Day 1b Chip Counts

Day 1b of the €600 Main Event attracted 113 entries. Below are the chip counts of those 8 who made it through to Day 2. Position Name Chips 1 Alexander Regler 452,000 2 Pantelis Charalampous 430,000 3 Fabrizio Petroni 364,000 4 Florian Ribouchon 319,000 5 Lulei Hu 271,000 6 Adam Neal 206,000 7 Grigoris Kyriazi…

Day 1a Chip Counts

Day 1a of the €600 Main Event attracted 285 entries. Below are the chip counts of those 43 who made it through to Day 2. Position Name Chips 1 Athony Hughes 1,168,000 2 Nicola Karl 965,000 3 Herli Olop 913,000 4 Luis Marthino 742,000 5 Pablo De Heredia 665,000 6 Jorge Gomez 645,000 7 Pablo…

Things That Takes a Long Time

Level 20: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 44/285 Below is a table displaying various activitíes, and how long they take on average. Activity Time Swin between Malta and Greece 15 days For paint to dry 1-2 weeks For me to solve Rubik’s Cube 3-4 weeks A good Whiskey to age 3-18 years For the bubble to burst…

Last Woman is Out

Level 18: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 45/285 A short-stacked Palina Mankevich moved all in for 51,000 UTG. After seven players folded, Luis Marthino snap-called from the Big Blind. Palina Makevich: Luis Marthino: Mankevich was trailing, but the brought some hope. Things looked even more likely on the turn. Sadly for her, though, it was a severe…

The Window is Closed

Level 18: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 48/285 Seated UTG, John Jaffke clicked it to 12,000. Action then folded all the way to Francesco Piro, who moved all in for 122,000 from the Small Blind. After Jorge Gomez folded his Big Blind, Jaffke made the call. Francesco Piro: John Jaffke: It was a classic coin flip situation,…

Kicker Plays

Level 18: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 51/285 Action folded all the way to Gustav Frigast, who min-raised to 12,000 from the Button. Seated in the Big Blind, Pablo Molina was the sole caller. Molina check-called a 10,000 bet from Frigast on the flop. Both players then checked the turn. Molina completed the check trifecta on the…

Herrmann and his Jacks

Level 17: 2,000/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 56/285 Action folded all the way to Anton Herrmann, who made it 13,000 from the Small Blind. Big Blind-player Attila Zab took a peek at his holdings before moving all in for roughly 100,000. Herrmann couldn’t have made the call any faster. Attila Zab: Anton Herrmann: Even though his queen…

Now THAT’S a Sick One

Level 16: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 59/285 Action folded all the way to Matthieu Van De Zande, who opened to 8,000 from the Cut-off. Then, seated on the Button, Mike Maas three-bet to 25,000. For good measure, Istvan Magyar four-bet to 82,000 from the Small Blind. “Not too much action,” Van De Zande thought, and moved…