Ten Left in Main – On Break
The final ten players in the Battle of Malta Spring Edition have now gone on a 15-minute break. Meanwhile the tournament staff are colouring up and updating the chip counts, which are coming shortly.
News of a Big Pot Incoming…
Play has tightened up significantly since play resumed and there are still 12 players left. However a huge hand has just gone down between two of the chip leaders. Details coming shortly…
Players on Break in Main Event
The Main Event is now on the second break of the day and the chips have been totalled up by the floor staff and this is the current state of play for the Tremendous Twelve. Pos Player Name Chips Table/Seat 1 Flaviano Cammisuli 12,235,000 116/5 2 Adrian Ziemichod 11,335,000 118/3 3 Rasmus Lundstroem 8,910,000…
Dark Knight Rises Again
Two of today’s side events are now well in progress and the Dark Knight has just begun. It’s been a regular fixture at the Battle of Malta for many years and this is the second running of the caped hero’s favourite poker tournament at the Spring Edition. There were 17 players in their seats at…
Benoit Kuhn Busts in 13th (€7,210)
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 14/1,542 Start of day chip leader Benoit Kuhn is the latest player to see his tournament life fizzle out of existence. Shortly before the hand in question he was telling the table that he’s still on tilt from a big pot he lost seven hands earlier. In the hand in…
Adrian Ziemichod Takes the Lead
Adrian Ziemichod has assumed the chip lead at the break with just over 9m. The top of the chip charts is now occupied by some of the more experienced players to have made the penultimate day. Flavio Cammisuli site in second, Rasmus Lundstroem in 3rd and Ivaylo Eftimoiv is 4th. Here are the full counts…
Main Event on 1st Break of Day
The 16 remaining players in the Main Event are now on their first break of the day. Full chip counts to follow…
Down to Two Tables
With the recent eliminations of Alessandro Siena and Giuseppe Tredici, the Main Event has now been reduced to two tables, with 16 players left in contention. Here is the new seat draw. Full chip counts of the remaining players will be gathered at the first break of the day, in 28 minutes time. Pos Player…
MAS NLH Has Begun
The first of today’s four side events, the MAS NLH is now off and running, with 35 players registered during the first level of play. Amongst those spotted in the €300 (€260+€40) buy-in event is the UK’s Kenny Burke and Joe Grech.
Konstantin Faerber Busts in 23rd (€4,310)
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 22/1,542 The second elimination of the day was German Konstantin Faerber, who had moved all in for his last 1.265m on a board of Ivalyo Eftimov used one of his time banks before making the call. Konstantin: for top pair however it was not good enough Ivaylo: for a set.…