The Battle of Malta Main Event is now on a 75-minute dinner break. Full chip counts of the 14 remaining players will be updated shortly. When they return, the blinds will be 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 big blind ante. Breaking News… In the very last hand before the break, Ionut Arvatu was eliminated in 15th.…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 15/5,799 Cristian Mihu jammed the river in what turned out to be a pivotal pot with the on the board. Alessandro Siena snap-called. Mihu was bluffing with and got his hand caught in the cookie jar with Siena taking the chip lead after tabling the for a full house. Meanwhile,…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 16/5,799 Hendrik Blokdijk jammed for 1.7 million under the gun. Ionut Arvatu looked down at his cards from the big blind before he announced a call. Hendrik Blokdijk: Ionut Arvatu: The flop gave Arvatu tons of outs to a straight and with outs for a pair or better. The turn…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 16/5,799 Alessandro Siena min-raised from under the gun before Ivaylo Eftimov three-bet to 1.25 million from the small blind. Siena four-bet to 3.5 million and Eftimov called. Eftimov checked the flop. Siena fired out for 3 million. Eftimov jammed for the more than 8,150,000 Siena had behind. Siena snap-called and…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 16/5,799 After Anthony Ouillon was eliminated in 17th place, table 23 was broken and there are now 16 players left in with a chance of scooping the €300,800 first prize. Sadly for those who exited in 17th-23rd their chance at a monster pay day is over and they will have…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 16/5,799 Daniel Mendoza opened from under the gun before he called a jam by Anthony Ouillon from the big blind to about 1.5 million. Anthony Ouillon: Daniel Mendoza: Ouillon had a flush draw on the flop but was unable to complete it on the board to hit the rail in…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 17/5,799 Daniel Mendoza three-bet jammed his stack of 4.8 million from the big blind and was called by the late-position opener Kyriakos Papadopoulos. Daniel Mendoza: Kyriakos Papadopoulos: Papadopoulos was less than pleased that Mendoza sucked out on the runout. Meanwhile, Mendoza was back in business with just below the average…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 17/5,799 Anthony Ouillen got his last 650,000 from the small blind and was called by Daniel Mendoza from the big blind. Anthony Ouillen: Daniel Mendoza: Ouillen doubled for the second time in the second match-up between the two since the break after holding the winning hand on the double-paired board.…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 17/5,799 Alessio Vanni opened from late position before he called off his 6 million chip stack facing a three-bet shove by Pasquale Gregorio. Alessio Vanni: Pasquale Gregorio: This one stings and likely will be a hand Vanni remembers for awhile as he was safe on the flop and the turn.…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 18/5,799 Anthony Ouillon jammed his 625,000 stack he came back from break with from the hijack and was called by Daniel Mendoza from the cutoff. Anthony Ouillon: Daniel Mendoza: Mendoza was ahead on the flop and remained ahead on the turn. Ouillon staved off elimination at least for now after…