Vichi Makes Quads, Leaves Kolarik Short

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 205/321 Alessio Vichi had gotten his 17,000 chips in the middle from the hijack against Tomas Kolarik in the big blind. Alessio Vichi: Tomas Kolarik: Kolarik flopped some extra outs on , but Vichi locked up the pot on the turn. The river was dealt as the cherry on top,…

Snap-Shove, Snap-Fold

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 210/320 In a pot that had already grown to a size of 20,000 chips, Niccolo Cadoni made a bet of 10,000 from the hijack on a board of and was called by Salvatore D’Alia in the cutoff. The river then arrived, on which Cadoni quickly checked to D’Alia. The latter…

Micallef Chips Up With Slick Moves

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 216/311 Matthew Micallef had opened from the cutoff when Roberto Musu three-bet to 4,000 on the button. The blinds got out of the way and Micallef jammed his stack of roughly 19,000 chips in the middle. Musu thought better of it and let his hand go and Micallef showed as…

Capitano Takes Control

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 218/308 Dario Delpiona open-raised to 1,300, after which Giovanni Capitano three-bet to 4,200. The action folded back to Delpiona, who tossed in a call. Capitano then continued for 3,200 on the flop and Delpiona check-called. Delpiona checked again on the turn and Capitano put in the rest of his stack,…

Spitale Doubles Up

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 217/294 Giuseppe Spitale had gotten his 13,000 remaining chips in on a flop of against big stack Mantas Unguliaitis. Giuseppe Spitale: Mantas Ungulaitis: The turn brought some extra outs for Ungulaitis, but the river bricked out to give Spitale his double-up. Mantas Ungulaitis – 75,000 Giuseppe Spitale – 35,000 Giuseppe…

Assorted Big Stacks

Player Chip Count Big Blinds Giuseppe Simonelli 144,000 240 Paschalis Papadopoulos 136,000 227 Prela Niki 124,000 207 Emmanouil Kostakis 115,000 192 Gaspare Arimondi 94,000 157 Danial Kargarzadeh 88,000 147

Another Interlude

The field has grown to a size of 282, and the 210 remaining players have been sent on a 20-minute break. Il campo è cresciuto fino a 282 giocatori e i 210 rimasti sono stati mandati in pausa per 20 minuti.

River Saves Papavramidis

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 210/282 Massimo Bruno opened for 1,000 from early position before Justina Andriukeviciute three-bet to 3,000 from late position. Sokratis Papavramidis four-bet shoved for 10,300. Bruno quickly folded while Andriukeviciute quickly called. Sokratis Papavramidis: Justina Andriukeviciute: Andriukeviciute pulled out far ahead on the flip after the flop and was further ahead…

Seven-Deuce Never Lose

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 208/279 On a completed board of , Karim Feddag made a bet of 11,600 out of the big blind, with 15,000 chips already in the middle. His opponent was Santo Sidoti in middle position, who mulled the situation over before tossing in a call. Feddag showed for a full house,…