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Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 167/5,799 More players have now become former participants of the Main Event, this next consignment, finishing 168th-199th all collect €2,950. The players who bust next (144th-167th) will receive €3,260 Position Player Payout (€) 168 James Paris €2,950 169 Domenico Fazio €2,950 170 Ashley Scott €2,950 171 Claudio Barone €2,950 172…

Shearing Busy Cheering on the Turn

Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 167/5,799 Tens proved to be fatal for Claudio Barone moments ago and tens just cost Ivan Furniet Martinez a chunk as he doubled up Robert Shearing as follows. Martinez opened to 60,000 from under the gun before Shearing three-bet jammed for 605,000 from middle position. Dawid Bartosz tanked for about…

Barone Runs Tens Into Norvock’s Jacks

Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 169/5,799 James Norvock started the day with one of the shorter stacks of 195,000 and has recently become a chip millionaire while sending Claudio Barone to the rail as follows: Norvock three-bet jammed for 680,000. Barone paused for less than a minute before he called off his stack of around…

No Phones On The Table!

The no phone on the table is being announced by the tournament floor before every event, but why is that so? The answer is that it is the result of new rules that the TDA (Tournament Directors’ Association) brought in recently, which is a measure being taken to improve game security.  There have been recent…

Jooijer Delivers Bad Beat to Dobos

Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 183/5,799 Jozeph Dobos got his 10+ big blinds in good against Berend Jooijer. Jozeph Dobos: Berend Jooijer: Dobos’s cowboys were cracked and his stack headed over to Jooijer to his dismay after an ace showed it face on the runout. Berend Jooijer – 1.6 million Jozeph Dobos – 0

Matei Ousts Meden

Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 191/5,799 There wasn’t much in the pot with the on the board after the turn when Nicusor Matei check-jammed from 65,000 to approximately 700,000. Marc Meden tanked before he called off his stack of a bit less. Marc Meden: Nicusor Matei: Meden was behind and needed a jack or a…

Main Event Down to Under 200 Players

Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 199/5,799 The number of survivors in the tournament has now dipped under 200 and the payouts have jumped once again. Those who finish from 168th-199th will stagger away from the battlefield with €2,950. Those who recently departed in 200th-231st got €2,640, apart from Iason Filippidis in 210th, who receives €12,640,…

Iakovidis Doubles With Ace-Queen

Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 199/5,799 Nikolaos Iakovidis opened for 70,000 from the cutoff before Viorel-Gabriel Gavrila three-bet jammed for 610,000 from the small blind. Iakovidis called off his stack of 565,000 and was ahead when the two players tabled their hands. Nikolaos Iakovidis: Viorel-Gabriel Gavrila: Ace-queen held strong on the runout for Iakovidis to…