Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 23/146 As Stavros Passias left us in place 24 a couple of minutes ago, the remaining 23 players are now playing hand-by-hand on the bubble. It’s not necessarily the tight play that often is the case on the bubble, considering there’s a €5,000 paycheck to the one who finishes the…
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 26/146 During one of the first hands after what should be the final break, Massimo Rizzoglio opened to 16,000 from the Cut-off. Nicolaj D’antoni called from the Small Blind prior to Fotios Ntamaris moving all in for roughly 80,000. Rizzoglio folded, but D’antoni wasted little to no time making the…
Table-Seat Player Chips Big Blinds 9-1 Emanuele Pandetta 460,000 58 10-8 Danilo Scevola 450,000 57 7-1 Nicolaj D’Antoni 392,000 49 8-3 Mitchell Foster 280,000 35
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 28/146 A short-stacked Fotios Ntamaris went all in from UTG for 16,000. Action folded to Nicolaj D’antoni, who called Ntamaris from the Big Blind. Fotios Ntamaris: Nicolaj D’antoni: The look D’antoni gave Ntamaris can’t be described in words; utter confusion with heart-warming joy. No help for D’antoni on the runout,…
Player Place Thibaut Thevenet 29 Erik Lindqwist 30 Manish Rawal 31 Sergej Schuhmacher 32 Nikolaos Valtatzis 33 Robert Perelman 34 Antonio Caruso 35 Gaetano Martini 36 Akser Osak 37 Clement Kerrien 38
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 30/146 James Paris and Thibaut Thevenet clashed all in pre-flop. James Paris: Thibaut Thevenet: The board favored Paris; the result left Thevenet with one big blind and change. James Paris: 120,000 Thibaut Thevenet: 7,000
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 31/146 Fotios Ntamaris went all in for 55,000 from the Cut-off. After receiving a count, Daniele Degennaro made the call. Fotios Ntamaris: Daniele Degennaro: The runout secured a double up for Ntamaris and extends his tournament life. Daniele Degennaro: 153,000 Fotios Ntamaris: 122,000
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 32/146 Alessandro Siena made it 8,000 from the Cut-off. Andreas Mavromoustakis defended from the Big Blind as the sole caller. The flop came , and Mavromoustakis check-called a 6,000 bet from Siena. On the turn , Mavromoustakis checked again, and Siena now sized up to 20,000. Again, Mavromoustakis called. The…
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Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 34/146 Erik Lindqwist had a decent stack but took a few blows and was down to 23,000. He found himself all in for his last five and a half big blinds against Salvatore Caruso. Erik Lindqwist: Salvatore Caruso: It was bond to happen, wasn’t it; the board spelled out and…