Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 199/5,799 Nikolaos Iakovidis opened for 70,000 from the cutoff before Viorel-Gabriel Gavrila three-bet jammed for 610,000 from the small blind. Iakovidis called off his stack of 565,000 and was ahead when the two players tabled their hands. Nikolaos Iakovidis: Viorel-Gabriel Gavrila: Ace-queen held strong on the runout for Iakovidis to…
There have been some questions as to how the €2,578,172 prize pool was derived. Below is all the info from the opening flights. There were 1,357 total players playing the half-priced flight. For these players they started with a 20,000 starting stack (half of the 40,000 in the €600 full priced opening flights) and played…
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 219/5,799 Francisco Moreno three-bet jammed the button for 300,000 and was called by Daniel Mendoza, who originally opened from the hijack. Francisco Moreno: Daniel Mendoza: Moreno was drawing dead on the turn after the rolled out on the board. Daniel Mendoza – 1 million Francisco Moreno – 0
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 233/5,799 Konstantin Faerber raised enough from the small blind to cover the half a dozen blinds left in Bruno Pacelli’s stack. Pacelli called and seemed to find a good spot to double and get back into the mix after the cards were tabled. Bruno Pacelli: Konstantin Faerber: Pacelli shook his…
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 244/5,799 Ivan Furniet Martinez jammed from early position before Salvatore Chillemi called off his short stack from middle position. Salvatore Chillemi: Ivan Furniet Martinez: Martinez was ahead but Chillemi instantly turned the tables after his queen connected on the flop. Neither the turn nor the river changed the outcome for…
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 277/5,799 A total of 13 players hit the rail in the first 15 minutes on Day 3. Daniel Prior nearly joined this crew but a fortuitous river saved the day. Prior jammed for 225,000 from late position and was looked up by Luca Sebastiani. Daniel Prior: Luca Sebastiani: Nines were…
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 287/5,799 Luca Catalin jammed his stack of 285,000 from the cutoff and was looked up by Mathias Jordi from the button. Luca Catalin: Mathias Jordi: Both players would normally see the flop as a good one. However, despite flopping top pair, Jordi needed a pair of runners to eliminate Jordi…
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 290/5,799 Day 3 just began with many eager players in their seats and ready to position themselves for Wednesday’s €300,800 top prize in the 2024 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event. Players have already locked up €2,110 in prizes, with some already earning more due to the leaderboard bonuses…
Table Seat Name Chips Big Blinds 1 1 Maria Koutsouki 950,000 48 1 2 Vincenzo Popolo 505,000 25 1 3 Vasileios Tsaknis 950,000 48 1 4 Cristoforo Pascale 320,000 16 1 5 Andreas Putz 1,365,000 68 1 6 Krzysztof Mielnik 1,100,000 55 1 7 Jorris Neron 760,000 38 1 8 Kaidar Viikman 385,000 19 1…
After four levels of one hour each, the 2024 Battle of Malta Main Event witnessed the 760 players that advanced with at least a €800 min-cash wiggle down to just 290 hopefuls in hunt for the €300,800 top prize. Hendrik Blokdijk had a heck of a day as he catapulted his 16th place stack…