Spitale Doubles Up

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 217/294 Giuseppe Spitale had gotten his 13,000 remaining chips in on a flop of against big stack Mantas Unguliaitis. Giuseppe Spitale: Mantas Ungulaitis: The turn brought some extra outs for Ungulaitis, but the river bricked out to give Spitale his double-up. Mantas Ungulaitis – 75,000 Giuseppe Spitale – 35,000 Giuseppe…

Assorted Big Stacks

Player Chip Count Big Blinds Giuseppe Simonelli 144,000 240 Paschalis Papadopoulos 136,000 227 Prela Niki 124,000 207 Emmanouil Kostakis 115,000 192 Gaspare Arimondi 94,000 157 Danial Kargarzadeh 88,000 147

Another Interlude

The field has grown to a size of 282, and the 210 remaining players have been sent on a 20-minute break. Il campo è cresciuto fino a 282 giocatori e i 210 rimasti sono stati mandati in pausa per 20 minuti.

River Saves Papavramidis

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 210/282 Massimo Bruno opened for 1,000 from early position before Justina Andriukeviciute three-bet to 3,000 from late position. Sokratis Papavramidis four-bet shoved for 10,300. Bruno quickly folded while Andriukeviciute quickly called. Sokratis Papavramidis: Justina Andriukeviciute: Andriukeviciute pulled out far ahead on the flip after the flop and was further ahead…

Seven-Deuce Never Lose

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 208/279 On a completed board of , Karim Feddag made a bet of 11,600 out of the big blind, with 15,000 chips already in the middle. His opponent was Santo Sidoti in middle position, who mulled the situation over before tossing in a call. Feddag showed for a full house,…

Simonelli Min-Raises to Increase Big Stack

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 215/277 Leonardo Tomei had three-bet Giuseppe Simonelli preflop, leading to a pot of 7,000 chips and a flop of . Tomei then bet 5,000 chips from the small blind, which Simonelli raised to 10,000 in the cutoff. Tomei mulled it over for a bit before folding and showing the .…

Big Slick, Small Problem for Byrne

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 214/267 Vincenzo Teti opened for a min-raise from early position before Daiva Byrne three-bet to 2,500 from one seat over. Davide Iannaco cold-called from the cutoff and Teti dropped a few more chips into the pot before the landed on the flop. Teti checked before Byrne fired out for 3,000.…

Pipari Survives

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 215/267 In a pot of 10,500 chips, Dimitrios Gkatzas checked from early position to Gaetano Pipari in middle position. Pipari then made a bet of 5,000 on the board of and Gkatzas called. Gkatzas checked again on the river and Pipari flicked in another T-5,000 chip, leaving himself 2,000 chips…

Gaines Gains Chips With Rockets

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 215/250 Pietro Arzilli fired out for 7,000 into a spread pot of more than double that with the on the board when Glen Gaines went into the tank for more than a minute. Gaines eventually called and Arzilli turned over the for a bricked flush draw on the turn. Gaines’s…

Cerniauskas Buys Cheap Showdown

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 212/251 Daniel Benditkis had three-bet Laurynas Cerniauskas preflop, leading to a 5,500 pot on a flop of . Cerniauskas checked from middle position and Benditkis did the same on the button. The turn was also checked by both players before Cerniauskas made a small bet of 1,500 on the river.…