Ascia Triple-Barrels

Level 7: 300/600 Entries: 461/656 Off to the flop Rocco Ascia started the action with 6,000 bet after his opponent checked. Robert Binek called the bet and we saw a turn which completed eventual flush draws, but that didn’t stop Ascia as he did the same bet. One more time Ascia bet 13,000 on the…

Top Stacks After The Break

The break is over and it’s time to start playing. Check out some of the top stacks currently in Day 1C: Player Name Chip Count Francesco Bartolotti 142,000 Alessandro D’Amore 134,000 Edas Cimbolas 120,000 Claudio Barone 120,000 Aschraf Khader 120,000 Mehdi Rebai 111,000 Stefanos Giannakopoulous 105,000 David Houghton 104,000 La pausa è finita ed è…

Second Break Of The Day

All of the participants in Day 1C will once again leave their tables and take a short 20-minute break. Starting with Level 7 on blinds 300/600 and Ante 600 they will play 3 more complete levels before the 75-minute dinner break. So far there are 468 players in Day 1C with 623 total entries. Late…

A Little Slow-played Rockets

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 478/618 Alfredo Ranaudo was in the spotlight once again as he raised to 1,500 and got three-bet to 4,500 by a short-stacked Ivan Picavet who only had 14,000 chips behind. Ranaudo called and checked the flop, his opponent quickly put in a 5,000 bet and Ranaudo forced him to go…

The Diamond One

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 477/596 Ludek Safranek raised the stakes from the hijack –  Alessandro Di Cesare and Artur Sarata called behind. Sarata checked the flop from the small blind and Safranek overbet the 4,500 pot, Di Cesare threw a 5,000 chip and Sarata re-raised to 10,000. Safranek was all-in for his last 11,000…

Luck Of The Draw For Ranaudo

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 476/566 Alfredo Ranaudo and Paolo Riga were heads-up on board and action was on Ranaoudo, he bet 6,500 chips into 14,800 pot and Riga didn’t think much before calling the bet. Ranaudo turned for a full house and Riga threw his cards into the muck. Alfredo Ranaudo – 42,600 Paolo…

The Flop Of The Devil

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 484/546 Daniele Raimondi three-bet an early position open to 2,600 and faced an all-in for 10,700 from Dario Berisa sitting on the small blind. The original raiser folded and Raimondi easily called by flicking a chip in. Dario Berisa: Daniele Raimondi: Players were flipping up until the three sixes aligned…