Chips from Break

Level 26: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 57/3,432 Player Chips BB Samuel Goodman 3,400,000 113 Jan Gerrit 3,060,000 102 Ivan Picavet 2,875,000 96 Aleksi Naski 2,800,000 93 Alberto Ciglioano 2,800,000 93 Marco Luksa 2,775,000 93 Raoul Van Wersch 2,450,000 82 Maciej Toma 2,300,000 77 Marc Bougaret 2,080,000 69 Marco Perra 2,050,000 68

Chop It Up

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 60/3,432 I arrived at the table on the turn with the board reading and Zvezdan Tadic was counting out a bet of 475k. Herli Orlap shoved with the biggest stack, and Tadic snapped him off. Both players were on king-queen, however, and they chopped it up with both players holding…

De Meulder Bets Big on the River

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 62/3,432 Christophe De Meulder bet 90,000 from the button and Giuseppe Di Bella called from the small blind. Action checked through the flop and turn, but after a check from Di Bella on the De Meulder made a near-pot bet of 180k and took it down. Christophe De Meulder –…

Bjoerbaek Busts with Fumes

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 67/3,432 Erik Bjoerbaek shoved early with fumes, having only about 60k behind and facing 80k in the big blind in two hands. It folded to the big blind, MIlan Dondur, who had no choice but to put in the extra 20k, given the pot odds. Dondur was best with ace-ten…

Buremi Gets Value on River

Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 77/3,432 It was blind on blind when Szymon Kuczerski limped the small blind and Salvatore Buremi checked from the big. The all heart flop came and Kuczerski bet 40k. Buremi flat-called to the turn where he flatted again for 65,000. Kuczerski slowed down on the river with a check, then…

A few Big Stacks from Break

Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 81/3,432 Player Chips BB Daniele Grasso 3,100,000 103 Marco Chiappetta Sabatino 2,400,000 80 Davide Campione 2,350,000 78 Gabriele Re 2,170,000 72 Szymon Kuczerski 2,100,000 70 Florent Colin 2,100,000 70 Raoul Van Wersch 2,100,000 70 Davide Ferrone 2,000,000 67 Marco Perra 1,900,000 63 Dimitrios Katsikas 1,900,000 63 Antonio Guerrero 1,900,000 63…

Small Blind Gets Agro

Level 23: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 85/3,432 It was blind on blind when Toni Zengovski limped then called when Gabriele Re raised the big to 90,000. On the flop of Zengovski check-raised from 55,000 to 155,000 and got the fold. Gabriele Re – 1,750,000 Toni Zengovski – 900,000

Grasso Has Heart?

Level 23: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 93/3,432 Antoine Talvard opened from the button to 50,000 and Daniele Grasso defended his big blind with a call. Grasso check-called for 35k on the and he checked again on the turn that brought three hearts to the board. Talvard bet 55k and after some time in the tank Grasso…

Craciunas Flushes to the Double

Level 22: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 102/3,432 After an early raise to 40k, Paul Craciunas shoved for about 250k from the button in one of the final hands of Level 22. Raoul Van Wersch, one of the big stacks in the room and the big blind, called before the initial raiser got out of the way.…

Azzaro Holds with Ladies

Level 22: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 109/3,432 Giuseppe Azzaro raised to 45,000 from early position and it folded around to Szymon Kuczerski in the big blind who defended with a call. Kuczerski check-called for 60k on the flop and both players checked the turn. After Kuczerski checked again on the river, Azzaro looked like he might…