Final Break
Players are on their final break of Day 3. Blinds will increase to 100,000/150,000 with a big blind ante of 150,000 when the action resumes.
Dominici Celebrates His Set
Level 30: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 10/1,992 Andrea Dominici opened for 250,000 from the small blind. Mikhael Busiashvili three-bet to 725,000 and Dominici called. Dominici fired out a donk-bet of 275,000 on the flop. Busiashvili raised to 600,000 and Dominici called. Dominici checked the turn. Busiashvili bet 1,100,000. Dominici went into the tank before he shoved…
Digrys Ends His BoM Run After Losing a Flip With Nines
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 10/1,992 Egidijus Digrys opened the button for 200,000. Giulio Di Salvo three-bet jammed for more than the 15 big blinds or so Digrys had behind. Digrys called and the flip was on. Egidijus Digrys: Giulio Di Salvo: Di Salvo improved to two pair on the board to eliminate Digrys in…
Bolivar’s Fours Get There Against Snowmen
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 11/1,992 Fabian Rolli opened for 225,000 from the cutoff and was called by Victor Fryda. Miguel Bolivar three-bet jammed for 1,800,000. Rolli folded and Fryda called. Miguel Bolivar: Victor Fryda: It was looking like showers for Bolivar. Instead, he improved to a boat on the board to double his stack.…
Busiashvili Ousts Centola
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 12/1,992 Mikhael Busiashvili opened for 250,000 from the hijack. Massimo Centola three-bet jammed for slightly more than 1 million. Busiashvili didn’t ask for a count before he snap-called. Massimo Centola: Mikhael Busiashvili: Both players nailed top pair on the runout. Centola had some kicker issues and hit the rail in…
Bellanca Runs Into Rolli’s Rockets
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 13/1,992 Giorgio Bellanca opened for a min-raise from early position. Roberto Caprio called from the cutoff before Fabian Rolli jacked it up to 680,000 from the button. Bellanca four-bet jammed for a little more than 3 million. Caprio folded and Rolli called. Giorgio Bellanca: Fabian Rolli: Bellanca seemed disgusted and…
Fun and Games at the Battle of Malta
The poker action has been fantastic all week long. But for those looking to take a break, DomusBet has an old-school arcade machine with countless retro-games on it. Unlike most arcade machines, this one is free to play. Players have been enjoying it all day today. But if you wait around, you can get your…
No More Chip Race(s)
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 19/1,992 David Lappin is one of the co-hosts and founders of The Chip Race podcast alongside Dara O’Kearney. If you haven’t checked it out, it is certainly worth a listen. Unfortunately, The Chip Race host won’t be at the final table, although it is possible he will join me in…
Second Break
Players are on their second Day 3 break. Blinds will increase to 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante before moving up again to 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 big blind ante. A longer 75-minute dinner break will take place after these two blind levels. We will update all of the chip counts during the break.
Centola Doubles Through Edikas
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 22/1,992 Massimo Centola open-jammed for 670,000 from the small blind. Edikas Jurgutis asked for a count before he called. Massimo Centola: Edikas Jurgutis: Centola got up from his seat as if ready to leave. He sat back down after his ace connected with the board to double his stack through…