Main Event Payouts: 197th-350th

These unfortunates sadly didn’t make it into Day 3. Position Name Payout 197 Claudio Barone € 2,900 198 Artur Gjoka € 2,900 199 Dor Adda € 2,900 200 Franky Green € 2,900 201 Andrea Casula € 2,900 202 Hana Jo € 2,900 203 Giorgio Pasca € 2,900 204 Isais Sidirokastrittis € 2,900 205 Biagio Torrisi…

Luca Tonarelli Among Early Casualties

Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 186/6,039 The clock has been running for 30-minutes now and there have already been over 20 casualties. Alkan Aydingoez was the first player to bust when play resumed. We have also lost Luca Tonarelli, who was the 8th place finisher in the Main Event at the Spring Edition. He went…

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Back in the 1970s and early 1980s this was the chant in the school playground when two kids started hitting each other. A crowd would form a circle and spur them on, until a janitor or teacher inevitably broke it up. These fights were sometimes quite fierce and blood was drawn on some occasions. But…

Day 3 Seat Draw

Table Seat Name Country Chips Big Blinds 1 1 Alkan Aydingoez Germany 270,000 9 1 2 Leonardo Romeo Italy 360,000 12 1 3 Vincenzo Lembo Italy 315,000 11 1 4 Longmao Fan China 1,775,000 59 1 5 Alexandru Boboc Romania 545,000 18 1 6 Alberto Cucca Italy 1,075,000 36 1 7 Mateo Ciglar Croatia 805,000…

Final Day 2 Chip Counts

Day 2 of the Main Event witnessed the field narrowed down to just 196 hopefuls, each locking up at least €2,900 after laddering up several payouts. Angelos Michael from Cyprus leads the way with 4,760,000, but there are still three more days of player in an international affair with the top ten players hailing from…

Herli Christmas

Level 21: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 211/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Estonia’s Herli Olop was kind enough to share a hand with the live coverage team. Said Estonian was seated in the Big Blind, and was faced with a 450,000 shove from “Mr. X” UTG. Olop made the call, and the players revealed their holdings. Mr. X…

No Show

Level 21: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 242/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Joakim Berg fancied an opening to 50,000 from the Hi-jack. Gianluca Cabitza made the call from the Button, and Cristian-Marius Campan also joined the fun from the Small Blind. After an initial check from Campan on the flop, Berg fired a 75,000 continuation bet. Cabitza made…

The Ultimate Setup

Level 20: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 280/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Seated UTG, Calin Ciolte opened to 40,000. Danijel Tatarovic three-bet to 115,000 from UTG+2, and Ciolte made the call. First to act, Ciolte checked the flop, and Tatarovic bet 75,000. Without much hesitation, Ciolte made it 175,000 to go. Tatarovic moved all in for 540,000, and…

Homeward Bound

It’s time for me to go home, otherwise I won’t wake up in time to write the story of Sunday at the Battle of Malta article, which will be posted tomorrow morning. Just before I go, a quick update on our former BOM Champions. There were four in the last time we reported on their…