Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 169/362 Andreas Katsanis was sitting on a healthy stack when he fired out a pot-sized bet of 21,000 with the on the board. Josef Gulas tanked for more than a minute before he opted to call. Katsanis turned over he and his trips with an ace-nine kicker were not good…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 176/362 Late registration has closed for Day 1a of the Main Event with the field unofficially attracting 362 entries. Assuming there are no final adjustments after double and triple checking the numbers with the cashier, Day 1a will end when the action is down to 54 players or less, each…
Level 10: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 181/361 Lise Kristiansen bet 8,000 into a pot of around 20,000 with the on the board on the turn. Aleksandar Zuberovski called to see the river. Kristiansen led out for 18,000. Zuberovski went into the tank for more than three minutes, during which time he also counted his stack and…
Level 10: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 186/355 Georgios Gamelis min-raised from the cutoff before Tanel Evert three-bet shoved from the button for 9,500. Gamelis asked for a count before he called. Tanel Evert: Georgios Gamelis: The ran out on the board for Evert to get there with a flush. “You like six-three,” Laurynas Cerniauskas, who is…
Level 10: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 195/350 A handful of new players got into the mix during the dinner break to grow the Day 1a field to 350 entries. Players are back in their seats and ready for de ja vu for a repeat of the 500/1,000 (1,000) blind level. Meanwhile, Day 1b, boasting a €300…
Name Chips Big Blinds Martin Jorgensen 250,000 250 Michael Kim Falcon 240,000 240 Alexandar Tot 195,000 195 David Mcconachie 170,000 170 Emanuel Antonacci 167,000 167 Leonidas Alexopoulos 165,000 165 Victor-Dan Angelescu 160,000 160 Ben Miller 160,000 160 Cosmin-Ionut Nica 160,000 160 Yamen Ghanem 155,000 155 Nikolaos Mourotis 155,000 155 Nikola Krstevski 140,500 141 Jorge Luis…
Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 219/323 Luigi D’Alterio is usually in attendance at Casino Malta during the Battle of Malta and this time is no different. The Italian came into the festival with nearly $800,000 in tournament cashes as tracked by The Hendon Mob and is looking to possibly break the $1 million barrier if…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 225/313 We dropped by Table 21 to see how our Estonian friend Herli Olop was fairing. He has chipped up to 90,000 and shared with us one of the bigger hands along the way. Olop skipped the Battle of Malta in the Spring but was on the final table during…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 226/312 The Battle continues to rage with many new players arriving from many countries including more than 100 from Estonia and even more from Greece and France. Of course, many in the field have also come from nearby from Italy and the host country of Malta as well. Meanwhile, several…
While late registration is still open in the €150 White Knight with nearly 60 entries and counting in the mix, a new tournament just began in the €200 Dark Knight, which began with 15 entries. Marco Bottani, Karl Kalmus, Sander Piir, and Valerie Bennet are among the players in the early action with late registration…