“Nice Flop” Doesn’t Lead to Results

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…

Players Back From Dinner

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…

Stacks Above 4 Million at Dinner Break

Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 64/5,799 Nils Jarafjall and Krzysztof Mielnik were both north of 8 million chips at the dinner break. Check out all the players above 4 million at the dinner break below: Player Chips Big Blinds Nils Jarefjall 8,300,000 104 Krzysztof Mielnik 8,200,000 103 Pasquale Gregorio 6,700,000 84 Alexander Luciani 6,300,000 79…

Rudolf Loses Stack With Sixes

Level 28: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 67/5,799 Mitja Rudolf three-bet jammed the button for about 10 big blinds and was called by Phanishsarn Tanapatr, who opened from the cutoff. Mitja Rudolf: Phanishsam Tanapatr: Rudolf had his camera ready to go as his opponent connected with his ace on the runout. Phanishsam Tanapatr – 4.4 million Mitja…

Scarano Loses His Crumbs to Iftimia

Level 28: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 73/5,799 Alessio Scarano already had his stack committed from the big blind. The side pot wasn’t big between the under the gun player Alexander Luciani and the player on the button in Marius Iftimia. Luciani check-folded facing a bet of 125,000 by Iftimia on the flop and Scarano and Iftimia…

Hooijer Jams the Turn

Level 28: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 80/5,799 Marton Lugosi opened for 125,000 from early position before Cosme Martinez three-bet to 355,000 from middle position. Berend Hooijer cold-called from the cutoff and Lugosi opted to get out of the way before the landed on the flop. Martinez, who had one of the bigger stacks from around the…

Sevens Hold for Matan to Oust Menicanin

Level 27: 20,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 90/5,799 The action is getting exciting with under 100 players remaining in the Main Event. While the anticipation of who will advance to Day 4 and beyond will continue to build what we can tell you is that Mario Menicanin won’t be among the players that make it any further.…

Olop Joins the Rail

Level 27: 20,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 103/5,799 Herli Olop, who finished in eighth place during the 2023 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event, was on line to collect his 104th place prize of €3,920 when he shared the nitty-gritty of how he lost his stack. Olop shared he was card dead and folding for an…

Trip Jacks for Iannaco to Oust Vitale

Level 27: 20,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 104/5,799 Francesco Vitale jammed for 530,000 from middle position. Davide Iannaco asked for a count from the cutoff before he called. The rest of the table folded and the hands were tabled. Francesco Vitale: Davide Iannaco: Jacks not only held but Iannaco hit a jack on the flop to improve…