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Dinner Break Chip Counts

Below are the biggest stacks we could find in the field. It looks like Romain Nardin and Angelo Onorato are the chip leaders now. Albert Keuftedjian, who is on his 5th bullet today finally managed to run his stack up and he’s among the big stacks as well. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Romain…

Dinner Break

With the end of Level 10, all players of Main Event Flight 1c will go on a 75-minute dinner break. During this break, we will do our thing and count the biggest stacks. We will be right back!

Gediminas Dirmantas Plays it Carefully

Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 289/795 Gediminas Dirmantas opened from middle position to 2.4k and Ahmed Abdulrahman called on the button. Flop: Dirmantas checked and Abdulrahman bet 5k. The bet was called. Turn: Both players checked. River: Gediminas Dirmantas checked once more and now Ahmed Abdulrahman slid out an 8k bet. Abdulrahman quickly called. Abdulrahman…

Rocco Ascia Hero Calls Vito La Barbera

Level 9: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 313/795 Rocco Ascia opened from middle position with a min-raise and right behind him, Vito La Barbera called. All other players folded. Flop: Ascia bet 4k and La Barbera instantly called. Turn: Ascia fired another bet, 12k. And again La Barbera called without much hesitation. River: Now Ascia slowed down…

Turbo Flight 1d Starts at 8pm

The anticipation is building as the Battle of Malta Poker Tournament’s Main Event flight 1d is about to kick off in less than half an hour. With a €600 buy-in, players are ready to showcase their skills and compete for a shot at glory. The action begins at 8pm. The flight promises a fast-paced experience…

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Lee Stewart in The Lead After Third Break

After doing my thing, here are the counts of the biggest stacks – all eyeballed and approximate, but hopefully good enough. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Lee Stewart 175,000 146 33 7 Shlomo Moalem 160,000 133 28 5 Erez Hen 155,000 129 24 3 Eylon Israel 155,000 129 27 5 Christos Paparistodemou 145,000 121…

Picone Spikes a Lucky Jack

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 396/779 Slowly the action picks up pace. With 400/800 blinds and ante in play, players are enticed to play more aggressively and more and more players are working with shallow stacks, leading to more and more preflop all-ins. One of those all-ins we just witnessed at Table 35. In a…

Sparrow Rivers Straight, Gets Paid

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 425/769 While strolling through the tournament area we witnessed the Maltese local Alistair Sparrow win a decently sized pot against Marco Siciliano from Italy. We arrived at the hand on the flop with 6k in the middle and the board reading . It was checked to Siciliano on the button…