Tarmo Tammel is one of the most accomplished Estonian poker players. Patrisha Rimfire sat down with him to talk about his Battle of Malta experience so far. Tammel mentions that he has played in the Battle of Malta six times in the past, primarily in the main event, and although he hasn’t had any deep…
During the break, we did a super quick eyeballing of all the chip counts. We’re not sure we got all the big stacks (due to the sheer amount of tables right now), but we’re quite positive, we got the most of them. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Nuno De Sales 95,000 317 27…
Day 1c is on its first break. The field has climbed to 528 entries with 465 players still with chips in front of them. We will update assorted big stack chip counts on the break and blinds will increase to 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante when the action resumes in 20 minutes.
Eleven years ago the first Battle of Malta was launched, back then by PokerListings. The very champion was the Italian Nicodemo Piccolo who prevailed in a field of 349 entries. This year, Piccolo is back, he just took his seat at Table 58, trying to repeat his success from more than a decade ago. Good…
Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 442/474 The Day 1c field is approaching 500 entries! It won’t be a surprise at this point if Day 1c attracts around the same number of entries as Day 1a and Day 1b combined with the first two opening flights bringing in 626 entries. Grant Pirie jammed for more than…
Level 2: 100/200 (200) Entries: 324/450 As the clock ticks away, we find ourselves in level 3, where the stakes are getting higher and the tension is palpable. The small blind is 100, the big blind is 200, and a sassy ante of 200 is keeping everyone on their toes! A whopping 450 brave souls…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 388/402 With so many players in the room, the action is fast-paced and after less than two levels we already lost 10 players. One player who will most likely not be among those anytime soon is the Italian Giovanni Gentile. In a massive pot against Ga Bar-Gal he just doubled…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 369/374 The turnout has been smashed for the €500,000 guaranteed 2023 Battle of Malta Spring Edition €600 Main Event with 374 entries already coming into today. The guarantee eventually be decimated as the prize pool will continue to grow and grow for the next couple of days. Additionally, the tournament has…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 329/331 While the pots have been relatively small as expected at many tables during Level 1, there have been some bigger spots already at other tables. In a recent hand on Table 32, Igor Buda checked with more than 10,000 in the pot and the on the board. Claudio Lauretta jammed…