I’ll Never be your Beast of Budden

Level 26: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 63/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Connor Budden opened to 160,000 from the Lo-jack. Nico Diperna made the call from the Hi-jack, before Cristian-Aurelian Trif moved all in for 1,750,000 from the Cut-off. Budden made the call, before Diperna quickly folded. Cristian-Aurelian Trif: Connor Budden: As the board spelled out , Trif’s…

Last Woman Standing Still Seated

Level 26: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 68/6,039 Prize pool: €2,728,970 The sole woman left in the field, Amber Luciak, moved all in for 565,000 from UTG+1. Seated right next to her in the Lo-jack, chip leader Candido Cappiello was the sole caller. Amber Luciak: Candido Cappiello: Cappiello was slightly ahead, but Luciak took the lead on…

Sadly, We Have a Cancellation

Tonight’s Poker Experience Tour Hyper Turbo will sadly now be experienced by anyone, as it has been cancelled. There’s almost 1,000 players seated across the events taking place right now and the Super High Roller is due to start at 8pm. The management would like to apologise to everyone for this regrettable, but unavoidable situation.…

Re Makes Bold Prediction After Insane Pot

Level 25: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 78/6,039 Prize pool: €2,728,970 At this stage, the pots are becoming very crucial. My feeling is that I see a lot of three-bets pre-flop; players are trying to take down the pots with early aggression. Candido Cappiello opened to 125,000 from UTG+1. Milan Vanek made the call from the Hi-jack,…

Further Casualties

Position Name Payout 80 Danijel Tatarovic € 4,500 81 Lee Mulligan € 4,500 82 Mike Alonso € 4,500 83 Nicolaj D’antoni € 4,500 84 Costa Pinheiro € 4,500 85 Miltiadis Zografos € 4,500 86 Jose Vieira € 4,500 87 Jakub Fiala € 4,500 88 Paulo Sousa € 4,500 89 Flynn Meichtry € 4,500 90 Lorenzo…

Requesting a Mulligan

Level 25: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 80/6,039 Prize pool: €2,728,970 Big-stacked Davis Modans fancied an open to 125,000 from the Hi-jack. Lee Mulligan decided to put in a 435,000 from the Big Blind. Modans inspected his opponent’s stack, and then decided to force Mulligan all in for an additional 1,300,000. Without any hesitation, Mulligan made the…

Diperna Finds the Goods

Level 25: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 89/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Seated UTG, Charalampos Siakaras opened to 130,000. Nico Diperna made it 405,000 from the Lo-jack, before Jakub Fiala moved all in for roughly 2,800,000 from the Hi-jack. Siakaras spent two minutes in the tank before mucking his hand, but Diperna made the call faster than the…

Chip Leaders in the Main Event

Posting this on behalf of Christoffer, who is having technology issues, as he now will explain: I arrived to the tournament venue at 16:00, eager to join my colleague Jonathan Raab for the Day 3 coverage. Much to my displeasure, my computer decided not to be very cooperative today. After roughly 45 minutes worth of…