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05-04-2025 14:14 UTC+1

Caramazza Takes From Otto

Richard Hayes

Level 17 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Guillaum Otto opened to 27,000 from the cutoff, and Francesco Caramazza defended the big blind.

Caramazza check-called in the face of a bet of 25,000 from Otto on the K♣Q♣8♠ flop.

The 10♥ turn was checked to the 9♥ river, where Caramazza led out with a bet of 27,000, leading to a swift fold from Otto.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco Caramazza	530,000 283,000	283,000
Guillaum Otto	430,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Francesco Caramazza Guillaum Otto

05-04-2025 14:19 UTC+1

Lindqwist Doubles via Eicher

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Richard Hayes

Level 17 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Erik Lindqwist was all-in for 140,000 and at risk versus Charles Eicher.

Erik Lindqwist: A♠Q♠ All in
Charles Eichner: K♥Q♥

Lindqwist was in a dominating position, and he hit his ace on the A♥6♠4♣Q♣10♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Eichner	1,190,000 70,000	70,000
Erik Lindqwist	320,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Charles Eicher Erik Lindqwist

05-04-2025 14:24 UTC+1

Double-Up for Intiso

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Richard Hayes

Level 17 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Matteo Intiso was all-in for 145,000 and at risk versus Leonard White.

Matteo Intiso: A♣Q♥ All in
Leonard White: 7♥7♣

It was off to the races, but Intiso hit the front on the A♥2♥2♠ flop, and White could not find a two-outer on the Q♣9♣ turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matteo Intiso	315,000 102,000	102,000

Leonard White	302,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Leonard White Matteo Intiso

05-04-2025 14:25 UTC+1

Further Exits Before the First Break (€1,000)

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Richard Hayes

Level 17 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Giacomo Comitini	Busted
Frank Stacker	Busted
Erik Lindqwist	Busted
Bartolomeo Pandolfo	Busted
Giuseppe Tredici	Busted
Jared Louali	Busted
Vanessa Welby	Busted
Adrians Imsa	Busted
Massimo Cannizzo	Busted
David Leger	Busted
Simon Brocklehurst	Busted
Andreas Lundin	Busted
Santina Spedalieri	Busted
Martin Pedersen	Busted
Manoj Navani	Busted
Marco Patane	Busted
Fabrizio Marancio	Busted
Steven Penney	Busted
Adrian Trigo	Busted
Jorgji Kotorri	Busted

05-04-2025 14:35 UTC+1

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Richard Hayes

Level 17 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

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05-04-2025 14:38 UTC+1

Break Time

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Richard Hayes

Level 17 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The players have been sent on a 20-minute break.

05-04-2025 15:00 UTC+1

Top Stacks at First Break

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Richard Hayes

Level 17 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Jan Jensen has surged to almost 3 million, and is currently the only player above the 2 million mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Jensen	2,900,000 1,983,000	1,983,000
Andrew Cutajar	1,950,000 1,077,000	1,077,000
Niccolo Cadoni	1,900,000 1,253,000	1,253,000
Thomas Lange	1,550,000 1,262,000	1,262,000
Mathias Jordi	1,450,000 803,000	803,000
Matteo Ferrara	1,400,000 1,085,000	1,085,000
Ashley Scott	1,350,000 1,028,000	1,028,000
Uwe Behrendt	1,350,000 1,028,000	1,028,000
Matthias Kribben	1,350,000 916,000	916,000
Sami Barghouthi	1,300,000 721,000	721,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

05-04-2025 15:12 UTC+1

Stevanovic Takes From Robinson; Jensen's Stack from Aces versus Kings

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Richard Hayes

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Boban Stevanovic raised to 70,000 from the small blind and PokerNews ambassador Lukas Robinson defended in the big blind.

On the 5♠5♦3♦ flop, Stevanovic continued with a bet of 45,000, which failed to shake off Robinson.

The 8♦ turn was checked through to the 10♣ river, where Stevanovic fired out a bet of 135,000, close to half of Robinson's remaining stack. After a bit of thought, Robinson let his hand go.

While watching the hand, Jan Jensen informed PokerNews that his monster stack arose from waking up with aces against Giacomo Comitini's kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boban Stevanovic	1,050,000 376,000	376,000
Lukas Robinson	400,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Boban Stevanovic Lukas Robinson

05-04-2025 15:23 UTC+1

Triple-Up for Gaassand

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Richard Hayes

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Per Gaassand was all-in for around 220,000, as was Dario Marinelli for slightly less, while Magrane Esteve had them both covered in a three-way all-in scenario.

Per Gaassand: A♥Q♣ All in
Dario Marinelli: A♦J♦ All in
Magrane Esteve: 10♦10♥

Esteve looked in good shape to claim a double knockout, and remained ahead after the8♣7♣5♦ flop. However the Q♦ hit on the turn, and it was followed by a brick 2♣ river to send Gaassand a lifeline.

"Nice pot" said a table mate - "I needed it!" responded Gaassand.