Sviten Special Begins

The €250 PL Sviten Special has kicked off with a tidy field of 13 players. This is a fun game that combines both pot-limit Omaha and five-card draw into the same game. The rules are as follows: Players are dealt five cards. A round of betting takes place before a flop is dealt. Another round…

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Second Break

Players are on their second break of Day 1b. Blinds will increase to 300/600 with a 600 big blind ante when the action resumes in 20 minutes. We will update some of the bigger stacks from around the room during the break.

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Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 190/245 Christian Gurr opened from the cutoff with a limp, and both blinds came along for the ride to a flop of . It checked to Gurr and he bet 700 with Arthur Navellou getting out of the way from the small blind, but big blind Sasa Lalos calling to…

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Stanaityte Chips Up

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 190/245 Indre Stanaityte opened to 1,100 from the hijack and she was called by both Jordi Ruiz & Antoine Stackowiak in the blinds. It checked to Stanaityte on the flop and she bet 1,300. Only big blind Stackowiak called to the turn, but that was as far as the hand…

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Queens Good for Simone

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 190/249 Szymon Kuczerski three-bet jammed for about 15,000 from the small blind and was looked up by Alfonso Simone, who originally opened the action from the hijack. Szymon Kuczerski: Alfonso Simone: Simone’s queens were more than good on the board to beat tens to win the pot and send Kuczerski…

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€350 Freezeout Begins

The €350 NLH Freezeout brings poker back to its core with no re-entries available even during the 10 levels of late registration. The event kicked off and already has 45 players with 43 of them still in their seats during Level 2. Players start off with a massive stack of 30,000, good for 300 big…

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Two Pair for Koultoukis

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 190/235 Tanios Kanaan checked the river with the on the board before Dmitrios Koultoukis bet 6,500 into a pot of nearly 15,000. Kanaan paused for a moment before he made the call. Koultoukis turned over the for a flopped two pair which got the job done to win the pot…

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Safranek Takes from Kharadze

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 187/218 Ivane Kharadze was one of the chip leaders at the last break, but he just gave some chips back to his tablemate Ludek Safranek. I picked up the action on the checked turn with the board reading and the river was being dealt. Kharadze check-called for 3,000 but mucked…

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