Gomez Martinez With Another Double Up

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…

Eftimov Makes the Most of His Pocket Eights

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…

Iannaco’s Traps Works Perfectly

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…

How Did They Get Here?

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…

Battle of the Rags

Level 39:  400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Action folded around to Shervin Ghassemlou, who completed his small blind with , and Vasileios Zisis checked his option with . The flop of missed both, Ghassemlou took a stab with 800,000, and Zisis called with J-high and some backdoor draws. With the on the turn, Ghassemlou opted to…

Nine Left at the First Break

The players have now gone on a 15-minute break. Vasileios Zisis remains the chip leader. Position Player Name Nationality Chips Seat 1 Vasileios Zisis Greek 61,050,000 8 2 Alexandru Farcasanu Romanian 34,450,000 1 3 Shervin Ghassemlou English 32,250,000 7 4 Kyriakos Papadopoulos Greek 20,100,000 3 5 Alessandro Siena Italian 16,900,000 5 6 Pasquale Gregorio Italian…

Martinez Doubles Up

Level 38:  300,000/600,000 (600,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Chip leader Vasileios Zisis raised to 1,200,000 from the middle position with . Cosme Martinez, the shortest stack at the final table, defended his big blind with , leaving less than a pot bet behind. Martinez flopped trips on a board of and elected to just check-call a 600,000…

Papadopoulos Pulls an Early Bluff

Level 38:  300,000/600,000 (600,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Kyriakos Papadopoulos raised the pot to 1,200,000 with from the early position, and Ivaylo Eftimov, one of the shortest stacks, defended his big blind with . The dealer revealed a flop of , putting Eftimov ahead, who quickly called Papadopoulos’ 800,000 continuation bet. The turn brought a , and…