Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 41/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Jan Gompers fancied an open to 250,000 from the Lo-jack. He got one caller in form of Roberto Di Giuseppe (Big Blind). Giuseppe donk-bet 225,000 on the flop. Gompers sent a “Don’t mess with me”-message with a rather swift raise to 625,000. Giuseppe considered his options…
The High Roller did reach the bubble during the first level after the dinner break, with just a few minutes left in level 20. Defending a raise from Leon Worthington-Leese from mid-position, Andre Scerri Moved all-in on a flop of and was called. He turned over for an open ended straight draw and found himself…
A few more players from the ACR Poker Super High Roller that have impressive profiles. A Cypriot Andreas Mavromoustakis is also taking part. I recently reviewed an interview that Andreas gave on The Chip Race Podcast, speaking to Dara O’Kearney and David Lappin. Its an interesting listen, but if you wan’t the cliffs, check out…
Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 43/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Andro Scarpa opened to 240,000 from the Lo-jack. Seated right next to him, Emmanouil Chalkiotis put in a three-bet to 625,000 from the Hi-jack. Action folded back to Scarpa, who put in a four-bet. The amount looked to be 1,500,000, but before I was able to…
Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 48/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Davis Modans fancied an open to 230,000 UTG. Asiil Maye moved all in for 1,100,000 from the Button, and Modans made the call fairly quickly. Asiil Maye: Davis Modans: Maye was slightly ahead with the pocket pair, but Modans took the lead on the flop. He…
Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 51/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Seated in the Hi-jack, Enea Subashi open-shoved for 1,290,000. Ioannis Daskalis made the call from the Button, and the two players eventually went to showdown. Enea Subashi: Ioannis Daskalis: I’ve seen several pocket kings versus ace-x confrontations today, and from what I can remember, the cowboys…
Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 56/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Action folded to Emmanuel Fountoulakis, who opened to 225,000 from the Button. The only woman left in the field, Ambre Luciak, made the call from the Small Blind before Leonardo Romeo surrendered his Big Blind. Luciak checked the flop, and Fountoulakis continued for 200,000. Luciak then…
Both the €1,100 High Roller and €2,200 High Roller are taking place today. The High Roller is on its dinner break now with 120 of the 714 players who started still in possession of stacks, some bigger than others, life isn’t fair. Vasileios Zisis is still in the mix and when they return, it will…
Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 62/6,039 Pos Player Name Chips Table/Seat Big Blinds 1 Rafal Lubczynski 12,630,000 1/6 126 2 Gabriele Cappiello 7,480,000 7/2 75 3 Luigi Shehadeh 7,080,000 8/1 71 4 Emmanouil Fountoulakis 5,850,000 1/8 58 5 Peter Kovacs 5,250,000 8/5 52 6 Jan Gompers 4,840,000 8/2 48 7 Dalibor Dula 4,820,000 9/3…
The Main Event is now on a 60-minute dinner break. We will be seeking out chip counts before play resumes and will report back on that shortly. Meanwhile, here’s a snapshot of everything that’s going on right now at the Battle of Malta. Time Tournament Name Buy-in Status Entries/Remaining 11:00 NLH Satellite One Shot…