Level 27: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 18/1,992 In a classic race, Candido Cappiello lost all chips against Maksym Sheingart. The two were all-in in a 3.2m pot. All chips went into the middle before the pot. Cappiello hat and Maksym Sheingart . The board fell – no help for Cappiello and he was out in 19th…
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 19/1,992 David Lappin is one of the co-hosts and founders of The Chip Race podcast alongside Dara O’Kearney. If you haven’t checked it out, it is certainly worth a listen. Unfortunately, The Chip Race host won’t be at the final table, although it is possible he will join me in…
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 20/1,992 After losing the last hand before the break, the bad run for Giorgio Bellanca continues. Now he lost a substantial pot to Miguel Bolivar. The hand began with Bellanca raising to 120k from middle position. Bolivarreraised to 270k from the big blinds and Bellanca called. Flop: Bolivarfired 225k and…
The first four levels of today are in the books. We’re down to 20 players and those are the full counts: Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Victor Fryda 4,900,000 82 18 8 Giorgio Bellanca 3,800,000 63 18 4 Andrea Agnoletto 3,800,000 63 18 5 Mikhael Busiashvili 3,600,000 60 17 6 Fabian Rolli 3,500,000 58…
Players are on their second Day 3 break. Blinds will increase to 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante before moving up again to 40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 big blind ante. A longer 75-minute dinner break will take place after these two blind levels. We will update all of the chip counts during the break.
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 20/1,992 Right before the break, Andrea Agnoletto managed to scoop a big pot against Giorgio Bellanca. The two big stacks are seated right next to each other at Table 18 with Agnoletto having position against Bellanca. In a pot that only played out preflop, Agnoletto manages to win 16 big…
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 20/1,992 Over at Table 18, Nicolaj D’antoni had a very small stack for a while now and eventually, he succumbed to Cyril Vieira. D’antoni was all-in with Ace-Queen against Vieira’s Nines and couldn’t find any help on the board. Cyril Vieira – 2,300,00 Nicolaj D’antoni – 0
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 22/1,992 Massimo Centola open-jammed for 670,000 from the small blind. Edikas Jurgutis asked for a count before he called. Massimo Centola: Edikas Jurgutis: Centola got up from his seat as if ready to leave. He sat back down after his ace connected with the board to double his stack through…
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 22/1,992 Edikas Jurgutis min-raised the button. Andrius Janca three-bet shoved for nearly 3 million. Lahire Roch called off his stack of 1.3 million and Jurgutis called off his stack of 1.1 million for a three-way showdown and two players at risk. Edikas Jurgutis: Lahire Roch: Andrius Janca: Jurgutis tripled up…
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 21/1,992 He was mainly confined to playing preflop poker due to his small stack in the past, but Andrea Dominica recently increased his stack enough to also play post-flop poker now. And we just saw him pick up a courageous bluff against Roberto Caprio. The hand began with Fabian Rolli…