Players are on their third 20-minute break of Day 1a. The blinds will increase to 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante before moving up to 600/1,200 with a 1,200 big blind ante after that. A 75-minute dinner break will take place after these two levels and late registration will close after the dinner break.…
Level 8: 400/800 (800)Entries: 141/257 There was 15,000 in the pot and the on the board when Humberto Galindo check-raised a bet of 3,400 by Simone Lombardo to 10,500. Lombardo called and Galindo fired out for 9,500 on the river. Lombardo went into the tank for close to a minute before he jammed for about…
Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 147/252 Hassan Nima four-bet to 12,000 from the cutoff and was called by Antoine Talvard from the big blind. Talvard check-called a bet of 5,500 on the flop by Nima before both players opted to check the turn. Talvard paused for a few moments after the river paired the…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 156/250 Stanislovas Vinicenka effectively jammed into a pot of more than 20,000 with the on the board. Roberto Cilia paused for about 25 seconds before he called off his stack of 16,800. Vinicenka turned over the for top two pair. Despite being a strong hand, it wasn’t strong enough as…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 155/244 Guilio Di Salvo bet checked with the on the board before Nikolaos Zacharakis bet 6,000 into a pot of near 20,000. Di Salvo tanked for close to two minutes before he called. “Nice hand,” Zacharakis said as he turned over the before Di Salvo turned over his cards. Di…
Players are on a second 20-minute break. Blinds will increase to 300/600 with a big blind ante of 600 before progressing to 400/800 with a big blind ante of 800. There will be another 20-minute break after these two levels. Then two more blind levels will be played before players will head on a 75-minute…
Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 153/232 Tomasz Kokoszka jammed for about 10,000 into a pot of a bit more with the on the board after the river. Apostol Beg quickly called and the cards were turned over. Kokoszka turned over the for a bricked flush draw and two pair with nines over fives. His stack…
Level 6: 300/600 (600) Entries: 160/227 Matthew Micallef jammed for 13,5000 over the open by Leonardo Berti. Raul Ilyaev cold-called before Berti folded. Matthew Micallef: Raul Ilyaev: Micallef’s tens held up on the runout to double his stack instead of hitting the rail. Matthew Micallef – 35,000 Raul Ilyaev – 20,000
Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 168/219 Stephen Connor check-called a bet of 6,500 by Konstantinos Kertikidis into a pot of around 13,000 and the on the board after the turn. Both players checked after the river brought three clubs on the board. Connor turned over the . “Nice hand,” Connor said to Kertikidis as he…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 166/207 James Paris checked with the on the board before Traian-Niko Gemanariu bet 6,500 into a pot of around 13,000. Paris jammed for 16,500 and Germanariu tanked for two minutes before he called. Paris turned over the for a flopped two pair. However, his two pair was counterfeited on the…