Lombardo Jams the Turn

Level 8: 400/800 (800)Entries: 141/257 There was 15,000 in the pot and the on the board when Humberto Galindo check-raised a bet of 3,400 by Simone Lombardo to 10,500. Lombardo called and Galindo fired out for 9,500 on the river. Lombardo went into the tank for close to a minute before he jammed for about…

Sahar Doubles Through Cechowski

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 141/257 At table 18, we just witnessed a rather large pot that saw Rotem Sahar (pictured in front) double up through Dylan Cechowski (pictured next to the dealer). We didn’t quite catch the action before the flop, but there was a raise, call, reraise and another call with Cechowski in…

“This Time I Had a Flush”

  Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 147/252 Hassan Nima four-bet to 12,000 from the cutoff and was called by Antoine Talvard from the big blind. Talvard check-called a bet of 5,500 on the flop by Nima before both players opted to check the turn. Talvard paused for a few moments after the river paired the…

Mystery Bounty

Mystery Bounty Round Two (or 1b)

Hold onto your seats as the electrifying second round of the Mystery Bounty Tournament is just moments away! While the first flight of the knockout extravaganza is still in full swing, brace yourself for the adrenaline-pumping flight 1B of the legendary Battle of Malta Mystery Bounty Event, kicking off at 7 pm sharp! With a…

Ilyaev Raul Rivers a Flush

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 156/252 Ilyaev Raul opened from MP to 1,600. In the CO Leonardo Berti called and on the Button Stanislas Fridman called as well. The flop came down and after the initial raiser checked, Berti bet out 2.6. Fridman folded and Raul called the bet. The turn was checked by Raul…

Set of Treys for Cilia

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 156/250 Stanislovas Vinicenka effectively jammed into a pot of more than 20,000 with the on the board. Roberto Cilia paused for about 25 seconds before he called off his stack of 16,800. Vinicenka turned over the for top two pair. Despite being a strong hand, it wasn’t strong enough as…

Card Protector

Beg Leads at Second Break

We counted the big stacks during the break. Apostol Beg is the current chip leader with over 115k chips. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Apostol Beg 115,000 383 1 7 Damir Savio 95,000 317 13 2 Giuseppe Grimaldi 95,000 317 5 4 Vladimir Minarik 95,000 317 20 4 Itamar Nachshon 95,000 317 7 6…

Second Break

Players are on a second 20-minute break. Blinds will increase to 300/600 with a big blind ante of 600 before progressing to 400/800 with a big blind ante of 800. There will be another 20-minute break after these two levels. Then two more blind levels will be played before players will head on a 75-minute…