The Battle of Malta Poker Tournament is about to unleash a frenzy of poker prowess in its latest spectacle, the Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) Side Event starts at 6pm. Get ready to dive headfirst into a world of four-card madness and jaw-dropping pot-building action! This ain’t your grandma’s ordinary poker game, folks. We’re talking about…
While at the break, we tried to count the biggest stacks. No guarantees, as there are way too many tables to accurately assess all stacks. But those should be the biggest stacks in the room: Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Leonardo Romeo 125,000 208 10 7 Andrea Agnoletto 125,000 208 49 9 Grant Pirie…
Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 484/709 Over at Table Eight, Xavier Zuczkowski just lost his last flip on his second bullet today. The action was folded to Yiftach Atia in the small blind and he opened up with a raise. Zuczkowski moved all-in for 7,300 and after some deliberation Atia made the call. Showdown. Xavier…
Hold onto your poker chips and buckle up for a whirlwind of excitement, because the “Italia Play Side Event” is about to kick off at the Battle of Malta Poker Tournament! Sponsored by the folks at “Italia Play,” this event promises to be a rollercoaster ride of chips, bluffs, and nail-biting moments. Get ready to…
There’s a saying that Poker is moments of sheer terror and hours of boredom. So what do the players at the tables do during those hours of boredom? We did some counting on the side activities that the players pursue while at the tables. Here’s what we counted: Listening to music: 83 players Messaging on…
Level 3: 100/300 (300) Entries: 497/583 Within the first four levels of today, David Keuftedjian entered the main event a whopping three times. So far, he had absolutely no luck with any of his bullets as we just saw him lose another all-in. Keuftedjian was already down to roughly 10k chips and we arrived at…
Tarmo Tammel is one of the most accomplished Estonian poker players. Patrisha Rimfire sat down with him to talk about his Battle of Malta experience so far. Tammel mentions that he has played in the Battle of Malta six times in the past, primarily in the main event, and although he hasn’t had any deep…
During the break, we did a super quick eyeballing of all the chip counts. We’re not sure we got all the big stacks (due to the sheer amount of tables right now), but we’re quite positive, we got the most of them. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Nuno De Sales 95,000 317 27…
Eleven years ago the first Battle of Malta was launched, back then by PokerListings. The very champion was the Italian Nicodemo Piccolo who prevailed in a field of 349 entries. This year, Piccolo is back, he just took his seat at Table 58, trying to repeat his success from more than a decade ago. Good…
Level 2: 100/200 (200) Entries: 324/450 As the clock ticks away, we find ourselves in level 3, where the stakes are getting higher and the tension is palpable. The small blind is 100, the big blind is 200, and a sassy ante of 200 is keeping everyone on their toes! A whopping 450 brave souls…