First Mystery Bounties Drawn

During the first break in the Mystery Siege of Malta, 44 bounties were pulled. The first few players all drew small ones, but with just half a dozen players left to draw, Italian Carmelo Fangano spun the wheel, whipped out two tickets and walked away €11,000 better off, as he first pulled one of the…

Straight for Fakhro

Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 120/297 The pot consisted of 12,000 when the flop read . Silwya Studniarz checked, Markus Loidl bet 5,000, and Imad Fakhro made the call before Studniarz folded. On the turn , Loidl bet 9,000. Then, Fakhro decided to raise to 20,000. Loidl made the call. The fell on the river…

Level 10: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 130/284 During the last level before late registration closes, a contender for “Hand of the Tournament” played out at Table 14. Alexander Goldin raised to 3,500 from UTG+1. Michael Ravn was seated in the Big Blind and was the only player to make the call. The flop came . Ravn…

Chip Leaders at the Dinner Break

Player Chip Count Big Blinds Alessandro Furneri 302,500 202 Claus Spieckermann 233,500 156 Luca Topazio 227,500 152 Christoph Tanner 220,000 147 Wilfred Verwoert 200,000 133 Waldemar Kopyl 197,500 132 Giuseppe Di Bella 195,000 130 Jochen Halfmann 190,500 127 Marco Venturi 190,000 127 Arnaud Cressent 182,000 121 Rocco Maiorana 168,500 112 Gary Fisher 165,000 110 Krysztof…

Mystery Bounty Day 2 Begins

Day 1c of the Mystery Siege of Malta finished just in time for Day 2 to start just 20 mins after its scheduled 8pm start time. As it was a very quick turnaround between flights we didn’t manage to get full chip counts of the 43 who made it through Day 1c. However we did…

Saved by the Bell

Level 9: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 131/274 The board read with roughly 20,000 in the middle. Killian Desnos went all in for 28,000, and Dimitrios Anastasakis had a tough decision to make. Eventually, he made the call. Killian Desnos: Dimitrios Anastasakis: A great call by Anastasakis, but, the completed board had other plans. Desnos won an…

Not According to Plan

Level 9: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 144/270 Dean Hemmings decided only to call from Under the Gun. Action folded to Giuseppe Di Bella who called from the Small Blind, prior to Andreas Vlachos checking in the Big Blind. All three players checked the flop. On the turn, Di Bella checked, Vlachos bet 2,500, Hemmings called and…

A Classic Confrontation

Level 8: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 156/262 Yannig Colin opened from Under the Gun to 2,400. Action folded around to Marko Cosic on the Button who raised to 6,500. Colin made the call. The flop came , and Colin checked. Cosic led out for 4,500, only to face a 9,000 raise from Colin. Cosic wouldn’t be…