Lyle Bateman joined our reporting team at the Battle of Malta for the first time. He traveled quite far to get here from Western Canada and thus far has been enjoying his experience. Learn more about Lyle in his interview with Battle of Malta host Patricia Rimfire.
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 78/310 Thibault Thevenet bet 10,000 into a pot of a bit more with the on the board after the turn. Martin Stoev raised to 22,000. Thevenet jammed over the top and Stoev quickly called for around 42,000 in total. Martin Stoev: Thibault Thevenet: Thevenet was ahead with his trips but…
Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 86/310 There were just two hands involving the table big stack at Table 31, Loris Fabbri. In the first hand, Marco Regonaschi raised to 3,500 and got called in two spots, including Fabbri on the button. On the flop the big blind checked to Regonaschi who fired 2,000. Fabbri called…
Aladin Mrkaljevic just pulled off some magic from Aladdin’s lamp. The €450 Mystery Siege of Malta Bounty is down to a final table of nine players. Telly Bartolo and Patricia Rimfire hosted a ceremony for those who didn’t select their envelopes from the tumbula. Mrkaljevic held three tokens. The first one awarded him €1,000. He…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 94/310 Yassine Jennane opened the betting to 2,500 from the cutoff and table big-stack Giacomo Evangelista called from the big blind. He check-called for 3,200 on the flop, but then check folded to a bet of 5,400 on the turn. Evangelista still has more than 200k while Jannane has chipped…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 97/310 Scotland’s Andrew Hedley, known to old-school online grinders as “Picasso” is in the house. The experienced poker pro and commentator was off to a hot start off the dinner break and painted a picture on the river in the following hand. Vincenzo Popolo bet 15,000 into a pot of…
Day 1b officially attracted 310 entries. A total of 47 players are scheduled to advance from the flight for a balanced bubble as all Day 1b players will be in the money. This figure might be less for two reasons. First, Day 1b may witness two or more players hit the rail at the same…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 104/310 Action opened with Xi Tran raising the button to 2,500 and Daniel Schwensen called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and Schwensen check-called for 3,000 on the turn. Both players went back to checking on the river but they chopped the pot up as both players…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 107/311 Entries are now closed for Day 1b of the Battle of Malta Main Event. There are 311 entries on the board at the start of Level 11, but tournament staff are still counting the numbers to make sure it all matches up. It’s unclear right now if they’ll play…
Players are on a 75-minute dinner break. Late registration will be closed after the break and we will know how many players the flight will play down to as each opening flight ends when the field is down to 15% with each player in the money before the start of Day 2. There will be…