The poker players at the table are practically swimming in a sea of drinks! It’s like they’ve formed an exclusive hydration club, always making sure their thirst is on the rocks. When this reporter took a break from counting the chips, he had the inexplicable urge to keep counting, only this time, it was the…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 212/241 Sergio Ritano checked before Eliyahu Yamin bet 6,500 into a pot of 10,000 with the on the board after the turn. Ritano tanked for about a minute before he called. Both players checked the river. Yamin turned over the for the top pair. However, Ritano won the pot with…
During the first break, we eyeballed the biggest stack in the Main Event and by the looks of it, Amir Assal is in the lead with more than three times the starting stack. Those are the biggest stacks right now: Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Amir Assal 90,000 300 4 2 Giuseppe Florio…
Day 1b players are on their first break. We will update with the biggest stacks around the room during all of the breaks today including this one. Blinds will increase to 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante when the action resumes.
Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 196/214 Albert Ostrovskij fired out for 6,500 into a pot of a bit more with the on the board after the river. Mary Dvorkin didn’t waste more than five seconds before she called. Ostrovskij turned over and was likely betting to push Dvorkin off something better. This didn’t work for…
Get ready to go all-in on the fun at the Battle of Malta Poker Tournament’s side event sponsored by the one and only “Las Vegas by Playpark”! At 3pm it’s time to shuffle up and deal in the thrilling game of No Limit Hold’em, where the chips are hot and the bets are even hotter.…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 182/194 In the middle of the tournament area we just witnessed a substantial clash between Mario Panarello and Andrea Mussumarra. After three raises back and forth before the flop, there were 12k in the middle with the board showing . Mussumarra checked from the Small Blind and Panarello moved all-in…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 173/185 Giuseppe Domicoli fired out for 4,600 into a pot of 7,000 with the on the board after the river. Domenico Condo tanked for about 30 seconds before he called. Domicoli turned over the for a rivered flush. Condo didn’t have anything better as he mucked his hand and Domicoli…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 156/162 Meir Vaqnin fired out for 6,500 into a pot of 15,000 with the on the board after the river. Marco D’Amico went into the tank for about a minute before he called. Vaqnin immediately turned over the for a set of jacks to win an early pot, while D’Amico…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 151/156 The Day 1b field has grown to 156 entries at the start of Level 2. Five players surprisingly hit the rail on the very first level of the day including Nimi Cohen, Rawal Manesh, Mantas Ungulaitis, Gediminas Dirmantas, and Uri Gilboa. Cohen fired four bullets on Day 1a before…