Easy Pickings for Held

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 83/199 Massimo Bruno raised to 2,500 from the small blind and Niklas Held made it 8,000 to go in the big blind. Bruno made the call for the flop to be spread. Bruno had already checked in the dark, but Held opted to see the cards before betting 3,500. Bruno…

Rockets Flying For Pace

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 84/197 Erik Eisen opened from an early position and got three-bet to 7,000 by Luke Pace (pictured below) sitting on the small blind. Eisen thought about it a bit and put Pace all-in for his remaining 29,100 chips – Pace snap-called and both revealed their cards. Luke Pace: Erik Eisen:…

Paris’ Tower of Chips Depleted

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 83/197 James Paris jammed all-in for his final 13,800 chips as first to act. Justina Andriukeviciute rejammed from the cutoff with the bigger stack, which got the rest of the table to fold. James Paris: Justina Andriukeviciute: No ace appeared on the runout and Andriukeviciute added Paris’ chips to her…

Bametz Expends Big Stack

Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 84/197 Jeremy Bametz checked to Shaun Decesare in a pot of 16,200, with lying in the middle of the table. Decesare then fired for 6,500, but Bametz put on the pressure and jammed all-in, covering Decesare’s 25,000-chip stack multiple times over. Decesare was not happy with the situation and folded…

Hearts over Hearts For Tipping

Level 10: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 89/195 Paul Zehetleitner and Leslie Tipping (pictured below) were heads-up on the blinds after a small raise from Paul. The board got both of them to put all of their chips and Tipping was at risk with a bit less than a starting stack (25 blinds). Leslie Tipping: Paul Zehetleitner:…

Mortensen Pays Off Nuts

Level 10: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 89/194 Sebastian Mortensen and Rune Polden were looking at a completed board of . Mortensen checked out of the big blind before Polden made a bet of 10,500 into a pot of 22,500. Mortensen mulled over his decision for a while before committing a call to the middle. Polden showed…

Papadopoulos Doubles Up

Level 10: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 90/193 In a pot that had already grown to a size of 30,000 chips, Paschalis Papadopoulos made a bet of 8,500 from the big blind on a turn of . Ville Pohjalainen then tanked for a bit before jamming all-in, covering Papadopoulos’ 19,100 chips. The latter snap-called and the cards…

Niki Gets It In Dominated

Level 10: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 92/190 Three-way to a flop of , Prela Niki checked from the small blind to Rytis Pranarauskas under the gun. He made a bet of 3,500, which got called by the third player in the hand, Erik Lindqwist in early position. Lindqwist called before Niki made it 10,200 to go.…

Dark Knight Begins

The room is now full with the many side events running including the €220 Dark Knight. The event had 18 players from the start including the experienced Gang Wang, Harald Redl, Eleftherios Eleftherakis, Davide Crenna, and Dario Calabrese. Meanwhile, in 30 minutes, the €70 satellite to the Main Event kicks off. It looks like this…