Hassan Takes it on River

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 29/154 The action was picked up on the flop reading with both players Cory Desmond and Cory Desmond to the turn. They checked again to the river where Hassan fired 27,000 and forced the fold from Desmond. Ori Hassan – 126,000 Cory Desmond – 110,000    

Said Shoves for the Win

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 30/154 Antonio Papa got things going with a bet to 6k from the button, and Oliver Said called from the big blind. The flop came and Said checked to Papa who bet 6,500 but then had to muck when Said shoved over the bet with a covering stack. Oliver Said…

Stiedl Sends Massimo to Rail

Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 33/154 Antonio Papa opened to 3,200 from the middle before Bruno Massimo shoved 12,500. Yvonne Stiedl was in the hijack next to act and she hit the tank for a bit before raising to 21,000. That pushed Papa out leaving her heads up against Massimo. It started as a classic…

Battle of the Big Stacks

Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 37/152 Dawid Slopinski opened from the middle to 3,000 and got calls from Tomas Martinicky on the button as well as Dan Sfarlea in the big blind. They all checked the flop but when it checked to Martinicky on the turn, he fired 6,700 into the pot and got two…

Pecheux Takes it on River

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 51/154 Samuel Lindholm opened early to 3,000 and Erwann Pecheux called from the button. They went heads up to the flop of and Lindholm fired 3.500. Pacheux called to the turn and both players checked. The river came and Lindholm checked again only to face a bet of 15,000 from…

Chips for Dinner

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 52/154 Dan Sfarlea looks to be leading at the dinner break with a bit more than 150k. Iuliana Olteanu also has more than 150k as does Mansour Diop. See below for what looks like the biggest stacks as collected during dinner. The remaining players will be back in action with…

Dinner Break

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 51/153 The players will be heading out for their dinner break shortly with the end of Level 10. There are 51 players left in the game and the day will end when the field is down to 15% of the starting field. At the moment with 153 entries, that would…

Sfarlea Takes from Simone

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 54/153 Dan Sfarlea is chipping up at the expense of former chip leader, Alfonso Simone. In a recent hand, Simone opened under the gun to 2,500 and it folded around to Sfarlea in the big blind. He put in a raise to 8,700 but Simone came back over the top…

Said Takes Two in a Row

Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 68/152 Oliver Said picked up two hands in a row recently. In the first hand, he opened the button to 2,000 and got calls from both players in the blinds. It checked to Said on the flop and he fired 4,000 to take it down. On the very next hand,…

Zukovs Boat is Good

Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 68/152 Samuel Lindholm opened from the cutoff to 2.000, then called when Andrejs Zukovs raised the button to 6,000. They both checked the flop, but after a check from Lindholm on the turn, Zukovs bet 2,400 and got the call. The river was and Lindholm checked again, then called the…