Bonsignore Wins the Race

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 256/1,216 Sefano Casciello opened early to 6,000 and it folded around to Franca Luana Bonsignore on the cutoff. She asked for a count, then shoved a bigger stack. Casciello called quickly and it was a race between pocket nines for Bonsignore against for Casciello. The board of was clean for…

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 272/1,216 The flop was already dealt showing and Giuseppe Di Bella bet 10k after a couple of checks. Simone Salis called from the cutoff before Steve Conti shoved all in from the big blind. Everyone folded except for Salis, who called with a gutshot holding five-three. Conti’s hand was mucked…

Some Big Stacks from Break

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 294/1,216 Name Chips BB Toni Zengovski 335,000 112 Thomas Pearn 265,000 88 Alberto Cigliano 230,000 77 Marco Macis 225,000 75 Peter Brackley 215,000 72 Ludovich Geilich 215,000 72 Franca Bonsignore 200,000 67 Antoine Stackowiak 200,000 67 MIchael Altena 180,000 60 Roderick Macneil 165,000 55  

Bozza Finds His Ten

Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 324/1216 Luciano Chiavaro opened the betting to 4,000 from the hijack before Alessandro Spata shoved from the cutoff for 23,500. Francesco Bozza was in the small blind and asked for a count before flat-calling to leave about 10k behind. Chiavaro mucked his hand, and Spata looked good for the double…

Manca Flushes Garcia

Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 381/1,216 Martin Garcia opened from the middle to 3,200 and he was called by Marco Manca in the cutoff and Gianluca Fighera in the big biind. It checked to Garcia on the flop and he bet 7,400. Manca shoved for 38,200 before Fighera got out of the way. Garcia made…

Cenciarini Straightens Out Algeri

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 432/1,216 Alessandro Cenciarini and Samantha Algeri were on the turn with the board reading and Cenciarini bet 2,700 under the gun. Algeri snapped it off to see on the river, and Cenciarini fired 12,000 into the middle. Algeri tanked for a few seconds before tossing in the call, in the…

Jack is Good for Brackley

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 454/1,216 I picked up the action on the flop with the board reading and three players checked to the turn. After a check from small blind Torben Krogh, Dzintars Lacis fired 3,500 from the big blind. Peter Brackley made it 10k to go, Krogh out while Lacis called. Both remaining…

Dinner Chips

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 455/1,211 Name Chips BB Michael Cowper-Johnson 200,000 167 Alessandro Cenciarini 195,000 163 Timothy Chung 181,000 151 Alberto Cucca 170,000 142 Charif Akhoun 151,000 126 Chris Da-Silva 145,000 121 Christian Christandl 140,000 117 Luciano Chiavaro 134,000 112 Francesco Ruggiero 122,000 102  

Let’s Have Some Dinner

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 463/1,209 Level 10 has just finished and the players are off for their 75-minute dinner break now. Entries are still open through the break but once Level 11 starts Day 1d will be closed. There are still two more turbo flights for the Main Event with Day 1e Turbo running…

Spina Doubles

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 478/1,207 Younes Charrat opened to 2,500 early, and Simone Spina called from the cutoff. Charrat checked the then snap-called when Spina shoved 19,800. Charrat had king-queen of diamonds for overs and some backdoors but Spina hit the ten with ten-jack and held for the double. Younes Charrat – 60,000 Simone…