Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 45/273 We rarely report hands without a showdown, but we just witnessed a rather unusual fold by Konstantinos Kertikidis. We missed the action before and on the flop, but with 120k in the middle the board on the turn read . Konstantinos Kertikidis, who sat in the Small Blind, shoved…
DetailsLevel 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 46/273 Day 1a is just five players away from ending after Sergei Levin hit the rail in 47th place as follows. Levin, who recently doubled through Karev Tralla before losing some of his stack soon after, jammed for 41,000 from under the gun. The action quickly folded around to James…
DetailsLevel 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 47/273 Our chip leader Antoine Talvard was moved to Table 8 with over 600k chips. After a player in middle position opened, he made it 20k from the button. In the Small Blind Audrius Laimelis moved all-in for 60k and after the initial raiser folded, the action was back on…
DetailsLevel 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 48/273 Arbel Hason checked with the on the board after the turn before Fabio Peluso fired out for 35,000 into a pot of slightly more. Hason tanked for a couple of minutes before he folded. “Nice hand,” Hason said to Peluso. “Show your bluff,” another player at the table said…
DetailsLevel 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 48/273 While the bubble is looming, over at Table 10, the Swede Erik Lindqwist lost a blind vs. blind pot against Egidijus Digrys. It was folded to Digrys in the Small Blind and he just completed the bet. Lindqwist checked. Flop: – Digrys bet 4k and Lindqwist called. Turn: –…
DetailsLevel 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 50/273 The Day 1a field is down to just 50 players and will conclude after nine more players hit the rail. We almost lost one player in Sergei Levin, but Levin doubled his stack against Karev Tralla as follows. Tralla opened for 7,000 from early position before Levin jammed for…
DetailsThe players are on a break and we took a look at the largest stacks. Antoine Talvard is still in the lead with almost half a million chips, but several other players are also past the quarter million mark already. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Antoine Talvard 480,000 160 4 7 Giulio Di Salvo…
DetailsOK, this American is showing his stars and stripes despite living in Lithuania for nearly 15 years with the title of this post as the Seventh Inning Stretch. This is a reference to baseball where fans are encouraged to “get up and stretch” during the seventh inning of a baseball game. We are near the…
DetailsLevel 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 58/273 Karev Tralla (pictured above) has been actively trying to play big pots with Dario Minieri (pictured below). He has been overbetting pots at times and it appears the table took notice. However, Tralla was able to take advantage of his table image as follows: The hand began simply enough…
DetailsLevel 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 60/273 Over at Table Four, Antoine Talvard has the chip lead in this flight so far. We just saw him increase his stack a wee bit against Bram Berkvens. Talvard opened from UTG to 4k and Berkvens made it 12k from the Button. Talvard called and the flop came down…
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