Lots of Small Hands for Branco

Level 31: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 38/5,799 Miguel Branco has had a nice run since the break and now has a pile of 30 green chips with a 250,000 denomination and that is just half his stack as he had around 15 million in total. Branco shared that he had a bunch of small hands to…

40th-47th Place Exits

Level 31: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 39/5,799 It’s the final level the day and players are still dropping, but not as fast as proverbial flies. The pace of exits is now similar to that of Maltese traffic at rush hour in central St Julians, i.e pretty slow. Nevertheless, the pace was still too fast for the…

Big Slick Holds for Lugosi

Level 31: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 39/5,799 Angelo Onorato jammed from under the gun for 1,660,000. The action paused on Stephen Dellaire, who asked for a count, before opting to fold. Meanwhile, Marton Lugosi also asked the dealer how much the jam was before he called off his stack of 1,535,000. The rest of the table…

Rockets for Petrou

Level 31: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 40/5,799 Davide Ingegnere opened for 240,000 from under the gun before Panagiotis Petrou three-bet to 530,000 from middle position. Gabriele Pischedda jammed for about a dozen big blinds from the big blind. Ingegnere came in over the top for 4.6 million and Petrou snap-called off his stack of around 2.2…

Top Three Stacks From Each Table at Break

Level 31: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 42/5,799 Defending champion Vasileios Zisis is going after history as he is in a prime position in second place with 42 players remaining in his quest of becoming the first two-time Battle of Malta Main Event champion. Alexandru Farcasanu leads the way at the break. Check out the top three…

Putz Loses Short Stack to Arvatu

Level 30: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 45/5,799 Ionut Arvatu min-raised from under the gun before he called a four big blind three-bet jam by Andreas Putz from the button. Andreas Putz: Ionut Arvatu: The flop wasn’t the worst for Arvatu. Putz was looking good after reducing the amount of outs to come after pairing his ace…

Last Six Tables in the Main Event

Even though play has slowed down, occasionally there’s a quick-fire spate of exits and after the last pay jump, the next five players busted out quickly. It then took quite some time before the next exits to occur, but we are now down to 47 players and the payout will jump again for the next…

Ladies Reach Final Table

The €150 Ladies event is now on the final table and they are playing it out on the TV table, but sadly without cameras. We did manage to get a few pics before the final started. These are the Flip November Nine, but which one will win the imaginary bracelet? Dana Acharya Daiva Byrne Ann-Roos…