Bonsignore Wins the Race

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 256/1,216 Sefano Casciello opened early to 6,000 and it folded around to Franca Luana Bonsignore on the cutoff. She asked for a count, then shoved a bigger stack. Casciello called quickly and it was a race between pocket nines for Bonsignore against for Casciello. The board of was clean for…

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Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 272/1,216 The flop was already dealt showing and Giuseppe Di Bella bet 10k after a couple of checks. Simone Salis called from the cutoff before Steve Conti shoved all in from the big blind. Everyone folded except for Salis, who called with a gutshot holding five-three. Conti’s hand was mucked…

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Some Big Stacks from Break

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 294/1,216 Name Chips BB Toni Zengovski 335,000 112 Thomas Pearn 265,000 88 Alberto Cigliano 230,000 77 Marco Macis 225,000 75 Peter Brackley 215,000 72 Ludovich Geilich 215,000 72 Franca Bonsignore 200,000 67 Antoine Stackowiak 200,000 67 MIchael Altena 180,000 60 Roderick Macneil 165,000 55  

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30-Minute Break

Players are on a 30-minute break instead of the usual 20-minute break. This is due to the fact that there are so many players and a chip race for the 100-denominated chips will take place during the break. Blinds will increase to 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante when the action resumes.

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Bozza Finds His Ten

Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 324/1216 Luciano Chiavaro opened the betting to 4,000 from the hijack before Alessandro Spata shoved from the cutoff for 23,500. Francesco Bozza was in the small blind and asked for a count before flat-calling to leave about 10k behind. Chiavaro mucked his hand, and Spata looked good for the double…

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Kanaker Squeezes With Fives

Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 335/1,216 A player opened and two players called including Eftychois Georgiou from the cutoff. Martin Kanaker three-bet jammed from the button for 25,600. Two players folded before Georgiou found a call. Martin Kanaker: Eftychios Georgiou: Georgiou called for a jack to double pair the board after the flop. Not only…

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