It’s The Showdown That Matters

Level 18: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 181/1,814 An open from Daniel Henriques was followed by a re-raise from Edas Cimbolas to 36,000 which Henriques called. Cimbolas continued with a 20,000 bet on after his opponent checked. Things continued the same way on the turn on which Henriques check-called another 70,000 bet. The river was and this…

Salvatore Calls “Time” On Himself

Level 17: 2,000/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 192/1,814 Action was already to the flop with already more than 100,000 in the heads-up pot between Guana Salvatore and Vincenzo Teti who re-raised Salvatore’s bet of 35,000 to 100,000 chips. After around 5 minutes of thinking Salvatore called time on himself and said “I feel like it should be…

Chip Up For Perra

Level 17: 2,000/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 201/1,814 Enrico Perra opened from an early position, got a 10,000 call from the button, and a three-bet from Mario Galic that had the small blind posted. Perra didn’t think long and called the bet. Both players checked the flop, followed by a small 25,000 bet from Galic on the…

Can Van de Bogert Find The Double ?

Level 17: 2,000/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 218/1,814 The action began with Michal Anzulewicz’s raise to 10,000 and ended with an all-in from Jan-Joost Van de Bogert who was sitting on the big. It was a 21-blinds all-in and Anzulewicz made the call. Jan-Joost Van de Bogert: Michal Anzulewicz: A flip, at first sight, turned a bit…

Vella Couldn’t Find The Ace

Level 16: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 238/1,814 Jianbo Ding had his first stab at the pot and raised 8,000 and Mark Vella went all-in from the button for his last 14 blinds and got called by Dign. Mark Vella: Jianbo Ding: Vella had the slightly better hearts but unfortunately for him, Ding found a pair on…

Ascia Triple-Barrels

Level 7: 300/600 Entries: 461/656 Off to the flop Rocco Ascia started the action with 6,000 bet after his opponent checked. Robert Binek called the bet and we saw a turn which completed eventual flush draws, but that didn’t stop Ascia as he did the same bet. One more time Ascia bet 13,000 on the…

Top Stacks After The Break

The break is over and it’s time to start playing. Check out some of the top stacks currently in Day 1C: Player Name Chip Count Francesco Bartolotti 142,000 Alessandro D’Amore 134,000 Edas Cimbolas 120,000 Claudio Barone 120,000 Aschraf Khader 120,000 Mehdi Rebai 111,000 Stefanos Giannakopoulous 105,000 David Houghton 104,000 La pausa è finita ed è…

Second Break Of The Day

All of the participants in Day 1C will once again leave their tables and take a short 20-minute break. Starting with Level 7 on blinds 300/600 and Ante 600 they will play 3 more complete levels before the 75-minute dinner break. So far there are 468 players in Day 1C with 623 total entries. Late…

A Little Slow-played Rockets

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 478/618 Alfredo Ranaudo was in the spotlight once again as he raised to 1,500 and got three-bet to 4,500 by a short-stacked Ivan Picavet who only had 14,000 chips behind. Ranaudo called and checked the flop, his opponent quickly put in a 5,000 bet and Ranaudo forced him to go…