Moving Downstairs on Wednesday

The majority of the Battle of Malta tournaments have been held in the Eden Arena, but this is the last day that we will be here. For tomorrow’s final table, the action will take place downstairs, in the conference centre on the level below, where satellites were held. The rig is being set up for…

High Roller Final Table

The High Roller has now reached its final tables and the nine remaining players have gone for a short break before it begins.  Their stacks have been counted and verified and the chip counts going into the final table can now be revealed. Dimitrios Amplianitis, the unofficial “Player of the Series” with two victories under…

Chip Counts at the Last Break

Level 31: 100,000/250,000 (250,000) Entries : 22/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 The players have just returned from their second break of the day. Its getting tight at the top between Daskalis and Lubczynski. Pos Player Name Chips Big Blinds 1 Ioannis Daskalis 27.72M 111 2 Rafal Lubczynski 26.32M 105 3 Davis Modans 20.47M 82 4 Veljko…

All-In and “No I Didn’t Call”

Level 30: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries : 24/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 On a flop of and facing a bet of 350,000 from Jan Gompers, Charalampos Siakaras pushed all-in for just over 3m. His German opponent asked for a count, but Siakaras misheard it as a call and exposed his hand . After the inevitable initial confusion,…

Current State of Play

There are now six tournaments running in the Eden conference space, as the final flung for the €400 White Knight has just begun and there are two further tournaments this evening. Here’s the current start of play. Time Tournament Name Buy-in Status Entries/Remaining 14:00 BOM Day 4 1,500,000 GTD – In Play – Level 30…

Main Event Payouts: 25th-39th

Level 30: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries : 24/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 The Main Event has just gone down to three tables, with 24 players left. Absentee Darren Harbinson’s stack has now been felted, but he managed to ladder up one place on the payouts since the start of the day, finishing in 28th place. Other recent…

H.O.R.S.E Play

Today is the €300 H.O.R.S.E, which is now in-running with 31 riders at the start of the second lap of the course. One of the steadiest jockeys, Scott Kenyon, was the first to arrive at the starting line. We’ll update you more on this event later, when more mares and stallions have joined the canter.

Chip Counts at the 1st Break of the Day

Level 30: 100,000/200,000 (200,000) Entries : 29/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Play has just resumed after the first break of the day and there are 29 players left in the Main Event. Overnight chip leader Ioannis Daskalis has extended his lead and is the first play to construct a stack of over 20m. Darren Harbinson’s unguided…