Nine is a Magic Number

Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 324/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Sebastian Kos moved all in for 239,000 from the Hi-jack. After receiving the count, Santino Arigo made the call from the Small Blind. Sebastian Kos: Santino Arigo: Kos was on the verge of being unliminated, but the board had different plans. Kos doubled through Arigo and…

What’s Going On?

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it” With that thought in mind, let’s take a look at what’s going on at the Battle of Malta, right here, right now! Main Event Day 2 Day 2 of the Main Event is swimming along nicely,…

Aces Cracked

Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 483/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 UTG+2, James Heeney opened to 30,000. Andrea Pappalardo made the call from the Lo-jack, before Luigi Shehadeh made it 135,000 from the Big Blind. Heeney then moved all in for roughly 250,000; Pappalardo swiftly folded before Shehadeh made the call. James Heeney: Luigi Shehadeh: Heeney was…

Payouts: 450-549

Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 367/6,039 More hopefuls who are now without a hope, going no further this time. Position Name Payout 450 Magnus Roennbrant € 1,600 451 Dariusz Maniecki € 1,600 452 Daniel Triana € 1,600 453 Pedro Faustino € 1,600 454 Antoni Dzhelaliev € 1,600 455 Andrea Valentini € 1,600 456 Domenico Virgilio…

Big Stacks at the Break

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  

ZZ Tops Former Winners Chip Counts

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…

Veni, Vidi, Non Vici!

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…

Current State of Play

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…

Viking

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…

That’s What Friends are For

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…