Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 17/5,799 Alessio Vanni opened from late position before he called off his 6 million chip stack facing a three-bet shove by Pasquale Gregorio. Alessio Vanni: Pasquale Gregorio: This one stings and likely will be a hand Vanni remembers for awhile as he was safe on the flop and the turn.…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 18/5,799 Anthony Ouillon jammed his 625,000 stack he came back from break with from the hijack and was called by Daniel Mendoza from the cutoff. Anthony Ouillon: Daniel Mendoza: Mendoza was ahead on the flop and remained ahead on the turn. Ouillon staved off elimination at least for now after…
The chips stacks have been counted and verified by the floor staff during the break and these are the current standings. Defending champion Zisis has been very busy during the last session of play, with a high pre-flop raise percentage. He’s was involved in close to half the hands during level 45 and has rocketed…
The 18 remaining players are now on the third break of the day. Full chip counts to follow shortly. When the players return after their 20-minute breather, they will be going into level 35, which has blinds of 150,000/300,000 (300,000).
Level 34: 125,000/250,000 (250,000) Entries: 18/5,799 Alessandro Siena opened from late position before he called a three-bet shove by Maruen Zormati to 4.4 million. Maruen Zormati: Alessandro Siena: Siena nearly trimmed the field down to 17 players but instead Zormati improved to a full house on the runout. Alessandro Siena – 11 million Maruen Zormati…
Level 34: 125,000/250,000 (250,000) Entries: 18/5,799 Stephen Dallaire’s comeback didn’t last long as he just headed out with a coin flip. He got his sub 15 big blind stack in from the cutoff and was up against Cristian Mihu from the big blind. Stephen Dallaire: Cristian Mihu: “Come on, please,” begged Dellaire. The pleading to…
Level 34: 125,000/250,000 (250,000) Entries: 19/5,799 Alessandro Siena opened the small blind for 700,000. Stephen Dellaire three-bet jammed for 9 million from the big blind and Siena called off his stack of 7 million. Alessandro Siena: Stephen Dellaire: It was a blind on blind cooler for Dellaire who was down to 1.6 million in chips…
Level 34: 125,000/250,000 (250,000) Entries: 19/5,799 There was raising and reraising preflop before Robert Shearing committed his 3.5 million stack against Ionut Arvatu. Robert Shearing: Ionut Arvatu: A trey improved Arvatu to trips on the flop. Shearing needed some help but none came on either the turn or the blank river. It was a bit…
Level 34: 125,000/250,000 (250,000) Entries: 20/5,799 Marco Arcodia opened for 500,000 from the cutoff before he called a three-bet to 1 million by Robert Shearing from the button. Arcodia checked the flop. Shearing bet 800,000. Arcodia jammed for 2.8 million and Shearing called. Marco Arcodia: Robert Shearing: The turn left Shearing drawing dead and Arcodia…
Level 34: 125,000/250,000 (250,000) Entries: 20/5,799 Ivaylo Eftimov opened from late position and was called by Clement Kerrien from the small blind and Kyriakos Papadopoulos from the big blind. Kerrien jammed for around 2 million on the flop. Papadopoulos quickly folded while Eftimov quickly called. Clement Kerrien: Ivaylo Eftimov: Kerrien was safe on the turn…