Swedes in the Field

Level 9: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 438/877 Being a Swede, I couldn’t help myself but taking a look how my fellow Scandinavians are doing in Day 1e. Player Chips Big Blinds Achievements Niklas Åhlund 43,000 29 Philip Cole 250,000 167 Dennis Berglin 38,000 25 Third-place Finisher in the 2020 Kings of Tallinn €1,100 Main Event Marcus…

Give it to me Straight, Doc

Level 9: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 488/870 Vincent De Luca opened to 2,500 UTG. Ovidiu-Dorin Barna (Button) and Ran Shahar (Big Blind) both made the call. After an initial check from Shahar on the flop. De Luca fired a 4,000 continuation bet. Both of his opponents made the call, and the dealer revealed the on the…

Omaha Is In the Casino

Today’s Omaha was due to take place in the downstairs poker room in the Intercontinental Hotel. However, due to the huge turnout that is expected in the 9pm satellite, it’s been moved to the poker room within the Casino, situated in the basement of the hotel. It’s a 4-5 card round of each format today…

Premium Pairs Clashes

Level 8: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 537/848 Andrei Piatrushchanka opened to 2,500 from UTG+1. Then, Francisco Ares put in a raise to 7,000 from the Hi-jack. Action folded back to Piatrushchanka, who four-bet to 18,000. After a minute’s worth of consideration, Ares moved all in for just shy of 50,000. Piatrushchanka made the call faster than…

Ganea Triples Up

Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 561/831 Sweden’s Robin Wikemar opened to 2,200 UTG. Andreas Mavromoustakis made the call from UTG+1, before Raul Ganea moved all in for 11,300 from the Lo-jack. Wikemar and Mavromoustakis both made the call. Wikemar and Mavromoustakis both checked the flop, and they did the same moves on the turn. Wikemarn…