Falcon Piling on Chips

Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 142/362 Denmark’s Michael Kim Falcon was among the chip leaders at the dinner break and things have gone swimmingly since then as he is up to 470,000 in chips, which appears to be the largest in the room without doing a full audit. He just recently took a small pot…

Day 1b Achieves Century Mark

The €300 Day 1b opening flight of the Main Event is on its first break after six blind levels of 20 minutes each. This means there are four more levels of late registration for players to get a fresh stack of 20,000 (half the 40,000 in the €600 buy-in flights) in the €300 buy-in opening…

Full House for Gulas

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 169/362 Andreas Katsanis was sitting on a healthy stack when he fired out a pot-sized bet of 21,000 with the on the board. Josef Gulas tanked for more than a minute before he opted to call. Katsanis turned over he and his trips with an ace-nine kicker were not good…

Late Registration Closed; 362 Entries

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 176/362 Late registration has closed for Day 1a of the Main Event with the field unofficially attracting 362 entries. Assuming there are no final adjustments after double and triple checking the numbers with the cashier, Day 1a will end when the action is down to 54 players or less, each…

Nut-Flush for Kristiansen

Level 10: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 181/361 Lise Kristiansen bet 8,000 into a pot of around 20,000 with the on the board on the turn. Aleksandar Zuberovski called to see the river. Kristiansen led out for 18,000. Zuberovski went into the tank for more than three minutes, during which time he also counted his stack and…

“I Like Small Cards”

Level 10: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 186/355 Georgios Gamelis min-raised from the cutoff before Tanel Evert three-bet shoved from the button for 9,500. Gamelis asked for a count before he called. Tanel Evert: Georgios Gamelis: The ran out on the board for Evert to get there with a flush. “You like six-three,” Laurynas Cerniauskas, who is…

Back From Dinner Break

Level 10: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 195/350 A handful of new players got into the mix during the dinner break to grow the Day 1a field to 350 entries. Players are back in their seats and ready for de ja vu for a repeat of the 500/1,000 (1,000) blind level. Meanwhile, Day 1b, boasting a €300…

Various Big Stacks at Dinner Break

Name Chips Big Blinds Martin Jorgensen 250,000 250 Michael Kim Falcon 240,000 240 Alexandar Tot 195,000 195 David Mcconachie 170,000 170 Emanuel Antonacci 167,000 167 Leonidas Alexopoulos 165,000 165 Victor-Dan Angelescu 160,000 160 Ben Miller 160,000 160 Cosmin-Ionut Nica 160,000 160 Yamen Ghanem 155,000 155 Nikolaos Mourotis 155,000 155 Nikola Krstevski 140,500 141 Jorge Luis…

Fruti Forces D’Alterio Into the Tank

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 219/323 Luigi D’Alterio is usually in attendance at Casino Malta during the Battle of Malta and this time is no different. The Italian came into the festival with nearly $800,000 in tournament cashes as tracked by The Hendon Mob and is looking to possibly break the $1 million barrier if…