Burke sets Standard

Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 83/124 Kenny Burke opened to 3,000 from the Lo-jack, and Danielle Degennaro decided to call from the Cut-off. Then, from the Small Blind, William Sylvain Gritz went all in for roughly 17,000. Big-stacked Burke then moved all in himself and managed to isolate Degennaro, who made the fold. William Sylvain…

Assorted Big Stacks of the Second Break

Player Chip Count Big Blinds Salvatore Spina 200,000 200 Kenny Burke 138,000 138 Massimo Rizzoglio 124,000 124 Serena Rosetti 123,400 123 Kostadin Mihaylov 121,000 121 Milad Gami 112,000 112 Michael Kim Falcon Ravn 110,000 110 Xhulio Kacka 107,600 108 Salvatore Caruso 104,500 105 Alessio Vanni 104,000 104

Triple-up with for Mayet

Level 6: 400/800 Entries: 79/117 After an initial opening from Ioannis Souroukidis from the Cut-off, Matthew Micallef put in a raise from the Small Blind. Then, from the Big Blind, Samuel Mayet went all in for 32,000. Souroukidis then smooth-called – and so did Micallef. In other words, there was a 100,000-ish pot at stake.…

Second Break of the Day

The Main Event is now on its second break of the day, with 80 players remaining from 116 entries (so far). Estimated chip counts of the two largest stacks on each table are now being counted and verified and will bring you the results of this unofficial chip counting session shortly.  

A Rare Scenario

Level 6: 400/800 Entries: 87/113 Gia Carneström opened to 1,800 and was called by Theo Schmitt (Small Blind) and Fotios Ntamaris (Big Blind). On the flop, it was Checked to Carneström who bet 3,300. Then, Schmitt raised to 8,800 and Ntamaris smooth-called. Carneström smelled something and decided to fold. On the turn, Schmitt and Ntamaris…

Big Pot for Souroukidis

Level 5: 300/600 (600) Entries: 83/104 When we arrived at Table 5, the board read . Andrea Grandi stood up following the action from above as he was all in pre-flop, eagerly waiting for the hand to play out. Indre Stanaityte and Ioannis Souroukidis both checked before Viktor Eriksson bet 6,600. Stanaityte folded, prior to…

One heart too Short

Level 5: 300/600 (600) Entries: 83/101 From the Hi-jack, Loizos Anargyros called a 1,000 raise from a player in early position. Fabio Assennato made it 3,500 from the Cut-off, and after the initial raiser folded, Anargyros went all in for roughly 11,000. Assennato called in mere seconds. Loizos Anargyros: Fabio Assennato: The flop gave Anargyros…