3 is the Magic Number

Day 1b just reached 300 entries with 114 players still remaining nearly halfway through Level 10. This is nearly double the 154 entries attracted during yesterday’s Day 1a field which featured 154 entrants and 23 survivors. Late registration will not only be open until the end of Level 10 but also during the 75-minute dinner…

Nederlof Flop Two Pair

Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 130/295 Wim De Leeuw opened with a limp from the middle and three other players came along to the flop of . After a check from Luca Capostagno in the small blind, big blind Leendert Nederlof bet 2,000. De Leeuw and Alfredo Cuti folded but Capostagno called. They both checked…

Israel Pips Monastirscaia for Stacks

Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 142/293 Arthur Israel raised to 2,000 from early position before Irina Monastirscaia tank-shoved a slightly smaller stack than Israel after getting a count. Israel called early and it was a cooler between the ace-king for Israel and ace-queen for Monastirscaia. Israel found a king on the flop to jump to…

Top Pair Good for Capossela

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 140/291 Killian Desnos opened for 2,300 from under the gun before Luciano Capossela three-bet to 6,200 from the hijack. Desnos quickly called for the duo to see the flop. Desnos checked. Capossela fired out for 6,200 and Desnos snap-called. Both players checked after a third diamond found its way to…

Break Chips

Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 155/288 Daniel Schwensen looks to be the only player with more than 200k in chips, and he looks to be about 80k ahead of the next biggest stack. Player Chips Blinds Daniel Schwensen 220,000 220 Pavel Pecelj 140,000 140 Diogo Batista 129,000 129 Domenico Gala 125,000 125 Maurizio Braco 112,000…

Third Day 1b Break

Players are on their third break of Day 1b. Blinds will increase to 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante followed by 600/1,200 with a 1,200 big blind ante when the action resumes. The 75-minute dinner break is scheduled after these two blinds levels with late registration closing on Day 1b after the action resumes.…

“Two Pair” for Stoev

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 167/286 Four players saw the flop. Two of those players checked before Kristian Holden fired out for 3,000. Martin Stoev was the only of the three other players to call before both players checked the turn. Stoev jammed for about 13,500 the river. Holden quickly folded before a little fun…

Evangelista Gets a Small One

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 181/275 It was a three-way limp to the flop of after Giacomo Evangelista limped the button and both blinds followed suit. It checked to Evangelista on the flop and he fired 1,400. Only small blind Jose Esteves called to the turn, and both players checked it as well as the…

Braco Holds with Tens

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 181/275 Pasquale Braco opened from the hijack to 1,300 and got calls from Wim De Leeuw in the cutoff as well as big blind Miguel Fernandez. It checked to De Leeuw on the flop and he bet 2,600. Only Braco called to the and both players checked. They checked again…