event is down to the last 72 players now, with defending champion Vasileios Zisis still in the hunt. We’ll be updating on chip counts of the leaders during the dinner break, which will be starting in about half an hour.  Here are the details of those who…

Scarano Loses His Crumbs to Iftimia

Level 28: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 73/5,799 Alessio Scarano already had his stack committed from the big blind. The side pot wasn’t big between the under the gun player Alexander Luciani and the player on the button in Marius Iftimia. Luciani check-folded facing a bet of 125,000 by Iftimia on the flop and Scarano and Iftimia…

Hooijer Jams the Turn

Level 28: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 80/5,799 Marton Lugosi opened for 125,000 from early position before Cosme Martinez three-bet to 355,000 from middle position. Berend Hooijer cold-called from the cutoff and Lugosi opted to get out of the way before the landed on the flop. Martinez, who had one of the bigger stacks from around the…