Spaniard Cosme Gomez Martinez has won the Autumn Edition of the Battle of Malta to claim the €255,800 first prize. The online pro entered the tournament via a live satellite, which he max late registered for and sat down with just 5.5 big blinds. He secured his seat and just scraped through his starting day,…
With Farcasanu hitting the rail, we are now heads up for the title. Who will win the €255,800 first prize? Will we have a truly astonishing back-to-back champion in Vasileios Zisis, or will short stack ninja Gomez Martinez, relinquish the title from the defending champion?
The three remaining players returned from dinner break, but after 20-minutes of play, a technical issue with the stream forced a further 10-minute break. Farcasanu is now the short stack after losing a few small-medium sized pots. Vasileios Zisis – 88m Cosme Gomez Martinez – 83m Alexandru Farcasanu – 32m
Soon after Alessandro Siena was taken out, the Battle of Malta Main Event has gone on a 75-minute dinner break. With three players left, the blinds will be reduced to 30-minutes after they return. At this stage Vasileios is still on track to go back-to-back. The last three remaining players are currently huddled together, perhaps…
It’s been going since 1pm, when 36 players returned and there are still 11 players left, vying for a place on the final table and a shot at the €48,440. They have had their dinner break and reached the money when there were 13 players left. Fabio Peluso didn’t quite make it, exiting in 15th…
With three exits in the last session of play, the final is now hotting up and the money is beginning to get serious. When play resumes they will be on level 41, with blinds of 600,000/1,200,000 and a 1,200,000 big blind ante. As we are now down to six players, the blinds levels will be…
Lots of all-in and calls, but still no exits by the second break of the day. After the break they will be on level 40, with blinds of 500,000/1,000,000 and a 1,000,000 big blind ante. Here are the updated chip counts. Player Name Nationality Chips Big Blinds Vasileios Zisis Greek 55,000,000 55 Ivaylo Eftimov Bulgarian…
There were ten starting days for the Autumn Edition of the Battle of Malta Main Event, five of them full price, five of them half price. Only one of the BOM November Nine made their way into Day 2 via a half price flight. The rest all paid the full €600. Here are details of…
The players have now gone on a 15-minute break. Vasileios Zisis remains the chip leader. Position Player Name Nationality Chips Seat 1 Vasileios Zisis Greek 61,050,000 8 2 Alexandru Farcasanu Romanian 34,450,000 1 3 Shervin Ghassemlou English 32,250,000 7 4 Kyriakos Papadopoulos Greek 20,100,000 3 5 Alessandro Siena Italian 16,900,000 5 6 Pasquale Gregorio Italian…
The Main Event final table is not the only event taking place today. There is also day two of the slow structured €2,200 Super High Roller, in which 36 players returned for a pop at the €48,440 first prize. There are currently 25 players left and they are paying 13 places. The enigmatic Italian Fabio…