Ntamaris Fades Hearts to Double

Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 45/1,814 Modestas Kryzanauskas opened for 50,000 chips on the button and Fotios Ntamaris defended his big blind. Ntamaris then check-raised all-in on the flop for 365,000 chips and Kryzanauskas called it off. Fotios Ntamaris: Modestas Kryzanauskas: Ntamaris’ straight remained the best hand as Kryzanauskas’ flush draw bricked on the runout,…

Pace Hero Calls for Tournament Life

Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 45/1,814 Luke Pace limped in from the small blind and Filippo Busatto checked his option in the big blind. Pace then check-called Busatto’s 25,000 bet on the flop, as well as the 30,000 bet on the turn. On the river Busatto put Pace all-in for his final 145,000 chips and…

Zube Doubles Against Big Stack

Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 45/1,814 Egidijus Zube got in his stack of 305,000 chips from the small blind against start-of-day chipleader Vasileios Zisis on the button. Egidijus Zube: Vasileios Zisis: Zube flopped top set on , but the turn brought Zisis some outs. The river failed to bring in Broadway, however, and Zube happily…

Stepping Puts Chips to Use

Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 46/1,814 Francesco Tino raised to 60,000 from middle position and Jan-Joost van den Bogert made the call from the cutoff. Chipleader Rasmus Stepping then squeezed to 280,000 from the small blind. Tino took a minute or so before he folded, after which Van den Bogert quickly followed suit. When asked…

Cristiano Short After Losing Seven-Figure Pot

Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 51/1,814 In a pot of 1,100,000 chips, Erik Lindqwist put in 350,000 from the big blind on a completed board of . That was enough to put his opponent Giorgio Cristiano all-in, as he played only 215,000 chips. Cristiano sat in the tank for several minutes, but eventually laid his…

Papavramidis Plays It Tricky

Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 52/1,814 Modestas Kryzanauskas raised to 50,000 in early position and he found one caller, Sokratis Papavramidis in the small blind. Both players checked through the subsequent flop of before Papavramidis checked again on the turn. Kryzanauskas fired in 50,000 chips, which Papavramdidis quickly raised to 160,000. Kryzanauskas instantly folded and…

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chip Counts Big Blinds Rasmus Sepping 3,725,000 149 Antonino Calabro 3,025,000 121 Jakub Bosko 2,620,000 105 Vasileios Zisis 2,430,000 97 Giuseppe Rosa 2,195,000 88 Antonino Arigo 2,100,000 84 Alfredo Cuti 2,095,000 84 Erik Lindqwist 2,050,000 82 Alessio Mastrosimone 1,930,000 77 Daniel Maunders 1,755,000 70 Modestas Kryzanauskas 1,600,000 64 Filippo Busatto 1,515,000 61 Nicola Ciraolo…

First Break

After two-and-a-half hours of play, which saw almost half the field depart, the 54 remaining players have been sent on a 25-minute break. Dopo due ore e mezza di gioco, che hanno visto partire quasi la metà dei giocatori, i 54 rimasti sono stati mandati in pausa per 25 minuti.

Cassibba Gets Rivered

Level 20: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 55/1,814 Emanuele Cassibba got his final 130,000 chips in from the small blind on a flop of and was called by Jeremy Bametz in the hijack. Emanuele Cassiba: Jeremy Bametz: Cassiba had the best hand with his pair, but Bametz had a plethora of outs left in the deck. The…

Anzulewicz Gets Two-Outed, Busts

Level 23: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 57/1,814 Tomasz Olszewski jammed all-in from the cutoff for 300,000 chips and was called by Michal Anzulewicz in the small blind. Tomas Olszewski: Michal Anzulewicz: Olszewski calmly took a sip from his drink as the flop saw him hit a set to reverse the domination situation. The turn and river…