Last Three Tables in Main Event

After a lengthy spell with no bust-outs, but many double ups, another player has finally been sent to the rail. That reduced the field to 24 players left and a re-draw is took place.  We will update chip counts at the next break, which is coming shortly, but this is the new seating plan. Table/Seat…

Candoni Runs Into Arcodia’s Rockets

Level 33: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries: 24/5,799 Marco Arcodia min-raised from middle position before Niccolo’ Candoni three-bet jammed for more than 10 big blinds from the hijack. Arcodia snap-called and Candoni was in for a world of hurt. Niccolo’ Candoni: Marco Arcodia: Aces were good on the runout for Candoni to exit in 25th place. The…

Gregorio Gets Some Luck Against Kerrien

Level 33: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries: 25/5,799 Clement Kerrien opened for 550,000 from the small blind. Pasquale Gregorio went into the tank before he three-bet shoved for 5.55 million. Kerrien then tanked, asked for a count, and then called off more than most of his stack. Pasquale Gregorio: Clement Kerrien: Gregorio got there on the turn…

Quads for Mendoza

Level 33: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries: 25/5,799 Daniel Mendoza opened for 400,000 from middle position before Miguel Branco jammed for around 15 million from the blinds. Mendoza called off his stack of 5.2 million and was flipping for his tournament life. Daniel Mendoza: Miguel Branco: It was over before it began with the flop improving Mendoza…

Mihu Delivers Bad Beat to Kandola

Level 33: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries: 25/5,799 Parminder Kandola got his chips in good with and was up against the held by Cristian Mihu. While we missed how the chips went in, we do know it was preflop for more than a 7 million pot. The board improved Mihu to a straight to eliminate Kandola in…

Tanapatr Runs Ace-Ten Into Ace-Queen

Level 33: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries: 26/5,799 Phanishsarn Tanapatr jammed his 2.6 million stack from under the gun. Ivaylo Eftimov called from the button before Davide Iannaco tanked for a couple of minutes from the big blind. Iannaco folded and the cards were tabled. Phanishsarn Tanapatr: Ivaylo Eftimov: Tanapatr was drawing dead on the turn and…

Papadopoulos Doubles Christos

Level 33: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries: 27/5,799 Christou Christos jammed for 1.3 million from under the gun. The action folded around to Kyriakos Papadopoulos in the big blind. Papadopoulos asked for a count and called a minute later. Christou Christos: Kyriakos Papadopoulos: Ace-king was good on the paired board for Papadopoulos to double Christos. Kyriakos Papadopoulos…

Martinez Dusts Off the Rest on a Flip

Level 33: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries: 27/5,799 Ivan Furniet Martinez three-bet jammed the for about five to six big blinds from the small blind and was called by Miguel Branco, who opened from the button. Ivan Furniet Martinez: Miguel Branco: Nines won the flip to eliminate Martinez in 27th place after the ran out on the…

Martinez Doubles Ouillon

Level 33: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries: 28/5,799 Ivan Furniet Martinez checked the flop before Anthony Ouillon jammed for 1,550,000 into a pot of slightly less. Martinez asked for a count before he called. Anthony Ouillon: Ivan Furniet Martinez: Martinez’s bottom pair didn’t improve on either the turn or the river to double up Ouillon. Anthony Ouillon…

Gregorio Doubles Through Kerrien

Level 33: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries: 28/5,799 Clement Kerrien jammed from the small blind before Pasquale Gregorio called off his stack of 1.8 million from the big blind. Pasquale Gregorio: Clement Kerrien: Gregorio had a sweat with his opponent flopping a flush draw but blanks came on the turn and river as the rolled out on…