Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 339/1,990 Players are busting at a rapid speed; it’ll only be a matter of minutes before hand-by-hand play commences. After an initial opening from Robert Dascalescu in the Hi-jack, Nicola Pezzullo moved all in for 70,000 from the Big Blind. Dascalescu snap-called. Nicola Pezzullo: Robert Dascalescu: Dascalescu was trailing, and…
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 400/1,990 Below are the biggest stacks at the third break. Player Chips Big Blinds Victor Azanon 690,000 86 Paolo Anselmo 690,000 86 Jaime Diaz 660,000 83 Max Crespo 630,000 79 Kacper Czapla 610,000 76
Below is the current state of play. Day 1g of the €600 Main Event is playing down to 299 players, while Day 1h will send 43 players to Day 2. The NLH Mas Event was won by Claus Spickermann, who secured €5,980 after a three-way deal. Paul Stewart won the Mystery Siege of Malta for…
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 481/1,990 Action folded all the way to Ben Oren, who min-raised to 8,000 from the Button. Ben Miller then moved all in for 101,000 from the Big Blind. Oren, who perhaps played 95,000 in total, made the call after a couple minute’s worth of consideration. Ben Miller: Ben Oren: Oren…
Level 13: 1,000/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 625/1,990 Tobias Hollerer min-raised to 6,000 from the Hi-jack. Seated in the Big Blind, Frank Koopman was the sole caller. Koopman check-called a 7,000 bet from Hollerer on the flop. Action went check-check on the turn, and on the river, Koopman fired a 13,000 bet. Hollerer made the call within…
Level 13: 1,000/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 657/1,990 The players have just returned from a 20-minute break. It has been announced that play will conclude when 299 remain. Below are some of the biggest stacks I was able to identify in the room. Player Chips Big Blinds Lior Sahar 556,000 185 Max Crespo 505,000 168 Evangelos Argyris…
The Day of the Dead is nearly over and there have been countless tournament life deaths today, but none of their relatives visited the graves of the fallen. Its also my last post of this very long day, which still has a long way to go, but the blog will continue, authored by my esteemed…
Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 735/1,990 Bartosz Mielczarek opened to 5,500 from UTG+1. Action folded all the way to Martin Mulsow, who moved all in for 24,000 from the Small Blind. Mielczarek didn’t take long before making the call. Martin Mulsow: Bartosz Mielczarek: “The queen is coming on the river,” Mulsow said. He must possess…
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 815/1,990 I paid Table 76 a visit to see how Mike Alonso (who was the chip leader at the most recent break) was getting along. At the exact moment I got there, he called a 4,500 open from Dimitrios Orfanidis (UTG+1). Considering Alonso was the Big Blind, he was first…