At the King’s Casino in Rozvadov, the 2nd event is archived, the PLO event where we had a Claudio Di Giacomo very much on his way to the bracelet, but unlucky in a fatal clash that stopped him in 4th place. Meanwhile, in the Mini Main, another 7 Italians pass, led by Michele Tocci (pictured). The €2,000 PLO has also started with Di Giacomo and De Michele as the Italian protagonists. Poker Live 24 September 2024.
Poker Live September 24, 2024: Di Giacomo 4th and Unlucky at Event #2 PLO
The 2nd event of the kermesse of the World Series of Poker Europe in progress at King’s Casino di Rozvadovil €550 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Maxwhere Italy has long cherished the possibility of winning its 23rd bracelet in history, thanks to one of the best and most consistent players of recent years, Claudio Di Giacomowhich however stops in 4th place for €17,800.
The blue is very unlucky in the clash with Volodymyr Kokoulin who beat him with a lucky runner runner flush, since after the flop Di Giacomo had a 93.66% equity. The Ukrainian Kokoulin would then go on to win the tournament, bracelet and €56,100 prize after beating the Polish Tomasz Kozub who collects a cheque for €37,400 while completing the podium we find the Polish Christian Banov per €25.500.
EVENT FINALE #2
1 Volodymyr Kokoulin Ukraine €56,100
2 Tomasz Kozub Poland €37,400
3 Christians Banov Bulgaria €25,500
4 Claudio Di Giacomo Italy €17,800
5 Ivan Nikolov Bulgaria €12,600
6 Stefan Kostner Austria €9,200
7 Andrei Shpak Belarus €6,800
8 Damjan Radanov United States €5,100
Poker Live September 24, 2024
Another 7 Italians advance to the Mini Main Event
Another 7 Italians pass the cut of the qualifying flight at €1.350 Mini Main Event €1.500.000 GTD with a day1C which brought the total number of registered players to 723, with another flight to play today, the last one, day1D. At least 550 registrations will be needed to avoid the overlay, but in the meantime there are already 173 players that we will find on day 2, and among them as mentioned there will be 11 Italians.
Yesterday the best of us was Michael Tocci who with 534,000 chips closes in the top-20 of the chip count, followed by Alberto Speranzoni who confirms his excellent form after the play expressed at the Opener the other day, and who closes with 415,000. Behind them we find Alessandro Pezzoli con 362K ed Anthony Fragalewho scored a nice 80K winning score here at King’s a few months ago, taking home the Balkan Poker Circuit Main Event.
CHIPCOUNT AZZURRO DAY1C MINI MAIN
Michael Tocci 534,000
Alberto Speranzoni 415,000
Alessandro Pezzoli 362.000
Anthony Fragale 344,000
Nicola D’Anselmo 323.000
Giuseppe Montella 315,000
Daniel Grasso 304,000
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More Omaha with Event #4 €2,000 PLO
It has also startedEvent #4, the €2,000 Pot Limit Omaha from the WSOPE 2024 who saw 229 subscribers and 50 of them made the cut to day 2. The best of the day is Hokyiu Leea player from Hong Kong, who bagged 609,500 tokens, followed by German Daniel Smuskovics and then Croatian David Sosic.
Even two blues who pass the cut in the fly, with Mark DiPersio to confirm himself as one of our leaders with 477,500 tokens, good for 7th place in the chipcount. Also good Alessandro DeMichele which closes the day with 249,000 tokens.
TOP-10 CHIPCOUNT PLO
1 Hokyiu Lee Hong Kong 609,500
2 Daniel Smuskovics Germany 565,000
3 David Sosic Croatia 560,000
4 Dennis Weiss Germany 535,000
5 Alen Sabic Bosnia and Herzegovina 506,500
6 Alexi Skoulos Sweden 485,500
7 Marco Di Persio Italy 477,500
8 Thomas Eychenne France 385,500
9 Marek Uharcek Slovakia 356,000
10 Simeon Tsonev Bulgaria 314,500
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