Final Three Tables

With that, we’re down to three tables. Those are the approximate counts and (accurate) seats: Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Giorgio Bellanca 4,680,000 94 18 4 Victor Fryda 4,580,000 92 18 8 Maksym Sheingart 4,280,000 86 16 5 Roberto Caprio 3,660,000 73 16 1 Fabian Rolli 3,160,000 63 16 2 Andrea Agnoletto 3,060,000 61…

Maksym Sheingart Straightens Minieri Out

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 24/1,992 They had been battling before and Sheingart had the better end. Now they went at it again and this time Maksym Sheingart eliminated Dario Minieri. They were all-in on a flop that read . Minieri was well ahead with his , but Sheingart had outs as he held .…

Alexis Roch Times Into a Lucky Double Up

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 27/1,992 That was a slightly weird hand! Over at Table 19, Andrea Agnoletto raised from middle position to 85k. It folded to Alexis Roch on the button, who made it 425k, leaving himself 100k chips. Agnoletto instantly moved all-in, expecting a rapid call. But Alexis Roch took his time. He…

Andrea Dominici Doubles Once More

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 26/1,992 Andrea Dominici is digging the short stack game. At the start of the level, he was down to roughly 10 big blinds and was hovering at that level for a while now. But right now he managed to double up against the table chip leader Victor Fryda. It was…

Junyu Liu Three-Bets Twice in One Hand

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 30/1,992 With roughly 600k in the middle already we arrived at Table 18 with the flop reading . Two players were in the hand. We assume the preflop action went as follows: Jon Persent raised from middle position, Junyu Liu reraised from the small blind and Persent called. On the…

Rain Moelderkivi Loses Huge Chunk of his Stack

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 30/1,992 Over at Table 16 we just saw Rain Moelderkivi lose a significant portion of his stack. With roughly 450k in the middle on the river, the board read and Moelderkivi checked to his lone opponent, Roberto Caprio. Caprio bet 250k and Moelderkivi reluctantly called. The Italian turned over for…

Caruso’s Aces Cracked, Tournament Life Kaputt

Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 31/1,992 Right before the break, we lost Sebastiano Caruso who busted in brutal fashion against Candido Cappielle. Cappielle raised from the button and Caruso moved all-in from the blinds for roughly 420k chips. Cappielle eventually called, showing . Caruso had this hand crushed with . But the dealer fanned –…

Ameed Khalil destroyed by Roberto Caprio

Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 35/1,992 “You destroyed him”, a player over at Roberto Caprio’s table exclaimed. The Italian just single-handedly took out the former chip leader Ameed Khalil. In hand we didn’t witness, he took half of Khalil’s stack. With roughly 1m chips left, Khalil raised with from early position to 60k. On the…