Panagiotis Petrou Out in 11th (€9,290)

Level 37: 250,000/500,000 (500,000) Entries: 10/5,799 Soon after Blokdijk was taken out on the feature table, another all-in took place on the other table. In this hand, Greek Panagiotis Petrou lost out to Alessandro Siena. We didn’t catch the entire hand, but his was not good enough to beat Siena’a on a board. Alessandro Siena…

Ghassemlou Cracks Petrou’s Rockets

Level 37: 250,000/500,000 (500,000) Entries: 11/5,799 Panagiotis Petrou opened the button before he called a three-bet jam by Shervin Ghassemlou from the small blind to 5 million. Shervin Ghassemlou: Panagiotis Petrou: The runout improved Ghassemlou to Broadway to crack Petrou’s aces and stay alive. Shervin Ghassemlou – 11 million Panagiotis Petrou – 2 million

Siena Leads at Break; Zisis Near the Top

Level 37: 250,000/500,000 (500,000) Entries: 12/5,799 Alessandro Siena leads the way with 42,150,000 at the break. The defending champion Vasileios Zisis has slightly more than he had at the previous break with 36,000,000 after recovering from an early double of Pasquale Gregorio. Check out the chip counts of the final 12 players at the break.…

Hendrik Blokdijk Out in 13th (€8,080)

Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 12/5,799 In the last hand before the break Hendrik Blokdijk pushed all-in for his remaining 4.5m with versus of Pasquale Gregorio, who was still steaming from having the clock called on him in the previous hand with Zisis. It was all over for Hendrik when the board ran out .…

Twelve Left at the Break

The players have now gone on a 20-minute break. Only one player fell during the last level. In one of the last hands before the break, Zisis won a sizeable pot from Gregorio to move north of 30m once again. Updated chip counts coming soon. Breaking News Just as the players were going on break,…

Clock Paused for Dealer Celebration

Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 14/5,799 The clock was paused on all of the tournaments so the dealers, floor, and directors could be honored. While this amazing event couldn’t have happened with all of the enthusiastic players, the same is true for the staff, many of which have worked more than 16 hours a day…

Big Slick for Ghassemlou

Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 14/5,799 Shervin Ghassemlou three-bet jammed from the small blind for 4 million over the min-raise by Alexandru Farcasanu from the small blind. Shervin Ghassemlou: Alexandru Farcasanu: Ace-king was good with Ghassemlou doubling with top pair after the ran out on the board. Alexandru Farcasanu – 21 million Shervin Ghassemlou –…

Eftimov Gets Some Back

Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 14/5,799 Ivaylo Eftimov jammed for around a dozen big blinds from the button and was called by Davide Iannaco from the small blind. Ivaylo Eftimov: Davide Iannaco: This time it was Eftimov’s turn to celebrate as his sevens won the flip on the runout to double his stack instead of…