Jakub Szczotka Wins IPC Deepstack

The first event to come to a conclusion today was the €400 NLH IPC Deepstack. There were a total of 96 entries, which was won by Jakub Szczotka from Poland for €8,430. This is the third victory by a Pole at the Battle of Malta Autumn edition. Christian Christandl from Italy was second, with Nikola…

Rieti Triples With Ace-Queen

Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 60/5,799 Luigi Rieti jammed his short stack and before a side pot was created by Konstantinos Karkanidis and Alexandru Farcasanu. Karkanidis checked the eight-high flop before Farcasanu jammed for well more than the 1.8 million Karkanidis had behind. Karkanidis folded and then slammed the table in perceived frustration after the…

“Nice Flop” Doesn’t Lead to Results

Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 63/5,799 Antonio Mirabile jammed his short stack of seven big blinds from the cutoff and was called by Clement Kerrien from the big blind. Antonio Mirabile: Clement Kerrien: “Nice flop,” said Kerrien with a smile with Mirabile with a flush draw on the flop. “Nice turn,” said another player at…

Players Back From Dinner

Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 64/5,799 The final 64 players are back from their dinner break and are effectively 40 big blinds deep on average. Of course, there are some short stacks still in play despite the deep action. The tournament director reminded players as they were coming back that play will end the sooner…

Stacks Above 4 Million at Dinner Break

Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 64/5,799 Nils Jarafjall and Krzysztof Mielnik were both north of 8 million chips at the dinner break. Check out all the players above 4 million at the dinner break below: Player Chips Big Blinds Nils Jarefjall 8,300,000 104 Krzysztof Mielnik 8,200,000 103 Pasquale Gregorio 6,700,000 84 Alexander Luciani 6,300,000 79…