Giuseppe Rosa Rivers Two Pair and Busts

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 189/332 The action started with the 2022 BoM Main Event winner Giuseppe Rosa raising from UTG to 1,600. Behind him, Vasilij Barna, who had fewer chips than that in his stack, called the raise and was all-in. From the button, Cory Desmond called the raise and the Small Blind called…

Theo Baldanza Open Folds Two Pair

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 204/315 Over at Table 10, the French player Theo Baldanza was left wondering about his actions when he was in a big pot against Elhanan Torgeman. We arrived at the table with the board reading and 12k in the middle. Torgeman open-shoved roughly 14k and Theo Baldanza needed quite some…

Chip Protector

Second Break Big Stack Watch

During the second break of the day, we eyeballed the biggest stacks once more. From the looks of it, Daniel Ryder is our current chip leader with over 120,000 chips. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Daniel Ryder 125,000 208 15 7 Matteo Intiso 110,000 183 19 4 Roberto Caprio 100,000 167 22 3 Domenico…

Amir Assal in Front After First Break

During the first break, we eyeballed the biggest stack in the Main Event and by the looks of it, Amir Assal is in the lead with more than three times the starting stack. Those are the biggest stacks right now:   Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Amir Assal 90,000 300 4 2 Giuseppe Florio…

Panarello Doubles With Kings Against Queens

Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 182/194 In the middle of the tournament area we just witnessed a substantial clash between Mario Panarello and Andrea Mussumarra. After three raises back and forth before the flop, there were 12k in the middle with the board showing . Mussumarra checked from the Small Blind and Panarello moved all-in…

Shuffle Up and Deal, Part 1b

Welcome to our live coverage of the Battle of Malta poker tournament. Today, the excitement reached new heights as Day 1b of the Main Event got underway. With presenter Patrisha Rimfire leading the proceedings, the atmosphere was electric as players took their seats, ready to battle it out for poker supremacy. The tournament officially commenced…