Level 18: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 483/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 The remaining 483 players are now on a break. I managed to identify six considerable stacks. Player Chips Big Blinds Ruggero Magri 1,980,000 165 Athony Hughes 1,740,000 145 Enea Subashi 1,510,000 126 Carmelo Infelise 1,500,000 125 Pavel Teskov 1,450,000 121 Krisztian Kis 1,310,000 109
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 494/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 I thought it was due time to check in on some former champions. First, I paid Table 61 a visit, where the most recent champion, Adrian Ziemichod, was seated. After an initial opening from Marko Olop to 24,000, Alexandru Boboc (UTG+1), Candido Cappiello (Hi-jack), and Ziemichod…
Here’s the latest batch of players who came, saw, but failed to conquer the Battle of Malta Main Event. They do take something home for the efforts though. Amongst this lot is Nicodema Piccolo, the winner of the very first Battle of Malta, in 2012. He finished in 627th place, taking home €1,200. Position Name…
While the Main Event is our main focus on this blog, we also like to keep you informed about what else is going down here at the Battle of Malta Autumn Edition. The Quoi Gioco €1,100 High Roller started recently and is now in the second level of the day, with over 170 entries so…
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 588/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Krzysztof Iszczuk made it 20,000 from the Hi-jack. Sweden’s Erik Johansson then moved all in for 147,000 from the Small Blind. Iszczuk did some quick maths before calling. Erik Johansson: Krzysztof Iszczuk: Johansson took a solid lead on the flop, and he never looked back on…
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 619/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Wandering the tournament area, I ran into an acquaintance, Argiris Loizos. We chatted for a minute, and he told me he was looking for his friend, Theodoros Ampelikiotis. I opened up PokerLens and tried to help him locate Ampelikiotis; funny enough, he was seated five metres…
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 622/6,039 The blinds have just gone up and almost a quarter of those who started the day are now fallen soldiers on the battlefield floor. Here’s the next batch of losers. Position Name Payout 650 Domenico Di Vito € 1,100 651 Dimitrios Orfanidis € 1,100 652 Morten Lampe € 1,100…
With players falling at fast rate, there’s a quite a queue of players at the payout desk. It’s snaking all the way past the media area and into the adjoining corridor. This is probably going to be the situation for a while. I have just one thing to say to the hordes of people standing…
There’s over €250,000 up top and a min-cash is worth €900. Pos. Prize 1 €254,070 2 €153,450 3 €110,150 4 €83,800 5 €63,700 6 €48,450 7 €36,850 8 €28,000 9 €21,300 10–11 €16,250 12–13 €13,700 14–16 €11,600 17–20 €9,300 21–23 €8,400 24–27 €7,600 28–31 €6,900 32–39 €6,200 40–55 €5,550 56–71 €5,000 72–95 €4,500 96–119 €4,050…
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 673/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Christophe Cordeille opened to 16,000 from UTG+3. Nico Diperna made it 60,000 from the Hi-jack, before George Georgiou moved all in for 145,000 from the Small Blind. Cordeille folded swiftly before Diperna made the call. George Georgiou: Nico Diperna: Not ideal for Georgiou, and the runout…