Main Event on Break
First Break: 25 Mins Entries: 174/5,799 The first two levels of the day have now been completed and the players are on a 25-minute break. When they returnm the blinds will increase to 15,00/30,000 (30,000).
No Phones On The Table!
The no phone on the table is being announced by the tournament floor before every event, but why is that so? The answer is that it is the result of new rules that the TDA (Tournament Directors’ Association) brought in recently, which is a measure being taken to improve game security. There have been recent…
Jooijer Delivers Bad Beat to Dobos
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 183/5,799 Jozeph Dobos got his 10+ big blinds in good against Berend Jooijer. Jozeph Dobos: Berend Jooijer: Dobos’s cowboys were cracked and his stack headed over to Jooijer to his dismay after an ace showed it face on the runout. Berend Jooijer – 1.6 million Jozeph Dobos – 0
Matei Ousts Meden
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 191/5,799 There wasn’t much in the pot with the on the board after the turn when Nicusor Matei check-jammed from 65,000 to approximately 700,000. Marc Meden tanked before he called off his stack of a bit less. Marc Meden: Nicusor Matei: Meden was behind and needed a jack or a…
Main Event Down to Under 200 Players
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 199/5,799 The number of survivors in the tournament has now dipped under 200 and the payouts have jumped once again. Those who finish from 168th-199th will stagger away from the battlefield with €2,950. Those who recently departed in 200th-231st got €2,640, apart from Iason Filippidis in 210th, who receives €12,640,…
Iakovidis Doubles With Ace-Queen
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 199/5,799 Nikolaos Iakovidis opened for 70,000 from the cutoff before Viorel-Gabriel Gavrila three-bet jammed for 610,000 from the small blind. Iakovidis called off his stack of 565,000 and was ahead when the two players tabled their hands. Nikolaos Iakovidis: Viorel-Gabriel Gavrila: Ace-queen held strong on the runout for Iakovidis to…
High Roller Day 2 News
Today’s High Roller begins its second day at 3pm and due to its regressive structure registration remains open for the first three levels of play. Registration is temporarily closed until the tournament restarts, when it will re-open. There is also an adjustment to the structure, as after registration closes, level 11 will be a repeat…
Main Event Prize Pool Calculations
There have been some questions as to how the €2,578,172 prize pool was derived. Below is all the info from the opening flights. There were 1,357 total players playing the half-priced flight. For these players they started with a 20,000 starting stack (half of the 40,000 in the €600 full priced opening flights) and played…
Moreno Runs Out of Gas
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 219/5,799 Francisco Moreno three-bet jammed the button for 300,000 and was called by Daniel Mendoza, who originally opened from the hijack. Francisco Moreno: Daniel Mendoza: Moreno was drawing dead on the turn after the rolled out on the board. Daniel Mendoza – 1 million Francisco Moreno – 0
More Early Exits on Day 3
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 231/5,799 The next batch of former participants have now been ejected from the tournament, all picking up €2,380 for making it this far. It’s never nice to be dusted out of a big event, but I guess €2,380 is better than a kick in the nuts. The payouts have now…