Level 40: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 9/5,799 The first player to have their dreams of lifting the trophy shattered was Sicilian Pasquale Gregorio. Vasileios Zisis started the action with to 2,000,000 from the cutoff. Alexandru Farcasanu shoved 31,000,000 with from the small blind, while Pasquale Gregorio woke up with in the big blind and quickly called.…
Level 40: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 9/5,799 After Pasquale Gregorio opened the pot to 2,000,000 from the middle position with , Cosme Martinez looked down at and put in a three-bet to 7,500,000, leaving just 2 million behind. Feeling priced in, Gregorio four-bet all-in, and Martinez made the call. The flop of offered little hope for…
Level 40: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 9/5,799 It seemed that Kyriakos Papadopoulos’ three-bet all-in with might get through when he pushed 8,250,000 from the small blind, but his fellow countryman, Vasileios Zisis, who had opened with , decided to call for 6,250,000 more, putting Papadopoulos at risk. Papadopoulos flopped a top set on a boar, leaving…
Lots of all-in and calls, but still no exits by the second break of the day. After the break they will be on level 40, with blinds of 500,000/1,000,000 and a 1,000,000 big blind ante. Here are the updated chip counts. Player Name Nationality Chips Big Blinds Vasileios Zisis Greek 55,000,000 55 Ivaylo Eftimov Bulgarian…
Level 39: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Cosme Gomez Martinez looked down to and raised the pot to 3,150,000, leaving himself with just over 2 million behind. Kyriakos Papadopoulos found in the big blind and after a short pause, decided to put Martinez all-in, who called the three-bet. The flop kept Gomez Martinez in front, but…
Level 39: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Vasileios Zisis opened the action with a 1,700,000 raise from the button holding , and Ivaylo Eftimov called behind with in the small blind. Both players checked on the flop of . Bolgarian then made a min-bet on the blank turn of , and Zisis quickly called. The river…
Level 39: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Action folded to Davide Iannaco in the small blind, who completed with , possibly setting a trap for Shervin Ghassemlou in the big blind, who checked his option with . On a flop, Iannaco checked to Ghassemlou, who decided to take a stab at the pot with an 800,000…
Level 39: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Davide Iannaco found in the early position and jammed his 6,300,000 stack into the middle. Kyriakos Papadopoulos peeled in the big blind and made a quick call, risking a quarter of his stack. The flop gave Iannaco a commanding lead with the top pair, but in poker it’s never…
Level 39: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Vasileios Zisis opened the action with a 1,600,000 raise from the cut off holding . Ivaylo Eftimov looked down at on the button and pushed all-in for 9,450,000. The action got back to Zisis, who asked for a count and, after thinking for a couple of minutes, made a…
There were ten starting days for the Autumn Edition of the Battle of Malta Main Event, five of them full price, five of them half price. Only one of the BOM November Nine made their way into Day 2 via a half price flight. The rest all paid the full €600. Here are details of…