Jensen In the Dark

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 120/168 Former big stack Daniel Jensen was all-in from middle position for his final 2,500 chips, claiming to not have seen his cards. Lukas Rutkauskas then called in middle position before Scott Baione three-bet to 7,000 in the small blind. Thibaut Thevenet then four-bet jammed from the big blind, covering…

Bigger Stacks At Start Of Level 7

Check out some of the bigger stacks in Day 1A after the end of the second break. Players Chip Count Big Blinds Gaspare Sposato 105,000 175 Audrius Laimelis 100,000 166 Carlo Vitti 92,000 153 Mael Thevenet 90,000 150 Stavros Karakantas 88,000 146 Pasquale Nocerino 82,000 136 Egidijus Zube 82,000 136 Monica Sutter 80,000 133  …

Big Hand Before The Break

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 119/164 Monica Sutter bet 2,700 chips into three people on the turn after everyone checked flop, Nikodemas Staniukaitis was next to her on the big and raised her to 8,500 – the players on the cutoff and button folded and Sutter made the call. The river card didn’t seem to…

Rawal Runs Into It

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 122/162 Manish Rawal in early position and his neighbor Tadas Stasiulis had created a large pot of 13,100 chips when they saw a flop of hit the felt. Rawal checked to Stasiulis, who made a bet of 3,500. Rawal then jammed all-in for 15,000 and Stasiulis snap-called with the covering…

Four-Card Fun

The €330 PLO just kicked off with 17 four-card enthusiasts in action during the opening moments including the likes of Shane Dempsey, Przemyslaw Drab, Vangelis Kaimakamis, Stylianos Kollatos, and Eyal Saidof. The PLO event is a deep-stacked affair with players starting with 25,000 in chips and blinds increasing every 25 minutes. Players can late register and…

Jensen Bets Tiny, Results Vary

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 127/160 Daniel Jensen under the gun and Thibaut Thevenet on the button were heads up on a flop of . Jensen made a bet of 1,000 into the 5,000-chip pot and Thevenet called. Jensen then sized down to 500 on the turn and Thevenet made another call. On the river,…

The Ladies Look Good For Karlsson

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 123/154 Mortiz Nedden opened the pot by raising 800 from the first position, one player folded and Gaspare Sposato made it 3,500 – A few seconds after Mats Karlsson shoved all of his 25,000 discs in the middle, everyone behind him folded and Sposato had a decision. After some thinking,…

Photos From the Opening Ceremony

As is always the case, the Battle of Malta took a lot of care in introducing players to the Main Event with a fantastic opening ceremony. Check out the photos from before the Main Event kicked off below:   Come sempre, la Battaglia di Malta ha dedicato molta attenzione all’introduzione dei giocatori al Main Event…

Modenese Takes It on River

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 122/153 Dario Pieruzzini checked out of the big blind on a board of . Tadas Stasiulis did the same in middle position before Gianluca Modenese fired a bet of 4,100 into the already sizable pot of 12,500 from the cutoff. Pieruzzini quickly folded but Stasiulis called to see the river.…