Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 344/870 Late registration is over but it will take a few minutes to verify the numbers to make sure all the qualifiers that were scheduled to play on Day 1c got into the mix. We will report the final figures as soon as they are made official. In the meantime,…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 345/867 Entries close on this massive Day 1c when the dinner break ends in just under an hour. There are still three flights to go after this one, with a regular 1d tomorrow followed by two turbo flights before Sunday’s Day 2. Name Chips BB Giuseppe Fracesco 200,000 167 Piotr…
Players are on a 75-minute dinner break with the action set to kick off again at 10 p.m. local time. Late registration will be closed when the action resumes, at which point we will know how big the field got and how many players are scheduled to advance to Sunday’s Day 2 from the Day…
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 381/861 Guido Roperti raised from the middle to 2,600 and big blind Magnus Pukk called to the flop. Both players slowed down and checked the flop and the turn. When the river came Pukk led out for 8,500, and after some thought, Roperti called. It was king-high for Pukk with…
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 378/863 Benjamin Fougerouze jammed for 12,500 from early position before the action paused on Benjamin Fougerouze from the hijack. Fougerouze asked for a count before jamming over the top for 32,000. Benjamin Fougerouze: Joem Martinsen: Martinsen’s nines held to win the hand and felt his opponent after Fougerouze bricked the…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 398/856 Angelo Censabella jammed for 13,700 from middle position and was up against Corrado Martinelli from the cutoff. Angelo Censabella: Corrado Martinelli: Censabella had one live card and it connected on the flop for a better two-pair than Martinelli. Martinelli was unable to get a two-outer to get back on…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 405/852 Damir Savio raised to 2,100 from the button and big blind and table big stack Fabrizio Cocco called. The flop came and both players checked to the turn. Cocco checked again, then tank-called when Savio fired 3,400. When the hit the river, he led out for 7,600 and after…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 413/850 Massimilano Mori jammed his short stack and was up against a better hand held by Giuseppe Palmisciano. Massimilano Mori: Giuseppe Palmisciano: It was looking like showers for Mori, at least on this bullet after the hands were tabled. Things didn’t improve much for Mori on the flop. However, his…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 439/840 We caught up with 2019 Battle of Malta High Roller champion Chris Da Silva on the break while he was chatting with Charles Akadiri. Akadiri still has a stack but Da Silva was out of chips. “So, are you already on 300K?” we asked. “I was well on my…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 440/842 Name Chips BB Salvatore Dimartino 160,000 160 Marian Ivanov 155,000 155 Igor Saia 145,000 145 Rusen Mat 140,000 140 Giovanni Crescimone 140,000 140 Fabrizio Cocco 130,000 130 Marc Clausin 120,000 120 Antoine Talvard 118,000 118 Stephane Lachat 110,000 110 Andrea Cardinali 105,000 105