The players are on a break and we took a look at the largest stacks. Antoine Talvard is still in the lead with almost half a million chips, but several other players are also past the quarter million mark already. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Antoine Talvard 480,000 160 4 7 Giulio Di Salvo…
OK, this American is showing his stars and stripes despite living in Lithuania for nearly 15 years with the title of this post as the Seventh Inning Stretch. This is a reference to baseball where fans are encouraged to “get up and stretch” during the seventh inning of a baseball game. We are near the…
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 58/273 Karev Tralla (pictured above) has been actively trying to play big pots with Dario Minieri (pictured below). He has been overbetting pots at times and it appears the table took notice. However, Tralla was able to take advantage of his table image as follows: The hand began simply enough…
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 60/273 Over at Table Four, Antoine Talvard has the chip lead in this flight so far. We just saw him increase his stack a wee bit against Bram Berkvens. Talvard opened from UTG to 4k and Berkvens made it 12k from the Button. Talvard called and the flop came down…
The €200 PLO Side Event attracted 41 entries to create a €6,816 prize pool. The action is in the money after Robert Zammit bubbled the tournament with the final six players guaranteed at least a €410 payout. Jonathan Seller quickly hit the rail after that with the final five locking up at least a €510…
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 66/273 Audrius Laimelis min-raised the button. Manfred Sierke called from the small blind before Andrea D’Elia three-bet jammed for 17,000 from the big blind. Lamelis folded and Sierke opted to call for a heads-up showdown with D’Elia at risk. Andrea D’Elia: Manfred Sierke: Neither player connected with the flop. D’Elia’s…
Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 67/273 Over at Table Eight, Gianluca Modenese was down to 13k and moved all-in from early position with . It was folded to Audrius Laimelis in the big blind who quickly called with . The board came – plenty of low cards and no help for Modenese’s Ace King in…
Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 72/273 Damir Savio opened from early position before Noam Garama three-bet to 10,500 from the button. A player cold-called from the blinds before Damir Savio four-bet jammed for 86,100. Garama asked for a count before he called, while the player in the blinds folded. Damir Savio: Noam Garama: Savio had…
Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 77/273 With 10k in the middle after a raise and a call before the flop, the board showed . Panteleimon Pontos moved all-in with – a hopeful flush draw. Behind him, Dario Barone called with . Pontos had Barone barely covered and cheered the turn as it fell , giving…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 80/273 One of the more active players in the tournament is Karev Tralla, who’s battling at the same table as Italian poker legend Dario Minieri. He just managed to double up against the Italian. We didn’t catch the preflop action, but as we approached the table there were 12k chips…