Rawal Runs Into It

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 122/162 Manish Rawal in early position and his neighbor Tadas Stasiulis had created a large pot of 13,100 chips when they saw a flop of hit the felt. Rawal checked to Stasiulis, who made a bet of 3,500. Rawal then jammed all-in for 15,000 and Stasiulis snap-called with the covering…

Jensen Bets Tiny, Results Vary

Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 127/160 Daniel Jensen under the gun and Thibaut Thevenet on the button were heads up on a flop of . Jensen made a bet of 1,000 into the 5,000-chip pot and Thevenet called. Jensen then sized down to 500 on the turn and Thevenet made another call. On the river,…

Modenese Takes It on River

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 122/153 Dario Pieruzzini checked out of the big blind on a board of . Tadas Stasiulis did the same in middle position before Gianluca Modenese fired a bet of 4,100 into the already sizable pot of 12,500 from the cutoff. Pieruzzini quickly folded but Stasiulis called to see the river.…

Mercieca Hero Calls

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 125/152 Jeremy Bametz limped in from the cutoff and Arun Sardana followed suit on the button. Vitalii Shcherba completed his small blind before James Mercieca made a raise to 2,400 from the big blind. Bametz and Sarda got out of the way, but Shcherba made the call. Both players then…

Scott Loses Consecutive Four-Bet Pots

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 123/144 Edas Cimbolas raised to 700 in the cutoff and was called by Massimo Bruno on the button. Ashley Scott then made it 2,800 to go in the small blind before Ville Pohjalainen four-bet to 6,700. All three players folded and the pot was shipped to Pohjalainen uncontested. The next hand,…

Sardana Thinks Wrong as Staniukaits Eliminates Nedden

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 123/139 Moritz Nedden threw in his final 300 chips from under the gun, after which Arun Sardana made a raise to 600 in the next seat over. Nikodermas Staniukaitis then three-bet to 2,100 on the button and Sardana called. The flop fell and Staniukaitis continued for 1,500, which Sardana check-called.…

Assorted Big Stacks

Player Chip Count Big Blinds Eimantas Pleksavicius 79,000 263 Jens Voertmann 64,500 215 Vito Burgio 60,000 200 Itaco Voto 59,000 197 Vitalii Shcherba 57,500 192 Oliver Briegel 56,000 187 Tadas Stasiulis 55,500 185 Rytis Pranarauskas 53,200 177 Pawel Pudlowski 52,000 173 Achilleas-Grigorios Kouros 52,000 173

First Break of BoM

The 115 players who are playing on Day 1a of the Battle of Malta Main Event can enjoy some of the Maltese sunshine as they have been sent on a 20-minute break. I 115 giocatori che stanno giocando il Day 1a del Main Event del Battle of Malta possono godersi un po’ di sole maltese…

Dirmantas Left on Fumes as Petychakis Busts

Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 116/120 Gediminas Dirmantas and Rytis Pranarauskas were heads-up in a pot of 3,900. The flop was already dealt and Dirmantas checked out of the small blind. Pranarauskas then bet 2,500 on the button and Dirmantas made the call. Dirmantas also check-called on the turn, for 7,000 chips. The river saw…

Scott Fires Three in Three-Way Pot

Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 107/109 In a three-way pot of 3,700 chips, Massimo Bruno checked out of the small blind on a flop of before Ashley Scott made a bet of 1,000 from the big blind. Edas Cimbolas called in the hijack, but Bruno quickly got out of the way. The turn then fell…