While at the break, we tried to count the biggest stacks. No guarantees, as there are way too many tables to accurately assess all stacks. But those should be the biggest stacks in the room: Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Leonardo Romeo 125,000 208 10 7 Andrea Agnoletto 125,000 208 49 9 Grant Pirie…
Players are on their second break of Day 1c. We will have an assorted big stack update during the break as usual. Blinds will increase to 300/600 with a 600 big blinds ante before moving onto 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante. Another break will take place after both of these 40-minute blind levels.
Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 466/721 Salvatore Cristiano opened for 1,500 from early position and was called by Ricardo Lukauskas before Oded Glam three-bet jammed for 6,300. Yaniv Tomsis flat-called before Cristiano four-bet shoved for 10,200. Lukauskas folded and Tomsis called having his two opponents at risk. Oded Glam: Salvatore Cristiano: Yaniv Tomsis: Glam and…
Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 484/709 Over at Table Eight, Xavier Zuczkowski just lost his last flip on his second bullet today. The action was folded to Yiftach Atia in the small blind and he opened up with a raise. Zuczkowski moved all-in for 7,300 and after some deliberation Atia made the call. Showdown. Xavier…
Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 502/694 There is a saying in poker that deuces never loses. Now between us, we know this isn’t always the case or even usually the case. But what if you flop a set of deuces? Typically you would expect them to never lose as well but that wasn’t the case…
Hold onto your poker chips and buckle up for a whirlwind of excitement, because the “Italia Play Side Event” is about to kick off at the Battle of Malta Poker Tournament! Sponsored by the folks at “Italia Play,” this event promises to be a rollercoaster ride of chips, bluffs, and nail-biting moments. Get ready to…
There’s a saying that Poker is moments of sheer terror and hours of boredom. So what do the players at the tables do during those hours of boredom? We did some counting on the side activities that the players pursue while at the tables. Here’s what we counted: Listening to music: 83 players Messaging on…
Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 499/634 Day 1c is now officially bigger than both Day 1a and Day 1b combined with the total field now approaching 1,300 entries. One player that will need to re-enter if he wants a shot at a massive payday in the Battle of Malta Main Event is Vittorio Morello after…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 506/607 There were about 20,000 in chips in the pot when Cory Desmond jammed for more than the approximately 12,000 in chips Tanel Evert had left in his stack by the time the turn came around with the on the board. Evert tanked for a few moments before opting to…
Level 3: 100/300 (300) Entries: 497/583 Within the first four levels of today, David Keuftedjian entered the main event a whopping three times. So far, he had absolutely no luck with any of his bullets as we just saw him lose another all-in. Keuftedjian was already down to roughly 10k chips and we arrived at…