De Meulder Bets Big on the River

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 62/3,432 Christophe De Meulder bet 90,000 from the button and Giuseppe Di Bella called from the small blind. Action checked through the flop and turn, but after a check from Di Bella on the De Meulder made a near-pot bet of 180k and took it down. Christophe De Meulder –…

HORSE Begins

The €350 HORSE has attracted an initial field of 20 entries. Players start off with 20,000 in chips with blinds increasing slowly at every 30 minutes between five limit games in hold’em (H), Omaha (O), razz (R), stud (S), and stud eight or better (E). The field will continue to grow with late registration open…

Two Pair for Tranchina

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 65/3,432 Matteo Tranchina jammed for around five big blinds from early position and was called by Raoul van Wersch from the button. Matteo Tranchina: Raoul van Wersch: Tranchina stood up and was looking ready to leave the table even after he pulled ahead on the flop. Van Wersch connected with…

Bjoerbaek Busts with Fumes

Level 25: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 67/3,432 Erik Bjoerbaek shoved early with fumes, having only about 60k behind and facing 80k in the big blind in two hands. It folded to the big blind, MIlan Dondur, who had no choice but to put in the extra 20k, given the pot odds. Dondur was best with ace-ten…

Eliminations During Level 24

The blinds just increased to Level 25 with blinds at 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. Check out all the eliminations below from Level 24: Place Player Prize 68 Paolo Riga €4,690 69 Felciano Rosano €4,690 70 Gianluca Cabitza €4,690 71 Gabriela Hlouskova €4,690 72 Antonio Guerrero €4,170 73 Antonio Capoluongo €4,170 74 Eros…

Buremi Gets Value on River

Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 77/3,432 It was blind on blind when Szymon Kuczerski limped the small blind and Salvatore Buremi checked from the big. The all heart flop came and Kuczerski bet 40k. Buremi flat-called to the turn where he flatted again for 65,000. Kuczerski slowed down on the river with a check, then…

Nines Good for Hynam to Oust Kala

Level 23: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 79/3,432 Maciej Kala jammed for about a dozen big blinds from the cutoff and was called by the start-of-the-day chip leader Mitchell Hynam. Maciej Kala: Mitchell Hynam: Kala’s big slick bricked the board and he hit the rail in 80th place after losing the flip. Joseph Grech also hit the…

A few Big Stacks from Break

Level 24: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 81/3,432 Player Chips BB Daniele Grasso 3,100,000 103 Marco Chiappetta Sabatino 2,400,000 80 Davide Campione 2,350,000 78 Gabriele Re 2,170,000 72 Szymon Kuczerski 2,100,000 70 Florent Colin 2,100,000 70 Raoul Van Wersch 2,100,000 70 Davide Ferrone 2,000,000 67 Marco Perra 1,900,000 63 Dimitrios Katsikas 1,900,000 63 Antonio Guerrero 1,900,000 63…