Jacks Better Than Tens for Micallef

Level 6: 300/600 (600) Entries: 160/227 Matthew Micallef jammed for 13,5000 over the open by Leonardo Berti. Raul Ilyaev cold-called before Berti folded. Matthew Micallef: Raul Ilyaev: Micallef’s tens held up on the runout to double his stack instead of hitting the rail. Matthew Micallef – 35,000 Raul Ilyaev – 20,000

Ladies Good for Kertikidis

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 168/219 Stephen Connor check-called a bet of 6,500 by Konstantinos Kertikidis into a pot of around 13,000 and the on the board after the turn. Both players checked after the river brought three clubs on the board. Connor turned over the . “Nice hand,” Connor said to Kertikidis as he…

Water BOM

A Surprisingly Sober Battle of Malta

As we strolled around the tables, we meticulously kept track of the beverages the players were enjoying. And here’s what our tally revealed: Coffees: a whopping 11 Waters: an impressive 41 Pepsi: a modest 3 Red Bull: a mere 2 Pineapple Juice: a solitary 1 Beer: can you believe it, just 1! Only one beer,…

Paris’ Two Pair Counterfeited

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 166/207 James Paris checked with the on the board before Traian-Niko Gemanariu bet 6,500 into a pot of around 13,000. Paris jammed for 16,500 and Germanariu tanked for two minutes before he called. Paris turned over the for a flopped two pair. However, his two pair was counterfeited on the…

More Than 200 Entries!

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 167/202 The Day 1a field has grown to more than 200 entries and counting with late registration not closing for a while until the start of Level 11. A total of 35 of those players already found the rail including Nimi Cohen is already on his fourth bullet of the…

Zitelli Bricks His Flush Draw

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 160/182 Massimo Bruno check-called a bet of around half the pot of 3,500 by Vincenzo Zitelli with the on the board after the turn. The river completed the board and Bruno checked again. Zitelli jammed for 3,500 and Bruno snap-called. Bruno turned over the for the top pair. This got…

Chip Protector Squid

First Break, First Counts

During the first break, we eyeballed all the big stacks. This is our list of the players with the most chips after the first three levels: Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Amir Assal 85,000 283 4 4 Moni Azoulay 70,000 233 17 2 Stephen Connor 65,000 217 15 4 Dario Minieri 65,000 217 14…

First Break

Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 153/173 Players are on their first break with 20 entries not making it through the first three blind levels despite the deep stacks in play. Blinds will increase to 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante when the action resumes in 20 minutes. We will update some of the biggest…