Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 235/799 With the blinds ever increasing, the action becomes faster and faster and we are seeing all-ins virtually every minute. Yigal Shafian just eliminated his countryman Assaf Cabra in one of those all-ins. Both had all their chips in the middle before the flop with Assaf Cabra being minimally ahead…
Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 252/799 Watching poker and playing poker doesn’t have to be mutually exclusive. Over at Table 13, Marco Labate spent most of the day watching poker episodes on his phone. We just witnessed him increase his stack significantly while watching other people play poker on his phone. We arrived at his…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 258/799 Vitalii Seman fired out for 16,500 into a pot of 31,000 with the on the board after the river. Andrea La Monica jammed for 55,600 and Seman went into the tank for around five minutes until La Monica called the clock. The floor promptly came and the clock started…
The most important people in the casino are the dealers. Without a skilled and motivated team of dealers, no cash game and no tournament can run. Patrisha Rimfire met up with Marcello Caloro. He’s the senior Dealer Coordinator here at the Battle of Malta and shares his insights into running successful poker tournaments. Learn how…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 272/799 It was a three-bet pot preflop when Cyril Vieira check-called a bet by Meir Vaqnin on the flop. Things got more interesting after the landed on the turn. Vieira led out for 9,000. Vaqnin jacked it up to 20,000. Vieira three-bet to 50,000. Vagnin four-bet shoved and Vagnin called…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 284/799 Players are back from dinner break, which means late registration has been closed. The Day 1c attracted a massive field of 799 entries with 284 players coming back from the dinner break to bring the total field up to 1,425 entries from the first three of five opening flights.…
Below are the biggest stacks we could find in the field. It looks like Romain Nardin and Angelo Onorato are the chip leaders now. Albert Keuftedjian, who is on his 5th bullet today finally managed to run his stack up and he’s among the big stacks as well. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Romain…
With the end of Level 10, all players of Main Event Flight 1c will go on a 75-minute dinner break. During this break, we will do our thing and count the biggest stacks. We will be right back!
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 289/795 Gediminas Dirmantas opened from middle position to 2.4k and Ahmed Abdulrahman called on the button. Flop: Dirmantas checked and Abdulrahman bet 5k. The bet was called. Turn: Both players checked. River: Gediminas Dirmantas checked once more and now Ahmed Abdulrahman slid out an 8k bet. Abdulrahman quickly called. Abdulrahman…
Our very own Patrisha Rimfire met up with Telly Bartolo, Event & Marketing Director of the Battle Of Malta tournament. They chatted about the event, the atmosphere at the event, the Casino Malta, and the general player experience. You can check out the full interview in the video below.