The €200 MAS Side Event attracted a field of 31 entries for a €5,006 prize pool. The action is down to the money with the final five players guaranteed at least a €400 payout. The winner will go home with a bigger top prize of €2,005. Michael Cauchi, Dario Nittolo, Simone Gatto, Emir Jusuframic, and…
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 46/273 Day 1a is just five players away from ending after Sergei Levin hit the rail in 47th place as follows. Levin, who recently doubled through Karev Tralla before losing some of his stack soon after, jammed for 41,000 from under the gun. The action quickly folded around to James…
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 48/273 Arbel Hason checked with the on the board after the turn before Fabio Peluso fired out for 35,000 into a pot of slightly more. Hason tanked for a couple of minutes before he folded. “Nice hand,” Hason said to Peluso. “Show your bluff,” another player at the table said…
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 50/273 The Day 1a field is down to just 50 players and will conclude after nine more players hit the rail. We almost lost one player in Sergei Levin, but Levin doubled his stack against Karev Tralla as follows. Tralla opened for 7,000 from early position before Levin jammed for…
OK, this American is showing his stars and stripes despite living in Lithuania for nearly 15 years with the title of this post as the Seventh Inning Stretch. This is a reference to baseball where fans are encouraged to “get up and stretch” during the seventh inning of a baseball game. We are near the…
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 58/273 Karev Tralla (pictured above) has been actively trying to play big pots with Dario Minieri (pictured below). He has been overbetting pots at times and it appears the table took notice. However, Tralla was able to take advantage of his table image as follows: The hand began simply enough…
The €200 PLO Side Event attracted 41 entries to create a €6,816 prize pool. The action is in the money after Robert Zammit bubbled the tournament with the final six players guaranteed at least a €410 payout. Jonathan Seller quickly hit the rail after that with the final five locking up at least a €510…
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 66/273 Audrius Laimelis min-raised the button. Manfred Sierke called from the small blind before Andrea D’Elia three-bet jammed for 17,000 from the big blind. Lamelis folded and Sierke opted to call for a heads-up showdown with D’Elia at risk. Andrea D’Elia: Manfred Sierke: Neither player connected with the flop. D’Elia’s…
Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 72/273 Damir Savio opened from early position before Noam Garama three-bet to 10,500 from the button. A player cold-called from the blinds before Damir Savio four-bet jammed for 86,100. Garama asked for a count before he called, while the player in the blinds folded. Damir Savio: Noam Garama: Savio had…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 81/273 There was a massive pile of approximately 50,000 in the chips in the pot when Massimo Rizzoglio jammed over the top of a bet by Noam Garama for about 35,000 with the already on the board. Garama snap-called. “Aces?” Rizzoglio said. Rizzoglio was correct as Garama turned over the…