With three exits in the last session of play, the final is now hotting up and the money is beginning to get serious. When play resumes they will be on level 41, with blinds of 600,000/1,200,000 and a 1,200,000 big blind ante. As we are now down to six players, the blinds levels will be…
Level 40: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 6/5,799 Vasileios Zisis opened the pot with a min-raise from under the gun holding , Davide Iannaco completed his small blind with , and Shervin Ghassemlou came along with from the big blind. A flop of was good for the Brit, giving him plenty of ways to win the pot,…
Level 40: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 6/5,799 Alessandro Siena could have been our fourth casualty at the final, calling an all-in from Alexandru Farcasanu, who was trying to steal the blinds with . Siena’s held the lead, but a flop of gave quite a sweat to Italian as Farcasanu had seven outs to kick him out…
Level 40: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 7/5,799 Bust outs in poker tournaments are a little bit like buses, you wait at the stop for ages and then two turn up at the same time. In this case, three buses to the payout desk arrived almost at the same time, as we have now lost three players.…
Level 40: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 8/5,799 Not long after Gregorio had hit the rail, another all-in took place. This time, it was Bulgarian Ivaylo Eftimov whose tournament life was on the line. Vasileios Zisis opened the pot with to 2,000,000 from the highjack, and Ivaylo Eftimov cold-called behind with . Kyriakos Papadopoulos also joined the…
Level 40: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 9/5,799 The first player to have their dreams of lifting the trophy shattered was Sicilian Pasquale Gregorio. Vasileios Zisis started the action with to 2,000,000 from the cutoff. Alexandru Farcasanu shoved 31,000,000 with from the small blind, while Pasquale Gregorio woke up with in the big blind and quickly called.…
Level 40: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 9/5,799 After Pasquale Gregorio opened the pot to 2,000,000 from the middle position with , Cosme Martinez looked down at and put in a three-bet to 7,500,000, leaving just 2 million behind. Feeling priced in, Gregorio four-bet all-in, and Martinez made the call. The flop of offered little hope for…
Level 40: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 9/5,799 It seemed that Kyriakos Papadopoulos’ three-bet all-in with might get through when he pushed 8,250,000 from the small blind, but his fellow countryman, Vasileios Zisis, who had opened with , decided to call for 6,250,000 more, putting Papadopoulos at risk. Papadopoulos flopped a top set on a boar, leaving…
Lots of all-in and calls, but still no exits by the second break of the day. After the break they will be on level 40, with blinds of 500,000/1,000,000 and a 1,000,000 big blind ante. Here are the updated chip counts. Player Name Nationality Chips Big Blinds Vasileios Zisis Greek 55,000,000 55 Ivaylo Eftimov Bulgarian…
Level 39: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Cosme Gomez Martinez looked down to and raised the pot to 3,150,000, leaving himself with just over 2 million behind. Kyriakos Papadopoulos found in the big blind and after a short pause, decided to put Martinez all-in, who called the three-bet. The flop kept Gomez Martinez in front, but…