Level 10: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 130/284 During the last level before late registration closes, a contender for “Hand of the Tournament” played out at Table 14. Alexander Goldin raised to 3,500 from UTG+1. Michael Ravn was seated in the Big Blind and was the only player to make the call. The flop came . Ravn…
Chip Leaders at the Dinner Break
Player Chip Count Big Blinds Alessandro Furneri 302,500 202 Claus Spieckermann 233,500 156 Luca Topazio 227,500 152 Christoph Tanner 220,000 147 Wilfred Verwoert 200,000 133 Waldemar Kopyl 197,500 132 Giuseppe Di Bella 195,000 130 Jochen Halfmann 190,500 127 Marco Venturi 190,000 127 Arnaud Cressent 182,000 121 Rocco Maiorana 168,500 112 Gary Fisher 165,000 110 Krysztof…
Dinner Break in the Main Event
The Main Event is now on a 75-minute dinner break. We’re also off to get some food, but we’ll be back with the chip counts of the leaders before play resumes.
Mystery Bounty Day 2 Begins
Day 1c of the Mystery Siege of Malta finished just in time for Day 2 to start just 20 mins after its scheduled 8pm start time. As it was a very quick turnaround between flights we didn’t manage to get full chip counts of the 43 who made it through Day 1c. However we did…
Saved by the Bell
Level 9: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 131/274 The board read with roughly 20,000 in the middle. Killian Desnos went all in for 28,000, and Dimitrios Anastasakis had a tough decision to make. Eventually, he made the call. Killian Desnos: Dimitrios Anastasakis: A great call by Anastasakis, but, the completed board had other plans. Desnos won an…
Not According to Plan
Level 9: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 144/270 Dean Hemmings decided only to call from Under the Gun. Action folded to Giuseppe Di Bella who called from the Small Blind, prior to Andreas Vlachos checking in the Big Blind. All three players checked the flop. On the turn, Di Bella checked, Vlachos bet 2,500, Hemmings called and…
A Classic Confrontation
Level 8: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 156/262 Yannig Colin opened from Under the Gun to 2,400. Action folded around to Marko Cosic on the Button who raised to 6,500. Colin made the call. The flop came , and Colin checked. Cosic led out for 4,500, only to face a 9,000 raise from Colin. Cosic wouldn’t be…
Mystery Siege of Malta Day 1c Approaching Bubble
With just 43 players earmarked for seats in Day and only 54 of the flight’s 286 starters remaining, its now squeaky bum time for those with short stacks in Day 1c of the Mystery Siege of Malta. Day 2 is due to start at 8pm and at the current rate of attrition, they have every…
Mangiapane bids Farewell
Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 166/253 Under the Gun, Angelo Finocchiaro opened to 3,500. Nikolaos Valtatzis called from the Button, and when action came to Vincenzo Mangiapane in the Big Blind, he moved all in for roughly 30,000. Finocchiaro called before Valtatzis folded. Vincenzo Mangiapane: Angelo Finocchiaro: No luck for Mangiapane on the board, and…
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