Ilyaev Raul Rivers a Flush

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 156/252 Ilyaev Raul opened from MP to 1,600. In the CO Leonardo Berti called and on the Button Stanislas Fridman called as well. The flop came down and after the initial raiser checked, Berti bet out 2.6. Fridman folded and Raul called the bet. The turn was checked by Raul…

Set of Treys for Cilia

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 156/250 Stanislovas Vinicenka effectively jammed into a pot of more than 20,000 with the on the board. Roberto Cilia paused for about 25 seconds before he called off his stack of 16,800. Vinicenka turned over the for top two pair. Despite being a strong hand, it wasn’t strong enough as…

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Beg Leads at Second Break

We counted the big stacks during the break. Apostol Beg is the current chip leader with over 115k chips. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Apostol Beg 115,000 383 1 7 Damir Savio 95,000 317 13 2 Giuseppe Grimaldi 95,000 317 5 4 Vladimir Minarik 95,000 317 20 4 Itamar Nachshon 95,000 317 7 6…

Second Break

Players are on a second 20-minute break. Blinds will increase to 300/600 with a big blind ante of 600 before progressing to 400/800 with a big blind ante of 800. There will be another 20-minute break after these two levels. Then two more blind levels will be played before players will head on a 75-minute…

Beg Busts Kokoszka

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 153/232 Tomasz Kokoszka jammed for about 10,000 into a pot of a bit more with the on the board after the river. Apostol Beg quickly called and the cards were turned over. Kokoszka turned over the for a bricked flush draw and two pair with nines over fives. His stack…

Jacks Better Than Tens for Micallef

Level 6: 300/600 (600) Entries: 160/227 Matthew Micallef jammed for 13,5000 over the open by Leonardo Berti. Raul Ilyaev cold-called before Berti folded. Matthew Micallef: Raul Ilyaev: Micallef’s tens held up on the runout to double his stack instead of hitting the rail. Matthew Micallef – 35,000 Raul Ilyaev – 20,000