Level 30: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 50/5,799 Defending Battle of Malta Main Event Champion Vasileios Zisis bet 375,000 on the on the flop with less than 1 million in the pot. Emmanouil Zografakis jammed for 2.1 million. Niccolo’ Cadoni tanked before he called, while Zisis folded. Emmanouil Zogofrafakis: Niccolo’ Cadoni: Cadoni had the top pair but…
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 51/5,799 Alfonso Amendola opened for 225,000 from under the gun before Alexander Luciani jammed for a little less than 2 million from one seat over. Marius Iftimia went into the tank before he called off his stack of 1,450,000 when Amendola began shouting for Jack Bonora, who is doing a…
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 56/5,799 Berend Hooijer opened for 200,000 from middle position before Panagiotis Petrou called from one seat over. Benoit Kuhn three-bet to 625,000 from the hijack. Hooijer paused for a few moments before he folded, while Petrou opted to jam for 1,160,000. Kuhn snap-called and wished his opponent good luck. Panagiotis…
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 57/5,799 Ivane Khazaradze bet 800,000 into a pot of a bit more with the on the board after the turn. Lorenzo Arduini check-called and checked again after the river completed the board. Khazaradze jammed for 990,000. Adruini quickly called and tabled the before quickly turning them upside down. Khazardadze tabled…
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 59/5,799 Salvatore Merendino jammed his short stack of around a dozen big blinds and was up against Alexander Luciani, who just lost a big hand with jacks against Clement Kerrien. Salvatore Merendino: Alexander Luciani: Luciani got some of his chips back he lost to Kerrien after snagging an ace to…
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 60/5,799 Alexander Luciani jammed for 4.2 million into a pot of a little less with the on the board when Clement Kerrien went into the tank. Kerrien eventually called. Luciani tabled the and Kerrien won a mountain of chips he was still piling up a couple of hands later after…
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 60/5,799 Luigi Rieti jammed his short stack and before a side pot was created by Konstantinos Karkanidis and Alexandru Farcasanu. Karkanidis checked the eight-high flop before Farcasanu jammed for well more than the 1.8 million Karkanidis had behind. Karkanidis folded and then slammed the table in perceived frustration after the…
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 60/5,799 Adrien Di Grande opened for a min-raise from the hijack before Stephen Dallaire three-bet to 350,000 from the small blind. Di Grande four-bet jammed for approximately 2 million. Dallaire called and the classic coin flip was on with Di Grande at risk. Adrien Di Grande: Stephen Dellaire: Di Grande…
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 63/5,799 Antonio Mirabile jammed his short stack of seven big blinds from the cutoff and was called by Clement Kerrien from the big blind. Antonio Mirabile: Clement Kerrien: “Nice flop,” said Kerrien with a smile with Mirabile with a flush draw on the flop. “Nice turn,” said another player at…
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 64/5,799 The final 64 players are back from their dinner break and are effectively 40 big blinds deep on average. Of course, there are some short stacks still in play despite the deep action. The tournament director reminded players as they were coming back that play will end the sooner…