Stellar Start for Speranza
Level 4
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
With only 130,000 in the pot, a player in the small blind bet 200,000 on 
and Gianluca Speranza called in the big blind. A third player in the pot mucked and they went heads up to 
. The small blind checked and Speranza bet 325,000. That was met with a check-raise to 800,000 that was quickly called by Speranza. On the 
river, the small blind grabbed all of his chips but then checked. Speranza set him in by betting 800,000 but he took the pot without showdown.
With nearly 4 million as the players head to their second break, the Italian has put himself in fantastic position as he's not far behind the biggest stacks to bag thus far through the first two flights.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,850,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
|
1,580,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
||
|
1,375,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
|
1,100,000 | |
|
1,100,000 | |
|
||
|
1,050,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
|
||
|
1,000,000
-410,000
|
-410,000 |
|
||
|
910,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
||
|
875,000
-475,000
|
-475,000 |
|
|
||
|
550,000
-340,000
|
-340,000 |
|
||
|
375,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
205,000
-465,000
|
-465,000 |
|
4,000
-996,000
|
-996,000 |
|
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