Level 21: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 64/1,992 The two big stacks at Table 17 just had a small brawl. It started with Ameed Khalil raising to 40k from the button and Gytis Lazauninkas reraising to 125k from the small blind. Khalil called and they saw a flop. After Lazauninkas checked, Khalil bet 200k and Lazauninkas called.…
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 67/1,992 There is a famous saying from the iconic HBO series The Sopranos, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” This saying applies to the following hand between Dusan Bartak and Guilio Di Salvo. Dusan Bartak jammed for less than five big blinds from the…
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 70/1,992 Vygintas Sipalis raised from late position and in the blinds, Wissam Ouertani moved all-in for effectively 387k. Sipalis called quickly and the two went to showdown: Wissam Ouertani: Vygintas Sipalis: Board: Sipalis hit his set, dodged his opponents’ outs, and doubled to roughly 800k. Vygintas Sipalis – 800,000 Wissam…
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 78/1,992 In a rather huge clash, the Italian Giulio Di Salvo doubled through the (former) chip leader Ameed Khalil. Di Salvo opened from middle position to 25k. Behind him, Jon Persent re-raised to 75k and right behind him, Ameed Khalil called the 3-bet. The action was back on Di Salvo…
In an interesting twist, the two big stacks of the Main Event have been placed right next to each other. Ameed Khalil and Gytis Lazauninkas have 5 Million chips combined – the Italian holds 2.8m and the Lithauanian 2.2m. Meanwhile, Lazauninkas is multitabling – at least sort of. While playing the Main Event he’s also…
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 88/1,992 Tomasz Kokoszka just eliminated Shmuel Hadad by hitting a two-outer on the river. The two players were all-in before the flop and Hadad had Kokoszka crushed with Kings against Kings. The dealer fanned a low board but dealt a queen on the river, sending this 500k Kokoszka’s way, and…
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 95/1,992 Itay Cahana was among the recent players to hit the rail. He got it in good but sometimes this doesn’t matter, especially in this case when his opponent Victor Fryda had tons of equity. Cahana checked the flop before Fryda fired out for 45,000 into a pot of a…
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 96/1,992 In an Italian battle at Table 15, WSOP Bracelet winner Dario Minieri prevailed victorious against his countryman Sebastiano Caruso. Minieri opened from middle position to 24k. In the blinds, Caruso called. Flop: – both players checked. Turn: – Caruso checked, Minieri bet 18k and Caruso called. River: – Caruso…
After the first four levels of the day, we lost a whopping 200 players. 99 remain and all of them are guaranteed €1,550 already. Here are all the cashes so far: 100 Carsten Mawick €1,550 101 Christos Paparistodemou €1,550 102 Mariano Bucca €1,550 103 Giuseppe Dedoni €1,550 104 Phedonas Phinicarides €1,550 105 Alessio Mastrosimone €1,550…
While the players were on the second break of the day, we eyeballed the biggest stacks in the room. So far it looks like, Matteo La Fata is way ahead of the competition as only player with more than 2m chips. Name Chips Big Blinds Ameed Khalil 2,450,000 204 Antoine Talvard 1,800,000 150 Gytis Lazauninkas…