Picone Spikes a Lucky Jack

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 396/779 Slowly the action picks up pace. With 400/800 blinds and ante in play, players are enticed to play more aggressively and more and more players are working with shallow stacks, leading to more and more preflop all-ins. One of those all-ins we just witnessed at Table 35. In a…

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Sparrow Rivers Straight, Gets Paid

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 425/769 While strolling through the tournament area we witnessed the Maltese local Alistair Sparrow win a decently sized pot against Marco Siciliano from Italy. We arrived at the hand on the flop with 6k in the middle and the board reading . It was checked to Siciliano on the button…

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Something Better Than Ace-Queen for Pirie

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 464/737 We caught up with the action with Ignazio Cugliandro having a three-bet for 4,900 in front of him. Grant Pirie four-bet to 12,000. Cugliandro tanked for a few moments before he called. Cugliano checked the flop before Pirie jammed for his six-figure stack. “Ace-queen?” asked Cugliandro. Pirie shrugged his…

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Break Time

Players are on their second break of Day 1c. We will have an assorted big stack update during the break as usual. Blinds will increase to 300/600 with a 600 big blinds ante before moving onto 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante. Another break will take place after both of these 40-minute blind levels.

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Friendly River for Cristiano

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 466/721 Salvatore Cristiano opened for 1,500 from early position and was called by Ricardo Lukauskas before Oded Glam three-bet jammed for 6,300. Yaniv Tomsis flat-called before Cristiano four-bet shoved for 10,200. Lukauskas folded and Tomsis called having his two opponents at risk. Oded Glam: Salvatore Cristiano: Yaniv Tomsis: Glam and…

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Zuczkowski Flips Out

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 484/709 Over at Table Eight, Xavier Zuczkowski just lost his last flip on his second bullet today. The action was folded to Yiftach Atia in the small blind and he opened up with a raise. Zuczkowski moved all-in for 7,300 and after some deliberation Atia made the call. Showdown. Xavier…

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