Big Pot Ends on Flop

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 537/1,201 Roberto Cilia raised to 2,200 from the hijack and he got a couple of callers before big blind Nikolaos Michailidis made it 8,700 to go. Two players folded, but cutoff Andrea Melluzzo called, The flop came and Michailidis continued his aggression with a bet of 11,300, enough to push…

Day 1e Begins

The turbo-charged Day 1e has kicked off with a field of 70 entries. Several players are giving it another go after failing to advance to Day 2 in prior opening fields including Roberto Aprile, Albert Sapiano, Shaun Decesare, and Constantinos Miaris. Best of luck to all of the Day 1e players. We will provide another…

Christandl Hits the Ace

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 588/1,198 I picked up the action on the turn with the board reading and Christian Christandl checked from the big blind. Nilson Pascoal put out a bet of 15,000 and got the call to on the river. Both players checked and Pascoal mucked after Christandl showed ace-jack for the flopped…

A Few Big Stacks at Break

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 624/1,187 Name Chips BB Julian Micallef 162,000 162 Beniamino Ciotta 135,000 135 Nico Frenn 130,000 130 Giuseppe Domicoli 130,000 130 Alessandro Cenciarini 125,000 125 Luciano Chiavaro 125,000 125 Luca Piras 115,000 115 Jorden Verbraeken 110,000 110 Adriano Scagnetti 110,000 110 Samantha Algeri 80,000 80

Third Break

Day 1d is on its third break of the day. The blinds will increase to 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante followed by 600/1,200 with a 1,200 big blind ante. The 75-minute dinner break will take place before Groundhog’s Day occurs with a repeat of the 600/1,200 (1,200) blind level. However, late registration will…

Algeri Gets There with Flush

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 654/1,180 Alessandro Cenciarini opened from the hijack to 2,000 and Samantha Algeri called from the button as did big blind Tavio Sillaste. It checked to Algeri on the flop and she fired 2,900. Only Sillaste called to the turn. Sillaste check-called for 5,200 on the turn and both players checked…

di Cicco Backdoors Hearts

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 721/1,145 Kurt Kofler opened the betting from the hijack to 1,300 and was called by cutoff Salvatore Patti, button Mario Burriolo, and big blind Virgilio di Cicco. The flop came and di Cicco checked and Kurt Kofler bet 1,800. All three players called to the turn. It checked to Burriolo…