Level 21: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 52/1,992 Candido Cappiello open-raised from UTG and it folded to Vygintas Sipalis in the big blind. After having doubled up earlier, he was briefly having an average stack but lost some of the chips over the course of the last hand. Sipalis had roughly 400k left and moved all-in. Cappiello…
Players are in the last break of the day and we have eyeballed 61 remaining stacks. We had some shakeup in the chip lead position with Ameed Khalil losing almost half his stack and from the looks of it, Andrea Agnoletto is currently leading the field. Name Chips Big Blinds Andrea Agnoletto (5) 2,080,000 104…
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Level 21: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 64/1,992 The two big stacks at Table 17 just had a small brawl. It started with Ameed Khalil raising to 40k from the button and Gytis Lazauninkas reraising to 125k from the small blind. Khalil called and they saw a flop. After Lazauninkas checked, Khalil bet 200k and Lazauninkas called.…
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 70/1,992 Vygintas Sipalis raised from late position and in the blinds, Wissam Ouertani moved all-in for effectively 387k. Sipalis called quickly and the two went to showdown: Wissam Ouertani: Vygintas Sipalis: Board: Sipalis hit his set, dodged his opponents’ outs, and doubled to roughly 800k. Vygintas Sipalis – 800,000 Wissam…
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 78/1,992 In a rather huge clash, the Italian Giulio Di Salvo doubled through the (former) chip leader Ameed Khalil. Di Salvo opened from middle position to 25k. Behind him, Jon Persent re-raised to 75k and right behind him, Ameed Khalil called the 3-bet. The action was back on Di Salvo…
In an interesting twist, the two big stacks of the Main Event have been placed right next to each other. Ameed Khalil and Gytis Lazauninkas have 5 Million chips combined – the Italian holds 2.8m and the Lithauanian 2.2m. Meanwhile, Lazauninkas is multitabling – at least sort of. While playing the Main Event he’s also…
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 88/1,992 Tomasz Kokoszka just eliminated Shmuel Hadad by hitting a two-outer on the river. The two players were all-in before the flop and Hadad had Kokoszka crushed with Kings against Kings. The dealer fanned a low board but dealt a queen on the river, sending this 500k Kokoszka’s way, and…
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 96/1,992 In an Italian battle at Table 15, WSOP Bracelet winner Dario Minieri prevailed victorious against his countryman Sebastiano Caruso. Minieri opened from middle position to 24k. In the blinds, Caruso called. Flop: – both players checked. Turn: – Caruso checked, Minieri bet 18k and Caruso called. River: – Caruso…