What it day it has been. The action began with 36 hopefuls hunting to join the final table of nine players from the field of 5,799 entries in the record-breaking 2024 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event. The defending champion Vasileios Zisis from Greece was at or near the top of the chip counts…
Level 37: 250,000/500,000 (500,000) Entries: 11/5,799 Panagiotis Petrou opened the button before he called a three-bet jam by Shervin Ghassemlou from the small blind to 5 million. Shervin Ghassemlou: Panagiotis Petrou: The runout improved Ghassemlou to Broadway to crack Petrou’s aces and stay alive. Shervin Ghassemlou – 11 million Panagiotis Petrou – 2 million
Level 37: 250,000/500,000 (500,000) Entries: 12/5,799 Alessandro Siena leads the way with 42,150,000 at the break. The defending champion Vasileios Zisis has slightly more than he had at the previous break with 36,000,000 after recovering from an early double of Pasquale Gregorio. Check out the chip counts of the final 12 players at the break.…
Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 13/5,799 Ivaylo Eftimov opened for 800,000 under the gun. Maruen Zormati, who got a pair of three-bet jams through this orbit, three-bet shoved for 6.1 million from the small blind. Eftimov asked for a count before he called. Maruen Zormati: Ivaylo Eftimov: It was looking like another short-stacked double until…
Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 14/5,799 The clock was paused on all of the tournaments so the dealers, floor, and directors could be honored. While this amazing event couldn’t have happened with all of the enthusiastic players, the same is true for the staff, many of which have worked more than 16 hours a day…
Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 14/5,799 Shervin Ghassemlou three-bet jammed from the small blind for 4 million over the min-raise by Alexandru Farcasanu from the small blind. Shervin Ghassemlou: Alexandru Farcasanu: Ace-king was good with Ghassemlou doubling with top pair after the ran out on the board. Alexandru Farcasanu – 21 million Shervin Ghassemlou –…
Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 14/5,799 Ivaylo Eftimov jammed for around a dozen big blinds from the button and was called by Davide Iannaco from the small blind. Ivaylo Eftimov: Davide Iannaco: This time it was Eftimov’s turn to celebrate as his sevens won the flip on the runout to double his stack instead of…
Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 14/5,799 Ivaylo Eftimov fired out for 1,700,000 into a pot of around 5 million with the on the board after the turn. Davide Iannaco tanked before he called. Eftimov jammed the river. Iannaco snap-called and celebrated when his for a full house got paid with Eftimov tabling the for the…
Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 14/5,799 Hendrik Blokdijk jammed for 3.9 million from the hijack. Cosme Gomez Martinez came in for a bit more with a three-bet shove of his own from the small blind and the cards were tabled after Kyriakos Papadopoulos folded from the big blind. Hendrik Blokdijk: Cosme Gomez Martinez: Ace-king held…
Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 14/5,799 Players are back from break and there were already fireworks at the feature table. Cosme Gomez Martinez opened the button for 800,000. Vasileios Zisis three-bet to 2 million from the small blind. Martinez went into the tank for more than a minute before he jammed for 4.9 million and…