As we strolled around the tables, we meticulously kept track of the beverages the players were enjoying. And here’s what our tally revealed: Coffees: a whopping 11 Waters: an impressive 41 Pepsi: a modest 3 Red Bull: a mere 2 Pineapple Juice: a solitary 1 Beer: can you believe it, just 1! Only one beer,…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 166/207 James Paris checked with the on the board before Traian-Niko Gemanariu bet 6,500 into a pot of around 13,000. Paris jammed for 16,500 and Germanariu tanked for two minutes before he called. Paris turned over the for a flopped two pair. However, his two pair was counterfeited on the…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 167/202 The Day 1a field has grown to more than 200 entries and counting with late registration not closing for a while until the start of Level 11. A total of 35 of those players already found the rail including Nimi Cohen is already on his fourth bullet of the…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 160/182 Massimo Bruno check-called a bet of around half the pot of 3,500 by Vincenzo Zitelli with the on the board after the turn. The river completed the board and Bruno checked again. Zitelli jammed for 3,500 and Bruno snap-called. Bruno turned over the for the top pair. This got…
During the first break, we eyeballed all the big stacks. This is our list of the players with the most chips after the first three levels: Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Amir Assal 85,000 283 4 4 Moni Azoulay 70,000 233 17 2 Stephen Connor 65,000 217 15 4 Dario Minieri 65,000 217 14…
Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 153/173 Players are on their first break with 20 entries not making it through the first three blind levels despite the deep stacks in play. Blinds will increase to 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante when the action resumes in 20 minutes. We will update some of the biggest…
Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 155/171 Kazimieras Sileikis jammed for 17,000 into a pot of slightly more with the on the board after the river. William Gritz went into the tank for a few moments before he called. Sileikis turned over the for a set of cowboys. Gritz attempted to muck his hand but Yvonne…
Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 153/163 There was more than 5,000 in the pot when Andrea Agnoletto bet 3,300 with the on the board after the turn. Nikolaos Zacharakis called and the river completed the board. Agnoletto quickly checked. Zacharakis bet 5,000 and Agnoletto tanked for about a minute before he called. Zacharakis turned over…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 148/155 The Day 1a field has already blossomed to 155 entries with 148 players in their seats a little more than midway through Level 2. Demos Demosthenous is one of the players off to a hot start after the following hand. Marco Basta opened for 400 from early position and…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 147/153 With a few more minutes on the clock in the 2nd level, we already lost 6 players. The players that have to re-enter if they want to continue in their quest to capture the trophy are Nimi Cohen Dario Nettolo Meir Shafian Mohamed Ramadan Lavi Haim Tanel Evert