Diamonds Are Tadic’s Friend

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 190/870 Alexandros Dimogiorgis raised to 6,000 from the cutoff and Zvezdan Tadic defended his big blind. Tadic fired 3,000 on the flop and Dimogiorgis called to the turn. Both players checked to the river where Tadic check-called for 15k. He showed [8d5h] for the middle flush while Dimogiorgis mucked face…

Break Chips

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 219/870 Name Chips BB Igoe Saia 270,000 225 Gianluca Cabitza 255,000 213 Keito Kaljulaid 250,000 208 Piotr Tuczynski 245,000 204 Victor Fryda 245,000 204 Robert Berglund 220,000 183 Fabrizio Cocco 210,000 175 Angelo Tarallo 190,000 158 Florent Colin 190,000 158 Ashley Scott 120,000 100

Zukovs Doubles

Level 13: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 242/870 Andre Grech opened the betting under the gun, making it 4,200 to go. To his left, Alexandros Dimogiorgis raised it to 12k. The action folded around to Andrejs Zukovs on the button and he shipped his stack into the middle for 26k. Grech got out of the way, but…

Brikker Doesn’t Brick

Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 279/872 Salvatore Caruso raised to 4k from the button and Priit Brikker called from the big blind. They both checked the flop but Brikker led for 1,600 on the turn. Caruso called to see on the river, but he mucked when Brikker bet big with 14k. Salvatore Caruso – 75,000…

Ali Shoves Turn

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 308/872 Things started off with a raise from Domenico Avagliano from the middle, and four other players called, including button Athis Ali and big blind Leslaw Pajak. The flop came and it checked to Ali on the button and he fired 11,000. Pajak made the call before the rest of…

Blind on Blind Goes Big

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 328/872 Oliver Markham limped in from the small blind, then called when Miguel Bolivar raised the big to 3,500. Markham quickly fired 3,600 on the flop and Bolivar flatted behind. On the turn, Markham again fired for 6k this time and again got the call. He finally slowed down on…

Chips for Dinner

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 345/867 Entries close on this massive Day 1c when the dinner break ends in just under an hour. There are still three flights to go after this one, with a regular 1d tomorrow followed by two turbo flights before Sunday’s Day 2. Name Chips BB Giuseppe Fracesco 200,000 167 Piotr…

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 381/861 Guido Roperti raised from the middle to 2,600 and big blind Magnus Pukk called to the flop. Both players slowed down and checked the flop and the turn. When the river came Pukk led out for 8,500, and after some thought, Roperti called. It was king-high for Pukk with…

Savio Cuts into Table Leader

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 405/852 Damir Savio raised to 2,100 from the button and big blind and table big stack Fabrizio Cocco called. The flop came and both players checked to the turn. Cocco checked again, then tank-called when Savio fired 3,400. When the hit the river, he led out for 7,600 and after…

Chips from Break

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 440/842 Name Chips BB Salvatore Dimartino 160,000 160 Marian Ivanov 155,000 155 Igor Saia 145,000 145 Rusen Mat 140,000 140 Giovanni Crescimone 140,000 140 Fabrizio Cocco 130,000 130 Marc Clausin 120,000 120 Antoine Talvard 118,000 118 Stephane Lachat 110,000 110 Andrea Cardinali 105,000 105