The players are now on the second break of the day. Full chip counts to follow… As we are now down to 23 players, there is another pay jump and the players who bust in 17th-23rd will receive €6,780. These are the payouts for the players who exited in 24th-31st. Position Player Payout (€) 24…
After a lengthy spell with no bust-outs, but many double ups, another player has finally been sent to the rail. That reduced the field to 24 players left and a re-draw is took place. We will update chip counts at the next break, which is coming shortly, but this is the new seating plan. Table/Seat…
Position Player Chips Big Blinds 1 Cosme Gomez Martinez 16,550,000 83 2 Miguel Branco 15,950,000 80 3 Alexandru Farcasanu 15,200,000 76 4 Vasileios Zisis 12,325,000 62 5 Ivaylo Eftimov 11,825,000 59 6 Davide Iannaco 11,225,000 56 7 Clement Kerrien 10,375,000 52 8 Stephen Dallaire 9,100,000 46 9 Ionut Arvatu 8,725,000 44 10 Konstantinos Karkanidis 8,475,000…
An intriguing hand on table 20 took place just before the players went on break. Parminder Kandola had raised to 350k from under-the-gun, only for Daniel Mendoza in seat 6 to shove for his remaining 2.2m. Ivan Martinez in seat two went into the tank before declaring himself all-in Parminder seemed pained and thought for…
The Main Event structure is extended to 90 minutes per level for today’s Day 4 and they will play down to 8 players, who will return for tomorrow’s final table. They will have a break at the end of each level and they have now gone off for a 15-minute freshener. A full chip count…
The first two side events of the day are now underway. The €2,200 Luxon Pay Super High Roller had 14 players registered when the clock was started, but its a 50-minute clock with 10 levels of late registration, so plenty of time for more players enter. And as it is a 2-day event and players…
As soon as play restarted players began to fall, barely passing go, but heading directly to the payout desk for their €5,880 payouts. The pay jumps again now and those who depart in 24th-31st places will cash for €6,320. Position Player Payout (€) 32 Niklas Aahlund €5,880 33 Sokratis Oikonomou €5,880 34 Marton Lugosi €5,880…
Defending champion Vasileios Zisis is back and well in the mix, sitting in 4th place with 11.55m chips at the start of the day. Characteristically, he jumped into his seat jus as play was about to begin and I didn’t have much time to catch up with him before the cards were in the air.…
Day 3 of the Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event saw the field reduced from 290 to just 36 after a long day in which 9 x 75-minute levels were played. It’s a record breaking event, with both the 5,799 entries and the €2,578,172 prize pool setting new heights for the 12-year old event.…
At the beginning of the day there were 290 players, now there are just 36 left. This is the full list of Day 3 payouts. Position Player Payout 37 Giuseppe Nacci €5,880 38 Nils Jarifjall €5,880 39 Angelo Onorato €5,880 40 Emmanouil Zografakis €5,440 41 Gabriele Pischedda €5,440 42 Krzysztof Mielnik €7,440 43 Aristeidis Giannatos…