The first day of the 2025 Battle of Malta Spring Edition included a lot of poker and a few surprises. 1st Surprise The first surprise was that the Eden Arena looked a little different as the set up has changed. There is no stage in the middle of the floor. The tables are all well…
And such, Day 1a of the €600 Battle of Malta 2025 Main Event has come to an end. It was an absolute thrilling day which offered immense action, both on but also around the poker tables at the Eden Arena & Casino Malta at the Intercontinental Hotel in St. Julians. D’Antoni Bags Biggest Day 1a…
Player Chips Nicolaj D’Antoni 697,000 Alessandro Siena 572,000 Emanuele Pandetta 518,000 Danilo Scevola 514,000 Konstantin Faerber 434,000 Cristian Nania 353,000 Giulio Di Salvo 296,000 Indre Stanaityte 281,000 Georgios Garnelis 274,000 Salvatore Spina 263,000 Mitchell Foster 229,000 Andreas Mavromoustakis 180,000 Johan Sundgren 178,000 Massimo Rizzoglio 177,000 Krzysztof Cybulski 160,000 James Paris 157,000 Claudio Pinazzo 140,000 Daniele…
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 22/146 Dramatic fashion on the bubble as Giulio Di Salvo moved all in for 110,000 from the Hi-jack. Then, Serena Rosetti also committed all of her 60,000. As if things couldn’t get any crazier, Indre Stanaityte called, covering both players. Giulio Di Salvo: Serena Rosetti: Indre Stanaityte: Stanaityte was the…
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 23/146 As Stavros Passias left us in place 24 a couple of minutes ago, the remaining 23 players are now playing hand-by-hand on the bubble. It’s not necessarily the tight play that often is the case on the bubble, considering there’s a €5,000 paycheck to the one who finishes the…
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 26/146 During one of the first hands after what should be the final break, Massimo Rizzoglio opened to 16,000 from the Cut-off. Nicolaj D’antoni called from the Small Blind prior to Fotios Ntamaris moving all in for roughly 80,000. Rizzoglio folded, but D’antoni wasted little to no time making the…
Table-Seat Player Chips Big Blinds 9-1 Emanuele Pandetta 460,000 58 10-8 Danilo Scevola 450,000 57 7-1 Nicolaj D’Antoni 392,000 49 8-3 Mitchell Foster 280,000 35
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 28/146 A short-stacked Fotios Ntamaris went all in from UTG for 16,000. Action folded to Nicolaj D’antoni, who called Ntamaris from the Big Blind. Fotios Ntamaris: Nicolaj D’antoni: The look D’antoni gave Ntamaris can’t be described in words; utter confusion with heart-warming joy. No help for D’antoni on the runout,…
Player Place Thibaut Thevenet 29 Erik Lindqwist 30 Manish Rawal 31 Sergej Schuhmacher 32 Nikolaos Valtatzis 33 Robert Perelman 34 Antonio Caruso 35 Gaetano Martini 36 Akser Osak 37 Clement Kerrien 38
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 30/146 James Paris and Thibaut Thevenet clashed all in pre-flop. James Paris: Thibaut Thevenet: The board favored Paris; the result left Thevenet with one big blind and change. James Paris: 120,000 Thibaut Thevenet: 7,000