Hearts over Hearts For Tipping

Level 10: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 89/195 Paul Zehetleitner and Leslie Tipping (pictured below) were heads-up on the blinds after a small raise from Paul. The board got both of them to put all of their chips and Tipping was at risk with a bit less than a starting stack (25 blinds). Leslie Tipping: Paul Zehetleitner:…

Bigger Stacks At Start Of Level 7

Check out some of the bigger stacks in Day 1A after the end of the second break. Players Chip Count Big Blinds Gaspare Sposato 105,000 175 Audrius Laimelis 100,000 166 Carlo Vitti 92,000 153 Mael Thevenet 90,000 150 Stavros Karakantas 88,000 146 Pasquale Nocerino 82,000 136 Egidijus Zube 82,000 136 Monica Sutter 80,000 133  …

Big Hand Before The Break

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 119/164 Monica Sutter bet 2,700 chips into three people on the turn after everyone checked flop, Nikodemas Staniukaitis was next to her on the big and raised her to 8,500 – the players on the cutoff and button folded and Sutter made the call. The river card didn’t seem to…

The Ladies Look Good For Karlsson

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 123/154 Mortiz Nedden opened the pot by raising 800 from the first position, one player folded and Gaspare Sposato made it 3,500 – A few seconds after Mats Karlsson shoved all of his 25,000 discs in the middle, everyone behind him folded and Sposato had a decision. After some thinking,…

Risky Business For Pace

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 126/152 A raise by UTG player and a call on his left didn’t seem to bother Itaco Voto who re-raised to 3,500. Luke Pace was sitting on the button and he didn’t think twice before putting in his remaining 13,000 chips (32,5 blinds) in the middle, the first two players…

Sardana Puts On The Pressure

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 122/142 Heads-up action between Arun Sardana and James Mercieca after a raise and a call by the latter. We saw a flop of which looked in favor of Mercieca on the small blind as he led it for 800. Sardana looked like he was thinking about a raise, but ended…

Three-Way All-In On The FLOP!

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 121/136 A big pot was played after a raise from Domenico Condo UTG, a call by Stylianos Kollatos on the cutoff, and a re-raise by Egidijus Zube to 3,200 which was called by both his opponents. Off to the flop and quick checks by Condo and Kollatos, followed by another…

Not The Best Turn For Hopper

Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 109/113 The action got heated between Paul Hopper and Vito Burgio on a board of after Paul Hopper bet 2,000 on the turn into a pot of 1,900 and got raised by Vito Burgio to 4,500 chips. A big all-in followed from Hopper for his remaining 17,400 chips and a…

It Went To A Showdown

Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 109/113 The game started with an under-the-gun open from Robert Lim to 600, a call followed by Oliver Briegel on the button and a re-raise to 2,400 from Marko Luksa sitting on the big blind, both his opponents called. Three-way to the flop and Luksa put in another 2,500 in…

A Good One For Berisa

Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 93/94 Itaco Vota made the first move in the hand by raising to 300, Dario Berisa made it 1,200 from the hijack, and action folded to Audrius Skucas in the big blind, who four-bet to 3,100. Fast fold from the original raiser and Berisa made the call. Players were heads-up…