Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 73/353 Over at Table 8, Michele Iracani just managed to eliminate Jan Maciej. The two were all-in before the flop for roughly 12 big blinds each. Iracani hat while Maciej was on the come with . The board improved both players’ holdings: and with his set, Iracani won the pot…
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 75/353 Gytis Lazauninkas came from Lithuania to the Battle of Malta with more than two dozen Lithuanians he has in his long-term staking stable. Lazauninkas wasn’t able to get much going on Day 1a and had a rough start today when he lost his first bullet. His second Day 1b…
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 78/353 Balazs Onodi bet 8,000 into a multiway limped pot after the flop before Daniel Ryder jacked it up to 25,000. By this time the other players were out of the way and Onodi jammed for around 70,000. Ryder called and the cards were turned over. Balazs Onodi: Daniel Ryder:…
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 79/353 From UTG Albert Ostrovskij opened with a raise to 6,500. In middle position, Zlatin Penev re-raised to 16,000. After all the other players folded, Ostrovskij called. Flop: After Ostrovskij checked, Penev made it a very tame 4,000 to go. Ostrovskij elected to check-raise to an as tame amount –…
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 81/353 Roberto Lollio three-bet jammed for around a starting stack and was called by Sebastiano Caruso. Roberto Lollio: Sebastiano Caruso: Lollio was one pair behind and was unable to buck the odds to stay alive on Day 1b after no love came on the board to hit the rail. “Ciao…
We counted some more chips during the recent break and from our eyeballing, Fabian Rolli is back in the lead for now. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Fabian Rolli 340,000 113 13 8 Elhanan Torgeman 305,000 102 10 5 Lennart Dijkkamp 270,000 90 6 8 Daniel Ryder 255,000 85 11 4 Gytis Lazauninkas 230,000…
Players are on a 20-minute break. This could in theory be the final one of the day with 83 players remaining and 53 (or less) players advancing to Sunday’s Day 2 through the Day 1b field with at least a min-cash in hand. We will be updating the biggest stacks from around the room during…
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 89/353 At Table 13 Georgios Karakausis opened from the cutoff to 4,000 and in the small blind Alexis Roch called. The flop came down rather monotonously: . After a check, Karakausis bet 7,000, and Roch called. On the turn Roch came out betting 13,000 and Karakausis quickly called. The river…
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 93/353 Mary Dvorkin opened from the button and was called by Uri Gilboa from the small blind before Maksym Sheingart three-bet jammed for around 20 big blinds. Dvorkin, who is currently among the chip leaders, folded and Gilboa called. Maksym Sheingart: Uri Gilboa: Gilboa was ahead after both the flop…
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 94/353 It is always a pleasure to run into Jackie Cachia whenever we happen to be in Malta. Many know her around the local poker community as “Poker Mama” and that is how we’ve known her since we first met close to a decade ago. Poker Mama just busted from…