Level 9: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 313/795 Rocco Ascia opened from middle position with a min-raise and right behind him, Vito La Barbera called. All other players folded. Flop: Ascia bet 4k and La Barbera instantly called. Turn: Ascia fired another bet, 12k. And again La Barbera called without much hesitation. River: Now Ascia slowed down…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 344/789 Daniele Solidoro fired out for 10,000 into a pot of around double this amount with the on the board after the turn. Daniele Gugliotta tanked for a couple of minutes before he called. The river completed the board. Solidoro jammed for 25,100. Gugliotta didn’t tank this time and made…
The anticipation is building as the Battle of Malta Poker Tournament’s Main Event flight 1d is about to kick off in less than half an hour. With a €600 buy-in, players are ready to showcase their skills and compete for a shot at glory. The action begins at 8pm. The flight promises a fast-paced experience…
After doing my thing, here are the counts of the biggest stacks – all eyeballed and approximate, but hopefully good enough. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Lee Stewart 175,000 146 33 7 Shlomo Moalem 160,000 133 28 5 Erez Hen 155,000 129 24 3 Eylon Israel 155,000 129 27 5 Christos Paparistodemou 145,000 121…
Time seemingly flew by as we are already on another break. Of course, the time gap for this break from the last one was in fact shorter than before as it was after two blind levels of 40-minutes each instead of the three levels we had earlier. Arved will be doing his thing. Meaning he…
Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 386/780 Alfonso Simone limped from the hijack before Andrea Bracciali jammed for 10,000 from the cutoff. Domenico Zappia called from the button as did Alistair Sparrow from the big blind. Simone folded and Zappia turned his cards over as he perhaps didn’t see Sparrow’s call to show he had the…
Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 396/779 Slowly the action picks up pace. With 400/800 blinds and ante in play, players are enticed to play more aggressively and more and more players are working with shallow stacks, leading to more and more preflop all-ins. One of those all-ins we just witnessed at Table 35. In a…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 425/769 While strolling through the tournament area we witnessed the Maltese local Alistair Sparrow win a decently sized pot against Marco Siciliano from Italy. We arrived at the hand on the flop with 6k in the middle and the board reading . It was checked to Siciliano on the button…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 433/764 Emanuele Schembre checked with about 30,000 in the pot and the on the board. His opponent jammed for around 15,000. Schembre tanked for a few moments before he called. Schembre’s opponent tried to toss his hand without showing it into the muck but the dealer fished it out and…